Supply Chain Manager Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Purchasing

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Supply Chain Manager Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Supply Chain Manager role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Supply Chain Manager job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 67% of Supply Chain Manager job descriptions contained supply chain as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

supply chain
67%
purchasing
62%
procurement
62%
buying
39%
buyer
39%
contracts
34%
senior buyer
29%
public sector
24%
consultancy
24%
facilities
24%
housing
24%
manufacturing
20%
liverpool
15%
manager
15%
merseyside
15%
north west
15%
cips
15%
category manager
15%
sourcing
15%
forecasting
10%
freight
10%
relationship management
10%
retail
10%
procurement manager
10%
subcontract management
10%
budgets
10%
strategic buyer
10%
progression
10%
management
10%
inventory management
5%
otif
5%
chatham
5%
faversham
5%
maidstone
5%
rainham
5%
sittingbourne
5%
supply chain manager
5%
admin
5%
office admin
5%
project admin
5%
sales admin
5%
sales support
5%
engineering
5%
erp
5%
production
5%
materials
5%
continuous improvement
5%
lean
5%
negotiation
5%
six sigma
5%
cheshire
5%
commercial
5%
hybrid
5%
jobs
5%
head of procurement
5%
north
5%
northwest
5%
procure
5%
recycling
5%
remote
5%
sustainability
5%
sustainable
5%
west
5%
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