Skills employers ask for most in Operations
40,368 open jobs in Operations name at least one skill. These are the skills they name most.
Most-asked skills in Operations
Share of the 40,368 jobs in Operations that name the skill.
| # | Skill | Share of jobs | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Supply chain | 28% | 11,433 |
| 2 | Project management | 25% | 10,174 |
| 3 | Procurement | 25% | 10,052 |
| 4 | Excel | 23% | 9,449 |
| 5 | Logistics | 22% | 8,753 |
| 6 | Onboarding | 12% | 4,836 |
| 7 | Lean | 12% | 4,828 |
| 8 | Forecasting | 9.4% | 3,799 |
| 9 | Risk management | 9.1% | 3,656 |
| 10 | Audit | 9% | 3,631 |
| 11 | ERP | 8.8% | 3,534 |
| 12 | PowerPoint | 8.2% | 3,305 |
| 13 | Budgeting | 6.8% | 2,758 |
| 14 | Change management | 6.8% | 2,744 |
| 15 | SAP | 6.7% | 2,698 |
| 16 | Six Sigma | 6.6% | 2,675 |
| 17 | Inventory management | 6.1% | 2,465 |
| 18 | Regulatory compliance | 5.8% | 2,343 |
| 19 | PMP | 5.7% | 2,300 |
| 20 | Talent acquisition | 4.9% | 1,965 |
| 21 | Strategic planning | 4.1% | 1,639 |
| 22 | Stakeholder management | 3.7% | 1,495 |
| 23 | Agile | 3.3% | 1,349 |
| 24 | Workday | 3.2% | 1,280 |
| 25 | Oracle | 3% | 1,227 |
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