Retail managers look after stores, motivate staff to achieve sales targets, organise promotional events and monitor industry trends.
£20,000 Starter
to£70,000 Experienced
40 to 42 a week
evenings / weekends / bank holidays managing your own hours
You can get into this job through:
You could do a degree before applying to join an organisation's management training scheme. Most subjects are accepted but you may have an advantage if you study:
You'll usually need:
You could do a college course, which would teach you some of the skills and knowledge you need in this job. Relevant subjects include:
You'll usually need:
You could do a retail manager higher apprenticeship or retail leadership degree apprenticeship.
You'll usually need:
You may be able to start as a retail sales assistant and work your way up through promotion to supervisor or department manager.
You could also get into this job by switching from a managerial post in a related industry like customer service. You would be given training in retail to build on your existing management experience.
Many national retailers run graduate trainee management schemes for people with a suitable degree.
These combine training and mentoring with work placements in different parts of the business to develop your retail knowledge, skills and leadership qualities.
You'll need:
Your day-to-day tasks may include:
You could work at a store or in an office.
With experience you could progress into area or regional management.
You could also move into more specialist areas, like customer service, training and operations management.
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