Retail Store Manager (Camberley)

Cancer Research UK; Camberley; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Cancer Research UK is seeking a Retail Store Manager for the Camberley shop on High Street. The role leads a team of staff and volunteers, managing stock, display, and store standards to drive sales and fundraising performance.

You will foster community links and ensure compliant operations while delivering excellent customer experience. The position offers a permanent, full-time role (37.5 hours/week) with salary £27,336–£32,067 per annum plus benefits; DBS checks apply and UK work eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience of managing and inspiring a diverse team of people.
• Comfort working within targets and motivating others to achieve those targets.
• Ability to multi-task in a lively environment.
• Strong customer service skills and commercial awareness.
• Knowledge of high street fashion retail.
• Flexible to cover rota and variable hours.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of paid staff and volunteers.
• Own the commercial running of the store including display, stock, and standards.
• Provide excellent customer and supporter service.
• Maximise profit through cost control and sales.
• Build relationships with local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.
• Organise and run fundraising events for the store.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety, safeguarding, and HR policies.

Skills

Team leadership

Target driven

Multi-tasking

Customer service

Commercial awareness

Retail knowledge

Job description

## Retail Store Manager (Camberley)Apply: Camberley Shop (High Street): Full time: Posted Today: R034103**Endless pre-loved items. A crucial source of fundraising. A store that runs your way.****Retail Store Manager**£27,336 - £32,067 per annum +benefits**Reports to:** Area manager**Department:**Trading**Contract:**Permanent**Hours:**Full time 37.5 hours per week**Location:** Camberley shop (High St)**Closing date:** Open until filled. We will be shortlisting on a rolling basis and will close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.**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 to achieve our ambition of beating cancer, we need talented people who share our determination to make a difference. We're looking for an inspiring and commercially minded Retail Store Manager to lead our Camberley shop, creating an exceptional experience for customers, supporters and volunteers while driving sales and fundraising performance. Working collaboratively with colleagues and the local community, you'll play a vital role in helping us deliver our life-saving research.**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 shop team.* Taking ownership and responsibility for commercial running of your store including display and merchandising, stock management, 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.* Creating relationships with your local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.* 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?*** Experience of managing and inspiring a diverse team of people.* Comfort working within targets and motivating others to achieve those targets.* The ability to multi-task in a lively environment.* Working knowledge of what makes great customer service.* Commercial awareness.* Knowledge of high street fashion retail.* Adaptability in changing situations, including being able to work effectively independently.* An awareness of the price, value and worth of items.* 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.[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. To support your training and development in this role, you will spend 4 weeks in a training shop, learning from a Training Shop Manager, this may be at a different location to the role you applied for.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 please visit our website or contact us at [e-mail] 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 [e-mail] or **0**20 3469 8400 as soon as possible.