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, 37% of Visual Merchandiser job descriptions contained apparel as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

apparel
37%
fashion
31%
retail
31%
trading
24%
merchandising
24%
sourcing
22%
merchandiser
22%
product development
22%
planning
22%
excel
20%
visual merchandising
20%
data
16%
stock
16%
junior merchandiser
16%
buyer
14%
buying
14%
clothing
12%
junior buyer
12%
product brief
12%
merchandise manager
12%
senior merchandiser
12%
stores
12%
team
12%
sign off
10%
range building
10%
sales
10%
factories
10%
critical path
10%
assistant buyer
10%
replenishment
10%
maths
6%
senior assistant merchandiser
6%
planograms
6%
planogram
6%
forcasting
6%
customer service
6%
microsoft office
6%
deputy manager
6%
adobe creative suite
6%
store manager
6%
spreadsheets
4%
womenswear
4%
communication skills
4%
field sales
4%
people skills
4%
retail sales
4%
window displays
4%
visual merchandising manager
4%
retail management
4%
pos
4%
inventory
4%
visual merchandiser
4%
senior merchandise admin assistant
4%
merchandise admin assistant
4%
wssi
4%
assistant merchandiser
4%
jda
4%
space management
4%
car
4%
consumer
4%
display advertising
2%
beauty
2%
promotions
2%
management
2%
fmcg
2%
retail manager
2%
belfast
2%
antrim
2%
product display
2%
online retail
2%
styling and marketing
2%
shopper
2%
purchasing
2%
full uk driving licence
2%
forecasting
2%
visual design
2%
area manager
2%
cork
2%
neilsen
2%
assistant manager
2%
duty manager
2%
neilson
2%
retail space planning
2%

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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