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, 82% of Buyer Assistant job descriptions contained assistant buyer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

assistant buyer
82%
buying assistant
74%
critical path
74%
factories
64%
purchase orders
64%
suppliers
58%
brands
53%
negations
35%
buying admin assistant
29%
apparel
19%
buying
14%
admin
11%
fmcg
11%
buyers assistant
8%
trends
8%
own brand
8%
retail
6%
sample management
6%
administration
6%
fashion
6%
meetings
6%
stores
6%
minutes
6%
communication skills
6%
junior buyer
6%
product development
3%
senior assistant buyer
3%
management skills
3%
senior buying admin assistant
3%
microsoft excel
3%
telephone manner
3%
buying administrator
3%
general admin
3%
interpersonal skills
3%
organisational skills
3%
excel
3%
negotiation
3%
stock
3%
clothing
3%
textiles
3%
toys
3%
china
3%
accessories
3%
buyer fashion
3%
buyer
3%
homeware
3%
fashion buying
3%
data management
3%
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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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