Buying Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Buying Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Buying role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Buying job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 96% of Buying job descriptions contained buying admin assistant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

buying admin assistant
96%
buying assistant
88%
critical path
88%
factories
88%
new product set up
88%
purchase orders
88%
sample management
88%
trends
88%
assistant buyer
88%
homeware
12%
textiles
12%
buying admin
8%
fmcg
8%
buying administrator
8%
buying
4%
commerciality
4%
food industry
4%
negotiation
4%
purchasing negotiation
4%
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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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