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, 80% of Buyer job descriptions contained buying as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

buying
80%
retail
40%
product development
40%
communication skills
40%
computer literate
40%
forecasting
40%
commerciality
20%
womenswear
20%
department stores
20%
ecommerce
20%
food industry
20%
marketing
20%
negotiating
20%
negotiating skills
20%
negotiation
20%
purchasing negotiation
20%
sales
20%
budgeting
20%
product
20%
ladieswear
20%
junior buyer
20%
instagram
20%
fashion
20%
factories
20%
buyer
20%
apparel
20%
supplier
20%
sap
20%
purchasing
20%
psl
20%
indirect
20%
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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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