Purchasing Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Purchasing

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Purchasing Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Purchasing role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Purchasing job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 63% of Purchasing job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
63%
purchasing
63%
management
38%
manufacturing
25%
purchase orders
25%
buying
25%
timely delivery
13%
supply chain
13%
supervision
13%
electronics
13%
electrics
13%
distribution
13%
control panel
13%
analysis
13%
supplier performance
13%
inventory
13%
goods
13%
erp
13%
components
13%
buyer
13%
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