Junior Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Junior Buyer Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Junior Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Junior Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 65% of Junior Buyer job descriptions contained apparel as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

apparel
65%
fashion
65%
buyer
58%
junior buyer
58%
product development
43%
clothing
33%
buying
33%
product brief
33%
sourcing
33%
factories
25%
product
25%
sales
22%
planning
22%
merchandiser
22%
junior merchandiser
22%
excel
22%
data
22%
trading
22%
stock
22%
wssi
22%
trade fairs
15%
margin
15%
garden
15%
fmcg
15%
far east
15%
christmas
15%
budgets
15%
forecasting
11%
merchandising
11%
trends
11%
instagram
11%
indirect
8%
procurement
8%
buyers
8%
account management
4%
communicator
4%
fashion buying
4%
sales team
4%
analytical
4%
strategy
4%
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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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