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

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Materials Manager Skills List in Purchasing

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, 38% of Materials Manager job descriptions contained purchasing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

purchasing
38%
buyer
38%
buying
25%
sourcing
25%
procurement
25%
electronics
19%
category manager
19%
liverpool
19%
manufacturing
19%
pcb's
19%
components
19%
merseyside
19%
north west
19%
stores
13%
manager
13%
management
13%
contracts
13%
cips
13%
progression
13%
sustainability
13%
supplier selection
13%
sap
13%
outlook
13%
microsoft word
13%
excel
13%
engineering
13%
category management
13%
relationship management
13%
northwest
7%
procure
7%
recycling
7%
west
7%
north
7%
materials
7%
jobs
7%
hybrid
7%
remote
7%
sustainable
7%
sales support
7%
admin
7%
office admin
7%
project admin
7%
sales admin
7%
negotiation
7%
commercial
7%
cheshire
7%
material scheduler
7%
trading
7%
international shipping
7%
co ordinator
7%
arabic
7%
pricing
7%
supply chain
7%
subcontract management
7%
senior buyer
7%
supplier quality
7%
supplier negotiation
7%
strategic partnerships
7%
purchase orders
7%
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