Career explorer
Eighteen ways up in Indian retail
Retail is one of the few sectors in India where someone can start on the shop floor at 19 and run a region by 32 — but only if they can see the route. This is the route: two tracks, eighteen roles, and the qualification that unlocks each step.
- Roles mapped
- 18
- With full guides
- 15
- Tracks
- 2
- With a salary band
- 3 of 18
- With board evidence
- 3advertised ceilings
01Track one
On the floor
The customer-facing route. Starts with no experience and no degree, and ends running a cluster of stores.
02Track two
Behind the floor
Buying, planning, supply chain, marketing and the leadership above them. Usually entered with a degree, often from the floor.
- E-Commerce SpecialistExperience not published · guide comingSalary not published
- Inventory ManagerExperience not published · guide coming₹22,000–₹30,000advertised ceilings · 3 listings · per month
- Retail BuyerExperience not published · guide comingSalary not published
3 of 18 roles show a salary band. AORE publishes figures for those 3; the rest are marked unpublished rather than filled with a market estimate. 3 roles are mapped on the ladder without a full guide behind them yet.
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Not sure which rung you are aiming at?
The aptitude assessment measures nine retail skills and nine personality traits, then a counsellor walks you through where you would fit and what to study.