retail entrepreneurtodepartment store manager
A retail entrepreneur already meets 31% of what the department store manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
31%
67.6/ 100
1 Share of the department store manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the retail entrepreneur profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A department store manager role treats 6 of its required skills as things a retail entrepreneur already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- build business relationships
- implement marketing strategies
- implement sales strategies
- manage staff
- plan marketing campaigns
- provide customer follow-up services
What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A department store manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a retail entrepreneur background worth leading with.
- already held plan marketing campaigns management skills
- already held set up pricing strategies information skills
- already held implement sales strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held implement marketing strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide customer follow-up services assisting and caring
- already held build business relationships communication, collaboration and creativity
All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the department store manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held manage the store image required
- required, not held set sales promotions required
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- required, not held train employees required
- optional, not held coach team on visual merchandising optional
- required, not held manage budgets required
- required, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time required
- required, not held plan marketing strategy required
- optional, not held define brand identity optional
- optional, not held evaluate employees optional
- optional, not held supervise brand management optional
- required, not held company policies required
- required, not held product comprehension required
- optional, not held characteristics of services optional
- optional, not held employment law optional
- required, not held monitor shelves loading required
- required, not held monitor proper product handling required
- required, not held have computer literacy required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a department store manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 monitor shelves loading skill · occupation specific
- 02 company policies knowledge · sector specific
- 03 manage the store image skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held build business relationships skill
- already held implement marketing strategies skill
- already held implement sales strategies skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held plan marketing campaigns skill
- already held provide customer follow-up services skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held set up pricing strategies skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held characteristics of products optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held characteristics of products optional
- optional, not held characteristics of services optional
- optional, not held coach team on visual merchandising optional
- optional, not held define brand identity optional
- optional, not held employment law optional
- optional, not held evaluate employees optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
- optional, not held supervise brand management optional
33 held skills the department store manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse data for policy decisions in trade skill
- not needed by the target role arrange ordering of products for customers skill
- not needed by the target role carry out cross merchandising skill
- not needed by the target role check deliveries on receipt skill
- not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
- not needed by the target role competition law knowledge
- not needed by the target role comprehend financial business terminology skill
- not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
- not needed by the target role create annual marketing budget skill
- not needed by the target role develop business case skill
- not needed by the target role e-commerce systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure point of sale material availability skill
- not needed by the target role examine merchandise skill
- not needed by the target role guarantee customer satisfaction skill
- not needed by the target role handle financial overviews of the store skill
- not needed by the target role identify suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of merchandise delivery skill
- not needed by the target role law of obligation knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role manage financial risk skill
- not needed by the target role market pricing knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor company policy skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate sales contracts skill
- not needed by the target role operate cash register skill
- not needed by the target role organise product display skill
- not needed by the target role perform customers’ needs analysis skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role study sales levels of products skill
- not needed by the target role supervise sales activities skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held company policies required
- required, not held product comprehension required
- optional, not held characteristics of products optional
- optional, not held characteristics of services optional
- optional, not held employment law optional
- optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.