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
31%
fashion
29%
merchandising
23%
product development
21%
merchandiser
21%
visual merchandising
21%
sourcing
21%
trading
21%
planning
19%
excel
19%
data
15%
junior merchandiser
15%
stock
15%
buyer
13%
buying
13%
senior merchandiser
11%
factories
11%
critical path
11%
assistant buyer
11%
range building
11%
sign off
11%
clothing
11%
team
11%
junior buyer
11%
product brief
11%
merchandise manager
11%
stores
11%
sales
9%
replenishment
9%
maths
7%
senior assistant merchandiser
7%
planograms
7%
planogram
7%
forcasting
7%
customer service
7%
microsoft office
7%
deputy manager
7%
adobe creative suite
7%
store manager
7%
spreadsheets
5%
womenswear
5%
communication skills
5%
field sales
5%
people skills
5%
retail sales
5%
window displays
5%
visual merchandising manager
5%
retail management
5%
pos
5%
inventory
5%
visual merchandiser
5%
senior merchandise admin assistant
5%
merchandise admin assistant
5%
wssi
5%
assistant merchandiser
5%
jda
5%
space management
5%
car
5%
consumer
5%
beauty
3%
styling and marketing
3%
promotions
3%
management
3%
display advertising
3%
retail manager
3%
belfast
3%
antrim
3%
fmcg
3%
online retail
3%
product display
3%
shopper
3%
purchasing
3%
full uk driving licence
3%
forecasting
3%
visual design
3%
area manager
3%
cork
3%
neilsen
3%
assistant manager
3%
duty manager
3%
neilson
3%
retail space planning
3%

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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