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, 56% of Buyer Assistant job descriptions contained apparel as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

apparel
56%
fashion
56%
excel
50%
buying assistant
43%
assistant buyer
43%
sample management
42%
purchase orders
42%
new product set up
42%
critical path
42%
trends
38%
factories
38%
buying admin assistant
38%
wssi
36%
assistant merchandiser
33%
stock
33%
senior merchandise admin assistant
33%
sales
33%
clothing
22%
data
20%
merchandiser
18%
planning
18%
trading
18%
spreadsheets
18%
junior merchandiser
18%
merchandise admin assistant
18%
retail
17%
inventory
15%
intake
15%
fmcg
8%
work from home
8%
hybrid working
8%
brands
4%
negations
4%
merchandising
4%
buying
4%
retail food
2%
customer service
2%
customer support
2%
face to face sales
2%
sales assistant
2%
sales executive
2%
launches
2%
negotiation
2%
fashion buying
2%
food service
2%
data analysis
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.

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