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, 74% of Senior Buyer job descriptions contained apparel as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

apparel
74%
fashion
74%
excel
61%
assistant merchandiser
44%
senior merchandise admin assistant
44%
factories
40%
sales
40%
stock
40%
wssi
40%
junior buyer
22%
inventory
22%
spreadsheets
22%
merchandise admin assistant
22%
buyer
22%
instagram
22%
product
22%
product development
22%
intake
22%
retail
22%
buying admin assistant
18%
trends
18%
sample management
18%
purchase orders
18%
new product set up
18%
critical path
18%
buying assistant
18%
assistant buyer
18%
trading
18%
planning
18%
merchandiser
18%
junior merchandiser
18%
data
18%
clothing
14%
menswear
14%
hybrid working
9%
work from home
9%
ladieswear
9%
womenswear
9%

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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