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

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Assistant Buyer Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Assistant Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Assistant Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 84% of Assistant Buyer job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
84%
assistant buyer
67%
critical path
65%
buying admin assistant
45%
buying assistant
45%
new product set up
45%
purchase orders
45%
sample management
45%
trends
45%
product development
34%
range building
24%
sign off
22%
sourcing
22%
buying
20%
junior buyer
18%
admin
15%
merchandising
13%
senior assistant buyer
13%
excel
11%
imports
11%
orders
11%
import merchandiser
11%
fashion buying
8%
buyer
8%
budgets
6%
christmas
6%
far east
6%
fmcg
6%
garden
6%
product
6%
margin
6%
trade fairs
6%
furniture
4%
account management
4%
trade counter
2%
sales
2%
warehouse
2%
internal sales
2%
driver
2%
customer service
2%
time management
2%
accessories
2%
homewares
2%
identifying trends
2%
interior design
2%
category manager
2%
negations
2%
communication skills
2%
fashion design
2%
qc
2%
graduate level
2%
administrative support
2%
retail
2%
manchester
2%
junior merchandising
2%
brands
2%
assistant merchandiser
2%
fashion
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.

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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