Where a department store manager can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a department store manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Department store managers organise and control the operations and staff of establishments which provide retail services.
Also known as department store general merchandise manager, retail sales manager, outlet store manager, senior department store manager, general retail manager, department store general store manager, department shop manager, assistant department store manager, graduate trainee department store manager, manager in department store, trainee department store manager.
Managers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: shop supervisor, 41%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A department store manager needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- monitor shelves loading handling and moving
- manage the store image communication, collaboration and creativity
- set sales promotions communication, collaboration and creativity
- monitor proper product handling information skills
- plan marketing campaigns management skills
- plan marketing strategy management skills
- implement sales strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
- perform multiple tasks at the same time management skills
- implement marketing strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
- provide customer follow-up services assisting and caring
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a department store manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- brand manager 41% covered · difficulty 60.1
- retail entrepreneur 31% covered · difficulty 67.6
- call centre supervisor 30% covered · difficulty 68.9
- warehouse manager 30% covered · difficulty 69.3
- ICT help desk manager 27% covered · difficulty 71.1
- product and services manager 27% covered · difficulty 70.7
- commercial director 25% covered · difficulty 72.5
- rental manager 25% covered · difficulty 72.8
- commercial art gallery manager 20% covered · difficulty 76
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Department store manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a department store manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.