Retail Superstore Manager Corby

Cancer Research UK; Corby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great pension

Job summary

Cancer Research UK is seeking an energetic Superstore Manager in Corby to lead a busy, high‑volume retail operation. You will recruit, develop and motivate staff and volunteers, drive sales and fundraising, and ensure excellent donor and customer engagement.

You will manage stock, display standards and costs, while delivering generous income and meeting Gift Aid targets. DBS checks apply; diverse applicants encouraged.

Qualifications

• Commercial awareness with proven success in sales and profit targets.
• Experience leading a large and diverse team of staff and volunteers.
• Ability to work towards targets in a high-volume retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Guide, inspire and develop a diverse team of paid staff and volunteers.
• Oversee commercial running of the store including display, stock and merchandising.
• Lead by example delivering excellent customer and supporter service.
• Maximise profit through cost control and sales efforts.
• Meet targets for donated stock, cash, Gift Aid and stock processing.
• Engage with local community to generate income and donations.
• Manage movement of large donation volumes across shops and eCommerce.
• Organise fundraising events to hit targets.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety, safeguarding and HR policies.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Team leadership

Retail management

Job description

Endless pre-loved items. A crucial source of fundraising. A store that runs your way. Superstore manager £30,068 - £35,591 per annum plus benefits Reports to: Area manager Department: Trading Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week Location: Corby Superstore Closing date: Sunday 15th November 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 manager to join Cancer Research UK’s trading team. You’ll be acting as an ambassador for Cancer Research UK, motivating 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?

Guiding, inspiring and engaging a team of paid staff and volunteers. This includes recruitment, retention and development of a diverse superstore team.

Taking ownership and responsibility for the commercial running of your superstore including display and merchandising, stock management and generation, 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.

Working to agreed targets for donated stock, cash, benchmark gift aid, average selling price, sell through and stock processing.

Creating relationships with your local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues to generate community engagement and additional income and stock.

Oversee the movement and distribution of large volumes of donations including across other Cancer Research UK shops, superstores and eCommerce.

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?

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.

Adaptability in changing situations, including being able to work effectively independently.

Creativity and a desire to seek out opportunities for new and innovative ways of working.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.