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, 94% of Purchasing Specialist job descriptions contained purchasing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

purchasing
94%
procurement
75%
buyer
69%
negotiation
44%
packaging
38%
sales
32%
sourcing specialist
32%
specialist
32%
days-based
32%
devon
32%
engineering
32%
inspection
32%
manufacturing
32%
plymouth
32%
process equipment
32%
purchaser
32%
supply chain
25%
logistics
19%
mrp
19%
operations
19%
cips
13%
inventory
13%
sourcing
13%
buying
13%
goods out
7%
marine
7%
sap
7%
stock
7%
components
7%
contract review
7%
supplier
7%
fmcg
7%
category
7%
commodity
7%
defence
7%
goods in
7%
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