Director of strategic sourcing vs manager of purchasing & materials

Differences between director of strategic sourcing and manager of purchasing & materials duties and responsibilities

Director of strategic sourcing example responsibilities.

• Manage and coordinate consecutive annual RFP's selecting print suppliers to print annual reports and proxy quotations meeting tight deadlines.
• Lead the synergistic expansion of outsource logistics throughout multiple business acquisitions.
• Manage entire RFX event lifecycle, including requirements gathering, supplier strategy development, contract negotiations and program implementation.
• Administer all activities with assign contracts, commodities and customer support areas.
• Identify options and plan for ERP system implementation, to be execute when fund.
• Lead team that utilize a consistent and efficient RFI and RFP process to generate significant savings
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Manager of purchasing & materials example responsibilities.

• Lead negotiations and awards of key procurement contracts and the development of supplier KPI's.
• Manage these teams utilizing standard and process specific KPI metric goal setting, reporting and accountability.
• Manage the purchase of raw materials, MRO supplies, chemicals and equipment from domestic and international suppliers.
• Manage manufacturing documentation control, including BOM and assembly drawings.
• Order components need for production in metal stamping environment and manage logistics for material delivery.
• Develop new sources, set up JIT program, reduce cost of purchase materials through vendor base management and negotiations.
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