Assistant Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Assistant Buyer Skills List in Retail

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

excel
50%
factories
37%
product development
30%
buying
30%
critical path
27%
admin
27%
merchandising
24%
assistant merchandiser
24%
orders
24%
imports
24%
import merchandiser
24%
senior merchandise admin assistant
24%
fashion
20%
wssi
20%
apparel
20%
warehouse
20%
spreadsheets
17%
merchandise admin assistant
17%
trade counter
17%
internal sales
17%
customer service
17%
retail
14%
trade
14%
ordering
14%
driver
14%
budgets
10%
far east
10%
electrical products
10%
christmas
10%
fmcg
10%
stock control
10%
buyer
10%
sales
10%
garden
10%
goods
10%
stock
10%
junior buyer
10%
margin
10%
product
10%
trade fairs
10%
inventory
10%
intake
7%
management
7%
junior merchandiser
4%
merchandiser
4%
planning
4%
trading
4%
electrical wholesale
4%
assistant buyer
4%
data
4%
overseeing
4%
snow
4%
b2b
4%
fulfilment
4%
training
4%
returns
4%
purchasing
4%
controller
4%
time management
4%
accessories
4%
sourcing
4%
sign off
4%
range building
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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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