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, 70% of Buyer job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
70%
buyer
47%
purchase orders
39%
sample management
39%
trends
39%
assistant buyer
39%
buying admin assistant
39%
buying assistant
39%
critical path
39%
product development
31%
purchasing
16%
category manager
16%
furniture
16%
range building
16%
homeware
16%
buying
16%
instagram
16%
junior buyer
16%
product
16%
negations
16%
textiles
16%
manufacturing
8%
procurement
8%
toys
8%
fmcg
8%
grocery
8%
plant
8%
negotiation
8%
retail
8%
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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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