Retail Enterprise Management Jobs and MBA Programs in South Dakota

Retail sales managers can find many career and educational opportunities in South Dakota. At 2,940, the number of jobs in South Dakota for retail sales managers is projected to rise nine percent to 4,730 jobs by 2016. This is better than the national trend for retail sales managers, which sees the job pool growing at about five percent over the next 10 years. In general, retail sales managers directly supervise sales workers in a retail establishment or department and participate in purchasing, budgeting and personnel decisions.

South Dakota photo by Dean Franklin

In South Dakota, the income for retail sales managers is $19 per hour or $40,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $19 hourly or $39,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Mount Rushmore State, South Dakota has a population of 812,383. It has grown by 7.6 percent in the last 10 years. Pierre is the state capital. In 2008, there were a total of 566,490 jobs and at $38,644, the average annual income in South Dakota was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $36,428. The unemployment rate in South Dakota was 4.8 percent in 2009. It rose by 1.7 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 21.5 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is below the national average.

Nonstore retailers, gasoline stations with convenience stores, sign manufacturing and metal window manufacturing are the top employing fields in South Dakota.

South Dakota is known for having important landmarks. Bowdle is known for the tallest water tower in South Dakota. One of the many things South Dakota is known for, fossilized remains of life 50 million years ago have been arranged in unusual forms, which is Lemmon's mark of distinction at the world's largest petrified wood park.

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.