Job sector careers in retail

There are lots of different jobs that you can do in retail, from junior customer service roles right up to area manager, responsible for several key stores.

Find out what retail opportunities are available to you with the essential job descriptions.

Total Jobs: Retail industry job profiles

The majority of careers in retail are:

• Customer Service (handling customer enquiries and complaints and resolving problems).
• Developing people (recruiting, developing and training staff).
• Finance (financial management, administration or IT).
• Management (responsible for the effective day-to-day operation of the organisation).
• Merchandising (deciding what products and lines shops should stock and how to display them).
• Operations (dealing with customers eg sales).
• Product experts (working with specific products or lines like a demonstrator).
• Sourcing (finding stock).
• Stock Management (planning and managing stock movement)

If you are interested in a job in retail you can find out all of the information you need on how to get started and what is involved in this career pathway by visiting the website below:

 Career pilot: Retail Job Sectors