Technical Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Purchasing

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Technical Buyer Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Technical Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Technical Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 64% of Technical Buyer job descriptions contained buyer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

buyer
64%
procurement
64%
purchasing
60%
buying
37%
manufacturing
28%
supply chain
23%
engineering
23%
production
14%
cips
14%
sourcing
14%
negotiation
10%
hertfordshire
10%
project
10%
st albans
10%
technical
10%
watford
10%
devon
5%
iso
5%
assurance
5%
iso9001
5%
medical device
5%
paignton
5%
senior buyer
5%
analysis
5%
group purchasing
5%
supplier relationships
5%
stakeholder management
5%
indirect
5%
purchaser
5%
quality
5%
procurement executive
5%
admin
5%
commercial
5%
food buying experience
5%
negotiating
5%
pricing
5%
sap
5%
supplier
5%
supplier management
5%
airbus
5%
electronics
5%
expediting
5%
pcb
5%
food industry
5%
inventory control
5%
insurance
5%
great yarmouth
5%
engineers
5%
distribution
5%
administration
5%
hospitality
5%
food manufacturing
5%
marine
5%
contracts
5%
construction
5%
operations
5%
spreadsheets
5%
office skills
5%
maintaining relationships
5%
identification
5%
commodity manager
5%
supplier selection
5%
supply chain specialist
5%
sourcing specialist
5%
procurement officer
5%
purchasing manager
5%
purchasing coordinator
5%
procurement specialist
5%
procurement manager
5%
direct
5%
category buyer
5%
transport
5%
sage
5%
quality control
5%
parts
5%
offshore
5%
maritime
5%

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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