Buyer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Buyer Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Buyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Buyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 78% of Buyer job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
78%
junior buyer
62%
buyer
56%
product development
55%
sourcing
34%
assistant buyer
34%
product
34%
fashion
28%
apparel
28%
range building
25%
critical path
23%
instagram
20%
sign off
20%
buying
17%
buying assistant
15%
trade fairs
15%
buying admin assistant
15%
margin
15%
fmcg
15%
far east
15%
budgets
15%
trends
15%
sample management
15%
purchase orders
15%
new product set up
15%
senior assistant buyer
12%
product brief
12%
clothing
12%
negotiation
8%
costings
8%
senior buyer
6%
furniture
6%
negations
6%
category manager
6%
brands
5%
own brand
5%
supplier negotiation
3%
retail
3%
project management
3%
leadership
3%
food service
3%
commercial awareness
3%
garden
3%
christmas
3%
analytical
3%
procurement
3%
buyers
3%
indirect
3%
data analysis
2%
insight
2%
homewares
2%
food service operations
2%
food manufacturing
2%
food industry
2%
purchasing
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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