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

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Senior Buyer Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Senior Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Senior Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 77% of Senior Buyer job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
77%
junior buyer
56%
buyer
42%
product development
40%
assistant buyer
36%
product
30%
range building
30%
sourcing
27%
sign off
25%
fmcg
23%
far east
23%
trade fairs
23%
margin
23%
budgets
23%
senior assistant buyer
20%
critical path
17%
local area
14%
driver
14%
electrical products
14%
buying admin assistant
12%
buying assistant
12%
new product set up
12%
purchase orders
12%
sample management
12%
trends
12%
negotiation
11%
brands
8%
fashion
8%
instagram
7%
apparel
7%
costings
7%
own brand
7%
buying
6%
retail
6%
furniture
5%
senior buyer
5%
category manager
5%
negations
5%
garden
5%
christmas
5%
supplier negotiation
3%
project management
3%
leadership
3%
commercial awareness
3%
analytical
3%
food service
3%
wholesale
3%
introducing new products
2%
merchandising
2%
manchester
2%
data analysis
2%
junior merchandising
2%
insight
2%
fm
2%
assistant merchandiser
2%
fashion buying
2%
account management
2%
purchasing
2%
homewares
2%
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