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Category Manager jobs: 158 open roles

Open category manager jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $124,000 a year.

The market for category manager work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Operations function this title sits in.

Verified open category manager jobs
158

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$124,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Operations openings that ask for AI skills
2%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Operations openings that are remote
4%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. supply chain14%
  2. 2. procurement14%
  3. 3. logistics12%
  4. 4. project management7%
  5. 5. excel6%
  6. 6. erp2%
  7. 7. audit2%
  8. 8. forecasting2%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work
  2. 2. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)
  3. 3. Prompt design
  4. 4. AI coding assistants
  5. 5. AI workflow automation
  6. 6. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)

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Open category manager jobs

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Category Manager salary

The middle half of category manager listings that state pay run from $109,500 to $136,000. See the full category manager salary breakdown.

Operations jobs in the rankings

Rankings about operations jobs

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Where category manager jobs are

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Category Manager jobs by city and state

Employers hiring category managers

  • Uline 31
  • StockX 7
  • InCPG.com, website for ARI CPG Executive Search 6
  • US Foods 4
  • International Institute For Sustainable Development 3
  • Gerdau 3
  • Dohler GmbH 3
  • Trane Technologies 2
  • Halliburton 2
  • Google 2

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