ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses role of the department managers and environment manager during purchasing of a product. The additional responsibilities of the department managers are to prepare purchasing information for products, raw materials and/or services required by the department. The additional responsibilities of the environment manager are to: ensure that the supplier has the necessary environment permits and is managing waste according to the regulatory requirements, evaluate Material Safety Data sheets and communicate any hazard information to the Management Team, to ensure proper storage of material, to ensure shelf-life considerations, and to ensure proper labelling and packaging of the material. Amendments to purchase orders are made by the Purchasing Manager in consultation with the supplier with whom the purchase order was placed.
