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

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Materials Buyer Skills List in Purchasing

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

purchasing
73%
buyer
69%
procurement
65%
supply chain
26%
buying
24%
materials
22%
senior buyer
16%
manufacturing
14%
scrap
12%
sourcing
8%
strategic buyer
8%
logistics
6%
technical buyer
6%
north west
6%
project buyer
6%
merseyside
6%
category manager
6%
negotiation
6%
raw materials
6%
cips
6%
recycling
6%
construction
6%
category
6%
liverpool
6%
supplier performance
4%
frozen food
4%
supplier development
4%
sap
4%
manager
4%
traders
4%
materials control
4%
progression
4%
supplier selection
4%
relationship management
4%
subcontract management
4%
metal
4%
waste management
4%
cost management
4%
contracts
4%
food manufacturing
4%
pcb's
4%
electronics
4%
components
4%
management
4%
materials planning
4%
purchase
4%
fmcg
4%
communication skills
2%
west
2%
sap system
2%
cheshire
2%
commercial
2%
jobs
2%
north
2%
remote
2%
sustainability
2%
sustainable
2%
hybrid
2%
northwest
2%
procure
2%
commercial awareness
2%
timber
2%
purchaser
2%
negotiating
2%
builder
2%
building
2%
pharmaceutical
2%
mrp
2%
food
2%
purchase orders
2%
category buyer
2%
npi buyer
2%
plastics
2%

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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