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

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Principal Buyer Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Principal Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Principal Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 72% of Principal Buyer job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
72%
purchasing
58%
buyer
58%
category
29%
cips
29%
public sector
29%
negotiation
29%
buying
29%
sourcing
15%
direct
15%
indirect
15%
stakeholder management
15%
supplier relationships
15%
shopper
15%
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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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