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%
fashion
34%
retail
34%
merchandising
27%
trading
24%
sourcing
21%
product development
21%
excel
21%
planning
21%
merchandiser
20%
visual merchandising
16%
buying
15%
buyer
15%
stock
13%
data
13%
junior merchandiser
13%
clothing
13%
junior buyer
13%
product brief
13%
merchandise manager
13%
senior merchandiser
13%
stores
13%
team
13%
wssi
8%
spreadsheets
8%
replenishment
8%
sign off
8%
senior merchandise admin assistant
8%
range building
8%
merchandise admin assistant
8%
factories
8%
critical path
8%
assistant merchandiser
8%
assistant buyer
8%
sales
8%
planogram
7%
visual merchandising manager
5%
retail management
5%
forcasting
5%
pos
5%
inventory
5%
consumer
5%
visual merchandiser
5%
planograms
5%
senior assistant merchandiser
5%
maths
5%
womenswear
5%
microsoft office
5%
deputy manager
5%
adobe creative suite
5%
store manager
5%
display advertising
4%
promotions
4%
beauty
4%
window displays
4%
customer service
4%
management
4%
car
4%
styling and marketing
4%
jda
4%
product display
4%
space management
4%
fmcg
4%
retail manager
2%
neilson
2%
customer engagement
2%
events
2%
exhibition
2%
new store openings
2%
trade shows
2%
belfast
2%
antrim
2%
online retail
2%
shopper
2%
purchasing
2%
retail space planning
2%
forecasting
2%
neilsen
2%
full uk driving licence
2%
duty manager
2%
assistant manager
2%
cork
2%
area manager
2%
visual design
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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