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

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Sourcing Specialist Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sourcing Specialist role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sourcing Specialist job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 45% of Sourcing Specialist job descriptions contained sourcing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sourcing
45%
procurement
45%
purchasing
45%
buying
28%
negotiation
23%
buyer
17%
tendering
17%
engineering
12%
contract management
12%
nec contracts
12%
manufacturing
12%
pcr2015
12%
mrp
6%
supplier
6%
supplier selection
6%
senior buyer
6%
buy
6%
cipd
6%
contract
6%
commercial
6%
problem solving
6%
raw materials
6%
production
6%
nhs
6%
generalist
6%
framework
6%
sourcing manager
6%
soft fm
6%
timber
6%
category specialist
6%
automotive
6%
strategic procurement manager
6%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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