Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Purchasing

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Buyer Skills List in Purchasing

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, 88% of Buyer job descriptions contained purchasing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

purchasing
88%
procurement
78%
buyer
71%
supply chain
32%
buying
30%
manufacturing
17%
sourcing
15%
purchaser
15%
senior buyer
15%
engineering
13%
category manager
9%
cips
9%
category
9%
junior buyer
9%
logistics
9%
negotiation
7%
manager
7%
sap
7%
erp
5%
automotive
5%
mrp
5%
purchase
5%
wfh
5%
warrington
5%
remote
5%
north west
5%
negotiating
5%
birchwood
5%
fmcg
5%
management
5%
liverpool
5%
stock control
5%
contracts
5%
frozen food
5%
food manufacturing
5%
supplier relationship manager
5%
mcips
5%
contract manager
5%
shopper
5%
manchester
5%
supplier performance
5%
general administration
3%
retail
3%
customer service
3%
witney
3%
press tool
3%
oxford
3%
supplier selection
3%
strategic buyer
3%
purchase orders
3%
supplier relationship
3%
supplier development
3%
procurement contracts
3%
f&b operations
3%
goods
3%
orders
3%
aerospace
3%
pricing strategy
3%
purchasing processes
3%
cost management
3%
contract management
3%
strategic sourcing
3%
tender
3%
engineer
3%
electrical distribution
3%
electrical wholesale
3%
lighting
3%
motor factor
3%
stock
3%
stock controller
3%
procurement buyer
3%
procurement specialist
3%
housing
3%
cheshire
3%
merseyside
3%
construction
3%
electrical
3%
electronic
3%
manufacturer
3%
technical buyer
3%
materials
3%
operations
3%
pricing
3%
production
3%
senior
3%
computer literate
3%
confident communicator
3%
existing suppliers
3%
highly organised
3%
inventory planning
3%
multitask
3%
negotiation skills
3%
shipments
3%
team player
3%

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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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