The document discusses opportunities in the retail sector in India. It notes that retail provides a large variety of roles, opportunities for career progression, flexibility in work hours, and profit from qualifications and experience. Retail is a growing sector in India, employing over 40 million people and expected to create 13 million new jobs by 2015. The document outlines some of the many roles available in retail, including sales, marketing, finance, logistics, and store operations. It also lists desired skills for retail jobs like communication, customer service, teamwork, and product knowledge.

1. By – rohit singh

2. The Myths: What Retail isn’t…..
 Poor salary prospects
 Graduate salary starts as high ..
 Long, unsociable hours
 Varied hours, giving flexibility to suit
your lifestyle
 Not creative or stimulating
 Brand specialists and visual
merchandisers to name just two
important roles
 Dead end job
 Training programs encourage your
development and progress
 Anyone can do retail
 Retail apprenticeships are a
recognized route in; 29% of all the
graduate join the retail

3. An Introduction to the Retail Sector
 Size of Indian retail market ----------------------
----------US$ 450 billion
 Employees- --------------40 million
 13 million new jobs will be created by 2015
*Retail has created more jobs than any other
sector over the last five years

4. Careers in Retail: Key Themes
 Variety
 Profit
 Progress
 Flexibility
 Lifestyle
With a huge choice of roles
and opportunities to move
around, there’s something
for virtually everyone.

5. Variety: breaking it down
 Store operations
 HR and training
 Finance and administration
 Buying
 Customer contact centers
 Marketing
 Logistics
 IT
 Visual Merchandising

6. Variety: roles for everyone
Some specialized occupations
 Sales assistant
 Brand manager
 Visual merchandiser
 Senior buyer
Some broader occupations
 Director of finance
 HR manager
 Web assistant
 Customer service representative
 Warehouse operator

7. Progress: Salary and Development
 Earn while you learn
with an apprenticeship
 Graduate training
programs
 Progression towards
manager level
 Great perks and extras
in all posts
 Continuous
professional
development

8. Profit from qualifications and
experience
 Retail apprenticeship routes
 Retail diploma
 Popular graduate career path- from virtually all
degrees disciplines
 Moving from other sectors
 Benefit of work experience
 Summer placement
 Saturday job
 Dealing with customers
 Work experience guides

9. Flexibility: A break from the norm
Getting away from 9 to 5
Fit your life around your work
Part-time working
Opportunity to move around the
business

10. Lifestyle: in your best interest
People often buy things they’re
interested in
Sport, music, technology, games
Working with goods and services of
personal interest.

11. Trends in Retail: the current market
 Retailers need to respond quickly to new fashions and
new products
 Mobile retailing
 Internet -e-tailing
 Impact on customer interface
 Websites and contact centers
 Home delivery for groceries and many other items

12. Skills required: what employers
want
Employability skills
 People skills
 Sales skills
 Personal presentation
 The right attitude
 Enthusiasm and reliability
 Team working
 Managerial potential

13. Desired skill-set required for Sales
Executive/Store Manager
 Good communication skills (ability to persuade
customer).
 Patience to deal with all kinds of customers.
 Good product knowledge (in terms of features).
 Knowledge of competitor’s products.
 Good knowledge of store dynamics in terms of hot
selling products, hot traffic spots (in the store), and
merchandising requirements.

14. Thank you