Merchandise Manager Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Merchandise Manager Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Merchandise Manager role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Merchandise Manager job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 75% of Merchandise Manager job descriptions contained stock as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

stock
75%
excel
75%
merchandiser
75%
data
73%
junior merchandiser
73%
sales
56%
sales performance
43%
apparel
38%
product
38%
stakeholders
38%
ecommerce
35%
wssi
35%
trading
35%
planning
35%
fashion
35%
stock control
13%
merchandising
10%
management
8%
management experience
8%
organizational
8%
retail
8%
homeware
8%
communication skills
8%
gifts
8%
english
8%
customer service
8%
reporting
5%
allocation
5%
leadership
5%
store opening
5%
staff training
5%
product training
5%
management skills
5%
journey
5%
selling
3%
digital marketing
3%
online content
3%
sportswear
3%
sports
3%
athleisure
3%
shipments
3%
sage
3%
inventory
3%
forcasting
3%
far east
3%
admin
3%
seo
3%
site optimisation
3%
visual merchandising
3%
web content
3%
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