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, 80% of Buyer job descriptions contained factories as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

factories
80%
junior buyer
63%
product development
55%
buyer
55%
assistant buyer
37%
sourcing
34%
product
33%
fashion
26%
apparel
26%
range building
26%
critical path
23%
sign off
21%
instagram
18%
buying admin assistant
17%
trends
17%
sample management
17%
purchase orders
17%
new product set up
17%
buying assistant
17%
far east
15%
trade fairs
15%
budgets
15%
buying
15%
margin
15%
fmcg
15%
senior assistant buyer
14%
clothing
11%
product brief
11%
negotiation
9%
costings
7%
category manager
6%
furniture
6%
negations
6%
senior buyer
6%
brands
6%
own brand
6%
project management
3%
leadership
3%
commercial awareness
3%
analytical
3%
procurement
3%
indirect
3%
buyers
3%
supplier negotiation
3%
food service
3%
retail
3%
garden
3%
christmas
3%
food service operations
2%
data analysis
2%
insight
2%
food manufacturing
2%
food industry
2%
purchasing
2%
homewares
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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