Graduate Retail Jobs
The variety of roles for graduates in retail is vast, and the high street can provide a fast-paced career. It can be a challenging place to work because of its unpredictability. While shopping can be an emotive and impulsive experience for the customer, retailers are always working to make sales a ‘sure thing’.
Graduate merchandisers are in charge of making sure the correct quantity of products arrive at the store at the correct time, setting the price, and ensuring that profit is made.
Graduate buyers are responsible for planning the types of products that appear in stores.
Some of the graduate careers available in this sector:
Merchandiser I Buyer I Designer I Retail manager I Marketing manager I Allocator
Graduate Retail Employers
| Decathlon | We are looking for people driven by enthusiasm who have a sense of... | more |
| Aldi | A tale of unrivalled success. That’s the Aldi story, with ov... | more |
| ASDA | You already know the name. So how about some credentials: voted th... | more |
| Sainsbury's | In our efforts to make Sainsbury's great again price, product rang... | more |
| Debenhams | Debenhams has 145 stores across the UK and Ireland and a fully tra... | more |
| BHS | Since Bhs first opened its doors in 1928, we’ve become a maj... | more |
| Boots | We are a leading international pharmacy-led health and beauty grou... | more |
| Tesco | Do you want a scheme which offers graduates a balance of practical... | more |
| Next | Our teams are creative and expressive, spurring innovative ideas a... | more |
| Marks & Spencer | A perfectly balanced combination of on-the-job learning, classroom... | more |
Graduate Retail Case Studies
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James Wall - Commercial Manager - Marks & Spencer'sI am responsible for the day-to-day running of the Home department, as well as the Customer Service Desk, and the Bureau de Change. ... more |
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Lee Sham - Grade Four Store Position - BootsMy experience during the assessment centre was one that easily convinced me that this was a company that I wanted to work for. ... more |
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Alicia Stanley - Graduate Product Technologist - Sainsbury'sAs a technologist you take ownership of a product area, in which you are responsible for ensuring all packaging and artwork is correct, making any necessary nutritional amends, regular sampling, benchmarking against the rest of the market... ... more |
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Natasha Howden - Tesco Graduate TraineeThe scheme comprises four functional placements and two store placements. So far I have spent time in the Press Office, in store, and the Corporate Responsibility (CR) team. I am currently working in the International Corporate Affairs team. ... more |
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