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

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Materials Buyer Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Materials Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Materials Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 77% of Materials Buyer job descriptions contained purchasing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

purchasing
77%
procurement
75%
buyer
75%
supply chain
28%
buying
26%
senior buyer
19%
materials
19%
manufacturing
12%
sourcing
12%
category manager
10%
scrap
10%
strategic buyer
10%
construction
10%
technical buyer
10%
project buyer
10%
manager
10%
category
7%
logistics
7%
cips
7%
north west
7%
management
7%
purchaser
7%
liverpool
7%
contracts
7%
mrp
5%
materials planning
5%
raw materials
5%
fmcg
5%
purchase
5%
manchester
5%
sap
5%
remote
5%
warrington
5%
wfh
5%
merseyside
5%
birchwood
5%
progression
3%
traders
3%
recycling
3%
food manufacturing
3%
negotiation
3%
cost management
3%
frozen food
3%
materials control
3%
subcontract management
3%
supplier development
3%
supplier performance
3%
components
3%
electronics
3%
waste management
3%
metal
3%
pcb's
3%
supplier selection
3%
food
3%
pharmaceutical
3%
relationship management
3%
engineer
3%
contract manager
3%
mcips
3%
supplier relationship manager
3%
cheshire
3%
housing
3%
electrical
3%
electronic
3%
engineering
3%
erp
3%
manufacturer
3%
plastics
3%
operations
3%
pricing
3%
production
3%
senior
3%
negotiating
3%
builder
3%
building
3%
purchase orders
3%
category buyer
3%
npi buyer
3%

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