Store Manager

Cancer Research UK; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous retirement plan

Flexible leave allowance

Discounts on travel and technology

Gym membership

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Cancer Research UK is seeking a motivated Store Manager for our Glasgow Sauchiehall shop to lead fundraising through retail. You will be an ambassador for the charity, motivating staff and volunteers, driving sales, managing stock, merchandising and community engagement.

You will recruit and develop a diverse team, ensure high standards, control costs and organise fundraising events. This is a full-time role, 37.5 hours per week, fixed-term until June 2027, with a salary between £27,336 and

Qualifications

• Experience leading a diverse team of staff and volunteers.
• Comfort with targets and driving fundraising and sales.
• Strong customer service and community engagement skills.
• Knowledge of fashion retail and in-store merchandising.
• Ability to manage stock, displays and shop standards.

Responsibilities

• Guide, inspire and manage paid staff and volunteers to hit targets.
• Own the commercial running of the store, including display and stock control.
• Lead by example with excellent customer and supporter service.
• Drive profit through cost control and sales performance.
• Build relationships with the local community and Cancer Research UK colleagues.
• Organise and run fundraising events to meet targets.

Skills

Team leadership

Sales targets

Customer service

Merchandising

Stock management

Job description

Store Manager (Glasgow, Sauchiehall)

locations: Glasgow Shop (Sauchiehall)

time type: Full time

posted on: Posted Today

job requisition id: R034402

Endless pre-loved items. A crucial source of fundraising. A store that runs your way.

Retail Store Manager

£27,336 - £32,067per annum plus benefits

Reports to: Area manager

Department: Trading

Contract: Fixed term contract until June 2027

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week

Location: Glasgow, SauchiehallSt Shop

Closing date: 11th 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 who shares our vision, someone like you.

We’re looking for a motivating store 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 shop 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 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.

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.