Retail Area Manager

Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust are now seeking a Retail Business Development Manager to lead a team of charity shops, motivating them to drive sales, achieve targets and support our mission to provide specialist care to children and young people.

About the Role

Acorns have a network of shops across the West Midlands and Gloucestershire. Our shops generate a substantial level of income and goodwill to enable us to care for children and their families.

As Business Development Manager, you will:

• Provide strategic leadership to your team of Community Shop Managers, enabling them to generate donations, volunteer contribution and customer purchases from the local community 
• Coach shop teams to take an entrepreneurial approach to generating income within their shops and maximising income from gift aid
• Enable shops to embed themselves into the local community 
• Review sales reports from the management reporting suite, making commercial and operational decisions based on the data and trends
• Effective planning with the ability to review plans and get traction on the actions
• Ensure financial, staffing and other resources are deployed efficiently and effectively

About You

• Proven experience of leading, coaching and motivating a team of people
• Operational and commercial capability to drive your team
• Track record of success in driving sales income and net profit
• Effective resource planning
• Experience of managing multi-site shop operations
• Ability to analyse sales and budget figures
• Ability to travel independently across the region

What We Offer

• £36,000 to £42,000 per annum, plus car allowance (£4,228 per annum)
• 37.5 hours per week
• Daily travel to Acorns shops
• Employee discounts from leading retailers
• Employee gym discount scheme
• Bike-to-Work scheme
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan
• Acorns group life assurance scheme

Interviews are scheduled to be held in early December

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?