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  • Merchandising Analyst

    Doncaster
    Permanent
    £28,000 - £40,000 per year

    The Merchandising Analyst will play a pivotal role in the retail industry by analysing data, identifying trends, and supporting decision-making to optimise product performance. This permanent position in Doncaster offers an opportunity to contribute to a successful retail team in a professional and supportive environment.

    • Free Parking
    • Hybrid Working 2 / 3 days in the office
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  • Merchandising Analyst

    Trafford
    Permanent

    The role of Merchandising Analyst in the retail industry involves analysing sales data and inventory trends to optimise stock levels and support business growth. Based in Trafford, this position requires a detail-oriented professional with strong analytical capabilities.

    • Free Parking/ Close to transport link
    • Hybrid Working
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  • Senior Merchandiser

    Birmingham
    Permanent
    £45,000 - £65,000 per year

    The Senior Merchandiser will play a key role in overseeing merchandise planning and stock management within the retail industry. This role is based in Birmingham and requires a proactive individual with strong analytical skills.

    • Close to transport links; Free Parking
    • Early Finish on a Friday
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  • Assistant Merchandiser - Fashion

    Birmingham
    Permanent

    As an Assistant Merchandiser in the retail industry, you will support the merchandising team in maximising sales and ensuring stock levels meet customer demand. This role is based in Birmingham and offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to the success of a thriving business.

    • Free Parking ; Close to transport links
    • Early Finish on a Friday
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  • Merchandiser

    Chesterfield
    Permanent

    The role of Merchandiser in the retail industry involves planning, analysing, and coordinating product ranges to meet customer demand and maximise profitability. Based in Chesterfield, this permanent position requires a detail-oriented professional with a strong understanding of market trends and inventory management.

    • Free Parking : Close to transport links
    • Progression Opportunities
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  • Senior Mens Graphic Designer

    City of London
    Permanent
    £50,000 - £55,000 per year

    The Senior Mens Graphic Designer will play a pivotal role in creating innovative and market-leading designs. This permanent role based in London requires a creative individual with a strong understanding of graphic design, licensing and branding

    • Senior Menswear Graphic Design Role
    • Hybrid in central london
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  • Graphic Designer

    London
    Permanent

    We are seeking a talented Ladieswear Graphic Designer to join a retail-focused team, creating engaging designs that captivate retail customers.

    This role requires a strong eye for detail and a passion for delivering incredible product for customers.

    • Develop ladieswear graphic designs for this dynamic fashion jerseywear supplier.
    • Work with an inspirational leader, with a great reputation in the industry.
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  • Store Manager - Kildare

    Kildare
    Permanent
    £44,000 - £48,000 per year

    This is an exciting opportunity for a Store Manager to lead a retail team in the FMCG industry in Ireland. The role requires strong leadership skills and a results-driven approach to achieve sales targets and maintain a high standard of customer satisfaction.

    • Based in Kildare
    • Great brand to work with
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  • Womenswear Design Director

    London
    Permanent
    £100,000 - £140,000 per year

    Alongside managing a talented design team, design key pieces and shape collections from the ground up.

    This role will suit someone who is strategic, can roll their sleeves up, and can operate at all levels.

    • Work with a brand that values timeless quality over fast fashion trends.
    • Lead a high performing team and represent a clear brand philosophy.
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  • Marketing Executive

    Marlow
    Permanent
    £33,000 - £38,000 per year

    The Marketing Executive will be responsible for developing marketing campaigns that boost brand visibility and consumer engagement, this role suits a proactive individual with strong attention to detail.

    • Do you have a passion for social media growth and engagement?
    • Are you interested in end-to-end campaign management?
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  • Financial Accountant

    Camberley
    Permanent
    £60,000 - £67,000 per year

    The Financial Accountant will oversee financial reporting, compliance, and analysis within the retail technology sector. This permanent role is based in Chertsey and offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to the Accounting & Finance department.

    • Support high quality financial reporting, working with the FD
    • Lead the month-end close process
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  • Junior Merchandiser

    Birmingham
    Permanent
    £32,000 - £40,000 per year

    This is an exciting opportunity for a Junior Merchandiser to join a thriving retail company in Birmingham. The role requires strong organisational skills and a keen eye for detail to support the merchandising team effectively.

    • Progression Opportunities
    • Free Parking ; Close to transport links
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  • Merchandising Administrator

    Leeds
    Permanent
    £22,500 - £23,500 per year

    The Merchandising Administrator will play a key role in supporting the retail department within the FMCG industry. This permanent role, based in Leeds, requires a detail-oriented individual to manage and coordinate merchandising activities efficiently.

    • Close to transport links: Free Parking
    • Progression Opportunities
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  • Digital Designer

    City of London
    Permanent

    Our client is looking for a creative Designer to join an exciting fashion brand in London. You'll be bringing bold prints and ideas to life across digital platforms, designing eye-catching visuals that feel current and on brand.

    • Fantastic opportunity for a designer
    • To join an amazing womens clothing brand
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  • VP Merchandise Planning & Commercial Inventory Strategy - Multi-Brand Retail - Dubai

    International
    Permanent
    £15,067 - £17,220 per month (£180,815 - £206,646 per year)

    Lead enterprise wide merchandise planning across a complex omni channel multi-brand retail portfolio, driving OTB, forecasting, inventory and margin performance across stores and digital channels. Partner with Buying, Commercial and Digital leadership to shape commercial strategy and influence high-impact trading decisions at regional scale.

    • Leading multi brand retail & distribution platform with complex omni channel ops
    • Leadership scope with enterprise scale planning transformation exposure
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  • Interim Customer Success Leader - Fashion Industry

    International
    Temporary
    £29 - £32 per hour

    As a Customer Care Manager in the retail industry, based in London, you'll oversee the day-to-day operations of the customer service team, ensuring smooth and efficient support for customers. Your role will involve managing queries, resolving issues, and maintaining high service standards that help the business run effectively.

    • Immediate start
    • Lead the day-to-day operation of the Customer Care function
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  • Management Accountant

    Leeds
    Permanent

    As Management Accountant, you'll take ownership of the monthly management accounts process while partnering with colleagues across the business to provide meaningful financial insight and support continued growth.

    • Broad SME role with business partnering, mentoring & FC exposure.
    • Ideal for an industry accountant or second move from practice.
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  • Brand Manager

    City of London
    Permanent
    £30,000 - £35,000 per year

    An exciting Assistant Brand Manager opportunity within the hair care industry, offering exposure to brand marketing, customer experience, influencer partnerships and product innovation. You'll play a pivotal role in supporting campaign delivery and helping drive the brand's continued growth and success.

    • Help shape customer and community engagement for a growing haircare brand.
    • Support the CMO in the end-to-end development of new products
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  • Senior Demand Generation Manager

    London
    Permanent
    £65,000 - £70,000 per year

    Lead global demand generation strategy across multiple B2B brands, driving pipeline growth, digital performance and revenue through integrated marketing, automation, paid media, SEO and CRO. This is a senior leadership opportunity to shape international growth strategy while leading high-performing regional teams and partnering closely with sales and marketing leaders to deliver measurable commercial results.

    • Lead global growth strategy with real ownership and international impact
    • Lead and develop a high-performing global marketing team across multiple regions
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  • Financial Accountant UK & Ireland

    Hertfordshire
    Temporary
    £198 - £242 per day

    As a Financial Accountant within the retail industry, you will manage financial reporting, compliance and analysis to support the business's financial health. Based in Hertfordshire, this temporary position requires a hands-on approach to ensure accurate and timely financial processes.

    • Strong team and work environment
    • Creative project
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  • Assistant Management Accountant 12 month FTC

    Leeds
    Temporary
    £34,000 - £37,000 per year

    This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Management Accountant to join a retail company on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role is based in Leeds and involves providing essential support in financial reporting and analysis.

    • 12 month Maternity cover.
    • Excellent opportunity for an experienced Assistant Accountant.
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  • Talent & Development Manager

    City of London
    Permanent
    £75,000 - £80,000 per year

    As a Talent & Development Manager in the retail sector, based in London, you'll play a key role in shaping and delivering strategies to develop people and their potential. This role is all about creating and implementing initiatives that support the growth and success of the organisation.

    • Creating and implementing initiatives.
    • Shape the talent and development strategy
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  • Management Accountant

    Cannock
    Permanent
    £50,000 - £55,000 per year

    As a Management Accountant in the retail industry, based near Cannock, you'll play a vital role in managing financial records and ensuring accurate reporting to support business decisions.

    This is a hands-on role that keeps the accounting and finance department running smoothly.

    • Permanent opportunity for a growing business in Cannock
    • Hybrid Management Accountant position
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  • Management Accountant (Qualified)

    Manchester
    Permanent
    £50,000 - £55,000 per year

    The Management Accountant role in the retail sector involves supporting financial planning, analysis, and reporting to drive informed decision-making. Based in Greater Manchester, this position is ideal for individuals with strong accounting expertise and a focus on delivering business insights.

    • Great opportunity with lots of career progression available
    • Global business, growing at a fast pace
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  • IT Sourcing Manager - IT Procurement - Category Manager Tech

    Greater Manchester
    Permanent
    £80,000 - £100,000 per year

    Senior IT Sourcing Manager- Category / Procurement Manager - Infrastructure, Networks, Cloud, Data Centres

    Manchester

    • Senior IT Sourcing Manager- Category / Procurement Manager
    • FMCG/ Retail/ Online Manchester
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  • Telesales Executive

    St Asaph
    Temporary
    £13 - £14 per hour

    As a Telesales Executive in the retail industry, based in St Asaph, you'll be at the heart of helping the business grow by reaching out to potential customers and promoting products or services. This temporary role involves receiving inbound calls, making outbound calls, building relationships, and contributing to sales targets in a supportive team environment.

    • Immediate start temp to perm role
    • Weekly pay
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  • Pharmacist Manager - Skegness

    Skegness
    Permanent
    £55,000 - £65,000 per year

    The role of Pharmacist Manager involves overseeing the day-to-day operations of the pharmacy, ensuring the highest standards of care and service for customers. This position is key to supporting the healthcare needs of the local community and driving the success of the retail pharmacy team.

    • Opportunities to improve the health and well being of patients.
    • Opportunities for professional growth and leadership development.
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  • Pharmacist - Carmarthen

    Carmarthen
    Permanent
    £45,000 - £50,000 per year

    As a Pharmacist, you'll play a key role in providing essential healthcare services in a retail setting. Your day-to-day work will ensure customers receive expert advice and support, helping them manage their health effectively.

    • Opportunities for further growth and development.
    • Opportunity to work with a team of professionals.
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  • Backend Java Developer

    Southwark
    Temporary
    £650 - £650 per day

    Join a team transforming a global commerce platform through a major Java-based architectural rebuild. You'll develop scalable microservices, marketplace integrations and cloud-nativee solutions that enable seamless product, stock and pricing synchronisation across multiple sales channels, helping drive faster market expansion and a better customer experience.

    • Help rebuild a global platform from the ground up
    • Work with modern Java, GCP and event-driven architecture
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  • Finance Analyst

    Bracknell
    Temporary
    £20 - £24 per hour

    As a Finance Analyst in the retail industry, you'll play a key role in supporting the accounting and finance team with accurate financial analysis and reporting. This temporary role is perfect for someone who enjoys working with data and helping the business make informed decisions.

    • Opportunity to develop financial reporting, forecasting and analysis expertise.
    • Broad exposure to budgeting, month-end processes and business performance.
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A guide to retail jobs

Retail careers can vary greatly but all typically provide services to either both businesses and individual customers or specialise in products specific to one or the other. Retailers normally have their staff working in teams and those teams can be located within stores, an office, or even a warehouse. Working times are usually allocated on a shift basis and will vary depending on the specific products and/or services being provided. The type of products that retailers sell can vary, they may sell very specific products or offer a diverse range of merchandise. For example, a retailer might specialise in selling electronics, produce, entertainment or clothing while some larger stores might offer a mixture of these. Good customer service is a key part of any retail sales success and most retailers now have an online presence that bridges the gap between online sales and the high street shops.
Michael Page Retail & Fashion have forged strong relationships with our clients over the past 40 years. The jobs we recruit for range from positions within traditional stores to multiples and department stores, as well as multi-channel operations, online retailers, mail order and TV shopping channels, covering food, non-food and general merchandise.

Retail jobs we recruit

  • Assistant Store manager
  • Head of Merchandising
  • Buyer
  • Technologist - retail
  • Retail Store Manager
  • Merchandiser
  • Sales Advisor
  • Retail Customer Services Manger
  • Sales Consultant - retail

Key retail tasks

  • Greet customers as the first point of contact.
  • Deal with customer refunds.
  • Handle customer complaints.
  • Work within established guidelines, particularly with brands.
  • Receive and store stock deliveries.
  • Set up displays and POS material.
  • Assist customers in finding the products they are looking for.
  • Process cash and card payments.
  • Stock shelves with merchandise.
  • Report any problems or discrepancies.
  • Provide customers with advice and guidance on product selection.
  • Balance cash registers with receipts.

Key retail skills

As a retailer, good communication skills are a must when dealing with queries and executing a sale. If the customer can’t understand you or if you fail to get your point across, that oversight could impact any potential sale. You need to be comfortable working directly with members of the public because sales roles require regular interaction with customers, whether that’s on the phone or face-to-face. You also need to possess a confident demeanour, not only will this improve a customer’s confidence in you as a sales representative but it will also increase their association with the brand or product you are selling to them. A shy and uncertain sales person might discourage a customer from making a purchase. 
Being helpful and polite, while possessing a comprehensive understanding of your area of sales is a must. The better you know your product, the more confident you will be in selling it and similarly your potential buyer will have more confidence in you. Finally, a person that works within retail needs to be able to work effectively as part of a sales team which would include getting point of sales (POS) items ready, filling in if a colleague is away, completing a sale on behalf of a colleague or helping a colleague by persuading a customer that the product that they’re considering is the right one.

Qualifications and experience

Retail jobs have no formal educational requirements. However, most employers look for what you already know. For a lot of retail jobs, experience is learned while training on the job, although some large stores have training programs for new hires. If you have any prior experience with the products you'll be expected to sell it will be a plus, such as IT experience when applying for a sales position at a computer or electronics store. Prior experience will help boost your initial salary.
However, if you’ve set your sights on long-term career progression then there are various levels of qualifications available for you to choose from and these qualifications enable employers to make better informed decisions during the crucial recruitment stages. The levels range from entry level through to level 8. The higher levels begin from the City &Guilds Higher Professional Diploma in Retail Management (level 4) and the BTEC Higher National Diploma in Retail Management (level 5) and are reserved for those that want to be leaders in their field, e.g. managing directors.  The topics covered do these courses range from customer service, managing retail operations, finance, managing retail environment, to consumer behaviour, supply chain, and retail marketing. Westminster Kingsway College and the University of Brighton offer diploma courses too, like the Access to Higher Education Diploma Business level 3.
If you're interested in undertaking a foundation degree then there are courses available, supported by Skillsmart Retail – the sector skills council. There are higher education institutes that also offer courses including Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of the Arts London, and Leicester College. The degree courses offer a more specialist focus like fashion retailing, retail marketing or buying. There are also postgraduate degree options that include retailing MBAs.
A few big employers are also offering workplace-based courses which allow flexibility to students and provide valuable hands-on experience to better equip them when they progress with their career.
If you would like to discuss your career options, get in touch with our team of specialist retail consultants. Alternatively, if there is a specific position you are interested in contact the listed consultant directly.
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