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

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Category Specialist Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Category Specialist role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Category Specialist job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 62% of Category Specialist job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
62%
category manager
39%
purchasing
30%
buyer
27%
contracts
27%
buying
24%
cips
18%
sourcing
18%
procurement manager
18%
sc clearance
18%
sc cleared
18%
sc level
18%
security check
18%
security clearance
18%
security cleared
18%
security vetting clearance
18%
liverpool
15%
north west
15%
remote
15%
wfh
15%
commercial manager
15%
cleared to a high government standard
15%
developed vetted
15%
developed vetting
15%
dv check
15%
dv clearance
15%
dv cleared
15%
dv strap
15%
birchwood
12%
merseyside
12%
warrington
12%
management
12%
manager
12%
commercial lead
12%
contract manager
12%
commercial
12%
contract
12%
cheshire
9%
manchester
9%
supply chain
9%
senior buyer
9%
contract lead
9%
contracts manager
9%
procurement lead
9%
sourcing manager
9%
category
6%
hybrid
6%
ojeu
6%
pcr2015
6%
commercial specialist
6%
mcips
6%
senior procurement officer
6%
automotive
6%
procurement officer
6%
active sc
6%
public sector procurement
3%
tenders
3%
procurement business partner
3%
capex
3%
capital
3%
project
3%
planned works
3%
wigan
3%
sass
3%
technical
3%
tendering
3%
terms of business
3%
housing
3%
comm
3%
commercial consultant
3%
commercial officer
3%
commercial practitioner
3%
purchaser
3%
supplier relationship manager
3%
contract drafting
3%
contracts management
3%
hybrid working
3%
telecommunications
3%
category specialist
3%
public sector
3%
contractor
3%
day rate
3%
interim
3%
temp
3%
wirral
3%
procurement category manager
3%
supplier negotiation
3%
interim procurement
3%
senior category manager
3%
category lead
3%
commercial buyer
3%
engineering buyer
3%
manufacturing
3%
purchasing manager
3%
contract management
3%
negotiation
3%
stakeholder engagement
3%
supplier management
3%
construction
3%
government
3%
senior category officer
3%
senior commercial officer
3%
ship building
3%
purchasing specialist
3%
protein purchasing
3%
corporate services
3%
environmental services
3%
local government
3%
market analysis
3%
aerospace
3%
category strategy
3%
global
3%
hr
3%
strategy
3%
saving
3%
category management
3%
entertainment
3%
fm
3%
marketing
3%
media
3%
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