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, 87% of Buyer job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
87%
junior buyer
65%
buyer
54%
product development
53%
assistant buyer
42%
product
30%
range building
30%
sourcing
29%
sign off
24%
critical path
24%
senior assistant buyer
20%
trends
18%
sample management
18%
purchase orders
18%
new product set up
18%
buying admin assistant
18%
buying assistant
18%
far east
16%
budgets
16%
fmcg
16%
margin
16%
trade fairs
16%
apparel
16%
fashion
16%
instagram
15%
buying
10%
own brand
9%
negotiation
9%
brands
9%
furniture
8%
category manager
7%
negations
7%
product brief
6%
clothing
6%
costings
6%
garden
5%
senior buyer
5%
christmas
5%
homeware
3%
food service
3%
retail
3%
homewares
3%
ecommerce
3%
textiles
3%
interior design
2%
purchasing
2%
identifying trends
2%
food industry
2%
food manufacturing
2%
food service operations
2%
buyers
2%
indirect
2%
procurement
2%
data analysis
2%
insight
2%
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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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