What is a sales manager?
Do you ever wonder how a product gets from the company to you? Or how companies know that you’ll buy things like Silly Bandz and Sunny D? Sales managers figure it out. They’re the people who control the distribution of products. They analyze statistics about the things you want and need, and they learn about your preferences from their staff, who may speak with you directly. It’s a sales manager’s job to make money for their company or clients and to make you happy with the products they produce.

How much education do you need?
Most sales managers require a bachelor’s degree.

Does this career fit your personality type?
This career is great for enterprising and conventional types.

SKILLS YOU NEED

Leadership Can you convince people to see things your way? Sales manager are able to persuade people to buy their products and follow their lead. Time Mastery Sales managers often work on tight deadlines, selling a certain number of products in a certain amount of time. Brain Power Staying ahead of product trends, analyzing sales and solving sales problems are important skills in this career. Writing Sales managers often give presentations, write up sales documents and send emails that require professional writing skills. Teamwork To be a successful sales manager, you need a great team of sales people to manage — and you have to be a great team leader to meet sales goals. Math Sales managers need good accounting, statistics and sales skills to stay ahead of trends and keep operations running smooth.

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