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, 60% of Buyer job descriptions contained buyer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

buyer
60%
purchasing
44%
manufacturing
41%
procurement
29%
engineering
29%
mrp
16%
supply chain
16%
production
16%
supply
13%
buying
13%
engineer
13%
technical
13%
manager
13%
negotiation
13%
bid manager
10%
contract manager
10%
defence
10%
facilities manager
10%
ministry of defence
10%
mod
10%
procurement manager
10%
logistics
10%
electrical
10%
suppliers
10%
erp
10%
purchaser
10%
mechanical
10%
admin
10%
administrator
10%
bakewell
10%
buxton
10%
chain
10%
chesterfield
10%
glossop
10%
progression
10%
senior
10%
sheffield
10%
training
10%
automotive
7%
international trade
7%
purchase
7%
wholesalers
7%
sales
7%
contract
7%
agriculture
7%
construction
7%
coordinating
7%
coordinator
7%
heavy plant
7%
machinery
7%
onsite
7%
costing
7%
materials
7%
mrp system
7%
parts
7%
technical documentation
7%
technical drawings
7%
management
7%
sap
7%
vendor project
7%
corby
4%
coventry
4%
daventry
4%
kettering
4%
leamington
4%
leicester
4%
northampton
4%
rugby
4%
spa
4%
aerospace
4%
nuclear
4%
account management
4%
business development
4%
construciton
4%
gas
4%
internal sales
4%
mining
4%
offshore
4%
oil
4%
quote
4%
targets
4%
purchase orders
4%
raw materials
4%
audio
4%
budget
4%
hertfordshire
4%
london
4%
project
4%
st albans
4%
technology
4%
visual
4%
watford
4%
mechanical project manager
4%
project engineer
4%
portsmouth
4%
quality engineer
4%
salisbury
4%
winchester
4%
bidding
4%
commercial
4%
contract law
4%
invoicing
4%
lead
4%
negotiating
4%
pricing
4%
electronics
4%
excel
4%
engineering buyer
4%
manufacturing buyer
4%
materials buyer
4%
materials purchasing
4%
automation
4%
castle donington
4%
cips
4%
coalville
4%
cost
4%
derby
4%
dispatch
4%
hybrid
4%
industrial
4%
burton-on-trent
4%
tamworth
4%
capex
4%
strategy
4%
abingdon
4%
bicester
4%
didcot
4%
oxford
4%
process equipment
4%
purchasing manager
4%
thame
4%
witney
4%
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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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