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Beschaffungsverantwortlicher

English translation: procurement / purchasing manager

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German term or phrase:Beschaffungsverantwortlicher
English translation:procurement / purchasing manager
Entered by: Stephen Sadie

17:12 Apr 14, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing
German term or phrase: Beschaffungsverantwortlicher
Für die Pflege des Artikel-Lieferanten-Stammes sind die Beschaffungsverantwortlichen zuständig.

From a QM manual - I understand but cannot come up with a good term...

TIA Stephen
Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 12:15
head of procurement / purchasing
Explanation:
or procurement/purchasing manager
Selected response from:

Brie Vernier
Germany
Local time: 12:15
Grading comment
Indeed both procurement and purchasing work, I opted for procurement as "Einkauf" is teated separately in my text. Thx. to all
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7head of procurement / purchasing
Brie Vernier
3Incharge - Sourcing or Procurement
Raghunathan Rajagopalan
3person in charge of procurement
Trudy Peters
3 -1person responsible of procurement
kk ll (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
head of procurement / purchasing


Explanation:
or procurement/purchasing manager

Brie Vernier
Germany
Local time: 12:15
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 14
Grading comment
Indeed both procurement and purchasing work, I opted for procurement as "Einkauf" is teated separately in my text. Thx. to all

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rainerc (X)
3 mins
  -> Thanks, Rainer
agree  Leanne Evans: head of procurement
12 mins
  -> Thanks, SmartT
agree  Steffen Walter: Do not agree with Ingeborg at all, though - procurement is *the* term for Beschaffung (although Beschaffung/Einkauf = procurement/purchasing are used interchangeably in many instances).
42 mins
  -> Thanks, Steffen
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): o.k. noted duly. Will learn from this
59 mins
  -> Thanks, Ingeborg
agree  Ian M-H (X)
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Ian
agree  Marcel F
10 hrs
  -> Danke, Marcel
agree  Francis Lee (X): or procurement/purchasing agents ("managers" might be a little further up in the hierarchy - depends on the company, though)
20 hrs
  -> Thanks, Francis, but "those in charge of" are usually "managers" at one level or another
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Incharge - Sourcing or Procurement


Explanation:
Head or Manager - Sourcing or Procurement

Raghunathan Rajagopalan
Local time: 15:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
person in charge of procurement


Explanation:
There's probably a more succinct way of expressing this, but just wanted to get the ball rolling...



Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 06:15
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 38
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
person responsible of procurement


Explanation:
*

kk ll (X)
Germany
Local time: 12:15
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Ian M-H (X): "person responsible of" isn't standard English
1 hr
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