Purchasing Engineer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Purchasing

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Purchasing Engineer Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Purchasing Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Purchasing Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 86% of Purchasing Engineer job descriptions contained supply chain as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

supply chain
86%
manufacturing
72%
procurement
72%
buyer
58%
engineering
43%
buying
43%
st albans
29%
watford
29%
technical
29%
project
29%
hertfordshire
29%
production
29%
lead
15%
vlookup
15%
aerospace
15%
bespoke
15%
days
15%
electrical
15%
engines
15%
flexible
15%
hybrid
15%
joinery
15%
purchasing
15%
machinery
15%
metal
15%
npi
15%
operations
15%
process
15%
progression
15%
project management
15%
training
15%
purchase orders
15%
automotive buyer
15%
category buyer
15%
engineering buyer
15%
manufacturing buyer
15%
nottingham
15%
senior buyer
15%
senior purchasing
15%
schedule
15%
quotations
15%
supplier performance
15%
negotiations
15%
mrp
15%
forecast
15%
cost reduction
15%
cost effective
15%
excel
15%
logistics
15%
pivot tables
15%
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