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, 45% of Category Specialist job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
45%
commercial specialist
23%
category manager
23%
head of commercial
23%
contracts specialist
23%
contracts manager
23%
contract specialist
23%
contract manager
23%
commercial manager
23%
commercial lead
23%
commercial director
23%
commercial consultant
23%
public sector
23%
category buyer
23%
c
12%
rail
12%
public procurement
12%
strategy
12%
commercial practitioner
12%
negotiating
12%
best value
12%
commercial awareness
12%
leadership
12%
negotiation
12%
pcr
12%
stakeholder
12%
stakeholder management
12%
tender
12%
strategic thinking
12%
relationship management
12%
problem solving
12%
pricing strategy
12%
presentation skills
12%
numerical analysis
12%
communication skills
12%
category
12%
analytical
12%
buyer
12%
contract lead
12%
purchasing
12%
procurement job
12%
procurement manager
12%
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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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