As a Purchase Planner, you will need to master following:

• assess supplier risks
• embargo regulations
• ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations
• international import export regulations
• maintain relationship with suppliers
• manage purchasing cycle
• prepare purchasing reportings
• track price trends
• transportation methods
• visit suppliers

More generally, a purchase planner is also versed in:

• apply numeracy skills
• export control principles
• have computer literacy
• identify new business opportunities
• identify suppliers
• negotiate buying conditions
• perform market research
• perform multiple tasks at the same time
• perform procurement processes
• supply chain management

It also helps to know the following:

• assess procurement needs
• category specific expertise
• check shipments
• implement procurement of innovation
• implement sustainable procurement
• manage procurement planning
• manage standard enterprise resource planning system
• manufacturer's recommended price
• negotiate sales contracts
• perform procurement market analysis
• procurement lifecycle
• report accounts of the professional activity
• use e-procurement
• procurement legislation
• analyse consumer buying trends
• analyse logistic changes
• carry out statistical forecasts
• communicate with customers
• conduct research on food waste prevention
• create solutions to problems
• design indicators for food waste reduction
• develop food waste reduction strategies
• show diplomacy