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, 95% of Supply Chain job descriptions contained supply chain as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

supply chain
95%
procurement
28%
purchasing
28%
buyer
23%
administration
12%
purchaser
12%
retail
12%
freight
12%
forecasting
12%
budgets
12%
sap
12%
inventory
12%
demand planning
12%
database
12%
logistics
12%
coordinator
12%
supplier management
12%
director
12%
mcips
12%
procurement jobs
12%
expeditor
12%
procurement director
12%
capacity planning
12%
wholesale
6%
consumer goods
6%
beauty
6%
production
6%
manufacturing
6%
manager
6%
erp
6%
engineering
6%
supply chain management
6%
management
6%
healthcare management
6%
project delivery
6%
project cost
6%
handle multiple projects
6%
cips
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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