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%
critical path
59%
assistant buyer
57%
product development
39%
buying admin assistant
35%
buying assistant
35%
new product set up
35%
purchase orders
35%
sample management
35%
trends
35%
sign off
22%
sourcing
22%
range building
22%
buying
22%
junior buyer
20%
merchandising
19%
admin
19%
excel
17%
orders
15%
import merchandiser
15%
imports
15%
senior assistant buyer
13%
fashion buying
10%
trade fairs
8%
product
8%
margin
8%
buyer
8%
budgets
8%
garden
8%
fmcg
8%
far east
8%
christmas
8%
warehouse
4%
trade counter
4%
internal sales
4%
driver
4%
customer service
4%
fashion
4%
assistant merchandiser
4%
account management
4%
management
2%
ordering
2%
purchasing
2%
returns
2%
stock control
2%
trade
2%
training
2%
goods
2%
controller
2%
senior assistant merchandiser
2%
maths
2%
apparel
2%
merchandise
2%
time management
2%
accessories
2%
qc
2%
graduate level
2%
administrative support
2%
retail
2%
manchester
2%
junior merchandising
2%
brands
2%
sales
2%
fashion design
2%
communication skills
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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