Materials Manager Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Purchasing

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Materials Manager Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Materials Manager role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Materials Manager job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 56% of Materials Manager job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
56%
purchasing
56%
buyer
42%
buying
21%
category manager
14%
sourcing
14%
manager
14%
supply chain
14%
management
14%
construction
11%
north west
11%
liverpool
11%
contracts
11%
sap
11%
pricing
7%
merseyside
7%
wfh
7%
engineering
7%
manufacturing
7%
materials
7%
building relationships
7%
remote
7%
forecast
7%
sustainability
7%
purchase orders
7%
materials planning
7%
relationship management
7%
birchwood
7%
manchester
7%
warrington
7%
cips
7%
fmcg
7%
purchaser
7%
senior buyer
7%
finance
4%
supplier negotiation
4%
strategic partnerships
4%
negotiation
4%
wellington
4%
fixed term contract
4%
components
4%
agriculture
4%
contract manager
4%
purchase
4%
building
4%
builder
4%
supplier quality
4%
mcips
4%
electronics
4%
pcb's
4%
category management
4%
excel
4%
microsoft word
4%
outlook
4%
stores
4%
supplier selection
4%
subcontract management
4%
progression
4%
arabic
4%
co ordinator
4%
international shipping
4%
trading
4%
cips l4
4%
cheshire
4%
housing
4%
procurement officer
4%
procurement manager
4%
category
4%
procurement director
4%
electrical
4%
electronic
4%
mrp/erp
4%
erp
4%
manufacturer
4%
commodity manager
4%
mrp
4%
operations
4%
strategic relationships
4%
production
4%
senior
4%
engineer
4%
planning
4%
offload coordinator
4%
procurement coordinator
4%
supplier relationship manager
4%
exceptional people skills
4%
budgeting
4%
erp software
4%
microsoft excel
4%
strategic planning
4%
materials management
4%
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