Retail store manager
The role of a retail store manager
Roles & Responsibilities
A retail store manager day to day role consists of running their retail store, and ensuring promotions and offers are accurately announced within in the store. As well as they own job they have to look after there staff to make sure they are meeting their companies targets per a day, while giving customers the standard care which they expect.
Depending on the size of the store, and the number of branches the retail manager roles my included:
* Customer services on/off line as well as feedback of their store or product
* Finance within their store
*Cash handing/ refunds and refunds
*Store atmosphere/ ambience
* Human resources
*Visual merchandising
*Loss prevention and security
*Stock management
* Information technology
* Logistics
* Marketing of discovering and giving customers what they want, making profit, raising
awareness of product/ brand/ person.
*Staff recruitment and training
A retail store manager responsibilities consist of sales, stock, resources, employing appropriate staff, provide the training that's needed, supervising staff/ floor and appraising staff for there dedication to the company.
The bad points of this role consist of long busy days and working weekends unexpected.
Interpersonal skills
Achieving this role
Achieving a job as a retail manager may require working your way through different roles to increase your knowledge to be a retail store manager or apply for courses/ training to learn the role and responsibilities of a retail store manager which normally is provided by your employer.
range of qualifications available and the ones you take will depend on whether you will stand when entering the job on a graduate trainee scheme or whether your working your way up through the company structure.
Working hours and Income
Salary for a retail store manger can varies depending on the size of the store you are managing, for instance luxury earns £27,000 per a year, Premier/ high street depending the store earns average wage of £25,000 and high street retail store manager earn up to £21,000 per a year.
Career Opporunities in the role of a retail store manager
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