Retail Area Manager (Hampshire & West Sussex)

## Retail Area Manager (Hampshire & West Sussex)Apply: Home Based - England (35 Hour Weekly Max): Full time: Posted Today: R ## **A talented team. A meaningful purpose. An area that runs your way.**## ## **Retail area manager** **(include divisional area)****Reports to:** Divisional Business Manager**Department:** Trading**Contract:** Permanent**Salary:** This will be discussed during the recruitment process**Hours:** Full time 35 hours per week**Location:** Home-based (travel required) This role covers areas across the South East; from Hampshire to West Sussex**Closing date:** 27 September :55**Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.** **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.An exciting opportunity has become available to join Cancer Research UK as an Area Manager covering 18 shops, across Hampshire and West SussexAre you an experienced, multisite manager, who thrives on developing people, driving performance and delivering outstanding results?Do you have the passion, energy, and commercial acumen to lead a diverse portfolio of shops whilst making a real difference in the fight against cancer?The role comes with a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, including a substantial retirement plan and flexible leave allowance.If you are interested and live within 35 miles of the stated location, please use the link to apply. Each one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer.**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 an inspiring area manager to join Cancer Research UK’s trading team. You’ll be acting as an ambassador for Cancer Research UK, supporting the cultural aims of the charity whilst maximising area sales and profits. You’ll lead your teams and will have responsibility for the effective management of people, resource and budget in your area.You’ll also be surrounded by people who are as dedicated to beating cancer as you are.**What will I be doing?*** Driving key performance indicators across your area. These include area income, expenditure budgets, processing targets, average selling price, sell through rates, fundraising and customer service.* Overseeing the commercial running of your area and making commercial decisions based on data.* Being aware of trends on the high street, and amongst charity retailers, and applying that knowledge and learning to your area.* Supporting your teams in areas such as recruitment, development, retention, performance management, equality and diversity and fundraising.* Ensuring shop standards are met with regards to displays and merchandising, stock management and generation and store layouts.* Implementing national volunteer recruitment campaigns and supporting other divisional and national projects.**What are you looking for?*** An inspiring manager with experience of successfully leading a diverse team of people, particularly a team who are geographically spread.* Comfort working within targets and motivating others to achieve those targets.* Commercial awareness with excellent business judgement.* The ability to build networks and work collaboratively.* Adaptability in changing situations, including being able to work effectively independently.* Experience of leading a retail team.(Download the Candidate Pack)**What will I gain?**We make sure you are supported by a generous salary and benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.Our retail teams also have access to confidential wellbeing support from the Retail Trust.**How do I apply?**We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.Owing to the nature of this position, any offer of employment for this role will be subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check.For more information on this career opportunity and the associated benefits please visit our website or contact us at more updates on our work and careers, follow us on: Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact or **0** as soon as possible. #J-18808-Ljbffr