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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
82%
critical path
62%
assistant buyer
60%
buying admin assistant
39%
buying assistant
39%
new product set up
39%
purchase orders
39%
sample management
39%
trends
39%
product development
39%
sourcing
22%
sign off
22%
range building
22%
buying
22%
junior buyer
20%
admin
19%
merchandising
17%
excel
15%
orders
15%
import merchandiser
15%
imports
15%
senior assistant buyer
13%
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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