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, 82% of Buyer Assistant job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
82%
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
33%
range building
22%
buying
20%
sign off
20%
sourcing
20%
junior buyer
19%
merchandising
15%
admin
15%
imports
12%
import merchandiser
12%
excel
12%
orders
12%
senior assistant buyer
12%
buyer
9%
fashion buying
9%
garden
7%
fmcg
7%
far east
7%
christmas
7%
budgets
7%
margin
7%
product
7%
trade fairs
7%
customer service
4%
driver
4%
internal sales
4%
trade counter
4%
warehouse
4%
furniture
4%
account management
4%
fashion design
2%
merchandise
2%
interior design
2%
homewares
2%
identifying trends
2%
category manager
2%
negations
2%
time management
2%
accessories
2%
communication skills
2%
manchester
2%
sales
2%
assistant merchandiser
2%
brands
2%
fashion
2%
junior merchandising
2%
qc
2%
graduate level
2%
administrative support
2%
retail
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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