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

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Materials Manager Skills List in Manufacturing

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, 27% of Materials Manager job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
27%
supply chain
22%
packaging
14%
planning
14%
production
14%
production planning
14%
mrp
9%
operational support
9%
clinical trials
9%
clinical supplies
9%
electronics
9%
electronics manufacturing
9%
pharmaceutical
9%
bom
9%
materials planning
9%
process improvement
9%
production build packs
9%
purchasing
9%
fmcg
9%
master scheduling
5%
planning manager
5%
production schedules
5%
logistics
5%
customer services
5%
lean manufacturing
5%
financial reporting
5%
advanced it skills
5%
forecasting
5%
supply chain manager
5%
stock control
5%
communication skills
5%
lifting
5%
warehouse
5%
health safety
5%
product manager
5%
supply
5%
internal
5%
iso14001
5%
iso9001
5%
lead auditor
5%
npi
5%
quality manager
5%
supplies
5%
new product development
5%
black belt
5%
green belt
5%
kaizen
5%
manufacturing engineer
5%
erp
5%
manufacturer
5%
materials
5%
programmes
5%
project
5%
quality inspector
5%
assembly
5%
bakery
5%
creation
5%
development
5%
food
5%
solidworks
5%
npd
5%
product launch
5%
technologist
5%
testing
5%
construction
5%
engineering
5%
inventory management
5%
plant hire
5%
5s
5%
agricultural
5%
procurement
5%
raw materials
5%
returns
5%
autocad
5%

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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