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

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Materials Planner Skills List in Manufacturing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Materials Planner role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Materials Planner job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 46% of Materials Planner job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
46%
production planning
30%
planner
21%
erp
17%
chain
17%
materials
17%
supply chain
17%
supply
17%
production
17%
management
17%
mrp
17%
planning
13%
production planner
13%
excel
13%
production scheduler
9%
scheduling
9%
supplier
9%
sap
9%
development
9%
forecasting
9%
engineering
9%
demand planning
9%
demand
9%
quality control
9%
food manufacturing
9%
sales planning
5%
stock control
5%
fmcg
5%
advanced excel
5%
problem solving
5%
interpersonal skills
5%
highly detailed
5%
administrative
5%
safety
5%
food safety
5%
project
5%
production schedules
5%
transport
5%
orders
5%
manufacturing environment
5%
strategies
5%
pricing
5%
negotiating
5%
logistics
5%
contracts
5%
mechanical engineering
5%
raw materials
5%
master scheduling
5%
lean manufacturing
5%
financial reporting
5%
advanced it skills
5%
reporting
5%
leadership
5%
materials planning
5%
customer services
5%
materials planner
5%
forecast
5%
supply chain planner
5%
supply chain controller
5%
stores
5%
project buyer
5%
production controller
5%
outlook
5%
microsoft word
5%
irlam
5%
materials controller
5%
buyer
5%
purchasing
5%
strategic planning
5%
electrical components
5%
demand planner
5%
petrochemical
5%
offshore
5%
chemical plant
5%
team leader
5%
production team leader
5%
production manager
5%
operations team leader
5%
operations manager
5%
manufacturing team leader
5%
manufacturing manager
5%
demand forecasting
5%
case
5%
programmes
5%
manufacturer
5%
wfh
5%
trafford park
5%
scheduler
5%
remote
5%
manchester
5%
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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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