Shop Manager

Company: Sue Ryder
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Location: Shepton Mallet
Job Description:

Responsibilities

  • Use your retail experience to drive business, push sales and achieve targets.
  • Lead your team to deliver great customer service to our donors and customers.
  • Work with the local community to generate sufficient donated stock to drive sales.
  • Recruit, train and retain a volunteer team.
  • Set high standards of merchandising and housekeeping, ensuring health and safety is a priority.
  • Manage effective stock processes to keep the shop well merchandised with fresh, seasonal stock.
  • Act as a brand ambassador for Sue Ryder and support in-store campaigns.
  • Manage effective stock processes through the Epos operation.

Qualifications

  • Commercial awareness to deliver sales and meet deadlines, combined with the ability to plan and prioritise.
  • Proven team leadership skills.
  • Customer Service Experience.
  • People management experience (reviews, 1:1s, volunteer recruitment, team meetings).
  • KPI and target experience.
  • Strong IT skills (administration, emails, instant messaging, video calls).
  • Organisational skills.
  • Lone working experience.

Desirable Criteria

  • High street retail or charity retail managerial experience.
  • Health and Safety Knowledge.
  • Minimal Microsoft Office packages or equivalent.
  • High street retail/leisure/hospitality background.
  • Merchandising/Stock rotation experience.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary: £12.94 per hour (+ rewards).
  • 37.5 hours per week over 7 days.
  • 27 days holiday rising to 33 days with length of service plus bank holidays (pro rata if part‑time).
  • Company pension scheme.
  • Staff discount with thousands of retailers.
  • Refer a Friend scheme – £250 payment.
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
  • Enhanced sick pay.
  • Electric Vehicle Scheme.
  • Healthcare Cash plan.
  • Death in Service benefit.
  • Staff discount of 10% on new goods online.
  • Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.
  • Access to Employee support programme.

Location: Sue Ryder Charity shop, 23a High St, Shepton Mallet BA4 5AA.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week over 7 days. Start time 8:45am, close time 5:15pm.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion includes support for disabled applicants through an ‘Offer an Interview’ scheme and inclusive recruitment practices.

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Posted: April 22nd, 2026