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Posted on December 12 2022

Job trends of Sales Supervisor in Canada, 2023-24

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By  Editor
Updated February 24 2024

Why work in Canada as a Sales Supervisor?

  • Canada has more than 1.5 million job vacancies
  • Earn up to CAD 36,960 as average wages for a Sales Supervisor in Canada
  • British Columbia provides the highest salary of CAD 40,320 as a Sales Supervisor
  • Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec have the highest number of openings
  • 14 different Pathways are available for Sales Supervisor immigration to Canada

About Canada

Canada due to severe workforce shortages has been updating its Immigration targets every year. According to Immigration Levels Plan 2022-2024, the country was supposed to welcome 432,000 PRs for 2022.

 

With the current trend of immigration, Canada has already crossed its immigration targets for the current year. The immigration targets have been rising year over year, as it has no Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents left to do the unoccupied jobs.

 

Canada released its new immigration targets for 2023-2025 on November 1, 2022, and has raised its immigration targets for the next three years by targeting more than 1.5 Million immigrants.

 

The table below shows the Immigration Levels plan for 2023-2025 based on the economic, family, and other classes or pathways. The immigration targets for Express Entry, PNP, and PGP have been raised for the next three years.

 

Immigration Class

2023 2024 2025
Economic 2,66,210 2,81,135

3,01,250

Family

1,06,500 114000 1,18,000
Refugee 76,305 76,115

72,750

Humanitarian

15,985 13,750 8000
Total 4,65,000 4,85,000

5,00,000

 

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Job trends in Canada, 2023

Based on a Canadian survey, 80% of Canadian employers search for immigrants to fill the empty jobs which have been lying vacant for more than 5 months.

 

Approximately 40% of Canadian businesses are facing workforce shortages. There are no Canadians or Canada PRs left to take up the jobs as 18.5% of Canadians are aged 65 or above. This gives a huge scope of employment for immigrants.

 

Most Canadian employers show interest to recruit immigrants in the first place to avoid losses from delayed and canceled projects.

 

89% of Canadian employers are satisfied with the strong knowledge of the new hires and 70% of employers opinions that the new hires are strong human skills.

 

The table mentioned below displays the increased job vacancies respective to the provinces in percentage

 

Canadian Province

Increase in percentage of job vacancies
Ontario

6.6

Nova Scotia

6
British Columbia

5.6

Manitoba

5.2
Alberta

4.4

Quebec

2.4

 

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Sales Supervisor, NOC Code (TEER code)

Sales Supervisors are also called Retail Sales Supervisors, whose role is to supervise & coordinate the worker's activities with the following unit groups:

  • Retail salespersons (64100)
  • Cashiers (65100)
  • Store shelf stockers (65102)
  • Clerks and order fillers (65102)
  • Other sales-related occupations (65109)

The Sales Supervisors are usually employed by other retail businesses, stores, and wholesale businesses which on a retail basis to the public, businesses that are involved in door-to-door telemarketing and soliciting and rental services.

 

The NOC 2016 code for Sales Supervisors is 6211. As Canada updated its NOC codes recently and released NOC 2021 codes for each occupation along with the TEER code. The NOC 2021 code 62010.

 

Roles and responsibilities of Sales Supervisor

  • Supervise & coordinate with the work of Cashiers and sales staff.
  • Assign the duties to sales workers and make work schedules.
  • Authorize and approve payments & supervise the merchandise return.
  • Resolve the issues that occur, which include complaints, customer-related requests & shortages in supply.
  • Make a note and maintain inventory & order merchandise when needed
  • Prepare merchandising reports, sales volume reports, and personal matters-related reports.
  • Recruit and provide training or else arrange classes for sales staff and check & monitor and provide performance report.
  • Make sure the standards of visualization and image of the store are intact. Especially the signage, displays, and cleanliness
  • Perform similarly the assigned duties as workers get supervised.
  • Might have to perform managerial duties and key holdings when required like opening the store and closing it, supervising escalated complaints, signing for deliveries, and developing and implementing necessary marketing strategies.

Prevailing wages of Sales Supervisor in Canada

 Sales Supervisor is one of the top in-demand jobs in Canada. British Columbia and Alberta pay the highest wages for the Sales Supervisor occupation.

 

The average wage that is paid per hour for the Sales Supervisor is CAD 16.25 to CAD 21 in Canada. These wages differ based on the requirement in each province and territory and the experience of the candidate.

 

The table mentioned below provides on average wages per annum for each province and territory:

 

Community / Area

Averages wages per annum in CAD
Canada

36,960

Alberta

40,012.80
British Columbia

40,320

Manitoba

36,480
New Brunswick

33,600

Newfoundland and Labrador

32,640
Nova Scotia

31,200

Ontario

38,112
Prince Edward Island

30,720

Quebec

34,560

Saskatchewan

37,977.60

Eligibility criteria for Sales Supervisor

To be eligible for the Sales Supervisor job, the candidate must have the –

  • Must have a secondary school certificate course, which is a usual requirement.
  • Former retail sales-related experience as a retail salesperson or clerk for sales, telemarketer, rental agent, cashier, and a door-to-door salesperson is also required.

Location

Job title Regulation Regulatory body
Québec Supervisor (retail) Regulated

Emploi Québec

 

Sales Supervisor - Number of vacancies in Canada

Currently, there are 2603 job vacancies for Sales Supervisors across the provinces and territories of Canada. The list of available jobs for each province is listed below:

Location

Available jobs
Alberta

978

British Columbia

480

Canada

2603
Manitoba

90

New Brunswick

25

Newfoundland and Labrador

11

Northwest Territories

3
Nova Scotia

49

Nunavut

2

Ontario

538

Prince Edward Island

3
Québec

343

Saskatchewan

72

Yukon

7

 

*Note: The number of job vacancies may differ. This is given as per the information on October, 2022

 

Sales Supervisor jobs have different prospects based on their work. List of titles that come under this occupation are shown below:

  • Retail sales route supervisor
  • Department store supervisor
  • Liquor store supervisor
  • Produce department supervisor
  • Telemarketing supervisor
  • Route supervisor, retail sales
  • Head cashier
  • Rental service supervisor

 

The Sales supervisor opportunities that are available for the next 3 years in the province and the territories are listed in the following table.

Location

Job prospects
Alberta

Good

British Columbia

Good
Manitoba

Good

New Brunswick

Good

Newfoundland and Labrador

Fair
Northwest Territories

Limited

Nova Scotia

Good
Nunavut

Fair

Ontario

Fair
Prince Edward Island

Fair

Quebec

Good
Saskatchewan

Good

Yukon Territory

Good

 

How can a Sales Supervisor migrate to Canada?

Sales Supervisor jobs are one of the in-demand occupations across provinces and territories in Canada. To search for a job in Canada, or directly migrate to Canada as a Sales Supervisor, the individuals need to either apply through TFWP (Temporary Foreign Worker Program), IMP (International Mobility Program), and Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP)

Following are the other pathways in immigrating to Canada:

 

Also read…

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How Y-Axis can helps a Sales Supervisor to immigrate to Canada?

Y-Axis offers assistance to find a Sales Supervisor job in Canada with the following services.

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