Field Merchandiser
🛒Travels between shops arranging the brand's products on shelves to a planogram, checking price tags, stock and promotions, and photographing displays for reports.
Prospects & pay
What the work is like
💼 Job market
🇺🇸 $37.9k a year on average · +8.9% jobs by 2035 · 430,700 openings a year
Stockers and order fillers — US: Census ACS 2020–24 (full-time), BLS projections 2025–35
🇬🇧 £25.9k median a year
Visual merchandisers and related occupations — UK: ONS ASHE 2025 (full-time)
🤖 AI & automation
Shelf recognition from photos and auto-replenishment are taking over display checks. Restocking by hand still needs people, but there will be fewer such jobs.
Who it suits
Interests: 🗂️ Order, paperwork, systems, 🗣️ Persuading and negotiating, 🔧 Making things by hand.
Key strengths: organisation, attention to detail.
Where to study
- Course On-the-job training, no formal qualification required
- Apprenticeship Retail apprenticeship (UK, Level 2)
Key school subjects (A-level / IB / AP): Business, Maths.
🧗 No formal qualification needed: hired after school and trained on the job in a couple of weeks; a driving licence often helps. Can grow into supervisor or trade marketing roles.
Things to know
🧳 Frequent work trips
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