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, 88% of Purchasing Officer job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
88%
purchasing
71%
buyer
55%
buying
34%
purchaser
25%
manufacturing
21%
sourcing
21%
supply chain
17%
procurement officer
17%
cips
17%
engineering
17%
category manager
17%
liverpool
13%
procurement manager
13%
category
13%
north west
13%
merseyside
13%
tender
13%
watford
9%
senior procurement officer
9%
sales
9%
senior buyer
9%
reading
9%
raw materials
9%
oxfordshire
9%
oxford
9%
newbury
9%
high wycombe
9%
bicester
9%
berinsfield
9%
aylesbury
9%
supply chain coordinator
9%
procurement advisor
9%
contracts
9%
management
9%
manager
9%
progression
9%
finance team
9%
negotiating
9%
purchase
9%
government procurement
9%
local authority
9%
account
9%
chain
9%
distribution
9%
bushey
9%
croxley green
9%
engineer
9%
logistics
9%
london
9%
supply
9%
local government
5%
procurement administrator
5%
procurement admin
5%
public sector
5%
procurement executive
5%
asap
5%
manufacturing planner
5%
supply chain manager
5%
ojeu
5%
pcr
5%
pcr2015
5%
ucr
5%
ucr2016
5%
commercial
5%
purchasing specialist
5%
purchasing administrator
5%
purchasing assistant
5%
inventory
5%
manual handling
5%
pricing
5%
rfq
5%
sap
5%
stock
5%
stores
5%
cheshire
5%
category management
5%
hybrid
5%
jobs
5%
materials
5%
north
5%
northwest
5%
procure
5%
recycling
5%
remote
5%
sustainability
5%
sustainable
5%
west
5%

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