Procurement assistant vs supply requirements officer

The differences between procurement assistants and supply requirements officers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a procurement assistant, becoming a supply requirements officer takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a supply requirements officer has an average salary of $85,058, which is higher than the $42,536 average annual salary of a procurement assistant.

The top three skills for a procurement assistant include purchase orders, logistics and data entry. The most important skills for a supply requirements officer are intelligence community, DHS, and DIA.

Procurement assistant vs supply requirements officer overview

	Procurement Assistant	Supply Requirements Officer
Yearly salary	$42,536	$85,058
Hourly rate	$20.45	$40.89
Growth rate	-3%	16%
Number of jobs	6,681	110,318
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	46	45
Years of experience	2	6

Procurement assistant vs supply requirements officer salary

Procurement assistants and supply requirements officers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Procurement Assistant	Supply Requirements Officer
Average salary	$42,536	$85,058
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $56,000	Between $43,000 And $167,000
Highest paying City	Colorado Springs, CO	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	Beacon Hill Staffing Group	-
Best paying industry	Government	-

Differences between procurement assistant and supply requirements officer education

There are a few differences between a procurement assistant and a supply requirements officer in terms of educational background:

	Procurement Assistant	Supply Requirements Officer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Southern California

Procurement assistant vs supply requirements officer demographics

Here are the differences between procurement assistants' and supply requirements officers' demographics:

	Procurement Assistant	Supply Requirements Officer
Average age	46	45
Gender ratio	Male, 26.3% Female, 73.7%	Male, 79.5% Female, 20.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.3% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 13.7% Asian, 8.1% White, 62.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 11.1% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.4% Asian, 6.1% White, 59.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	7%	5%

Differences between procurement assistant and supply requirements officer duties and responsibilities

Procurement assistant example responsibilities.

Manage third party rental program, hold monthly meetings to determine status of current rentals and keep POs current.
Manage suppliers (KPI's) to deliver target cost, service and quality levels in each operating center.
Interact with suppliers to ensure high quality, competitive cost and on time delivery by utilizing RFI, RFP and RFQ.
Organize and validate SharePoint site for easy flow.
Help implement and test the new Jobscope ERP system.
Send out RFQ's and follow up with vendor.

Supply requirements officer example responsibilities.

Manage relationships with system architecture, software engineering, testing, documentation and quality assurance.
Ensure impacted product teams understand intent of RFC to provide accurate cost/schedule impacts.
Identify any RFI's which cannot be internally satisfy by the SOCSOUTH J2.
Incorporate CI reviews for local employees and access request to installations through intelligence databases and biometrics.
Analyze intelligence to better understand the region and identify intelligence gaps that can be exploit using HUMINT.
Provide training support to ensure compliance with command policies and procedures, U.S. and DIA regulatory guidance.

Procurement assistant vs supply requirements officer skills

Common procurement assistant skills

Purchase Orders, 36%
Logistics, 9%
Data Entry, 8%
Purchase Requisitions, 3%
Computer System, 3%
Expedite, 3%

Common supply requirements officer skills

Intelligence Community, 42%
DHS, 22%
DIA, 8%
Combat, 6%
Logistics, 4%
Oversight, 4%

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