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

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Purchasing Officer Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Purchasing Officer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Purchasing Officer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 74% of Purchasing Officer job descriptions contained purchasing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

purchasing
74%
procurement
74%
buyer
66%
officer
53%
fabrics
35%
textiles
35%
purchase
31%
assistant
31%
administrator
31%
buying
22%
procurement officer
22%
supply chain
22%
sales
22%
procurement executive
18%
procurement manager
18%
supply chain coordinator
18%
littleborough
18%
middleton
18%
oldham
18%
rochdale
18%
procurement advisor
18%
purchaser
14%
purchasing manager
14%
senior buyer
14%
loughton
14%
supply chain manager
14%
doncaster
5%
bampton
5%
haywards heath
5%
gainsborough
5%
burford
5%
construction
5%
ppe
5%
safety
5%
lincoln
5%
junior
5%
electrical
5%
mansfield
5%
oxford
5%
mechanical
5%
trainee
5%
witney
5%
magherafelt
5%
retford
5%
accounts admin
5%
accounts assistant
5%
portsmouth
5%
worksop
5%
admin assistant
5%
fareham
5%
new builds
5%
data input
5%
park gate
5%
policies
5%
filing
5%
southampton
5%
public sector
5%
order
5%
not for profit
5%
logistics
5%
processing
5%
procurement admin
5%
scanning
5%
procurement administrator
5%
sourcing
5%
wakefield
5%
antrim
5%
burgess hill
5%

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