Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Buyer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 65% of Buyer job descriptions contained purchasing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

purchasing
65%
buyer
50%
engineering
43%
manufacturing
43%
procurement
43%
administrator
22%
sap
22%
negotiation
22%
mrp
22%
training
22%
supply
22%
sheffield
22%
senior
22%
production
22%
manager
22%
glossop
22%
chesterfield
22%
chain
22%
progression
22%
buxton
22%
admin
22%
bakewell
22%
mrp system
15%
technical drawings
15%
parts
15%
technical documentation
15%
management
15%
mechanical
15%
vendor project
15%
supply chain
15%
erp
15%
costing
15%
materials
15%
coordinator
8%
heavy plant
8%
logistics
8%
resource
8%
machinery
8%
onsite
8%
mechanical maintenance engineering
8%
electronics
8%
embedded
8%
system
8%
systems engineer
8%
test
8%
buying
8%
costs
8%
planner
8%
npd
8%
keywords: buyer
8%
inventory
8%
forecast
8%
suppliers
8%
didcot
8%
bid manager
8%
contract manager
8%
defence
8%
facilities manager
8%
ministry of defence
8%
mod
8%
procurement manager
8%
abingdon
8%
bicester
8%
coordinating
8%
oxford
8%
process equipment
8%
purchaser
8%
purchasing manager
8%
sales
8%
thame
8%
witney
8%
agriculture
8%
construction
8%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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