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

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Senior Buyer Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Senior Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Senior Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 85% of Senior Buyer job descriptions contained fashion as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

fashion
85%
apparel
85%
factories
58%
excel
43%
junior buyer
35%
instagram
35%
buyer
35%
product
35%
product development
35%
senior merchandise admin assistant
31%
wssi
31%
assistant merchandiser
31%
trends
24%
sample management
24%
purchase orders
24%
new product set up
24%
buying admin assistant
24%
critical path
24%
buying assistant
24%
assistant buyer
24%
stock
24%
sales
24%
clothing
20%
spreadsheets
20%
merchandise admin assistant
20%
menswear
20%
womenswear
16%
ladieswear
16%
trading
12%
intake
12%
inventory
12%
retail
12%
data
12%
junior merchandiser
12%
merchandiser
12%
planning
12%
work from home
8%
hybrid working
8%
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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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