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, 46% of Buyer Assistant job descriptions contained assistant buyer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

assistant buyer
46%
buying assistant
41%
fmcg
36%
buying
34%
critical path
29%
apparel
27%
fashion
27%
purchase orders
24%
suppliers
22%
buyers assistant
20%
retail
17%
brands
17%
negations
17%
stores
17%
stock
17%
buying admin assistant
15%
assistant merchandiser
15%
forecasting
15%
senior merchandise admin assistant
15%
wssi
15%
factories
12%
negotiation
10%
homeware
10%
junior buyer
10%
senior assistant buyer
10%
clothing
10%
china
10%
admin
8%
textiles
8%
excel
8%
wholesale
8%
purchasing
5%
homewares
5%
import
5%
retail food
5%
samples
3%
trading
3%
procurement
3%
food service
3%
grocery
3%
supplier relationship management
3%
supply chain
3%
buyer
3%
category analyst
3%
commercial awareness
3%
category manager
3%
customers
3%
wholesale merchandiser
3%
import merchandiser
3%
merchandise admin assistant
3%
merchandiser
3%
retailers
3%
production
3%
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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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