Category Manager Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Category Manager Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Category Manager role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Category Manager job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 46% of Category Manager job descriptions contained retail manager as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

retail manager
46%
department manager
37%
duty manager
37%
retail assistant manager
28%
category
28%
retail
19%
national accounts
10%
store manager
10%
buyer
10%
fmcg
10%
negotiation
10%
automotive industry
10%
big box
10%
pricing
10%
convenience
10%
product management
10%
digital marketing
10%
tires
10%
ecommerce
10%
automotive parts
10%
merchandising
10%
branding
10%
online content
10%
car repair
10%
visual merchandising
10%
car service
10%
buying
10%
assistant manager
10%
creative
10%
fashion
10%
consumer insight
10%
customer insight
10%
manager
10%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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