Retail Development Manager

The Children's Trust; Walton On The Hill; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization in Walton On The Hill is seeking a Retail Development Manager to enhance income growth through online selling platforms. The successful candidate will research and implement new income streams and manage online retail operations while ensuring compliance. This role involves collaboration with the Retail Management Team to drive strategic growth initiatives for their charity shops across Surrey, Sussex, and Kent.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail development and management.
• Proven ability to identify and source product lines.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop new online and digital selling platforms.
• Collaborate with the Retail Management Team to increase income and footfall.

Job description

Role Overview

The role of Retail Development Manager is crucial to the income growth and audience reach of The Childrens Trust retail function. The postholder will be responsible for researching, developing and establishing new income streams to reach new audiences and drive footfall for a disperse network of charity shops, including establishing the online selling of donated and bought in (New) goods; management of online and digital selling platforms and associated stakeholders, ensuring that all compliance requirements are fulfilled.

The role will work collaboratively as part of the Retail Management Team to develop and deliver long-term growth plans to drive voluntary income growth and increase footfall and to lead on new business initiatives.

Role Requirements

• Research opportunities to recommend, test and rollout new online and digital selling platforms. Introduce associated systems and processes to achieve compliance.
• Working with the Retail Sales Manager, identify and source donated product lines and items for listing and selling through online and digital selling platforms. Share learnings to source quality stock to drive sales.

Create a new online offer to complement and integrate within our existing retail portfolio of shops across Surrey, Sussex and Kent. Deve...