Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Purchasing

Share

Buyer Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 83% of Buyer job descriptions contained purchasing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

purchasing
83%
procurement
74%
buyer
68%
buying
33%
supply chain
31%
manufacturing
16%
senior buyer
16%
sourcing
14%
purchaser
14%
engineering
12%
negotiation
10%
sap
10%
category
10%
shopper
8%
logistics
8%
food manufacturing
8%
junior buyer
8%
frozen food
8%
supplier performance
8%
category manager
8%
cips
8%
fmcg
6%
negotiating
6%
manager
6%
birchwood
4%
automotive
4%
purchase
4%
contracts
4%
supplier relationship manager
4%
strategic sourcing
4%
cost management
4%
mcips
4%
contract manager
4%
pricing strategy
4%
purchasing processes
4%
supplier development
4%
contract management
4%
north west
4%
strategic buyer
4%
manchester
4%
tender
4%
remote
4%
warrington
4%
wfh
4%
erp
4%
management
4%
mrp
4%
liverpool
4%
timber
2%
witney
2%
procurement specialist
2%
press tool
2%
customer service
2%
general administration
2%
procurement contracts
2%
f&b operations
2%
procurement buyer
2%
retail
2%
goods
2%
orders
2%
aerospace
2%
supplier relationship
2%
computer literate
2%
cheshire
2%
merseyside
2%
housing
2%
construction
2%
electrical
2%
electronic
2%
manufacturer
2%
engineer
2%
materials
2%
operations
2%
pricing
2%
production
2%
senior
2%
oxford
2%
confident communicator
2%
existing suppliers
2%
highly organised
2%
inventory planning
2%
multitask
2%
negotiation skills
2%
shipments
2%
stock control
2%
team player
2%
technical buyer
2%
purchase orders
2%
supplier selection
2%
Export

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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


Do you want
more job interviews?

Improve your CV's success rate by using these Buyer skills and keywords or scan your CV to get a personalised score.