Visual Merchandiser Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Visual Merchandiser Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Visual Merchandiser role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Visual Merchandiser job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 35% of Visual Merchandiser job descriptions contained apparel as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

apparel
35%
retail
33%
fashion
30%
merchandising
27%
trading
23%
merchandiser
20%
product development
20%
sourcing
20%
visual merchandising
20%
planning
20%
excel
19%
buyer
14%
data
14%
junior merchandiser
14%
buying
14%
stock
14%
clothing
12%
product brief
12%
merchandise manager
12%
senior merchandiser
12%
stores
12%
junior buyer
12%
team
12%
sign off
9%
assistant buyer
9%
critical path
9%
factories
9%
replenishment
9%
sales
9%
range building
9%
planogram
7%
customer service
7%
consumer
5%
inventory
5%
visual merchandiser
5%
pos
5%
retail management
5%
planograms
5%
visual merchandising manager
5%
womenswear
5%
forcasting
5%
spreadsheets
5%
store manager
5%
deputy manager
5%
senior assistant merchandiser
5%
adobe creative suite
5%
microsoft office
5%
assistant merchandiser
5%
merchandise admin assistant
5%
senior merchandise admin assistant
5%
wssi
5%
maths
5%
car
4%
communication skills
4%
promotions
4%
management
4%
window displays
4%
retail sales
4%
people skills
4%
field sales
4%
styling and marketing
4%
product display
4%
beauty
4%
display advertising
4%
space management
4%
fmcg
4%
jda
4%
customer engagement
2%
events
2%
exhibition
2%
new store openings
2%
trade shows
2%
retail manager
2%
belfast
2%
antrim
2%
online retail
2%
shopper
2%
purchasing
2%
retail space planning
2%
neilson
2%
neilsen
2%
full uk driving licence
2%
duty manager
2%
assistant manager
2%
cork
2%
area manager
2%
visual design
2%
forecasting
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.

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