Retail Buyer Career Assessment

Selects and buys goods for resale in a retail establishment.

Monitoring sales data and stock levels, and studying trade, manufacturers' and market information to keep informed of changing market conditions
Negotiating purchase, promotion and supply arrangements with suppliers
Designing and implementing pricing, marketing, promotional and display strategies
Liaising with management on long-term planning and sales promotions
Establishing working plans according to seasonal and budgetary requirements
Anticipating consumer trends and determining quantity, style and quality of goods to be purchased
Inspecting, comparing, selecting and valuing wool by determining colour, yield, micron and length
Inspecting and buying wool at auction, in wool brokers' stores and in farm sheds
Receiving samples from scoured wool exchanges
May visit freezing works to buy slipe wool

Types of visas you can apply for

489 - Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) - State or Territory nominated
187 - Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) (subclass 494) - Employer sponsored stream

VETASSES group C

Skills Assessment Requirements
1. Applicants are required to have academic qualifications related to the nominated position PhD / Bachelor (including Honours Bachelor and Master) / Diploma completed in Australia / Australian Level 3 Certificate - AQFⅢ/Ⅳ compeleted in Australia 104 weeks of study time in Australia
Work requirements
1. Applicants are required to have: at least 52 weeks of post-graduation work experience in Australia related to the nominated position
1. A qualification assessed at least AQF Diploma level, with an additional qualification of at least AQF Certificate IV in a highly relevant field of study, and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant work at an appropriate skill level in the past five years; or A qualification assessed at least AQF Diploma level but without a highly relevant field of study, and at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant work at an appropriate skill level in the past five years
Assessment Agency
VETASSES