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Ocupacions

Retail department manager

Latest available data: June 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Concession shop departmental manager Department sales manager Departmental manager General merchandise department manager General retail section manager General store department manager Head of department (retail) Outlet store department manager Retail department head Retail department manager Section manager

Retail department managers are responsible for activities and staff in a section in a store.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Determining product mix, stock levels and service standards;
(b) Formulating and implementing purchasing and marketing policies, and setting prices;
(c) Promoting and advertising the establishment’s goods and services;
(d) Maintaining records of stock levels and financial transactions;
(e) Undertaking budgeting for the establishment;
(f) Controlling selection, training and supervision of staff;
(g) Ensuring compliance with occupational health and safety regulations.

Knowledge

  • Work skills
  • Accounting and taxation
  • Law

Digital competencies

  • Developing professional relationships or networks
  • Managing budgets or finances
  • Promoting products, services, or programs
  • Selling products or services
  • Supervising a team or group

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Leading others
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts
  • Working efficiently
  • Supporting others
  • Collaborating in teams and networks

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Science and engineering professionals

Life science professionals

Environmental protection professionals

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Environmental protection professionals

107

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

35,31%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-5,01% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

93,02%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

8,16%

Part-time contracts

1,01% Turnover index

74

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

2%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Science and engineering professionals

58%

42%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Science and engineering professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Life science professionals

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Environmental protection professionals

No experience
10%
Less than 1 year
35%
Between 1 and 2 years
12%
Between 2 and 4 years
20%
Between 4 and 8 years
7%
More than 8 years
16%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
40%
Manufacturing
11%
Information and communication
11%
Education
11%
Administrative and support service activities
10%
Others
17%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.