Re: OT - Tipping and Taxis

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:29:57 -0000, msb@xxxxxxx (Mark Brader) wrought:

>Tony Cooper:
>> > Terms: The terms "Purchasing Agent" and "Purchasing (department)" are
>> > deprecated in the US today. You'd likely get a "Hunh?" if you went
>> > into an American business and asked to see the Purchasing Agent or be
>> > directed to Purchasing. ...
>
>> > What might the titles be in the UK?
>
>"David":
>> I've never heard of a Purchasing Agent. We have people whose job is
>> to organise Purchasing, but I don't think they have titles other than
>> Manager or Director or Assistant. We do have a Purchasing
>> Department.
>
>For what it's worth, my father was employed from about 1959 until 1988
>by a manufacturing company in Canada, the subsidiary of a US company.
>He started in their purchasing department as a "purchasing agent", but
>I don't know if that would have changed later. If I recall correctly,
>his title at retirement was "Director of Purchasing and Transportation".

His successor no doubt runs "Acquisitions and Logistics".

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Ross Howard
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