sales supervisor - retail
- Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Full-time
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- Full-time
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- Posting language
- English
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Original job description
Overview
Languages
English
Education
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
Tasks
Transportation/travel information
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for persons with disabilities
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Urban area
- Retail business
Tasks
- Assign sales workers to duties
- Order merchandise
- Authorize return of merchandise
- Establish work schedules
- Sell merchandise
- Prepare reports on sales volumes, merchandising and personnel matters
- Resolve issues that may arise, including customer requests, complaints and supply shortages
- Organize and maintain inventory
- Supervise and co-ordinate activities of workers
- Retail salespersons and sales clerks
Transportation/travel information
- Willing to travel
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is available
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Handling heavy loads
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Computer
- Printer
- Internet access
- Cellular phone
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Dependability
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Ability to multitask
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for persons with disabilities
- Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.)
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
- Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
- Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities
More about this job
Responsibilities
Assign duties to retail sales staff, order merchandise, authorize returns, schedule work, and sell merchandise. Prepare sales and personnel reports, resolve customer and supply issues, maintain inventory, and supervise and coordinate retail workers.
Requirements
Requires a secondary school graduation certificate and 1 to less than 2 years of experience. Candidates must be willing to travel and hold a valid driver's licence; the role also calls for strong communication, organization, accuracy, flexibility, and customer focus.
Skills
- Sales Supervision
- Merchandise Ordering
- Sales Reporting
- Inventory Management
- Work Scheduling
- Customer Service
- Complaint Resolution
- Team Coordination
- Oral Communication
- Written Communication
- Organization
- Attention To Detail
- Multitasking
- Reliability
- Judgment
Visa sponsorship
Not detected in the job text
Categories
- Retail
- Sales
- Management & Leadership
- Customer Service & Support
Keywords
- Retail
- Sales Supervision
- Retail Salespersons
- Sales Clerks
- Merchandise Ordering
- Merchandise Returns
- Work Scheduling
- Sales Reporting
- Merchandising
- Inventory Management
- Customer Requests
- Complaint Resolution
- Supply Shortages
- Team Coordination
- Computer
- Printer
- Internet Access
- Cellular Phone
- Valid Driver's Licence
- Customer Service