2007 Purchasing Survey 1. Purchasing Survey, Page 1 of 2 Question Title * 1. What is your email address? Question Title * 2. On which continent do you work? North America South America Europe Asia Africa Australia/Oceania Antarctica Question Title * 3. How old are you? 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ Question Title * 4. How many years of purchasing experience do you have? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40+ Question Title * 5. How many purchasers do you supervise? 0 1-3 4-6 7-9 10-12 13-15 16+ I don't supervise purchasers Question Title * 6. If you supervise other purchasers, would you be interested in having a skills assessment performed for your staff if it was offered free of charge? Yes No I don't supervise purchasers Question Title * 7. Name one trend that has changed your job in the last 12 months. Question Title * 8. Name one trend that seems to have become LESS important in the last 12 months. Question Title * 9. Why do you feel that the trend has become less important? Question Title * 10. What is the highest level of education that you have completed? Ph.D Masters Degree Bachelors Degree Associates Degree High School Less Than High School Question Title * 11. What is the most important skill in purchasing? Communication/Relationship Building/Interpersonal Supplier Management & Development Organization/Flexibility Best Practices Implementation Contract/Law Negotiation Logistics Analysis/Spreadsheets/Costing Leadership Inventory Management Technical/Engineering/Product-Related Skills Planning/Strategizing Sourcing/Supplier Selection Computer skills Project Management Other (please specify) Question Title * 12. If you could only participate in one training program in the next year, what topic would you select? Question Title * 13. How many hours of job-related training (not including classes towards a degree) did you participate in during the last 12 months? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80+ Question Title * 14. How many online classes did you take in the past 12 months? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15+ Question Title * 15. How many online classes do you plan to take in the next 12 months? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15+ Go To Final Page >>