Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Buyer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 62% of Buyer job descriptions contained buyer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

buyer
62%
manufacturing
43%
purchasing
39%
procurement
27%
engineering
24%
electrical
16%
production
16%
mrp
16%
supply chain
16%
buying
16%
engineer
16%
technical
16%
manager
12%
mechanical
12%
supply
12%
bid manager
12%
contract manager
12%
defence
12%
facilities manager
12%
ministry of defence
12%
mod
12%
procurement manager
12%
suppliers
12%
aerospace
8%
chain
8%
electronics
8%
senior
8%
logistics
8%
automotive
8%
international trade
8%
purchase
8%
wholesalers
8%
contract
8%
erp
8%
purchaser
8%
negotiation
8%
aviation
4%
avionic
4%
cambridge
4%
essex
4%
stevenage
4%
supplier
4%
walden
4%
corby
4%
coventry
4%
daventry
4%
kettering
4%
leamington
4%
leicester
4%
northampton
4%
rugby
4%
spa
4%
nuclear
4%
account management
4%
business development
4%
construciton
4%
gas
4%
internal sales
4%
mining
4%
offshore
4%
oil
4%
quote
4%
sales
4%
targets
4%
purchase orders
4%
raw materials
4%
audio
4%
budget
4%
hertfordshire
4%
london
4%
project
4%
st albans
4%
technology
4%
visual
4%
watford
4%
mechanical project manager
4%
project engineer
4%
portsmouth
4%
quality engineer
4%
salisbury
4%
winchester
4%
bidding
4%
commercial
4%
contract law
4%
invoicing
4%
lead
4%
negotiating
4%
pricing
4%
excel
4%
engineering buyer
4%
manufacturing buyer
4%
materials buyer
4%
materials purchasing
4%
automation
4%
castle donington
4%
cips
4%
coalville
4%
cost
4%
derby
4%
dispatch
4%
hybrid
4%
industrial
4%
burton-on-trent
4%
tamworth
4%
agriculture
4%
construction
4%
coordinating
4%
coordinator
4%
heavy plant
4%
machinery
4%
onsite
4%
admin
4%
administrator
4%
training
4%
bakewell
4%
buxton
4%
capex
4%
chesterfield
4%
costing
4%
glossop
4%
materials
4%
mrp system
4%
parts
4%
progression
4%
sheffield
4%
strategy
4%
technical documentation
4%
technical drawings
4%
management
4%
sap
4%
vendor project
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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