Purchaser Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Purchasing

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Purchaser Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Purchaser role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Purchaser job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 87% of Purchaser job descriptions contained purchasing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

purchasing
87%
buyer
70%
purchaser
61%
procurement
57%
buying
40%
engineering
40%
logistics
35%
bushey
31%
account
31%
watford
31%
supply
31%
sales
31%
london
31%
engineer
31%
distribution
31%
chain
31%
procurement executive
22%
croxley green
22%
purchasing assistant
22%
procurement admin
18%
inventory
18%
production
14%
procurement administrator
14%
assistant buyer
14%
manufacturing
14%
trainee
14%
junior
14%
communication skills
9%
truro
9%
materials
9%
customer service
9%
erp
9%
negotiation
9%
buyer in power generation
9%
supply chain coordinator
9%
procurement manager
9%
it procurement executive
9%
demand planning
9%
stock planning
9%
supply chain administrator
9%
northamptonshire
5%
procurement advisor
5%
procurement officer
5%
corby
5%
customers
5%
fixed term contract
5%
food
5%
ftc
5%
ingredients
5%
kettering
5%
leading company
5%
midlands
5%
procurement assistant
5%
officer
5%
suppliers
5%
office admin
5%
finance assistant
5%
accounts auditing
5%
accounts administrator
5%
office assistant
5%
supply chain
5%
senior buyer
5%
junior buyer
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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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