Materials Planner Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Manufacturing

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Materials Planner Skills List in Manufacturing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Materials Planner role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Materials Planner job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Materials Planner job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
50%
production planning
35%
production
20%
management
20%
planner
20%
materials
20%
mrp
20%
supply
15%
planning
15%
production planner
15%
chain
15%
supply chain
15%
food manufacturing
10%
quality control
10%
development
10%
supplier
10%
excel
10%
forecasting
10%
production scheduler
10%
production manager
10%
sap
10%
erp
10%
scheduling
5%
reporting
5%
advanced it skills
5%
financial reporting
5%
lean manufacturing
5%
master scheduling
5%
production schedules
5%
mechanical engineering
5%
contracts
5%
logistics
5%
negotiating
5%
pricing
5%
materials planning
5%
strategies
5%
manufacturing environment
5%
orders
5%
transport
5%
engineering assembly manager
5%
material scheduler
5%
materials controller
5%
materials planner
5%
planning manager
5%
production controller
5%
production planning manager
5%
project planner
5%
sales planning
5%
team leader
5%
case
5%
fmcg
5%
food safety
5%
safety
5%
administrative
5%
highly detailed
5%
interpersonal skills
5%
problem solving
5%
advanced excel
5%
demand planning
5%
operations team leader
5%
leadership
5%
stock control
5%
operations manager
5%
manufacturing team leader
5%
manufacturing manager
5%
demand forecasting
5%
project
5%
programmes
5%
manufacturer
5%
raw materials
5%
customer services
5%
production team leader
5%
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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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