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, 50% of Materials Manager job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
50%
purchasing
46%
buyer
38%
buying
21%
supply chain
13%
sap
13%
sourcing
13%
outlook
9%
management
9%
liverpool
9%
contracts
9%
cips
9%
category manager
9%
relationship management
9%
stores
9%
manager
9%
components
9%
electronics
9%
pcb's
9%
category management
9%
engineering
9%
excel
9%
microsoft word
9%
manufacturing
9%
merseyside
9%
construction
9%
north west
9%
building relationships
9%
forecast
9%
progression
9%
materials planning
9%
purchase orders
9%
sustainability
9%
supplier selection
5%
offload coordinator
5%
trading
5%
international shipping
5%
co ordinator
5%
arabic
5%
pricing
5%
senior buyer
5%
subcontract management
5%
material scheduler
5%
purchase
5%
procurement coordinator
5%
exceptional people skills
5%
budgeting
5%
erp software
5%
microsoft excel
5%
strategic planning
5%
materials management
5%
strategic relationships
5%
builder
5%
building
5%
supplier quality
5%
agriculture
5%
finance
5%
fixed term contract
5%
fmcg
5%
materials
5%
wellington
5%
negotiation
5%
strategic partnerships
5%
supplier negotiation
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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