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, 62% of Category Buyer job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
62%
purchasing
45%
cips
34%
buyer
34%
category
23%
materials
17%
buying
17%
builders merchants
12%
building supplies
12%
quotations
12%
senior buyer
12%
nhs
12%
category management
12%
strategy
12%
goods and services and managing vendors
12%
bricks
12%
category manager
12%
retail
6%
category specialist
6%
sales and operations planning
6%
p2p
6%
sap
6%
contract negotiation
6%
sourcing specialist
6%
tactical buyer
6%
aggregates
6%
purchasing manager
6%
contract manufacturing
6%
procurement manager
6%
construction
6%
strategic buyer
6%
merchandising
6%
product development
6%
products
6%
rfq
6%
suppliers
6%
stakeholder management
6%
sourcing
6%
supplier sourcing
6%
competitive tendering
6%
indirect category buyer
6%
regulations
6%
category buyer
6%
pricing
6%
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