Retail Superstore Manager (Basildon Superstore)

at  Cancer Research UK

AT CANCER RESEARCH UK, WE EXIST TO BEAT CANCER.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone determined, someone like you.
We’re looking for a motivating superstore manager to join Cancer Research UK’s trading team. You’ll be acting as an ambassador for Cancer Research UK, motivating your team to maximise on sales and fundraising targets. Your superstore will be a place where your community gets to meet our people, understand our brand, and see some of the great things we do.
You’ll also be surrounded by people who are as dedicated to beating cancer as you are.

WHAT WILL I BE DOING?

• Guiding, inspiring and engaging a team of paid staff and volunteers. This includes recruitment, retention and development of a diverse superstore team.
• Taking ownership and responsibility for the commercial running of your super store including display and merchandising, stock management and generation , maintaining shop standards, store layout, sales and income.
• Leading by example and providing excellent customer and supporter service.
• Maximising profit through effective cost control and sales.
• Working to agreed targets for donated stock, cash, benchmark gift aid, average selling price, sell through and stock processing.
• Creating relationships with your local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues to generate community engagement and additional income and stock.
• Oversee the movement and distribution of large volumes of donations including across other Cancer Research UK shops, superstores and eCommerce .
• Organising and running creative fundraising events for your store to achieve fundraising targets.
• Maintaining compliance with health and safety, safeguarding, security, administration and HR policies.
• There will be a varied amount of manual handling and physical activity required within the day-to-day duties of the role.

What are you looking for ?

• C ommercial awareness with previous success working with sales and profit targets.
• Experience of managing and inspiring a large and diverse team of people .
• Comfort working within targets and motivating others to achieve those targets.
• The ability to multi-task in a lively high volume retail environment with large volumes of stock.
• Adaptability in changing situations, including being able to work effectively independently.
• Creativity and a desire to seek out opportunities for new and innovative ways of working.
• Flexibility, o ur retail teams cover the needs of their stores by working on a rota basis. Whilst a level of flexibility is needed to meet the needs of the business, we don’t forget that you have a life outside of work too.

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