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

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Category Specialist Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Category Specialist role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Category Specialist job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 61% of Category Specialist job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
61%
category manager
38%
purchasing
28%
contracts
24%
buyer
24%
procurement manager
24%
commercial manager
19%
sc clearance
19%
sc cleared
19%
sc level
19%
security check
19%
security clearance
19%
security cleared
19%
security vetting clearance
19%
commercial lead
17%
cips
17%
contract manager
17%
cleared to a high government standard
17%
developed vetted
17%
developed vetting
17%
dv check
17%
dv clearance
17%
dv cleared
17%
dv strap
17%
commercial
17%
contract
17%
buying
14%
contracts manager
14%
contract lead
14%
procurement lead
14%
sourcing manager
14%
automotive
12%
supply chain
10%
sourcing
10%
senior buyer
10%
active sc
10%
management
7%
manager
7%
liverpool
7%
north west
7%
remote
7%
wfh
7%
mcips
7%
category specialist
7%
senior procurement officer
7%
manufacturing
7%
procurement officer
7%
birchwood
5%
manchester
5%
warrington
5%
commercial specialist
5%
merseyside
5%
purchasing specialist
5%
corporate services
5%
environmental services
5%
local government
5%
market analysis
5%
aerospace
5%
category strategy
5%
global
5%
hr
5%
saving
5%
strategy
5%
category management
5%
entertainment
5%
fm
5%
marketing
5%
media
5%
sass
3%
technical
3%
tendering
3%
terms of business
3%
cheshire
3%
housing
3%
ojeu
3%
pcr2015
3%
comm
3%
commercial consultant
3%
commercial officer
3%
commercial practitioner
3%
purchaser
3%
supplier relationship manager
3%
contract drafting
3%
contracts management
3%
hybrid working
3%
telecommunications
3%
public sector
3%
contractor
3%
day rate
3%
interim
3%
temp
3%
wirral
3%
procurement category manager
3%
supplier negotiation
3%
category
3%
interim procurement
3%
senior category manager
3%
category lead
3%
commercial buyer
3%
engineering buyer
3%
purchasing manager
3%
contract management
3%
negotiation
3%
stakeholder engagement
3%
supplier management
3%
construction
3%
government
3%
senior category officer
3%
senior commercial officer
3%
ship building
3%
protein purchasing
3%
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