Of course, such purchases are probably immoral, but unfortunately, there are really many such purchases on the market at present.
Purchasing inquiry is the first step to make money.
Before buying something, the purchasing department usually has an inquiry process. This process is to determine what kind of things to buy, what specifications and what quality ... By making an inquiry to the supplier, the other party can quote, and you can get a general idea of the price of the product in the market.
Even if you can't decide which supplier to buy, their analysis and judgment will affect the top management's final decision, such as "lowest price", "best quality" and "most advanced performance" and other comparative advantages. When the purchase is biased, it is easy to have completely different results.
If the buyer has a private rebate agreement with the supplier with the lowest price, he will indicate his judgment in the inquiry letter, such as the best quality and higher price, it is difficult to earn back the required cost, and the most advanced performance will be updated quickly. It is likely that the most advanced and expensive one will be bought now, but it will be eliminated in a blink of an eye. ...
Think about it, just such remarks will make people tend to choose one of them. In this case, how much profit will the supplier give to the purchase?
Bidding for goods is the second step to make money.
Under normal circumstances, in order to reflect "fairness and justice", the procurement of goods will adopt the way of public bidding, but in fact, some bidding is just a process, and many restrictions are set to ensure that an institution or company can finally win the bid.
Think about it, if the procurement reveals the bidding prices of other companies in advance, then you can make targeted changes ... In this case, are you sure?
The best environment for making money by purchasing without supervision.
I don't know what you think of these people who buy things and take kickbacks, but in real life, there are really many such people. They can take kickbacks regardless of professional ethics because they have the power to purchase, but they lack supervision over them. ...
This is why they can be bold, in order to make money, regardless of their own integrity, collude with suppliers and harm the interests of the company. ...
Of course, except those that harm the company's interests, in fact, according to normal income, the purchasing income itself is not low. After all, the company has delegated power to these people, and they also need to seek better purchase prices and purchase better products for the benefit of the company, so the treatment is not low ... people who are not greedy are already very satisfied.