Product Manager Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Purchasing

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Product Manager Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Product Manager role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Product Manager job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 57% of Product Manager job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
57%
purchasing
37%
buyer
30%
buying
30%
supply chain
24%
sourcing
10%
administrative support
10%
engineering
10%
pricing
10%
sap
10%
merchandising
7%
materials planning
7%
category manager
7%
purchaser
7%
commercially minded
7%
purchase orders
7%
strategic thinking
7%
public sector
7%
fmcg
7%
category
7%
import
4%
supplies
4%
contract negotiation
4%
energy efficiency
4%
new product ideas
4%
freight
4%
defence
4%
export
4%
documentation
4%
interim
4%
data
4%
analytical
4%
energy
4%
energy management
4%
coordinator
4%
general admin
4%
stock control
4%
inventory
4%
inventory coordinator
4%
account manager
4%
business process
4%
p2p
4%
sap mm
4%
admin
4%
database admin
4%
administrative
4%
allocation
4%
electrical products
4%
cips
4%
contract manager
4%
mcips
4%
senior buyer
4%
supplier relationship manager
4%
ojeu
4%
pcr2015
4%
procurement manager
4%
data analysis
4%
interior design
4%
microsoft excel
4%
purchase
4%
offload coordinator
4%
procurement coordinator
4%
analyse
4%
vendor
4%
purchasing processes
4%
manufacturing
4%
exceptional people skills
4%
sustainability
4%
aquisition
4%
category strategy
4%
compliance
4%
ecommerce
4%
far east
4%
new product
4%
po
4%
purchase order
4%
retail
4%
supplier performance management
4%
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