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

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Materials Planner Skills List in Manufacturing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Materials Planner role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Materials Planner job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 46% of Materials Planner job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
46%
production planning
32%
planner
23%
management
19%
materials
19%
mrp
19%
supply chain
19%
supply
19%
production
19%
chain
19%
erp
19%
production planner
14%
excel
14%
planning
14%
forecasting
10%
quality control
10%
engineering
10%
food manufacturing
10%
scheduling
10%
supplier
10%
development
10%
sap
10%
production scheduler
10%
demand planning
5%
transport
5%
sales planning
5%
stock control
5%
advanced excel
5%
problem solving
5%
interpersonal skills
5%
highly detailed
5%
administrative
5%
safety
5%
negotiating
5%
advanced it skills
5%
logistics
5%
contracts
5%
mechanical engineering
5%
production schedules
5%
master scheduling
5%
lean manufacturing
5%
pricing
5%
financial reporting
5%
raw materials
5%
reporting
5%
leadership
5%
strategies
5%
materials planning
5%
customer services
5%
manufacturing environment
5%
orders
5%
production controller
5%
manchester
5%
irlam
5%
forecast
5%
demand
5%
supply chain planner
5%
supply chain controller
5%
stores
5%
project buyer
5%
remote
5%
outlook
5%
microsoft word
5%
materials planner
5%
materials controller
5%
buyer
5%
purchasing
5%
strategic planning
5%
manufacturing manager
5%
fmcg
5%
case
5%
team leader
5%
production team leader
5%
production manager
5%
operations team leader
5%
operations manager
5%
manufacturing team leader
5%
food safety
5%
demand forecasting
5%
project
5%
programmes
5%
manufacturer
5%
wfh
5%
trafford park
5%
scheduler
5%
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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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