Merchandiser
Ensure correct quantities of products are displayed in specific stores or websites.
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- What's it like to be a Merchandiser?
- How to become a Merchandiser
- Latest Merchandiser jobs
- Top skills and experience for Merchandisers
- Merchandiser role reviews
What's it like to be a Merchandiser?
Merchandisers work for retail stores such as grocery stores and department stores and are responsible for boosting sales through sufficient product inventory. Apart from making sure that products are displayed attractively for customers, they must also monitor and predict industry trends based on consumer buying behaviour.
Tasks and duties
- Ensuring optimised display, rotation and volume of stocks on shelves.
- Negotiating with suppliers and buyers on prices.
- Determining sources of wastage and losses.
- Keeping track of sales.
- Analysing competitor activities and pricing strategies.
- Understanding consumer behaviours.
- Monitoring and predicting industry trends.
How to become a Merchandiser
Although having prior work experience is advantageous, it is not a requirement to become a Merchandiser. Some companies may require a degree in graphic design, visual communications or visual merchandising.
- Complete secondary school and attain Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia certificate. This is a mandatory public examination equivalent to O-level.
- A bachelor degree in advertising, marketing, or business is not required, however it will be helpful especially in progressing your career.
- Apply for a merchandiser job in a retail store or for a specific retail brand.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Merchandiser employers on Jobstreet are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Merchandising
Fashion Design
Fashion
Textile Industry
Supermarket
Planograms
Sales
Product Development
Buying
Warehouse
Market Research
Purchase Orders
Drivers Licence
Microsoft Office
Communication Skills
FMCG Industry
Negotiation
Spoken Mandarin
Forecasting
Hygienic
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Latest Merchandiser reviews
Nov 2022
Merchandiser work should be good at taking customers' hearts, friendly and honest
ExperienceLess than a year
Organisation sizeMedium (20-199 employees)
SpecialisationSales
The good thingscan go places that have never been, travel benefits,
The challengesthe weather and the client's manifold.and necessarily congest the road
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Nov 2022
Joy of data minding
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Fine Arts
Experience1 – 4 years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationRetail & Consumer Products
The good thingsAnalysis of data of sales and stocks to make strategic decisions to market your product.
The challengesKnowing what to see and how to generate the data and auto generating it.
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