Materials Manager Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Manufacturing

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Materials Manager Skills List in Manufacturing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Materials Manager role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Materials Manager job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 27% of Materials Manager job descriptions contained supply chain as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

supply chain
27%
manufacturing
22%
production
22%
purchasing
18%
engineering
14%
production planning
14%
packaging
14%
procurement
14%
clinical supplies
9%
materials planning
9%
pharmaceutical
9%
operational support
9%
clinical trials
9%
electronics
9%
mrp
9%
warehouse
9%
erp
9%
advanced it skills
5%
financial reporting
5%
excel
5%
microsoft word
5%
forecasting
5%
customer services
5%
solidworks
5%
autocad
5%
returns
5%
raw materials
5%
agricultural
5%
supply chain manager
5%
plant hire
5%
inventory management
5%
construction
5%
testing
5%
technologist
5%
product launch
5%
npd
5%
new product development
5%
npi
5%
production build packs
5%
process improvement
5%
lifting
5%
electronics manufacturing
5%
communication skills
5%
bom
5%
stock control
5%
quality manager
5%
planning manager
5%
fmcg
5%
logistics
5%
lead auditor
5%
iso9001
5%
iso14001
5%
internal
5%
supplies
5%
production schedules
5%
master scheduling
5%
lean manufacturing
5%
supply
5%
black belt
5%
5s
5%
strong it skills
5%
procurement administrator
5%
microsoft office
5%
good communicator
5%
yard
5%
scheduling
5%
supervisor
5%
green belt
5%
manufacturing environment
5%
wfh
5%
trafford park
5%
scheduler
5%
remote
5%
manchester
5%
irlam
5%
forecast
5%
demand
5%
assembly
5%
chain
5%
development
5%
creation
5%
bakery
5%
outlook
5%
project buyer
5%
sap
5%
stores
5%
buyer
5%
food
5%
quality inspector
5%
project
5%
programmes
5%
planner
5%
materials
5%
planning
5%
manufacturer
5%
manufacturing engineer
5%
kaizen
5%
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