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

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Supply Chain Skills List in Purchasing

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
67%
supplier performance
67%
logistics
34%
supply chain management
34%
supplier relationship management
34%
sop development
34%
material flow
34%
vlookup
34%
supply chain
34%
purchasing
34%
pivot tables
34%
manufacturing
34%
construction industry
34%
excel
34%
engineering
34%
buyer
34%
supplier negotiation
34%
purchase order
34%
management
34%
maintaining relationships
34%
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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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