Material manager vs material distributor

Differences between material manager and material distributor duties and responsibilities

Material manager example responsibilities.

• Implement vendor manage inventory (VMI) programs with three key suppliers.
• Improve cash flow and increase OTD through the introduction of vendor consignment and vendor manage inventory programs.
• Identify optimal purchasing periods for conducting RFQ's in order to take advantage of peak supply periods.
• Expedite and project manage materials, heavy contact with vendors and clients to coordinate shipments of materials.
• Manage forecasts, orders, and inventory levels via EDI and customer portals to meet OEM demand.
• Manage OEM inventory to meet warranty and customer requirements.
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Material distributor example responsibilities.

• Demonstrate fast learning capacity, flexibility and versatile skill set to achieve sales goals.
• Return necessary parts to vendor/inventory via RMA and credit aircraft work order
• Support manufacturing by insuring parts are staged at require locations by MRP date.
• Issue replacement aircraft parts when require utilizing IMS applications.
• Provide nutritional product educational presentations and recruit potential distributors
• Provide nutritional product educational presentations and recruit potential distributors