Assistant merchandisers play an important supportive role in the selection and purchase of goods for firms to sell. Opportunities may exist within retailers or wholesalers in industries such as fashion or grocery.
Those working as assistant merchandisers may provide assistance with sales analysis, looking at the company’s best- and worst-selling goods and comparing daily, weekly, month-end or season-end figures and reporting these findings to the leading merchandiser, along with recommendations for ways to improve sales

Assistant merchandisers must be communicative and commercially aware individuals with excellent IT skills. They must also be confident and proactive workers with the ability to organise their own workload.
Employers may require a Bachelors degree in a relevant subject, such as business, marketing or economics, and previous experience in a merchandising or marketing environment is highly preferable, although a certain amount of on-the-job training is provided. Salaries start at £17,000, with the potential to earn up to £27,000, particularly in the London region.