Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Buyer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 58% of Buyer job descriptions contained buyer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

buyer
58%
purchasing
50%
manufacturing
47%
procurement
33%
engineering
33%
mrp
18%
supply chain
18%
production
18%
supply
15%
buying
15%
engineer
15%
technical
15%
manager
15%
negotiation
15%
logistics
11%
electrical
11%
suppliers
11%
erp
11%
purchaser
11%
mechanical
11%
admin
11%
administrator
11%
bakewell
11%
buxton
11%
chain
11%
chesterfield
11%
glossop
11%
progression
11%
senior
11%
sheffield
11%
training
11%
automotive
8%
international trade
8%
purchase
8%
wholesalers
8%
sales
8%
contract
8%
agriculture
8%
construction
8%
coordinating
8%
coordinator
8%
heavy plant
8%
machinery
8%
onsite
8%
costing
8%
materials
8%
mrp system
8%
parts
8%
technical documentation
8%
technical drawings
8%
management
8%
sap
8%
vendor project
8%
aerospace
4%
nuclear
4%
account management
4%
business development
4%
construciton
4%
gas
4%
internal sales
4%
mining
4%
offshore
4%
oil
4%
quote
4%
targets
4%
purchase orders
4%
raw materials
4%
audio
4%
budget
4%
hertfordshire
4%
london
4%
project
4%
st albans
4%
technology
4%
visual
4%
watford
4%
mechanical project manager
4%
project engineer
4%
portsmouth
4%
quality engineer
4%
salisbury
4%
winchester
4%
bidding
4%
commercial
4%
contract law
4%
invoicing
4%
lead
4%
negotiating
4%
pricing
4%
electronics
4%
excel
4%
engineering buyer
4%
manufacturing buyer
4%
materials buyer
4%
materials purchasing
4%
automation
4%
castle donington
4%
cips
4%
coalville
4%
cost
4%
derby
4%
dispatch
4%
hybrid
4%
industrial
4%
burton-on-trent
4%
tamworth
4%
capex
4%
strategy
4%
bid manager
4%
contract manager
4%
defence
4%
facilities manager
4%
ministry of defence
4%
mod
4%
procurement manager
4%
abingdon
4%
bicester
4%
didcot
4%
oxford
4%
process equipment
4%
purchasing manager
4%
thame
4%
witney
4%
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