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, 30% of Category Manager job descriptions contained buying assistant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

buying assistant
30%
buyer
30%
retail
30%
merchandising
30%
assistant buyer
20%
factories
20%
assistant category manager
20%
assistant product manager
20%
ecommerce
20%
samples
10%
range development
10%
npd
10%
commercial awareness
10%
buying
10%
autonomy
10%
analytical
10%
property
10%
bedding
10%
costings
10%
curtains
10%
junior buyer
10%
pd
10%
product developer
10%
product development manager
10%
senior product developer
10%
capex
10%
contract management
10%
procurement
10%
admin
10%
visual merchandising
10%
buying admin assistant
10%
critical path
10%
new product set up
10%
purchase orders
10%
sample management
10%
trends
10%
digital marketing
10%
online content
10%
seo
10%
site optimisation
10%
product development
10%
web content
10%
account manager
10%
brand manager
10%
category manager
10%
bathrooms
10%
bedrooms
10%
category
10%
kitchen cabinets
10%
manufacturing
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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