Difference between Strategic purchaser and Operational purchaser

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Can someone please explain me the difference between Strategic purchaser and Operational purchaser?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Colleagues,

Please See this...

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/88/42223ad726b75ae10000000a114084/frameset.htm

Operational Purchaser

Technical name: SAP_EC_BBP_OP_PURCHASER

Activities

Operational purchasers are responsible for processing and issuing purchase orders in the Enterprise Buyer system. If a requester creates a shopping cart containing incomplete data (no vendor assigned for an item, for example) a purchaser then receives this incomplete purchase order in his/her worklist. The purchaser completes the data and send the purchase order to the vendor.
Purchasers are also responsible for creating public and restricted bid invitations, and for comparing bids received.
Purchasers can define templates for recurring procurement processes that employees can then use when creating shopping carts. Purchasers can also shop on behalf of other users such as managers.
Purchasers are also responsible for processing of shopping carts with limit items and for the purchasing data in the business partner master records.
Purchasers can only display contracts.
Purchasers have reporting tools at their disposal that they can use to analyze shopping carts per cost center or product locally.
The application Supplier Screening can also be activated. See Supplier Screening.

Strategic Purchaser

Technical name: SAP_EC_BBP_ST_PURCHASER

Activities

The strategic purchaser is responsible for strategic procurement tasks. Her tasks include the creation of public and restricted bid invitations, and the comparison of bids received. She can use theEnterprise Buyer Bidding Engine to handle these tasks.

The strategic purchaser is responsible for the creation of contracts, the use of scheduling agreements, and for the purchasing data in the business partner master records. She also compiles vendor lists.

In addition, the strategic purchaser can use various SAP BW evaluations to help her with the strategic decision-making process.

The application Supplier Screening can also be activated. See Supplier Screening.

n the standard delivery, purchasers have the authorization to perform the following activities in the Live Auction Cockpit:

1.       Ban and reinstate bidders

2.       Perform surrogate bidding

3.       Delete bids

4.       Extend auctions

5.       Start, pause, and resume auctions

Use transaction PFCG to restrict purchasers from performing one or more of these activities.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Rohit,

Thanks for detailed explanation.

Regards,

Sunil

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Rohit,

Can you able to help me with certification questions? As i am planning to go for certification soon. For that if you can provide me with some useful docs than it would be great. (email id - sunil_ind001@yahoo.com)

Thanks.

Sunil

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Sunil,

I have sent some of the certification question to your email address. Please check and confirm the same.

All the best for your exam.

Regards,

saba

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Saba,

Thanks for your kind help.

Regards,

Sunil

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Sunil,

I donot have any docu.

If i find something i will forward you.

Best regards,

Rohit

[Former Member]

Hi,

Below is the difference between Strategic & Operational Purchaser.

Strategic Purchaser

- Reporting

- Redistribute workload

- Negotiate & Process Contracts, change vendor in Contracts

- Supplier Evaluation

- Process Bid Invitations & Auctions

- Maintain & Process Supplier List

- Process Quota arrangement

Operational Purchaser

- Complete & Process PO

- Confirm Goods/Service Centrally

- Enter Invoice/Credit memo centrally

- Carry out Sourcing

- Create Template

- Edit Business Partners

Best Regards,

Anil

[Former Member]

Hi Sunil,

Main difference between Strategic purchaser and Operational purchaser

1. Strategic Purchaser :

• RFX creation
• Auction
• CCM - Central contract Management
• Workload redistribution
• Supplier List
• Quota Arrangement.

2. Operational Purchaser :

• Processing Saved PO's
• Receiving GR and entering invoice
• Work with purchase requisitions and purchase orders in SAP ERP.
• Supplier Master & Product master.

Let me know if you need any help.

Regards,

$aba

[Former Member]

Hi $aba,

As you mention above, Strategic purchaser is responsible for Supplier list and Operational purcahser will be responsible for Supplier master. Please let me know the difference between Supplier list and Supplier master.

Thanks,

Sunil

[Former Member]

Supplier list is the approved list of suppliers.

Supplier master is the master data for supplier.

The role of Operational purcahser is to handle daily task so he uses Supplier list.

The  Strategic purchaser handles the future purchases thats why mostly deal with Supplier master.

Best regards,

Rohit

[Former Member]

Sunil,

Supplier list :

Compiled by the purchaser for specific products or product categories and contains suppliers and back-end contracts.Also supplier list will not support local contracts created in SRM.

Supplier Master :

It is a nothing but vendor master data which i replicated from the back end system.

Reward me some points if it is helpful.

Thanks

Saba.