Purchasing project manager vs director of purchasing

The differences between purchasing project managers and directors of purchasing can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a purchasing project manager and a director of purchasing. Additionally, a director of purchasing has an average salary of $106,945, which is higher than the $97,838 average annual salary of a purchasing project manager.

The top three skills for a purchasing project manager include purchase orders, project management and BOM. The most important skills for a director of purchasing are supply chain, purchase orders, and product development.

Purchasing project manager vs director of purchasing overview

	Purchasing Project Manager	Director Of Purchasing
Yearly salary	$97,838	$106,945
Hourly rate	$47.04	$51.42
Growth rate	-6%	-6%
Number of jobs	115,356	17,847
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	6	6

Purchasing project manager vs director of purchasing salary

Purchasing project managers and directors of purchasing have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Purchasing Project Manager	Director Of Purchasing
Average salary	$97,838	$106,945
Salary range	Between $73,000 And $130,000	Between $68,000 And $166,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	California	Washington
Best paying company	Graco	Rivian
Best paying industry	Technology	Manufacturing

Differences between purchasing project manager and director of purchasing education

There are a few differences between a purchasing project manager and a director of purchasing in terms of educational background:

	Purchasing Project Manager	Director Of Purchasing
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Purchasing project manager vs director of purchasing demographics

Here are the differences between purchasing project managers' and directors of purchasing' demographics:

	Purchasing Project Manager	Director Of Purchasing
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 69.4% Female, 30.6%	Male, 75.1% Female, 24.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 12.4% Asian, 7.5% White, 66.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 12.4% Asian, 7.5% White, 66.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between purchasing project manager and director of purchasing duties and responsibilities

Purchasing project manager example responsibilities.

Manage all procurement activities to support manufacturing operations including raw materials, tooling, components and MRO services.
SAP MRP purchase order and purchase requisition development.
Issue RFQ packages to suppliers to maximize savings opportunities.
Evaluate RFQ packages and select suppliers base on establish Siemens policies.
Promote to develop standard business process, design and implement a global ERP solution across the procurement cycle.
Paper and book manufacturing purchase activity under the new ERP seamlessly from the old system to the new.

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.

Purchasing project manager vs director of purchasing skills

Common purchasing project manager skills

Purchase Orders, 22%
Project Management, 7%
BOM, 6%
Logistics, 5%
Cost Savings, 4%
Production Schedules, 4%

Common director of purchasing skills

Supply Chain, 18%
Purchase Orders, 9%
Product Development, 7%
Vendor Relations, 6%
Logistics, 5%
Cost Savings, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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