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, 66% of Buyer job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
66%
purchasing
66%
buyer
61%
cips
31%
buying
31%
engineering
14%
negotiation
14%
manufacturing
14%
supply chain
14%
sourcing
9%
purchaser
9%
analysis
5%
medical device
5%
supplier selection
5%
supply chain specialist
5%
sourcing specialist
5%
purchasing coordinator
5%
procurement officer
5%
procurement executive
5%
purchasing manager
5%
procurement specialist
5%
procurement manager
5%
assurance
5%
devon
5%
iso
5%
iso9001
5%
sage
5%
paignton
5%
production
5%
quality
5%
junior buyer
5%
materials controller
5%
supply planner
5%
spend
5%
supplier relationship
5%
administration
5%
construction
5%
contracts
5%
subcontracts
5%
variation
5%
operations
5%
food industry
5%
food manufacturing
5%
hospitality
5%
identification
5%
maintaining relationships
5%
office skills
5%
spreadsheets
5%
commodity manager
5%
distribution
5%
insurance
5%
inventory control
5%
marine
5%
maritime
5%
offshore
5%
parts
5%
quality control
5%
transport
5%
engineers
5%
great yarmouth
5%
category buyer
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.

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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