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, 84% of Assistant Buyer job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
84%
assistant buyer
63%
critical path
63%
buying admin assistant
43%
buying assistant
43%
new product set up
43%
purchase orders
43%
sample management
43%
trends
43%
product development
34%
range building
23%
buying
21%
sign off
21%
sourcing
21%
junior buyer
19%
admin
16%
merchandising
14%
orders
12%
import merchandiser
12%
imports
12%
excel
12%
senior assistant buyer
12%
buyer
9%
far east
7%
christmas
7%
budgets
7%
fmcg
7%
garden
7%
fashion buying
7%
product
7%
margin
7%
trade fairs
7%
customer service
4%
driver
4%
internal sales
4%
warehouse
4%
trade counter
4%
furniture
4%
account management
4%
fashion design
2%
homewares
2%
identifying trends
2%
interior design
2%
category manager
2%
time management
2%
accessories
2%
negations
2%
communication skills
2%
junior merchandising
2%
sales
2%
fashion
2%
assistant merchandiser
2%
brands
2%
qc
2%
graduate level
2%
administrative support
2%
retail
2%
manchester
2%
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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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