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Material Management Jobs in India

The discipline of material management carries out the responsibilities of purchasing surplus property and its acquisition, contract,

warehousing and disposal and all other aspects of buying, maintaining, and disposal of goods and services for agencies. Material management and supply profession contributes to the overall success of the enterprise. The growing importance has created immense scope for material management jobs in India. Material management covers the following services:

Developing material management system
Optimal logistics and transportation strategies
Integrated Inventory Management System
Optimal Inventory Policy
Property disposition
Scrap disposal

Advantages
Material management offers the following advantages:

It saves time and reduces costs
Provides management information
Provides flexibility to manage products
Saves money

Supply management involves the following tasks:

Analyzing expenditure
Strategic sourcing
Obtain quotes from suppliers and evaluate
Negotiating
Managing supplier performance
Implementation of processes and policies that support purchasing process

Careers
Supply management plays a critical role in survival of businesses. Unless the supply chains are managed carefully and creatively, organizations can’t operate at their efficient best. One can opt for careers as

Material Manager
Supply Manager
Distribution Manager
Operations Manager

Education
One can obtain degree and diplomas from universities like:

Indira Gandhi National Open University
University of Madras
University of Delhi

Also, reputed institutions offer courses on material management and supply management. Some of them are:

Indian Institute of Material Management
Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Naukri Hub offers information on material management jobs in India.