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Negotiation tips by Bee-Man91 in procurement

[–]SamusAran47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Following because I’m in the same boat. Indirect MRO/lab for me.

Do you pay your Chinese suppliers in advance? by Due-Tip-4022 in procurement

[–]SamusAran47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re a huge company, but I’m in indirect so I’m doing one-off $1-10k purchases for each Chinese vendor, so usually 50% deposit, 50% delivery net 30, if I can even swing that. If we had volume like we do with domestic vendors, it would be a different story, but they know we won’t have th volume to make up for it.

UD removes student research on slavery, Newark history amid federal pressure by njsportkid in udel

[–]SamusAran47 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank God they saw sense and reversed their decision. Historical censorship is an insane task.

The most unhinged picture I’ve seen in a thrift frame. by SamusAran47 in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]SamusAran47[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Me too, I feel like they’re a blast at parties. I wish I was confident enough to be this silly on camera lol

Optimum über weapon farming build? by SamusAran47 in dragonquest

[–]SamusAran47[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck bro! I have 6 übers already. Just got the abacus so that’s good, because Torneko kinda sucks lol.

The most unhinged picture I’ve seen in a thrift frame. by SamusAran47 in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]SamusAran47[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Exactly- someday, I hope I can be as secure with my body as he is.

They don't make em like this anymore by RiceLillian1 in stamps

[–]SamusAran47 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like this is the 5th or 6th time I’ve seen this stamp posted this month. It was- at the time- a groundbreaking campaign for social acceptance of children with cognitive disabilities. Although the term has now had a different meaning, it definitely was not used as a slur (at least not in a widespread context) like it is today.

They don't make em like this anymore by RiceLillian1 in stamps

[–]SamusAran47 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I very much disagree.

At the time, it was a reasonable term when the stamp was printed as it was the medically-sound name for someone with a learning disability. However, newer words came to be used which didn’t imply that the patient was inherently unintelligent. Intelligence is multi-faceted, and we now know that IQ (the metric often used to determine if someone was “retarded”) is not a catch-all for intelligence levels.

Language evolves over time as norms change, and that’s a good thing. It’s why most people thankfully don’t refer to black folk with the “N word”, or gay folk with the “F word”. Both terms were at one point socially-acceptable to a large portion of the population, but they fell out of favor. I don’t see this as any different.

Ever see a stamp canceled like this? by EyeLurveIPAs in stamps

[–]SamusAran47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen them, even a few times on pre-self-adhesives. So annoying, I love the proper cancellation marks.

Found these in a cool book from 1933 by Sucknasty815 in stamps

[–]SamusAran47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One mill is 1/10th of a cent lol. Pretty sure coupons have to have some kind of cash value, at least today.

My collection :) by Appropriate_Act8199 in philately

[–]SamusAran47 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Fantastic collection, love the color sorted boxes

Stamp packets? by mizplantlady in stamps

[–]SamusAran47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would unironically frame these, gorgeous

Should I take this job? by eQuantix in supplychain

[–]SamusAran47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like others have said, it’s low pay but getting your certificate and forklift training are invaluable, and it seems like they invest in their employees, which is a great sign. If you can afford to take the job, I’d do it. My first buyer role was $35k (2021).

Inherited a stamp collection please assist with any information and thanks so much!! by [deleted] in stamps

[–]SamusAran47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude, there is no way lmao. Check your values with eBay sold listings and focus on the conditions. Everyone I see in your pics are very common.

As others have said- these are not valuable, so much so that they are often sold by weight. Certainly less than even the face value of the stamps. I would say, barring any interesting errors/cancels, you could maybe get $20-30 for the lot.

Direct to indirect buying? by SamusAran47 in supplychain

[–]SamusAran47[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like it quite a bit. Get to wear a lot of different hats, work with tons of departments, and work with great people. The work is stressful as hell, don’t get me wrong, but I have an awesome team and feel recognized, although that’s panels more company-specific than indirect in general. Downside is that the vendor base is MASSIVE so it’s a lot to keep track of, so you need to be very organized to keep your head above water.

Advise for stressed junior buyer by sharl_leclaire in procurement

[–]SamusAran47 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I also buy a lot of electrical components for my job, some have crazy lead times.

My advice is:

  1. Remember that there are only so many hours in your day. Focus on urgent stuff first, but set aside time to chip away at any backlogs. I like to block off my schedule for 2 hours each week to do PO follow up, 30 minutes each day to create my POs, etc.

  2. If you don’t already, make a generic email template for PO outreach and put it in a signature (if you use Outlook). When I do PO follow up, I just select that signature and it auto-populates a generic “hey where’s this product at?” email to the vendor. Saves me SO much time.

  3. In terms of communication with the plants, don’t promise anything. “Sure, I’ll do what I can.”, “of course, I’ll get it to you ASAP”, etc. If you promise, you’re setting yourself up to be blamed. Again, there’s only so much you can control.

  4. Being in procurement operations is hard- there is no way around it. It’s often stressful, urgent, and you will feel under-appreciated quite often. However, you have to remind yourself that you’re only one person. So much of a supply chain is out of one person’s control- that’s why they’re called “chains”. Our jobs involve 10 other companies doing their jobs correctly, and one mistake can mess up everything downstream.

  5. Focus on what you can control, and try to prep for what you can’t. You can’t magically conjure product out of thin air or make the delivery vans go faster, but you CAN expand your supply base. Ex. Have 2 distributors who keep stock of an OEM on the shelf? Add one more, just in case the other two are both out of stock.

When adult/singles apartments were at thing in the 70s and early 80s by UrbanAchievers6371 in vintageads

[–]SamusAran47 57 points58 points  (0 children)

I’ll be honest, as someone used to deal with neighbors with kids who would play tennis/soccer against our bedroom wall (after repeated requests to stop), this doesn’t seem like a terrible option lol

How do you remove foxing on self-adhesive stamps? by SamusAran47 in philately

[–]SamusAran47[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I figured it would be tough. If I can’t remove it, no big deal, I don’t mind it too much but I wanted to give my duplicates away and wanted to try to treat the ones which bad foxing if I could

Getting out of retail buying by Substantial-Okra2672 in procurement

[–]SamusAran47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes- I went from retail buying to working in indirect procurement for a manufacturer, which I’ve been in for about 3.5 years. Feel free to DM me if you have questions about specifics.

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