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Career: First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales Workers
Job Description
Directly supervise sales workers in a retail establishment or department. Duties may include management functions, such as purchasing, budgeting, accounting, and personnel work, in addition to supervisory duties.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
98
|
Assign employees to specific duties. |
98
|
Examine merchandise to ensure that it is correctly priced and displayed and that it functions as advertised. |
97
|
Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers, and responding to customer inquiries and complaints. |
97
|
Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers. |
96
|
Instruct staff on how to handle difficult and complicated sales. |
94
|
Perform work activities of subordinates, such as cleaning and organizing shelves and displays and selling merchandise. |
90
|
Enforce safety, health, and security rules. |
89
|
Monitor sales activities to ensure that customers receive satisfactory service and quality goods. |
80
|
Plan and prepare work schedules and keep records of employees' work schedules and time cards. |
78
|
Establish and implement policies, goals, objectives, and procedures for their department. |
76
|
Inventory stock and reorder when inventory drops to a specified level. |
75
|
Hire, train, and evaluate personnel in sales or marketing establishments, promoting or firing workers when appropriate. |
71
|
Review inventory and sales records to prepare reports for management and budget departments. |
71
|
Confer with company officials to develop methods and procedures to increase sales, expand markets, and promote business. |
68
|
Plan budgets and authorize payments and merchandise returns. |
67
|
Examine products purchased for resale or received for storage to assess the condition of each product or item. |
62
|
Estimate consumer demand and determine the types and amounts of goods to be sold. |
60
|
Keep records of purchases, sales, and requisitions. |
58
|
Plan and coordinate advertising campaigns and sales promotions, and prepare merchandise displays and advertising copy. |
54
|
Formulate pricing policies for merchandise, according to profitability requirements. |
37
|
Establish credit policies and operating procedures. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
67
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
67
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
64
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
63
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
63
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
62
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
57
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
55
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
54
|
Getting Information
|
53
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
52
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
52
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
51
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
51
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
50
|
Processing Information
|
50
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
49
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
49
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
47
|
Thinking Creatively
|
46
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
42
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
42
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
42
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
41
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
40
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
38
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
37
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
36
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
36
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
36
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
34
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
34
|
Interacting With Computers
|
34
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
33
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
33
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
31
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
30
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
22
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
22
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
16
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
12
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|