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, 47% of Senior Buyer job descriptions contained electrical products as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

electrical products
47%
local area
35%
driver
35%
factories
16%
sales
16%
budgets
13%
ordering
13%
trade
13%
account manager
13%
excel
13%
trade fairs
13%
inventory
13%
retail
13%
product
13%
margin
13%
junior buyer
13%
garden
13%
fmcg
13%
far east
13%
stock
13%
buyer
13%
christmas
13%
stock control
10%
senior merchandise admin assistant
10%
goods
10%
bd
10%
bdm
10%
business development
10%
sales manager
10%
assistant merchandiser
10%
intake
10%
sourcing
10%
management
7%
warehouse
7%
supplier negotiation
7%
project management
7%
negotiation
7%
fashion
7%
analytical
7%
commercial awareness
7%
leadership
7%
buying
4%
calls
4%
assistant buyer
4%
planning
4%
merchandiser
4%
junior merchandiser
4%
opening new accounts
4%
wholesale
4%
apparel
4%
design
4%
trading
4%
wssi
4%
womenswear
4%
data
4%
overseeing
4%
high street
4%
commercially minded
4%
bags
4%
accessories
4%
fulfilment
4%
training
4%
returns
4%
purchasing
4%
controller
4%
sign off
4%
range building
4%
product development
4%
critical path
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.

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