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Retail - Buyer CV Template

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Retail Buyer CV

Your Name
email@address.co.uk
07712 345678
99 Example Street, Example Town, Example City, EX4 3PL

PERSONAL STATEMENT

I’m an experienced buyer looking for an opportunity within a large retail operation in the London.

I specialise in stock management and also have significant experience in visual merchandising, sales analysis and target performance which I have used to help previous employers exceed profit targets

KEY SKILLS

Technical Skills

  • Outlook
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Access

Certificates

  • Advanced Buying Diploma
  • Managing for Creativity & Innovation
  • Management Performance & Leadership
  • Category Management
  • Seven Stages of Selling
  • Communicating to Win
  • Negotiating & Relationship Strategies

Memberships

  • LTI Membership to the Textile Institute

EDUCATION

Bournemouth University
BA (Hons) Business Studies (2:1)

Croydon College
A-Levels - German (B), Business Studies (C), English (C)

Sydenham School
10 GCSEs including Maths (A), Business Studies (A), History (A)

EMPLOYMENT

Head of Buying
Monster Sports Company – Bournemouth
MMM.YY > MMM.YY

Achievements

  • Key brand relations secured, developed and retained
  • Oversaw 5 store openings in 3 months
  • Helping generate £1m+ sales in 8 months
  • Built, developed and motivated a results driven merchandising team

Menswear Buyer
XYZ Sports Retail – Bournemouth
MMM.YY > MMM.YY

Achievements

  • Grew men’s apparel sales to over £60m contributing to record company profits of £20m
  • Temporarily stood in as Buying Controller to oversee £100m of purchasing
  • Initiated and oversaw a merchandising function servicing 300 High Street stores

Assistant Manager
Sporty Ladies Ltd – Christchurch
MMM.YY > MMM.YY

Achievements

  • Guided the team to ensure that productivity and customer service standards were sustained to the highest level
  • Visual merchandised in an innovative and striking way whilst adhering to company guidelines
  • Main contact for management training, coaching and development

Sales Advisor
Ted Retail – Christchurch
MMM.YY > MMM.YY

Achievements

  • Exceeded sales quota for 14 consecutive months
  • Achieved ‘Outstanding Team Player’ award at company ceremony
  • Developed new communication channels to improve productivity

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Shopping | Traveling | Reading | Golf | Table Tennis

REFERENCES

References are available on request.

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