Senior material specialist vs purchasing agent

Differences between senior material specialist and purchasing agent duties and responsibilities

Senior material specialist example responsibilities.

• Lead project to establish a Kanban system for hardware to a key station to reduce cycle time and increase efficiency.
• Work with MRP and suppliers to endure jobsite delivery in Indonesia within the project schedule.
• Support the management and planning of Maximo asset /inventory requirements to balance investment and demand accounting for operation conditions.
• Provide production and delivery KPI reporting matrix for operations and management personnel both internal and externally.

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.
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