Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Manufacturing

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Buyer Skills List in Manufacturing

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, 34% of Buyer job descriptions contained purchasing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

purchasing
34%
procurement
34%
buying
30%
buyer
23%
electronics
19%
manufacturing
15%
mrp
15%
supply chain
15%
purchase orders
15%
project management
12%
supplier performance
12%
cips
12%
contractual agreements
12%
engineering
8%
strategic sourcing
8%
supplier negotiation
8%
customer requirements
8%
negotiation
8%
senior buyer
8%
music
8%
audio
8%
erp
8%
raw materials
8%
components
8%
contractual
8%
technical drawings
4%
airbus
4%
product manager
4%
supplier relationships
4%
stakeholder management
4%
srm
4%
plastics
4%
hydraulics
4%
fasteners
4%
engines
4%
quality
4%
admin
4%
material handling
4%
planner
4%
product development
4%
junior buyer
4%
sales
4%
iso9001
4%
mechanics
4%
procurement contracts
4%
production management
4%
pharmaceutical
4%
itar
4%
market pricing
4%
transactional systems
4%
leicester
4%
strategic buyer
4%
purchase order
4%
sla
4%
commercial awareness
4%
communication skills
4%
microsoft office
4%
scheduling
4%
textiles
4%
jit
4%
requisitions
4%
account management
4%
blue chip
4%
direct
4%
merchandising
4%
warehouse
4%
inventory management
4%
aerospace
4%
defence
4%
materials planning
4%
production scheduling
4%
supplier selection
4%
consumables
4%
automotive
4%
lean manufacturing
4%
negotiating
4%
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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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