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, 82% of Senior Buyer job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
82%
junior buyer
59%
buyer
44%
product development
43%
assistant buyer
40%
range building
32%
product
31%
sourcing
29%
sign off
27%
fmcg
24%
far east
24%
trade fairs
24%
budgets
24%
margin
24%
senior assistant buyer
21%
critical path
19%
buying admin assistant
13%
buying assistant
13%
new product set up
13%
purchase orders
13%
sample management
13%
trends
13%
negotiation
10%
local area
9%
brands
9%
electrical products
9%
driver
9%
fashion
9%
instagram
8%
apparel
8%
costings
8%
own brand
8%
retail
7%
buying
7%
furniture
5%
senior buyer
5%
category manager
5%
negations
5%
garden
4%
christmas
4%
wholesale
3%
food service
3%
fm
2%
insight
2%
analytical
2%
data analysis
2%
commercial awareness
2%
leadership
2%
project management
2%
supplier negotiation
2%
introducing new products
2%
merchandising
2%
manchester
2%
junior merchandising
2%
assistant merchandiser
2%
fashion buying
2%
account management
2%
purchasing
2%
homewares
2%
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