Senior material specialist vs senior purchasing agent

Differences between senior material specialist and senior 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.

Senior purchasing agent example responsibilities.

• Manage patterns for older, obsolete OEM part outsource production to locally foundries.
• Interact within an ERP system environment and manage various reporting tools to support operations and control the flow of information.
• Manage subcontracts activity including RFQ analysis, major negotiations and construction of complex subcontracting orders and milestones.
• Provide management for warehousing, transportation, documentation requirements, cost analysis, third-party logistics, and reverse logistics.
• Help create new purchasing procurement program base on customer forecasting and JIT programs (KANBAN).
• Update & maintain ERP system part master data including new item creation, discontinuations and site planning changes.
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