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 assistant buyer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

assistant buyer
30%
trends
30%
sample management
30%
purchase orders
30%
new product set up
30%
factories
30%
critical path
30%
buying assistant
30%
buying admin assistant
30%
retail manager
24%
retail
24%
merchandising
20%
department manager
20%
duty manager
20%
buying
17%
category assistant
17%
visual merchandising
17%
ecommerce
14%
admin
14%
convenience
10%
retail assistant manager
10%
buyer
10%
big box
10%
site optimisation
7%
purchasing
7%
visual merchandiser
7%
digital marketing
7%
online content
7%
seo
7%
category admin assistant
7%
web content
7%
analytical
7%
store manager
7%
autonomy
7%
commercial awareness
7%
training coaching
4%
contract management
4%
procurement
4%
neilson
4%
team management
4%
staff training
4%
leadership
4%
crm
4%
negotiation
4%
fmcg
4%
auditor
4%
space management
4%
retail space planning
4%
jda
4%
planogram
4%
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