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, 58% of Buyer Assistant job descriptions contained excel as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

excel
58%
factories
38%
fashion
34%
apparel
33%
critical path
29%
wssi
27%
buying
27%
product development
25%
assistant merchandiser
24%
admin
22%
merchandising
22%
orders
20%
sales
20%
import merchandiser
20%
imports
20%
stock
20%
senior merchandise admin assistant
18%
data
15%
trading
15%
planning
15%
merchandiser
15%
junior merchandiser
15%
merchandise admin assistant
13%
spreadsheets
13%
retail
11%
warehouse
11%
assistant buyer
11%
internal sales
9%
trade counter
9%
buying admin assistant
9%
customer service
9%
budgets
8%
driver
8%
christmas
8%
trade
8%
far east
8%
fmcg
8%
garden
8%
ordering
8%
junior buyer
8%
buyer
8%
margin
8%
product
8%
trade fairs
8%
inventory
8%
trends
8%
sample management
8%
purchase orders
8%
new product set up
8%
buying assistant
8%
intake
6%
goods
6%
stock control
6%
maths
6%
electrical products
6%
senior assistant merchandiser
6%
sourcing
4%
sign off
4%
management
4%
range building
4%
fashion buying
4%
time management
2%
snow
2%
electrical wholesale
2%
womenswear
2%
accessories
2%
overseeing
2%
merchandise
2%
senior buying admin assistant
2%
b2b
2%
fulfilment
2%
graduate level
2%
administrative support
2%
controller
2%
purchasing
2%
returns
2%
training
2%

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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