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, 69% of Buyer Assistant job descriptions contained excel as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

excel
69%
apparel
56%
fashion
56%
wssi
49%
stock
45%
sales
45%
assistant merchandiser
35%
senior merchandise admin assistant
34%
trading
30%
planning
30%
merchandiser
30%
data
30%
junior merchandiser
30%
factories
22%
spreadsheets
19%
merchandise admin assistant
19%
buying admin assistant
19%
assistant buyer
19%
retail
19%
critical path
17%
inventory
17%
intake
15%
trends
14%
buying assistant
14%
new product set up
14%
purchase orders
14%
sample management
14%
product development
9%
warehouse
7%
trade counter
7%
internal sales
7%
customer service
7%
buying
7%
driver
5%
clothing
5%
merchandising
5%
sourcing
5%
sign off
5%
senior buying admin assistant
5%
range building
5%
import merchandiser
4%
admin
4%
imports
4%
orders
4%
senior assistant merchandiser
2%
retail food
2%
negotiation
2%
food service
2%
data analysis
2%
electrical wholesale
2%
snow
2%
electrical products
2%
trade
2%
maths
2%
management
2%
ordering
2%
overseeing
2%
stock control
2%
b2b
2%
merchandise
2%
fashion buying
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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