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"I love everything about it. I have a gift of foreseeing things before they go bad and take the necessary actions to correct the problem. Love to always look for improvements, upgrades and new ideas. In matter of fact I used to go to bed thinking about tomorrow's project... on how can I do it to save money and time. I wished I had that chance again, where I can make a difference because there is nothing like doing something you love for a job."
Posted 10 years ago in Montebello, CA
Purchasing Manager at Schmid Thermal Systems
in Watsonville, CA

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be open, honest, dynamic and creative. Ask questions and assess the fit before jumping in."

What don't you like about working at Schmid Thermal Systems?

"No forecasting, no anticipated demand, kneejerk response to market ."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide vision, resources and corporate goals. Allow subordinates to perform per prescribed objectives."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Purchasing Manager at Emhart Teknologies
in Gardena, CA

What do you like about working at Emhart Teknologies?

"Challenges I have on a daily basis. Supplier development and negotiation."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Learn what the core business of the company. Ask detailed questions pertaining to the job expectations."

What don't you like about working at Emhart Teknologies?

"Indecision I encounter at times and lack of team work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Maximize the production to cut down on machinery down time to meet customer delivery dates."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Purchasing Manager at Wallner Tooling/Expac
in Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Good company to work with."

What do you like about working at Wallner Tooling/Expac?

"The support from the coworkers and suppliers, the challenges to learn something new every day."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"None. it's a good company to work with. Keep positive attitude"

What don't you like about working at Wallner Tooling/Expac?

"Upper management lack of communication, no raises, don't appreciate the employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Communicate, work as a team, annual reviews to employees and raises"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Purchasing Manager at MasterCraft Safety
in Santee, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"OK"

What do you like about working at MasterCraft Safety?

"We had interisting stuff to work on. I did get to work on some international purchasing."

What don't you like about working at MasterCraft Safety?

"There were a lot of contraints to how I had to work."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Purchasing Manager at Huber
in Etowah, TN

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Outsatnding company to be employed having worked there 33 years."

What do you like about working at Huber?

"Self directed team environment, goal oriented, profitable, excellent benefits, very supportive."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be goal and results oriented, keeping Huber's Vision in mind."

What don't you like about working at Huber?

"Not current with electronic hardware or software, too many meetings"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Fewer and more constructive meetings. Have a purpose for meetings."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Purchasing Manager at Gross Builders
in North Royalton, OH

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Gross Builder gave me a real opportunity to excel in the residential field"

What do you like about working at Gross Builders?

"The freedom to capitalize on my knowledge and experience to streamline the buyout process."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be straight forward, most residential construction positions for Gross Builders have moved to southern states."

What don't you like about working at Gross Builders?

"Never visited sites in the last position held. I have a drive for both inside and outside work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Never underestimate your people and their ability to generate another approach."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Purchasing Manager at All Traffic Solutions
in State College, PA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Very good company. Was laid off in December due to lack of business."

What do you like about working at All Traffic Solutions?

"It was enjoyable to go in each day and be an intragal part."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"They are all nice people and the company does have a good future."

What don't you like about working at All Traffic Solutions?

"Was laid off due to lack of business last quarter of 2011."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more agressive in regards to product line and marketing strategy."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Purchasing Manager at Heidenescher Homes
in Longwood, FL

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"A very innovative company."

What do you like about working at Heidenescher Homes?

"The atmosphere was great and each job was individually challenging since they were custom homes."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It would be a great company to work for if you get the opportunity."

What don't you like about working at Heidenescher Homes?

"I didn't really like having to submit weekly time sheets."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I wouldn't have any suggestions, it was always a pleasure working here."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Purchasing Manager at Foster Transformer
in Cincinnati, OH

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"They are losing a lot of business to China and the future does not look good."

What do you like about working at Foster Transformer?

"The people, the management, and the location of the plant."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be patient with the current situation of lack of orders."

What don't you like about working at Foster Transformer?

"Lack of future orders and being under priced by China."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Diversify into other areas of bigger and more powerful transformers."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Purchasing Manager at Link4
in Yorba Linda, CA

What do you like about working at Link4?

"Good communication and team work environment fostering a great company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Flexibility and a can do attitude are keys to success in this role."

What don't you like about working at Link4?

"At times a difficult commute but manageable and expense reimbursement may have been slow at times."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The need to establish a foundation for the manufacturing environment is critical to the success of business operations."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Purchasing Manager at Trichromatic West
in Commerce, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Learned how to buy textiles and chemicals and learned how they are used."

What do you like about working at Trichromatic West?

"Learning how everything worked and used that in later on to do my job."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you like what you're doing then make the best of it"

What don't you like about working at Trichromatic West?

"The owner was not truthful and felt sorry for him"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Learn from your mistakes and be honest to yourself and others"

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Purchasing Manager at Cal Poly Pomona
in Pomona, CA

What do you like about working at Cal Poly Pomona?

"It was a fun place and learned a lot of new things."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you like what you do, make the best of it."

What don't you like about working at Cal Poly Pomona?

"The structure on how long it took to get something done."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do not sit on new ideas or will lose out."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Purchasing Manager at CreekStone Homes
in Colorado Springs, CO

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Great people to work with, just a lack of overall organization"

What do you like about working at CreekStone Homes?

"Diverse responsibilities, no shortage of projects to be completed. This job was all encompassing, from negotiations with PPRBD to subcontractors."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be aware that you will need to wear various hats. Lots of work routines to be established."

What don't you like about working at CreekStone Homes?

"Lack of structure and policies in place. Workflow was not in place."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work towards a workflow flowchart to be followed. The process of relying on an approximate budget rather than fixed prices should be top priority to change."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Purchasing Manager at Bay Photo
in Santa Cruz, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"A great product, but a terrible place to work."

What do you like about working at Bay Photo?

"The product is the most beautiful photography I have ever seen---but that is the work of the photographers that submitted it."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be careful. Get whatever is conveyed to you in writing."

What don't you like about working at Bay Photo?

"There is no structure and poor communication. The people there are treated like bees in a hive, there is no future and very poor standards. Unsafe manufacturing environment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There is one there with the wrong education for the task he does. He is a walking lawsuit."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Purchasing Manager at Cal Poly Pomona
in Pomona, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"It was a learning experience learning how they used up money and worked."

What do you like about working at Cal Poly Pomona?

"I learned how the goverment worked and process so it was great."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you're the type of person that can wait for change to happen and not move the process to make change, this is the right place for you."

What don't you like about working at Cal Poly Pomona?

"It was hard to make change happen, had longer term employees that didn't like change."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If you're entry level, to change the culture will be your challenge."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
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