Procurement cost coordinator vs purchasing agent

Differences between procurement cost coordinator and purchasing agent duties and responsibilities

Procurement cost coordinator example responsibilities.

• Communicate thoroughly with factories abroad to receive and negotiate CMT prices to attain target mark-ups prior to bulk production.
• Utilize EDI communications to manage customer requirements and shipment coordination.
• Process supplier price changes for distribution to billing coordinators.
• Implement the correction of BOM's working closely with the engineering department in order to have an accurate material requirements planning.
• Document and generate the bill- of- materials (BOM), listing all maintenance materials/ parts for a specific maintenance tasks.
• Verify insurance, process payments and maintain patients records securely and handle in compliance with HIPPA privacy and security regulations.
Show more

Purchasing agent example responsibilities.

• Reorganize MRO to manage inventory more efficiently.
• Utilize MaCola ERP system to process and manage purchase requisitions and purchase orders in coordination with manufacturing forecast.
• Process purchase orders from electronically generate RFQ'S.
• Develop programs with suppliers to ensure that commodities meet engineering and quality specifications while maintaining on-time delivery.
• Prepare purchase orders, RFP's and RFB's, advertise solicitations, review responses and approve contract acceptance.
• Send out RFQ's and award orders to the best fit and price vendor to ensure manufacturing meets critical due dates.
Show more