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

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Engineering Buyer Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Engineering Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Engineering Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 73% of Engineering Buyer job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
73%
buyer
73%
purchasing
71%
supply chain
50%
senior buyer
28%
strategic buyer
18%
buying
14%
technical buyer
12%
category buyer
10%
manufacturing
8%
automotive buyer
8%
engineering buyer
8%
project buyer
8%
manufacturing buyer
8%
logistics
8%
junior buyer
8%
sourcing
8%
engineering
8%
cips
6%
sap
6%
npi buyer
4%
supplier performance
4%
stock control
4%
contract management
4%
fmcg
4%
components
4%
materials control
4%
food manufacturing
4%
negotiating
4%
negotiation
4%
pricing strategy
4%
purchasing processes
4%
strategic sourcing
4%
tender
4%
frozen food
4%
electronics
4%
pcb's
4%
senior purchasing
4%
purchaser
4%
purchase
4%
category
4%
graduate
2%
capex
2%
fm
2%
indirect buyer
2%
indirect procurement
2%
site services
2%
indirects/services
2%
goods
2%
orders
2%
procurement manager
2%
livingston
2%
industrial
2%
glasgow
2%
east kilbride
2%
cumbernauld
2%
bellshill
2%
procurement contracts
2%
witney
2%
press tool
2%
oxford
2%
automotive
2%
cad
2%
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