Retail Assistant Manager Sheffield Meadowhall Superstore

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

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Generous leave

Employee discounts

Gym membership

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Cancer Research UK in Sheffield Meadowhall is seeking a Retail Assistant Manager to lead a large team of paid staff and volunteers, drive sales, and support fundraising targets in a busy superstore environment.

You will work under the Store Manager, recruit and develop the team, manage stock, merchandising, and donor stock movement, and deliver excellent customer support while engaging the local community.

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering against sales and fundraising targets.
• Experience leading a large, diverse team in a busy retail setting.
• Ability to motivate others and manage performance.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the superstore manager in guiding, inspiring and engaging a large team of paid staff and volunteers.
• Take responsibility for the commercial running of the superstore—merchandising, stock management, and standards.
• Meet targets for donated stock, cash, gift aid, and stock processing.
• Assist with movement and distribution of donations across shops and eCommerce.
• Lead by example with excellent customer and supporter service.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Team leadership

Target driven

Multi-tasking

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 superstoreincluding 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.

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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.

Owing to the nature of this position, any offer of employment for this role will be subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check.

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 [e-mail] or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.

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.