Sales Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate the actual distribution or movement of a product or service to the customer. Coordinate sales distribution by establishing sales territories, quotas, and goals and establish training programs for sales representatives. Analyze sales statistics gathered by staff to determine sales potential and inventory requirements and monitor the preferences of customers.

On the job, you would:

• Direct and coordinate activities involving sales of manufactured products, services, commodities, real estate, or other subjects of sale.
• Resolve customer complaints regarding sales and service.
• Review operational records and reports to project sales and determine profitability.

Education

• bachelor's degree
• associate's degree

Business

• sales and marketing
• customer service

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Education and Training

• teaching and course design

Communications

• multimedia

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• talking to others

Social

• talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
• bringing people together to solve differences

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Enterprising

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

• Initiative
• Integrity
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Dependability
• Leadership
• Stress Tolerance

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• use rules to solve problems
• come up with lots of ideas

Math

• add, subtract, multiply, or divide
• choose the right type of math to solve a problem

Memory

• remember words, numbers, pictures, or steps