Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Manufacturing

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Buyer Skills List in Manufacturing

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, 69% of Buyer job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
69%
purchasing
69%
procurement
43%
buying
37%
buyer
32%
mrp
22%
engineering
16%
logistics
16%
sourcing
16%
sap
16%
cips
16%
vendor
11%
negotiation
11%
purchase orders
11%
assembly
11%
assistant
11%
category
11%
manager
11%
contract management
11%
tender
6%
lean
6%
contractual
6%
customer requirements
6%
contractual agreements
6%
supplier performance
6%
automotive
6%
supplier relationship management
6%
supply chain
6%
transport
6%
group purchasing
6%
jit
6%
procurement assistant
6%
strategic sourcing
6%
supplier negotiation
6%
procurement manager
6%
negotiating
6%
supply
6%
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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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