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, 39% of Visual Merchandiser job descriptions contained apparel as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

apparel
39%
retail
34%
fashion
34%
merchandising
28%
trading
25%
planning
21%
sourcing
21%
product development
21%
excel
21%
merchandiser
20%
visual merchandising
17%
buying
15%
buyer
15%
clothing
13%
senior merchandiser
13%
stores
13%
team
13%
stock
13%
junior buyer
13%
product brief
13%
junior merchandiser
13%
merchandise manager
13%
data
13%
sign off
9%
sales
9%
replenishment
9%
assistant buyer
9%
assistant merchandiser
9%
critical path
9%
factories
9%
merchandise admin assistant
9%
senior merchandise admin assistant
9%
wssi
9%
spreadsheets
9%
range building
9%
planogram
7%
maths
5%
deputy manager
5%
store manager
5%
womenswear
5%
adobe creative suite
5%
visual merchandising manager
5%
retail management
5%
pos
5%
inventory
5%
consumer
5%
visual merchandiser
5%
microsoft office
5%
planograms
5%
senior assistant merchandiser
5%
forcasting
5%
display advertising
4%
beauty
4%
promotions
4%
customer service
4%
management
4%
fmcg
4%
product display
4%
styling and marketing
4%
space management
4%
jda
4%
car
4%
customer engagement
2%
events
2%
exhibition
2%
new store openings
2%
trade shows
2%
retail space planning
2%
retail manager
2%
belfast
2%
antrim
2%
online retail
2%
shopper
2%
purchasing
2%
window displays
2%
area manager
2%
neilson
2%
neilsen
2%
full uk driving licence
2%
duty manager
2%
assistant manager
2%
cork
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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