Available job profiles in Retail

The retail sector employs almost 16 million workers in many different types of positions. Retailers have a large role in promoting sustainable consumption and production, occupying a unique position in the lifestyle of products as a 'gatekeeper'between producers and consumers. They can potentially play a big role in furthering the sustainability of consumption and production. The process  between the manufacturing of any product to selling it to the potential customer falls under Retail. It is a dynamic field. There are many people under different profiles doing  their part to sell their commodity and  for consumer satisfaction. 

As the  Retail industry is growing rapidly,  the no. Of jobs is increasing and the industry is expecting  that the people they hire should be knowledgeable in  terms like  Fashion forecasting and trend research, fibre to fabric process of manufacturing, yarn count, quality of material;  visual Merchandising, franchising, supply chain management, marketing etc .

Employment in retail industry accounts  for a large and  growing proportion of Indian workforce, graduates in this field find employment in the following areas-

• Retail store  Visual Merchandising or display departments.


• Visual Merchandising consultancy and supply companies.


• Retail Merchandising , buyers, category managers


• Retail operations- Area manager, retail manager, Floor manager, Department manager, etc


• Luxury brands- Store manager


• E-commerce-  Business manager, Category manager, merchants.

The Front end Job profiles include- Area Manager, District Manager, Country manager etc . They have keep track of the all the stores that come in their area.

In store-  Store Manager (Assistant Manager, Floor manager report him and are appointed if needed in the store.)

                        Department Manager

                       Consumer Service Representative

The back end Job profiles include- Merchandising ( He has plan what to buy , when to buy , how much to buy/sell and analysis sales  report of the store.)