Senior material specialist vs purchasing buyer

Differences between senior material specialist and purchasing buyer 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 buyer example responsibilities.

• Manage the development of RFP process per departmental and legal requirements.
• Create and manage requisitions, code billing statements and reconcile monthly bills in PeopleSoft.
• Manage logistics and materials receive for appropriate quantities, timeliness and accuracy to complete project project.
• Complete request for quotation (RFQ), design reviews, and advance product quality planning (APQP).
• Used MRP to track and develop orders for electronic and mechanical commodities for high volume 32,000 a day unit product.
• Make purchasing decisions base on the examination and recommendations of the ERP planning system and issuing and maintaining supplier purchase orders.
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