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Occupation

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

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.

$48,520 medianBright outlookHigh school

O*NET 31.0 · 41-1011.00

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

  1. 01Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers and responding to customer inquiries and complaints.
  2. 02Examine merchandise to ensure that it is correctly priced and displayed and that it functions as advertised.
  3. 03Instruct staff on how to handle difficult and complicated sales.
  4. 04Assign employees to specific duties.
  5. 05Plan and prepare work schedules and keep records of employees' work schedules and time cards.
  6. 06Establish and implement policies, goals, objectives, and procedures for the department.
  7. 07Hire, train, and evaluate personnel in sales or marketing establishments, promoting or firing workers when appropriate.
  8. 08Establish credit policies and operating procedures.
  9. 09Plan budgets and authorize payments and merchandise returns.
  10. 10Review inventory and sales records to prepare reports for management and budget departments.
  11. 11Inventory stock and reorder when inventory drops to a specified level.
  12. 12Plan and coordinate advertising campaigns and sales promotions and prepare merchandise displays and advertising copy.

Task statements ranked by how many workers report them · O*NET 31.0

What the posting will be called

Department ManagerMeat Department ManagerShift ManagerStore ManagerBakery ManagerDelicatessen ManagerDepartment SupervisorGrocery ManagerKey CarrierParts Sales Manager

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Knowledge the job leans on

Customer and Personal ServiceAdministration and ManagementSales and MarketingEnglish LanguageEducation and TrainingPersonnel and Human ResourcesMathematicsComputers and Electronics

Skills that carry over from service

Service OrientationSocial PerceptivenessCoordinationPersuasionInstructingNegotiationManagement of Personnel ResourcesJudgment and Decision Making