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, 25% of Category Manager job descriptions contained assistant buyer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

assistant buyer
25%
buying admin assistant
25%
retail manager
25%
retail
25%
trends
20%
admin
20%
buying assistant
20%
critical path
20%
factories
20%
new product set up
20%
purchase orders
20%
sample management
20%
department manager
20%
duty manager
20%
buying
20%
big box
15%
convenience
15%
visual merchandising
15%
team management
10%
buyer
10%
category admin assistant
10%
ecommerce
10%
store manager
10%
merchandising
10%
purchasing
10%
training coaching
10%
crm
10%
leadership
10%
staff training
10%
web content
5%
site optimisation
5%
seo
5%
retail assistant manager
5%
online content
5%
digital marketing
5%
negotiation
5%
fmcg
5%
visual merchandiser
5%
auditor
5%
fashion
5%
space management
5%
retail space planning
5%
planogram
5%
neilson
5%
jda
5%
assistant range manager
5%
range planning
5%
womenswear
5%
customer service
5%
apparel
5%
store management
5%
wholesale
5%
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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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