Raw material manager vs purchasing manager

Differences between raw material manager and purchasing manager duties and responsibilities

Raw material manager example responsibilities.

• Assist in achieving ISO certification and chair vendor audits for quality compliance.
• Lead the accelerated development of new global supply base and logistics to replace long-standing domestic suppliers.
• Manage all raw materials and conduct inventory audits, maintain compliance guidelines, and supervise MRO purchasing to balance material shortage/surplus.
• Decrease inventories using MRP system to alert order status and re-ordering materials on a timely basis.
• Machine job shop supervision of industrial wood processing tool manufacturing with extreme tolerances in a participative MRP work cell environment.
• Review shipment accuracy and logistics billings.
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Purchasing manager example responsibilities.

• Manage payroll and accounts payable.
• Lead major purchasing projects for automotive OEM vehicles.
• Used RFI, RFP, RFQ techniques to identify, select, and engage with suppliers to ensure competitive market advantage.
• Establish an integrate MRO supply program which eliminate specific company manage buying, inventory control and warehousing functions.
• Manage all procurement activities to support manufacturing operations including raw materials, tooling, components and MRO services.
• Manage several indirect sourcing RFP projects including categories for translation services, payroll services, capital equipment and engineering services.
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