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

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Buyer Assistant Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Buyer Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Buyer Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 80% of Buyer Assistant job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
80%
assistant buyer
66%
critical path
62%
buying admin assistant
47%
buying assistant
47%
new product set up
47%
purchase orders
47%
sample management
47%
trends
47%
product development
29%
range building
23%
sourcing
20%
sign off
20%
buying
16%
junior buyer
15%
excel
15%
senior assistant buyer
12%
admin
12%
merchandising
10%
assistant merchandiser
8%
orders
8%
import merchandiser
8%
imports
8%
fashion buying
7%
sales
7%
retail
7%
buyer
7%
stock
5%
senior merchandise admin assistant
5%
furniture
5%
christmas
4%
far east
4%
fmcg
4%
garden
4%
budgets
4%
margin
4%
product
4%
trade fairs
4%
account management
4%
inventory
4%
intake
4%
category manager
4%
negations
4%
qc
2%
graduate level
2%
forecasting
2%
joint ventures
2%
international
2%
franchise
2%
customer service
2%
driver
2%
internal sales
2%
trade counter
2%
warehouse
2%
accessories
2%
time management
2%
fashion design
2%
administrative support
2%
manchester
2%
junior merchandising
2%
fashion
2%
brands
2%
junior merchandiser
2%
mark downs
2%
merchandiser
2%
sales analysis
2%
skus
2%
stores
2%
interior design
2%
homewares
2%
identifying trends
2%
communication skills
2%

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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