Material lister vs director of purchasing

Differences between material lister and director of purchasing duties and responsibilities

Material lister example responsibilities.

• Manage all raw materials and conduct inventory audits, maintain compliance guidelines, and supervise MRO purchasing to balance material shortage/surplus.
• Acquire and dispose of IMRL assets.
• Direct inbound or outbound logistics operations such as transportation, warehouse activities, safety performance, and logistics quality management.
• Participate in field efforts and provide oversight of remediation subcontractors.

Director of purchasing example responsibilities.

• Manage all aspects of the RFQ process, contracts, cost and rebate negotiations, and awarding of business.
• Manage out-bound logistics services and third-party logistics providers to expand the range of commodities need to support automobile and aerospace manufacturing.
• Develop standards and implement procedures for materials planning, product acquisition, inventory control, material distribution and logistics management.
• Implement cost controls using commodity segmentation, vendor KPI's and cost justification base on key market indicators.
• Monitor KPI indicators such as inventory turns, supplier on time delivery, inventory cycle count accuracy, and PPV.
• Develop RFP (request for proposal) analysis, negotiation strategy, contract drafting and agreement execution plans on all contracts.
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