Trading Manager

Charity Link; Leicester; On-site; GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Charity Link seeks a dynamic Trading Manager in Leicester to oversee the trading arm focused on logistics, sales, and strategy. This full-time role requires leadership skills and commercial acumen to maximize social impact while ensuring operational efficiency. Benefits include a competitive salary, 32 annual leave days, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

32 days’ annual leave (pro rata for part time)

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing operations, logistics, or trading.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to manage budgets and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage charity’s trading arm, ensuring effective sales and distribution.
• Develop and implement trading strategies aligned with charity’s mission.
• Ensure compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Commercial Awareness

Logistics Oversight

People Management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Sage

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Are you a dynamic and hands-on leader with strong commercial acumen, logistical oversight, and people management skills

We are looking for a Trading Manager, to manage the charity’s trading arm, to ensure effective sale and distribution of white goods and beds, aligning with strategy, ensuring efficiency, and maximising social impact.

Position: Trading Manager


Location: Leicester and site based


Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week)


Salary: £35,000

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Competitive salary, 32 days’ annual leave (pro rata for part time roles) including Bank Holidays, pension scheme

Closing Date: 18th July 2025

Interview Date: W/C 18th August 2025

The Role

We are looking for a Trading Manager to support the strategic aims of the charity and the Chief Executive Officer.

You will partner and collaborate with the Senior Leadership Team to develop and implement trading arm strategies and policies and ensure alignment of trading operations with the charity's mission, vision, and values.

You will ensure the effective smooth running of the trading arm, meet contractual and regulatory compliance, quality assurance, and meet targets agreed by the Board of Trustees.

Key areas of responsibilities include

Strategic and Commercial Leadership

Sales and Customer Engagement

Supply Chain and Procurement

Logistics and Distribution

Premises Management

Financial Oversight

Team Leadership and HR

Health and Safety and Compliance

About You

We are looking for someone with proven experience in managing operations, retail, logistics or trading within a commercial or social enterprise setting.

You will have:

Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.

A strong team working ethic, able to motivate and inspire staff, encouraging knowledge sharing and peer support.

The ability to operate on a senior level and represent The Goods Depot externally.

The ability to make decisions, multi-task, prioritise and delegate effectively.

Commercial awareness and financial literacy to manage budgets, targets and financial reporting.

An excellent standard of IT including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint or equivalent), Microsoft Teams and relevant operational software (e.g., Sage, stock management and route planning systems).

The ability to network and liaise effectively with individuals and agencies in the private, public and voluntary sectors, and governmental departments.

The ability to achieve targets and work to tight deadlines.

The ability to work flexibly, including occasional evenings/weekends.

We are looking for someone with a commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion within the workplace and a full driving licence, access to own transport and willingness to travel regionally.

If you are a strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into actionable plans, then apply today!

About The Organisation

The charity believes that everyone deserves a decent standard of living, with a right to adequate food, shelter and the means to keep warm, clean and rested - no matter what difficulty they may be facing. We help to make a difference by finding funding to provide the essential items that everyone deserves.

As an equal opportunity employer, we would particularly welcome applications from people with an ethnic minority background or those with a disability, as the team are currently underrepresented in their workforce.

You may also have experience in areas such as Trading, Dispatch, Goods, Product, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Logistics, Trading Manager, Dispatch Manager, Goods Manager, Product Manager, Operations Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Procurement Manager, Logistics Manager. #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Retail

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