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Procurement is a much wider subject ( Macro concept ) which involves Purchasing that is more of transactional nature ( P2P ) - Purchase to Pay . Whereas Procurement involves supplier selection , evaluation , Sourcing , Contract Management , Performance and Relationship management with the supplier community .
Buyer position would be a transactional step , moving ahead would be a Procurement Manager assigned with Tactical role and further ahead with a Head of Procurement assigned with a Strategic role to manage the entire Procurement process
they were the same subject to the company or project Job description
We can examine that Procurement activity is overall arrangement for products and services for Purchasing and buying.
Procurement: Overall activities for products and services arrangement to purchase/buy. (Planning, Strategies, Procedure and Implementations)
Purchasing: Overall activities to acquire products and services on behalf of required standards and terms and conditions. (Process, Negotiation, Contracts, Technical Evaluation, Quality standard, packing and shipping terms, Payment and Delivery terms and condition etc.)
Buying: Overall activates to acquire goods on Cash. (Immediate needs, bulk items, partial requirement etc.
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