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

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Buyer Assistant Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Buyer Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Buyer Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 51% of Buyer Assistant job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
51%
critical path
45%
assistant buyer
43%
buying admin assistant
34%
buying assistant
33%
purchase orders
33%
retail
29%
assistant merchandiser
29%
excel
28%
senior merchandise admin assistant
28%
stock
28%
sales
28%
trends
26%
sample management
24%
product development
21%
intake
16%
inventory
16%
buying
14%
apparel
14%
buyer
12%
fashion
11%
franchise
11%
international
11%
joint ventures
11%
negations
11%
brands
9%
suppliers
9%
junior buyer
7%
senior buying admin assistant
7%
assistant range manager
6%
range planning
6%
womenswear
6%
purchasing
6%
instagram
6%
product
6%
category manager
6%
furniture
6%
range building
6%
admin
4%
administration
4%
manufacturing
4%
procurement
4%
meetings
4%
toys
4%
minutes
4%
forecasting
4%
homeware
4%
textiles
4%
fashion buying
2%
junior merchandiser
2%
mark downs
2%
wssi
2%
merchandiser
2%
customer service
2%
sales analysis
2%
reliable
2%
skus
2%
stores
2%
accessories
2%
head of buying ladieswear
2%
payable
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.

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