Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Buyer Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 81% of Buyer job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
81%
junior buyer
62%
buyer
54%
product development
52%
assistant buyer
37%
sourcing
31%
product
31%
range building
27%
critical path
23%
apparel
22%
fashion
22%
sign off
21%
trends
17%
sample management
17%
buying admin assistant
17%
buying assistant
17%
new product set up
17%
purchase orders
17%
far east
16%
fmcg
16%
senior assistant buyer
16%
instagram
16%
budgets
16%
trade fairs
16%
margin
16%
buying
14%
negotiation
10%
product brief
9%
clothing
9%
brands
8%
furniture
8%
own brand
8%
costings
6%
category manager
6%
negations
6%
senior buyer
5%
supplier negotiation
3%
buyers
3%
indirect
3%
food service
3%
procurement
3%
analytical
3%
retail
3%
commercial awareness
3%
garden
3%
christmas
3%
leadership
3%
homewares
3%
project management
3%
food service operations
2%
insight
2%
data analysis
2%
ecommerce
2%
homeware
2%
food manufacturing
2%
food industry
2%
purchasing
2%
textiles
2%
identifying trends
2%
interior design
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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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