representative imagenew delhi amidst the retail industrys recovery from the pandemic store manager positions are witnessing a surge in demand with job postings rising by 78 per cent in this fiscal jobseeker interest for store manager positions has also spiked reaching a 75 per cent increase in april this year rohan sylvester talent strategy advisor at indeed shared with etretailin addition to store managers the job search platform has observed a rising demand for assistant store manager roles by 9 per cent operations managers and retail sales associate positions have also experienced modest growth according to the company advt further sylvester said that metro cities are driving the growth of the retail industry because they have a larger population of consumers with disposable income as middleclass income families experience increased purchasing power many continue to favor the social aspect of instore shopping with loved ones retailers need store managers to help manage workload during endofseason salesaccording to indeeds data for jobs overall demand slipped by almost 17 per cent from april 20192023 the brickandmortar stores received negligible footfall causing demand to drop by 36 per cent from april 2019 to 2020as traditional retail stores grappled with this turbulence the industry continued to face a doubledigit downturn in both demand and supply for retail jobs however there was a significant surge of 46 per cent in job postings from april 202122 job seeker interest too shot up by a massive 52 per cent retailers geared up for inperson endofseason sales phygital stores were on the rise and the need for skilled store managers intensifiedmore recently there seems to be a talent mismatch in the availability and interest for store managers as demand increased by 6 per cent from april 20222023 sylvester said advt the top cities receiving the highest job seeker interest for store manager roles were delhi 1115 per cent bengaluru 8 per cent and mumbai 7 per cent as per the companys research reportthe report further stated many tier 2 cities are investing in infrastructure to build several gradea malls and large shopping centers as the population returns to these cities currently cities such as pune ahmedabad lucknow and coimbatore are projecting a combined interest for store manager jobs nearly 12 per cent on indeeds platform by anurag sharma etretail published on jul 24 2023 at 0302 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app retail store jobs rohan sylvester retail store manager jobs job opportunities retail store manager jobs