Category Buyers have ownership of the associated Categories. Such Category Buyers will be able to use their associated Categories in Sourcing and Supply-related Business processes. These buyers are notified via email when a new supplier submits interest.
We will see how to get buyers added to Categories in this section. All the child categories will inherit the buyers, preferred Suppliers, and Blacklisted suppliers from their parent categories.
Menu Path: Category Management >> Manage Category Definition
- Click on the category in the Category Hierarchy section to view the details associated with the selected category. Here you can see Active Buyers- the buyers currently assigned to the selected category, adjacent to which we will see Previously Active Buyers. Previously Active Buyers are the buyers who were moved out of the active buyers list.
- Now click on Add Buyer as shown to add new buyers to the category.
- Now choose a buyer and click on Submit.
The newly added buyer can now be found in the grid by now.
Also, the Action button against the buyer will let you delete the buyer from the list if required. The deleted buyer will then move to the Previously active buyers section.
The previously active buyer section indicates the history of Buyers associated with the chosen Category along with the effective period.