Category Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Purchasing

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Category Buyer Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Category Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Category Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 59% of Category Buyer job descriptions contained buyer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

buyer
59%
purchasing
59%
procurement
53%
cips
24%
buying
18%
category buyer
18%
supply chain
18%
supplier management
12%
mcips
12%
senior buyer
12%
software
12%
sourcing
12%
category
12%
food manufacturing
6%
food industry
6%
wfh
6%
warrington
6%
remote
6%
hospitality
6%
manufacturing buyer
6%
automotive buyer
6%
engineering buyer
6%
identification
6%
nottingham
6%
senior purchasing
6%
analysis
6%
category management
6%
contract
6%
electronics
6%
excel
6%
indirect
6%
negotiation
6%
pcb
6%
spend
6%
sap
6%
indirect buyer
6%
indirect procurement
6%
pricing
6%
purchase orders
6%
critical path
6%
engineering
6%
homewares
6%
management
6%
manufacturing
6%
relationship
6%
north west
6%
stock management
6%
supplier
6%
wholesale purchasing
6%
strategy
6%
maintaining relationships
6%
office skills
6%
spreadsheets
6%
hybrid
6%
junior buyer
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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