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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
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- Shift Manager
- Office Manager
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- Retail Store Manager
- Retail Shift Supervisor
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- Antique Dealer
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- Agent
Tasks for “Sales Manager”
- Examine merchandise to ensure that it is correctly priced and displayed and that it functions as advertised.
- Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers.
- Assign employees to specific duties.
- Estimate consumer demand and determine the types and amounts of goods to be sold.
- Establish credit policies and operating procedures.
- Establish and implement policies, goals, objectives, and procedures for their department.
- Plan budgets and authorize payments and merchandise returns.
- Plan and coordinate advertising campaigns and sales promotions and prepare merchandise displays and advertising copy.
- Confer with company officials to develop methods and procedures to increase sales, expand markets, and promote business.
- Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers and responding to customer inquiries and complaints.
- Monitor sales activities to ensure that customers receive satisfactory service and quality goods.
- Review inventory and sales records to prepare reports for management and budget departments.
- Formulate pricing policies for merchandise, according to profitability requirements.
- Perform work activities of subordinates, such as cleaning and organizing shelves and displays and selling merchandise.
- Enforce safety, health, and security rules.
- Instruct staff on how to handle difficult and complicated sales.
- Plan and prepare work schedules and keep records of employees' work schedules and time cards.
- Hire, train, and evaluate personnel in sales or marketing establishments, promoting or firing workers when appropriate.
- Keep records of purchases, sales, and requisitions.
- Inventory stock and reorder when inventory drops to a specified level.
- Examine products purchased for resale or received for storage to assess the condition of each product or item.
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