OES Code: 130080

IMPERIAL COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR PURCHASING MANAGERS

Purchasing Managers plan, organize, direct, control, or coordinate the activities of buyers, purchasing officers, and related workers involved in purchasing materials, products, or services. Includes wholesale or retail trade merchandising managers.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT (excluding self-employed)

Number Working in this Occupation --- Year --- 1995 2002		Percent Change	Increase/ Decrease	Additional Openings Due to People Chang- ing Occupations or Retiring	Sum of Increase/Decrease and Additional Openings
80	80	0%	0	10	10

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE PURCHASING MANAGERS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY

The following are the types of firms that employ the most workers in this occupation within this county. They are listed in order from largest to smallest.

Industry Code (SIC)	Industry Title
5411	Grocery stores
5148	Fresh fruits & vegetables, wholesale
5311	Department stores
9030	Local government, except education
2063	Beet sugar refineries
5083	Farm & garden machinery, wholesale
5113	Industrial & personal service paper, wholesale
5191	Farm supplies, wholesale
5211	Lumber & other building materials dealers
5399	Miscellaneous general merchandise stores
5013	Motor vehicle supplies & parts, wholesale
5146	Fish & seafood, wholesale
5199	Nondurable goods, all other, wholesale
5251	Hardware stores
5712	Furniture stores
5912	Drug stores
5944	Jewelry stores
5999	Miscellaneous retail stores, all other
8062	General medical & surgical hospitals
1521	General contractors--single-family houses
1611	Highway & street construction
2335	Women's & misses' dress manufacturers
4911	Electric services
5012	Automobiles & other motor vehicles, wholesale
5084	Industrial machinery, wholesale
5093	Scrap & waste materials, wholesale
5143	Dairy products, wholesale, exc dried or canned
5172	Petroleum & petroleum products, wholesale
5181	Beer & ale, wholesale
5661	Shoe stores
5699	Miscellaneous apparel & accessory stores
5713	Floor covering stores
5812	Eating places
5921	Liquor stores
5941	Sporting goods stores & bicycle shops
8059	Nursing & personal care facilities, all other
9020	State government, except education

Look in the yellow pages of the phone book under the above or similar industry titles, or look in employer directories in libraries. Directories such as Business Prospector, California Services Register and those by chambers of commerce often list firms by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.