Retail Management Trainee

Retail Management Trainee

Retail, Sales and Marketing

A Retail Management Trainee for a large food retail company is training for a management role initially as a head of department but ultimately can train to be store manager, regional manager or even higher.

Personal skills

No formal qualifications exist for this position as candidates are usually inducted from existing staff into the Retail Management Training Scheme. Skills: good communication skills; team-working; extensive product knowledge; good literacy and numeracy skills; flexibility and adaptability.

Salary

£14,000 to £20,000 per year

Key skills

Supervisory

Organisational

Innovation

Retail, Sales and Marketing

  • The retail, sales and marketing sector accounts for more than 10% of jobs in the UK
  • This is an important source of employment in each region of England
  • Over half of jobs in the sector are part-time
  • 60% of employees in the sector are women
  • Retail, sales and marketing is a fast moving and highly competitive sector