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, 81% of Assistant Buyer job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
81%
critical path
59%
assistant buyer
57%
product development
42%
buying admin assistant
34%
buying assistant
34%
new product set up
34%
purchase orders
34%
sample management
34%
trends
34%
sourcing
24%
sign off
24%
range building
24%
buying
24%
junior buyer
22%
admin
20%
merchandising
18%
excel
16%
orders
16%
import merchandiser
16%
imports
16%
senior assistant buyer
14%
trade fairs
8%
fashion buying
8%
margin
8%
product
8%
garden
8%
fmcg
8%
far east
8%
christmas
8%
buyer
8%
budgets
8%
warehouse
4%
customer service
4%
driver
4%
internal sales
4%
trade counter
4%
account management
4%
controller
2%
goods
2%
management
2%
ordering
2%
purchasing
2%
returns
2%
trade
2%
training
2%
stock control
2%
time management
2%
accessories
2%
qc
2%
graduate level
2%
administrative support
2%
retail
2%
manchester
2%
junior merchandising
2%
brands
2%
assistant merchandiser
2%
fashion
2%
sales
2%
fashion design
2%
communication skills
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.

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