Buy boat operator vs purchasing buyer

The differences between buy boat operators and purchasing buyers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a buy boat operator and a purchasing buyer. Additionally, a purchasing buyer has an average salary of $47,471, which is higher than the $41,386 average annual salary of a buy boat operator.

The top three skills for a buy boat operator include purchase orders, MRP and continuous improvement. The most important skills for a purchasing buyer are purchase orders, logistics, and cost savings.

Buy boat operator vs purchasing buyer overview

	Buy Boat Operator	Purchasing Buyer
Yearly salary	$41,386	$47,471
Hourly rate	$19.90	$22.82
Growth rate	11%	-
Number of jobs	40,317	21,158
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	6	6

Buy boat operator vs purchasing buyer salary

Buy boat operators and purchasing buyers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Buy Boat Operator	Purchasing Buyer
Average salary	$41,386	$47,471
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $54,000	Between $35,000 And $62,000
Highest paying City	San Jose, CA	Goleta, CA
Highest paying state	California	California
Best paying company	Westinghouse Appliances Australia	Aramco Services Company
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	Automotive

Differences between buy boat operator and purchasing buyer education

There are a few differences between a buy boat operator and a purchasing buyer in terms of educational background:

	Buy Boat Operator	Purchasing Buyer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Buy boat operator vs purchasing buyer demographics

Here are the differences between buy boat operators' and purchasing buyers' demographics:

	Buy Boat Operator	Purchasing Buyer
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 48.9% Female, 51.1%	Male, 41.9% Female, 58.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 12.3% Asian, 7.7% White, 66.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 12.4% Asian, 7.8% White, 65.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between buy boat operator and purchasing buyer duties and responsibilities

Buy boat operator example responsibilities.

Manage purchasing data within proprietary applications and ERP systems with accuracy.
Conduct routine site visits and vendor audits to insure ISO compliance and maintain high standards of vendor quality.
Review TTC approvals and invoice discrepancies and maintain NAFTA documents of all incoming and outgoing freights and ISO containers.
Reconcile MasterCard statements, travel reimbursement and invoices; enter payroll and track vacation.
Support introduction of QuickBooks and in-house inventory automation systems by transporting vendor and product information from the previous PeachTree software.

Purchasing buyer example responsibilities.

Manage the development of RFP process per departmental and legal requirements.
Create and manage requisitions, code billing statements and reconcile monthly bills in PeopleSoft.
Manage logistics and materials receive for appropriate quantities, timeliness and accuracy to complete project project.
Complete request for quotation (RFQ), design reviews, and advance product quality planning (APQP).
Used MRP to track and develop orders for electronic and mechanical commodities for high volume 32,000 a day unit product.
Make purchasing decisions base on the examination and recommendations of the ERP planning system and issuing and maintaining supplier purchase orders.

Buy boat operator vs purchasing buyer skills

Common buy boat operator skills

Purchase Orders, 23%
MRP, 8%
Continuous Improvement, 7%
BOM, 6%
Logistics, 5%
Supplier Performance, 5%

Common purchasing buyer skills

Purchase Orders, 29%
Logistics, 6%
Cost Savings, 5%
ERP, 4%
MRP, 4%
RFQ, 4%