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Retail Supervisors

Overview

Retail Supervisors supervise and coordinate the activities of retail sales workers.

Tasks

This occupation may include associated occupations with varying tasks.

  • ensuring that customers receive prompt service and quality goods and services
  • responding to customers' inquiries and complaints about goods and services
  • planning and preparing work schedules and assigning staff to specific duties
  • interviewing, hiring, training, evaluating, dismissing and promoting staff, and resolving staff grievances
  • instructing staff on how to handle difficult and complicated sales procedures
  • examining returned goods and deciding on appropriate action
  • taking inventory of goods for sale and ordering new stock
  • ensuring that goods and services are correctly priced and displayed
  • ensuring safety and security procedures are enforced

Job Titles

  • Retail Supervisor 

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