Lead Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Purchasing

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Lead Buyer Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Lead Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Lead Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 58% of Lead Buyer job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
58%
buyer
55%
purchasing
46%
senior buyer
43%
sourcing
22%
cips
19%
supply chain
19%
strategic buyer
16%
manufacturing
16%
negotiation
13%
buying
10%
purchaser
10%
engineering
10%
category
10%
lead buyer
10%
costings
7%
subcontract management
7%
icp
7%
mep
7%
relationship management
7%
supplier relationship manager
7%
subcontracts
7%
mcips
7%
category buyer
7%
food manufacturing
7%
account manager
7%
cost management
7%
contract manager
7%
frozen food
7%
purchase orders
7%
relationship building
7%
indirects/services
7%
sales
7%
sap
7%
supplier development
7%
supplier performance
7%
category manager
7%
technical buyer
7%
engineer
4%
spend
4%
purchasing specialist
4%
sourcing specialist
4%
pricing
4%
operations
4%
mrp
4%
materials
4%
manufacturer
4%
manager
4%
erp
4%
power bi
4%
electronic
4%
electrical
4%
construction
4%
project buyer
4%
supply chain planner
4%
supply chain analyst
4%
stock analyst
4%
inventory planner
4%
inventory analyst
4%
engineering buyer
4%
public sector
4%
press tool
4%
inventory controller
4%
stock control
4%
oxford
4%
automotive
4%
procurement lead
4%
senior
4%
procurement contracts
4%
production
4%
witney
4%
automotive buyer
4%
manufacturing buyer
4%
senior purchasing
4%
defence
4%
directs
4%
analysis
4%
analyst
4%
excel
4%
indirect
4%
pivot
4%
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