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

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Purchasing Specialist Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Purchasing Specialist role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Purchasing Specialist job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 100% of Purchasing Specialist job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
100%
purchasing
60%
sourcing
40%
buying
20%
continuous improvement
20%
negotiator
20%
pharmaceutical
20%
pharmaceutical industry
20%
purchase order
20%
logistics
20%
supply chain
20%
category
20%
indirect purchasing
20%
indirect spend
20%
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