How to become a Buyer
Official title: Buyers
Buys goods and services for industrial, commercial, government and other organisations.
Main tasks
- Buy goods for resale, keep enough stock and arrange delivery schedules
- Buy raw materials, equipment, consumables and services for factories, businesses, government agencies and other organisations
- Gather information on needs and stock levels, and decide the quality, quantity, cost and delivery dates of purchases
- Visit suppliers and negotiate prices, discounts, credit terms and transport arrangements
Ways in
- Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: management and administration (0413). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 20, two-year technical bachelor's (二技) 8, two-year junior college (二專) 3. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$695,000 a year
- Demand for Business and administration jobs is projected at about 1,465,000 in 2024 and about 1,502,000 in 2030. (+2.5%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Buyer?
Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme.
How much does a Buyer earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$695,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Buyer a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 2.5% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Buyer?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026