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, 70% of Buyer job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
70%
purchasing
65%
buyer
65%
buying
35%
cips
20%
manufacturing
20%
supply chain
15%
sourcing
15%
production
10%
purchaser
10%
negotiation
10%
spend
5%
supplier relationship
5%
blackburn
5%
burnley
5%
category
5%
category manager
5%
supplier negotiation
5%
contract
5%
darwen
5%
lancashire
5%
management
5%
procure
5%
admin
5%
analytical
5%
communication skills
5%
supply planner
5%
engineering
5%
junior buyer
5%
supply chain specialist
5%
category buyer
5%
commodity manager
5%
procurement manager
5%
procurement specialist
5%
purchasing manager
5%
procurement executive
5%
procurement officer
5%
purchasing coordinator
5%
sourcing specialist
5%
materials controller
5%
supplier selection
5%
analysis
5%
assurance
5%
devon
5%
iso
5%
iso9001
5%
medical device
5%
paignton
5%
quality
5%
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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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