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, 65% of Technical Buyer job descriptions contained buyer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

buyer
65%
purchasing
58%
procurement
54%
engineering
29%
senior buyer
25%
manufacturing
25%
buying
25%
supply chain
25%
sourcing
18%
pcb's
11%
supplier
11%
electronics
11%
components
11%
erp
8%
aerospace
8%
sap
8%
relationship
8%
management
8%
category
8%
subcontract management
8%
relationship management
8%
technical buyer
8%
strategic buyer
8%
automotive
8%
project buyer
8%
goods
8%
orders
8%
purchase orders
8%
raw materials
4%
problem solving
4%
negotiation
4%
mrp
4%
vlookup
4%
pivot tables
4%
logistics
4%
excel
4%
production
4%
inco terms
4%
building materials
4%
procurement specialist
4%
assistant buyer
4%
junior buyer
4%
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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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