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, 57% of Materials Manager job descriptions contained purchasing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

purchasing
57%
buyer
44%
buying
38%
engineering
25%
raw materials
25%
procurement
25%
senior buyer
19%
npi buyer
19%
technical buyer
19%
manufacturing
19%
materials management
13%
mrp
13%
sourcing
13%
cips
13%
category
7%
pricing
7%
materials
7%
negotiation
7%
product profile
7%
orders
7%
quotations
7%
supply
7%
tactical
7%
commodity manager
7%
automotive
7%
commodity management
7%
indirect procurement
7%
erp
7%
procurement manager
7%
heavy engineering
7%
strategic buying
7%
building materials
7%
inventory control
7%
supply chain management
7%
category manager
7%
bricks
7%
category specialist
7%
production
7%
builders merchants
7%
scunthorpe
7%
building supplies
7%
construction
7%
supply chain
7%
contract negotiation
7%
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