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Sales Supervisors - Retail and Wholesale

Sales supervisors oversee operations and directly supervise and coordinate the activities of sales and related workers in retail and wholesale establishments.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£13,439
£23,500
£35,885

New workers start around £13,439. Normal pay is £23,500 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £35,885.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 205,051 vacancies for this type of job

1.60%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Reports as required to managerial staff on departmental activities.

  • Determines or recommends staffing and other needs to meet sales and productivity targets.

  • Liaises with managers and other departments to resolve operational problems.

  • Establishes and monitors work schedules to meet sales and productivity targets.

  • Directly supervises and coordinates the activities of sales and related workers.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Stocking Merchandise

  • Merchandising

  • Visual Merchandising

  • Product Knowledge

  • Cash Handling

  • Warehousing

  • Retail Operations

  • Food Preparation

  • Selling Techniques

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Customer Service

  • Sales

  • Management

  • Communication

  • Coaching

  • Leadership

  • Problem Solving

  • Operations

  • Honesty

  • Enthusiasm

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.