Retail Assistant Manager Sheffield Meadowhall Superstore

Cancer Research UK; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Generous leave

Discounts on travel and technology

Gym membership

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Cancer Research UK is seeking a Retail Assistant Manager in Sheffield Meadowhall to lead a large team of staff and volunteers, maximise sales and fundraising targets, and ensure excellent customer service. You will work to develop the team, manage stock and store presentation, and collaborate with the community and CRUK colleagues to boost income.

The role requires flexibility with a lively high-volume environment, and offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous pension and leave

Qualifications

• Commercial awareness with experience meeting sales and profit targets.
• Experience of managing a large diverse team.
• Able to work to targets and motivate others.
• Ability to multi-task in a high-volume retail environment.
• Creative, proactive at finding new ways of working.
• Strong relationship building and communication skills.
• Flexible rota with some shifts.

Responsibilities

• Support the superstore manager in guiding, inspiring and engaging a large team of paid staff and volunteers.
• Oversee recruitment, retention and development of the team.
• Lead commercial running of the store including display, merchandising, stock management and income.
• Meet targets for donated stock, cash, Gift Aid, selling price, sell-through and stock processing.
• Assist with stock movements across CRUK shops, superstores and eCommerce.
• Provide excellent customer and supporter service.
• Build relationships with the local community and CRUK colleagues to generate income and stock.
• Support fundraising events to achieve targets.
• Deputise for the superstore manager in their absence.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Team leadership

Target-driven

Multi-tasking

Creativity

Communication

Flexibility

Job description

Endless pre-loved items. A talented team. One clear purpose. Retail assistant manager £26,352 - £30,767 per annum plus benefits Reports to: Store Manager Department: Trading Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week Location: Sheffield Meadowhall Closing date: Friday 2nd October 2026 23:55 Internal: In line with organisational policy this role will remain open for internal applications until: Sunday 4th October 2026 23:55 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. We’re looking for a motivating superstore assistant manager to join Cancer Research UK’s trading team. You’ll be acting as an ambassador for Cancer Research UK, supporting the superstore manager and 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?

• Supporting the superstore manager in guiding, inspiring and engaging a large team of paid staff and volunteers.
• This includes recruitment, retention and development of a diverse superstore team.
• Taking responsibility for the commercial running of the superstore including display and merchandising, stock management and generation, maintaining shop standards, store layout, sales and income.
• Working alongside the superstore manager to meet agreed targets for donated stock, cash, benchmark gift aid, average selling price, sell through and stock processing.
• Assisting with the processing systems that allow for the movement and distribution of large volumes of donations including across other Cancer Research UK shops, superstores and eCommerce.
• Leading by example and providing excellent customer and supporter service.
• Creating relationships with your local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues to generate community engagement and additional income and stock.
• Supporting the shop manager in the organisation and delivery of creative fundraising events for your store to achieve fundraising targets.
• Deputising for the superstore manager in their absence.
• 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?

• Commercial 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.
• Creativity and a desire to seek out opportunities for innovative ways of working.
• The ability to create relationships and communicate well.
• Flexibility, our 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.

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.

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.

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.

We’re the world’s leading cancer charity, dedicated to saving and improving lives with our research. We work to reduce the impact of cancer on people’s day-to-day lives through our research, influence and information. We are beating cancer – step by step, day by day. Our work means that people with cancer live better lives through earlier diagnosis and kinder, more effective treatments. Find a purposeful career that will empower you to grow and collaborate with like-minded experts.