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

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Category Buyer Skills List in Purchasing

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

purchasing
64%
procurement
58%
buyer
46%
buying
25%
sourcing
25%
supply chain
19%
contracts
19%
category
19%
category buyer
16%
cips
16%
category manager
16%
north west
13%
remote
13%
liverpool
13%
warrington
13%
wfh
13%
manufacturing buyer
13%
birchwood
13%
engineering buyer
13%
automotive buyer
13%
sap
10%
management
10%
manager
10%
manchester
10%
senior buyer
10%
cheshire
10%
merseyside
10%
food manufacturing
7%
logistics
7%
supplier performance
7%
supplier relationship
7%
negotiation
7%
frozen food
7%
nec3
7%
nec4
7%
strategy
7%
senior purchasing
7%
analysis
7%
apparel
7%
garments
7%
stock availability
7%
stakeholder relationship
7%
hybrid
7%
capex
7%
indirect buyer
7%
po
7%
pcr2015
4%
directs
4%
jct
4%
automotive
4%
indirects/services
4%
frameworks
4%
category plans
4%
commercial lead
4%
manufacturing
4%
contract negotiation
4%
contract management
4%
cost management
4%
aerospace
4%
hybrid working
4%
supplier development
4%
haulage
4%
category strategy
4%
budget
4%
inventory management
4%
cost reduction
4%
commodities
4%
continuous improvement
4%
nec
4%
fm
4%
indirect procurement
4%
site services
4%
ppe
4%
project
4%
capital
4%
planned works
4%
wigan
4%
purchase
4%
purchaser
4%
commodity buyer
4%
housing
4%
mcip
4%
defence
4%
nec 4
4%
public sector
4%
engineering
4%
procurement contracts
4%
customer service
4%
general administration
4%
clothing
4%
administrative support
4%
ariba
4%
microsoft excel
4%
purchase orders
4%
sap erp
4%

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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