Career switch, measured
From Sales Supervisor to General Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 74% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Leadership, Training and coaching, Retail operations, Sales; the main skills to add are Budgeting, Stakeholder management, Marketing, Process improvement.
74%
skill overlap
24,571
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSales SupervisorGeneral Manager
- Leadership68%77%
- Training and coaching75%48%
- Retail operations26%26%
- Sales100%48%
- Communication43%34%
- Payroll15%17%
- Scheduling44%24%
- Inventory management53%25%
Skills to add
Asked for often in General Manager postings, rarely in Sales Supervisor ones.
SkillSales SupervisorGeneral Manager
- Budgeting–23%
- Stakeholder management7%22%
- Marketing–19%
- Process improvement–16%
- Forecasting–12%
- Auditing–11%
- Team management–11%
- Research–9%
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