Pharmaceutical analyst vs senior purchasing agent

The differences between pharmaceutical analysts and senior purchasing agents can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a pharmaceutical analyst and a senior purchasing agent. Additionally, a senior purchasing agent has an average salary of $73,386, which is higher than the $66,273 average annual salary of a pharmaceutical analyst.

The top three skills for a pharmaceutical analyst include sops, HPLC and pharmaceutical industry. The most important skills for a senior purchasing agent are purchase orders, project management, and supplier relationships.

Pharmaceutical analyst vs senior purchasing agent overview

	Pharmaceutical Analyst	Senior Purchasing Agent
Yearly salary	$66,273	$73,386
Hourly rate	$31.86	$35.28
Growth rate	19%	-6%
Number of jobs	11,538	43,833
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	6	6

Pharmaceutical analyst vs senior purchasing agent salary

Pharmaceutical analysts and senior purchasing agents have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Pharmaceutical Analyst	Senior Purchasing Agent
Average salary	$66,273	$73,386
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $93,000	Between $52,000 And $103,000
Highest paying City	Los Angeles, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	New York
Best paying company	API Technologies	Levi Strauss & Co.
Best paying industry	-	Energy

Differences between pharmaceutical analyst and senior purchasing agent education

There are a few differences between a pharmaceutical analyst and a senior purchasing agent in terms of educational background:

	Pharmaceutical Analyst	Senior Purchasing Agent
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Pharmacy	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Pharmaceutical analyst vs senior purchasing agent demographics

Here are the differences between pharmaceutical analysts' and senior purchasing agents' demographics:

	Pharmaceutical Analyst	Senior Purchasing Agent
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 42.0% Female, 58.0%	Male, 57.7% Female, 42.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 7.8% White, 65.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	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%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between pharmaceutical analyst and senior purchasing agent duties and responsibilities

Pharmaceutical analyst example responsibilities.

Manage project team meetings using SharePoint calendars.
Participate in writing and filing appropriate FDA premarket submissions.
Develop an optimize HPLC condition to simultaneously measure several cephalosporins.
Develop and implement data management monthly/quarterly goal reports and QC procedures to support them.
Analyze office administration support for analysts supporting DOD projects to identify efficiency opportunities to prototype and write report of analysis findings.
Develop and debug application programs for the disability/health care line of business utilizing COBOL.

Senior purchasing agent example responsibilities.

Manage patterns for older, obsolete OEM part outsource production to locally foundries.
Interact within an ERP system environment and manage various reporting tools to support operations and control the flow of information.
Manage subcontracts activity including RFQ analysis, major negotiations and construction of complex subcontracting orders and milestones.
Provide management for warehousing, transportation, documentation requirements, cost analysis, third-party logistics, and reverse logistics.
Help create new purchasing procurement program base on customer forecasting and JIT programs (KANBAN).
Update & maintain ERP system part master data including new item creation, discontinuations and site planning changes.

Pharmaceutical analyst vs senior purchasing agent skills

Common pharmaceutical analyst skills

Sops, 40%
HPLC, 35%
Pharmaceutical Industry, 14%
Medicare, 6%
Medicaid, 5%

Common senior purchasing agent skills

Purchase Orders, 8%
Project Management, 6%
Supplier Relationships, 6%
Strategic Sourcing, 5%
Customer Service, 5%
Continuous Improvement, 5%

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