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, 70% of Merchandise Manager job descriptions contained data as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

data
70%
stock
70%
excel
70%
merchandiser
70%
sales
60%
junior merchandiser
54%
sales performance
50%
planning
47%
trading
47%
product
40%
stakeholders
40%
apparel
34%
fashion
30%
wssi
30%
ecommerce
24%
trade
17%
stores
17%
senior merchandiser
17%
stock control
14%
store opening
10%
homeware
10%
staff training
10%
product training
10%
journey
10%
management skills
10%
merchandising
7%
contract
7%
ftc
7%
communication skills
7%
selling
4%
stock management
4%
advanced excel
4%
attention to detail
4%
business planning
4%
field sales
4%
forecasting
4%
high pressure environment
4%
time management
4%
commercial acumen
4%
numerical ability
4%
problem solving
4%
retail
4%
organizational
4%
management experience
4%
management
4%
gifts
4%
english
4%
customer service
4%
athleisure
4%
sports
4%
sportswear
4%
allocation
4%
reporting
4%
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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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