Purchasing Officer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Purchasing

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Purchasing Officer Skills List in Purchasing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Purchasing Officer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Purchasing Officer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 74% of Purchasing Officer job descriptions contained procurement as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

procurement
74%
purchasing
65%
buyer
45%
buying
27%
purchaser
27%
sourcing
24%
category
15%
purchase
15%
supply chain
15%
manufacturing
12%
commercial
12%
contracts
12%
category manager
12%
procurement officer
9%
government procurement
9%
public sector
9%
cips
9%
liverpool
9%
merseyside
9%
north west
9%
procurement advisor
6%
procurement executive
6%
purchasing assistant
6%
procurement administrator
6%
procurement manager
6%
purchasing administrator
6%
purchasing officer
6%
pricing
6%
senior buyer
6%
jct
6%
nec
6%
materials
6%
management
6%
manager
6%
progression
6%
finance team
6%
negotiating
6%
local authority
6%
account
6%
chain
6%
distribution
6%
bushey
6%
croxley green
6%
engineer
6%
engineering
6%
logistics
6%
london
6%
sales
6%
supply
6%
watford
6%
senior procurement officer
6%
tender
6%
category management
3%
change management
3%
product management
3%
project manager
3%
procurement admin
3%
supply chain coordinator
3%
procurement assistant
3%
purchasing coordinator
3%
purchasing support officer
3%
supply chain administrator
3%
analyse
3%
electrical products
3%
purchasing processes
3%
customers
3%
fixed term contract
3%
food
3%
ftc
3%
ingredients
3%
midlands
3%
northamptonshire
3%
officer
3%
suppliers
3%
corby
3%
kettering
3%
leading company
3%
commercial management
3%
contract management
3%
contract negotiation
3%
microsoft excel
3%
microsoft word
3%
pcr
3%
procurement contracts
3%
nec3
3%
council
3%
legislation
3%
direct buyer
3%
indirect buyer
3%
construction
3%
manufacturing industry
3%
agriculture
3%
finance
3%
fmcg
3%
wellington
3%
microsoft office
3%
mrp systems
3%
purchasing specialist
3%
inventory
3%
manual handling
3%
rfq
3%
sap
3%
stock
3%
stores
3%
asap
3%
cheshire
3%
hybrid
3%
jobs
3%
north
3%
northwest
3%
procure
3%
recycling
3%
remote
3%
sustainability
3%
sustainable
3%
west
3%
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