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Job Description
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of retail sales workers in an establishment or department. Duties may include management functions, such as purchasing, budgeting, accounting, and personnel work, in addition to supervisory duties.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 41-1011.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 43,910.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 21.00
- Currently, there are 1,194,220 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers”.
Also Known As…
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
- Store Manager
- Shift Manager
- Office Manager
- Meat Department Manager
- Manager
- Department Manager
- Deli Manager
- Bakery Manager
- Assistant Store Manager
- Assistant Manager
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- Used Car Sales Supervisor
- Tobacconist
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- Storekeeper
- Store Associate
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- Stationer
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- Softlines Supervisor
- Showroom Manager
- Shop Manager
- Shift Supervisor
- Service Manager
- Salesman
- Sales Supervisor
- Sales Manager
- Sales Clerk Supervisor
- Retail Supervisor
- Retail Store Manager
- Retail Shift Supervisor
- Retail Sales Manager
- Retail Manager
- Retail Grocer
- Retail Assistant Manager
- Rental Manager
- Ready to Wear Department Manager
- Produce Manager
- Produce Department Supervisor
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- Grocer
- General Manager
- Frozen Food Department Manager
- Front End Manager
- Food Concession Manager
- Food Checkers and Cashiers Supervisor
- Flower Shop Manager
- Florist Manager
- Floral Manager
- Floor Supervisor
- Floor Manager
- Division Supervisor
- Director
- Department Supervisor
- Department Sales Manager
- Delicatessen Store Manager
- Delicatessen Department Manager
- Dealer
- Dairy Store Manager
- Dairy Department Manager
- Convenience Store Manager
- Concession Manager
- Commissary Steward
- Commissary Officer
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- Commercial Specialist
- Coin Dealer
- Cashier Supervisor
- Cashier Manager
- Car Rental Manager
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- Branch Store Manager
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- Auto Parts Manager
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- Auto Dealer
- Assistant Manager Retail
- Art Gallery Director
- Art Dealer
- Area Supervisor
- Antique Dealer
- Antique Collector
- Agent
Tasks for “Department Head”
- Review inventory and sales records to prepare reports for management and budget departments.
- Monitor sales activities to ensure that customers receive satisfactory service and quality goods.
- Keep records of purchases, sales, and requisitions.
- Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers and responding to customer inquiries and complaints.
- Enforce safety, health, and security rules.
- Establish credit policies and operating procedures.
- Instruct staff on how to handle difficult and complicated sales.
- Estimate consumer demand and determine the types and amounts of goods to be sold.
- Plan and prepare work schedules and keep records of employees' work schedules and time cards.
- Examine merchandise to ensure that it is correctly priced and displayed and that it functions as advertised.
- Plan budgets and authorize payments and merchandise returns.
- Establish and implement policies, goals, objectives, and procedures for their department.
- Confer with company officials to develop methods and procedures to increase sales, expand markets, and promote business.
- Examine products purchased for resale or received for storage to assess the condition of each product or item.
- Inventory stock and reorder when inventory drops to a specified level.
- Hire, train, and evaluate personnel in sales or marketing establishments, promoting or firing workers when appropriate.
- Perform work activities of subordinates, such as cleaning and organizing shelves and displays and selling merchandise.
- Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers.
- Assign employees to specific duties.
- Formulate pricing policies for merchandise, according to profitability requirements.
- Plan and coordinate advertising campaigns and sales promotions and prepare merchandise displays and advertising copy.
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