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, 79% of Buyer Assistant job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
79%
assistant buyer
63%
critical path
61%
trends
43%
sample management
43%
purchase orders
43%
new product set up
43%
buying assistant
43%
buying admin assistant
43%
product development
32%
range building
22%
sign off
20%
sourcing
20%
buying
19%
junior buyer
17%
excel
17%
admin
14%
merchandising
12%
senior assistant buyer
12%
orders
10%
import merchandiser
10%
imports
10%
assistant merchandiser
9%
fashion buying
7%
buyer
7%
retail
7%
sales
7%
senior merchandise admin assistant
5%
stock
5%
fmcg
5%
garden
5%
budgets
5%
far east
5%
margin
5%
product
5%
trade fairs
5%
christmas
5%
account management
4%
inventory
4%
furniture
4%
intake
4%
franchise
2%
qc
2%
mark downs
2%
junior merchandiser
2%
forecasting
2%
joint ventures
2%
international
2%
graduate level
2%
accessories
2%
time management
2%
customer service
2%
driver
2%
internal sales
2%
trade counter
2%
warehouse
2%
communication skills
2%
administrative support
2%
manchester
2%
junior merchandising
2%
fashion
2%
brands
2%
merchandiser
2%
sales analysis
2%
skus
2%
stores
2%
interior design
2%
homewares
2%
identifying trends
2%
category manager
2%
negations
2%
fashion design
2%

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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