4.6 KiB
Market evidence report — purchaser
Source: 40 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 40), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-19. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 32 | 80 % |
| junior | 5 | 12 % |
| senior | 2 | 5 % |
| n/a | 1 | 2 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 21 | 52 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Word | 9 | 22 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Office | 6 | 15 % |
| 4 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 6 | 15 % |
| 5 | ERP systems | 5 | 12 % |
| 6 | SAP | 4 | 10 % |
| 7 | ERP software | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | Microsoft Outlook | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | Oracle | 3 | 8 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | procurement | 18 | 45 % |
| 2 | data analysis | 16 | 40 % |
| 3 | purchasing | 14 | 35 % |
| 4 | negotiation | 11 | 28 % |
| 5 | inventory control | 9 | 22 % |
| 6 | inventory management | 9 | 22 % |
| 7 | supply chain management | 8 | 20 % |
| 8 | problem solving | 6 | 15 % |
| 9 | sourcing | 6 | 15 % |
| 10 | vendor negotiation | 6 | 15 % |
| 11 | supplier management | 5 | 12 % |
| 12 | vendor management | 5 | 12 % |
| 13 | contract negotiation | 4 | 10 % |
| 14 | cost analysis | 4 | 10 % |
| 15 | contract management | 3 | 8 % |
| 16 | cost reduction | 3 | 8 % |
| 17 | cost tracking | 3 | 8 % |
| 18 | forecasting | 3 | 8 % |
| 19 | market analysis | 3 | 8 % |
| 20 | spend analysis | 3 | 8 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cGMP | 3 | 8 % |
| 2 | continuous improvement | 3 | 8 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purchase order creation | 7 | 18 % |
| 2 | supplier relationship management | 6 | 15 % |
| 3 | inventory monitoring | 5 | 12 % |
| 4 | purchase order issuance | 5 | 12 % |
| 5 | vendor communication | 5 | 12 % |
| 6 | record maintenance | 4 | 10 % |
| 7 | vendor coordination | 4 | 10 % |
| 8 | invoice reconciliation | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | issue resolution | 3 | 8 % |
| 10 | material ordering | 3 | 8 % |
| 11 | material procurement | 3 | 8 % |
| 12 | purchase order processing | 3 | 8 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 40 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
40 ads.
Top hard skills:
- procurement — 45 % (18 ads)
- data analysis — 40 % (16 ads)
- purchasing — 35 % (14 ads)
- negotiation — 28 % (11 ads)
- inventory control — 22 % (9 ads)
- inventory management — 22 % (9 ads)
- supply chain management — 20 % (8 ads)
- problem solving — 15 % (6 ads)
- sourcing — 15 % (6 ads)
- vendor negotiation — 15 % (6 ads)
Top tools:
- Microsoft Excel — 52 % (21 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 22 % (9 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 15 % (6 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 15 % (6 ads)
- ERP systems — 12 % (5 ads)
- SAP — 10 % (4 ads)
- ERP software — 8 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Outlook — 8 % (3 ads)
- Oracle — 8 % (3 ads)
- Infor — 5 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 80 % · junior 12 % · senior 5 % · n/a 2 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Purchaser | 4 |
| Buyer | 3 |
| Procurement Agent | 2 |
| Purchasing Agent | 2 |
| Purchasing Coordinator | 2 |
| Analyst, Purchasing | 1 |
| Assistant Purchaser | 1 |
| Buyer - Electronics | 1 |
| Buyer/Purchase - Entry Level (Urgent Need) | 1 |
| Buyer/Purchaser | 1 |
| Field Purchaser - Construction Services | 1 |
| Hospitality Purchasing and Maintenance | 1 |
| Jr. Buyer (Strong Excel, MRP & good supplier communication skills) | 1 |
| Procurement Agent, levels 2, 3 and 4 | 1 |
| Procurement Specialist | 1 |
| Purchasing | 1 |
| Purchasing Administrator | 1 |
| Purchasing Agent Buyer | 1 |
| Purchasing Associate (English-Korean Bilingual) | 1 |
| Purchasing Manager | 1 |
| Purchasing Specialist | 1 |
| Senior Buyer | 1 |
| Senior Procurement Specialist | 1 |
| Specialist - Contract & Procurement | 1 |
| Sr Purchasing Agent | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.