Procurement Specialist Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Purchasing

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Procurement Specialist Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Procurement Specialist role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Procurement Specialist job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 43% of Procurement Specialist job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
43%
procurement specialist
43%
buying
29%
technology procurement
29%
technology
29%
supplier management
29%
software procurement
29%
saas
29%
it procurement
29%
contract management
29%
commodity
15%
spend
15%
sourcing
15%
buyer
15%
tenders
15%
supply chain
15%
stakeholder management
15%
srm
15%
negotiation
15%
commercial acumen
15%
bid management
15%
sap
15%
purchasing
15%
manufacturing
15%
engineering
15%
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