How to become a merchandising or Category executive
Official title: Merchandising/Category executive
Also called: Brand executive, Category executive, Merchandising assistant, Merchandising associate, Merchandising executive, Merchandising Associate/Assistant, Merchandising Executive/Category Executive/House Brand Executive, Brand executive, Category executive, Merchandising assistant
Merchandising/Category executive implements the merchandising plans and product category strategies, as well as manages partner relationships. He/she assists in the development and sourcing of products.
Main tasks
- Obtaining and updating knowledge of market conditions and of employer’s and competitors’ goods and services
Ways in
- Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Visual Merchandising. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.; Polytechnic diploma. Related diplomas: Diploma in Apparel Design & Merchandising (Temasek Polytechnic). Peernovo matched these from course names; polytechnics do not publish which jobs each course leads to.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $38,364 a year. The middle half earn $29,616 to $48,000 a year.
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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- Business development executive
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Questions people ask
How do I become a merchandising or Category executive?
Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Polytechnic diploma.
How much does a merchandising or Category executive earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $38,364 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $29,616 to $48,000.
Will AI change the work of a merchandising or Category executive?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026