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, 60% of Category Buyer job descriptions contained buyer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

buyer
60%
purchasing
54%
procurement
40%
buying
27%
cips
20%
category buyer
20%
manufacturing buyer
14%
category
14%
excel
14%
indirect
14%
negotiation
14%
spend
14%
supply chain
14%
engineering buyer
14%
automotive buyer
14%
food buying experience
7%
supplier selection
7%
negotiating
7%
purchaser
7%
pricing
7%
mrp
7%
supplier management
7%
sourcing
7%
pcb
7%
electronics
7%
contract
7%
category management
7%
analysis
7%
senior purchasing
7%
senior buyer
7%
nottingham
7%
hospitality
7%
food manufacturing
7%
food industry
7%
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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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