Retail Enterprise Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Rhode Island

Many educational and employment opportunities are available for retail sales managers in Rhode Island. For retail sales managers, there are 3,150 jobs in Rhode Island and this is projected to grow by seven percent to 5,850 jobs by 2016. Over the next 10 years, the national job pool is projected to rise by five percent, short of the state growth for retail sales managers. In general, retail sales managers directly supervise sales workers in a retail establishment or department and participate in purchasing, budgeting and personnel decisions.

Rhode Island photo by Whitney

State figures show that retail sales managers in Rhode Island earn $21 per hour or $43,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $19 hourly or $39,000 per year on average.

Rhode Island, also known as the Ocean State, is home to 1,053,209 people. It's population has increased 0.5 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Providence. There were 612,258 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Rhode Island earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $41,261, up from $40,147. The unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 11.2 percent in 2009. It went up by 3.6 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 25.6 percent. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Rhode Island include miscellaneous manufacturing, other miscellaneous manufacturing, component manufacturing and jewelry manufacturing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, the world's largest bug is on the roof of New England Pest Control in Providence. It's a big blue termite, 58 feet long and 928 times actual termite size. One of the unique tidbits about Rhode Island is Swamp Meadow Covered Bridge in Foster is the only remaining covered bridge in Rhode Island.

Retail Enterprise Management

Retail sales managers directly supervise sales workers in a retail establishment or department and participate in purchasing, budgeting and personnel decisions.

While working, they supervise employees working on sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, and performing services for clients and work with company officials to evolve methods to increase sales and promote business.

They are required to pay attention to ongoing situations and monitor them as they develop and train others in tasks and process.

Retail sales managers should be able to articulate ideas and problems and listen to and understand others in meetings.

In order to be successful in the workplace, retail sales managers must have strong self control in the face of challenging situations and be reliable.