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Pay rises highest for juniors in Spain
Spanish purchasing directors' salaries have risen by 6.1 per cent in the last two years according to the latest figures - while their junior colleagues have received much bigger increases. The average salary for a purchasing director is €69,083, according to AERCE, the Spanish Association of Purchasing and Supply. Pay for purchasing managers on the next highest level rose by 4.6 per cent while for purchasing assistants they went up by 22.2 per cent to €23,520.
The AERCE says at the highest levels of responsibility salaries increase in line with company size.
In the UK, competition for top people has hit an all-time high according to the authors of a salary survey. The 2006 Salary Survey by recruitment company PSD and supply chain consultancy State
of Flux found that competition for high-calibre procurement professionals has risen as more companies demand candidates with well-rounded commercial skills as well as backgrounds in purchasing.
Step hen Fletcher, director of PSD group, said: "Demand is far outstripping supply in some areas."
An earlier survey by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and Croner Reward in the UK found senior middle managers had received the biggest increases this year compared to last.
Their salaries increase by 7.3 per cent to an average of £44,000, according to the survey.
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