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, 75% of Supply Chain job descriptions contained supply chain as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

supply chain
75%
procurement
63%
logistics
38%
supplier relationship management
13%
supply chain coordinator
13%
production planner
13%
order management
13%
operations
13%
materials planner
13%
buying
13%
sap
13%
raw materials
13%
erp systems
13%
subcontract management
13%
programmes
13%
materials
13%
supply chain management
13%
buyer
13%
supplier performance
13%
sop development
13%
material flow
13%
vlookup
13%
purchasing
13%
pivot tables
13%
manufacturing
13%
excel
13%
engineering
13%
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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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