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S00A Ship’s Store Afloat Resale Operations Management (ROM) Manager

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Overview

A Ship's Store Afloat Resale Operations Management Manager manages all service activities aboard ROM-configured ships and uses electronic commerce and civilian automated systems. The manager works with computer-based cash registers, laser scanning, cash-less debit, and Electronic Data Interchange systems and produces and analyzes ROM management reports to maintain financial and material accountability.

Core Skills

  • Perpetual inventory and cost-based accounting
  • Financial and material accountability reporting
  • Electronic sales and cashless payment processing
  • Electronic Data Interchange system use

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

Managing shipboard resale services, perpetual inventories, and financial accountability transfers directly to supervising retail sales, inventory-taking, and cash reconciliation.

How to prepare: Prepare a work sample using fictional store data that shows an inventory discrepancy, its financial impact, and the corrective steps a retail supervisor would take.

What the civilian work involves
  • Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers.
  • Monitor sales activities to ensure that customers receive satisfactory service and quality goods.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Office software

Online Merchants

Experience with electronic commerce systems, cashless debit, and inventory accountability supports online payment processing and order administration.

How to prepare: Practice a complete online order workflow in a demonstration environment, from invoice creation and payment recording through inventory adjustment and shipment confirmation.

What the civilian work involves
  • Create, manage, or automate orders or invoices, using order management or invoicing software.
  • Receive and process payments from customers, using electronic transaction services.
  • Fill customer orders by packaging sold items and documentation for direct shipping or by transferring orders to manufacturers or third-party distributors.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Cost-based accounting knowledge and production and analysis of ROM accountability reports provide a foundation for checking financial records and maintaining computerized accounts.

How to prepare: Complete a practice bookkeeping cycle in Intuit QuickBooks using fictional retail transactions, including entry, reconciliation, and correction of posting errors.

What the civilian work involves
  • Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
  • Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Intuit QuickBooks
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC S00A

    [1] NEC entry "S00A - Ship’s Store Afloat Resale Operations Management (ROM) Manager"; cached text line 10200; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Perpetual inventory and cost-based accounting, Financial and material accountability reporting, Electronic sales and cashless payment processing, Electronic Data Interchange system use, First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers (O*NET 41-1011.00), Online Merchants (O*NET 13-1199.06), Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks (O*NET 43-3031.00)

  2. O*NET: First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers (O*NET 41-1011.00)

  3. O*NET: Online Merchants

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Online Merchants (O*NET 13-1199.06)

  4. O*NET: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks (O*NET 43-3031.00)

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