Materials Manager Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Manufacturing

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Materials Manager Skills List in Manufacturing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Materials Manager role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Materials Manager job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 24% of Materials Manager job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
24%
supply chain
24%
production
20%
procurement
12%
planning
12%
production planning
12%
purchasing
12%
packaging
12%
clinical supplies
8%
erp
8%
warehouse
8%
pharmaceutical
8%
operational support
8%
clinical trials
8%
mrp
8%
electronics
8%
materials planning
8%
engineering
8%
supply
8%
production build packs
8%
process improvement
8%
fmcg
8%
electronics manufacturing
8%
bom
8%
raw materials
4%
agricultural
4%
supply chain manager
4%
plant hire
4%
autocad
4%
solidworks
4%
customer services
4%
forecasting
4%
returns
4%
inventory management
4%
construction
4%
production schedules
4%
lifting
4%
supplies
4%
quality manager
4%
npi
4%
lead auditor
4%
iso9001
4%
iso14001
4%
internal
4%
product manager
4%
health safety
4%
advanced it skills
4%
communication skills
4%
stock control
4%
planning manager
4%
logistics
4%
bakery
4%
master scheduling
4%
lean manufacturing
4%
financial reporting
4%
scheduler
4%
strong it skills
4%
procurement administrator
4%
microsoft office
4%
good communicator
4%
yard
4%
supervisor
4%
manufacturing environment
4%
wfh
4%
trafford park
4%
5s
4%
remote
4%
manchester
4%
irlam
4%
forecast
4%
demand
4%
chain
4%
scheduling
4%
planner
4%
quality inspector
4%
technologist
4%
product launch
4%
npd
4%
new product development
4%
food
4%
development
4%
creation
4%
assembly
4%
testing
4%
project
4%
programmes
4%
materials
4%
manufacturer
4%
manufacturing engineer
4%
kaizen
4%
green belt
4%
black belt
4%
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