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Head of Trading

Employer
Harris Hill
Location
Eastbourne
Salary
£32k per year
Closing date
26 Oct 2018

Job Details

A wonderful health non-profit organisation are looking to recruit their next Head of Trading on a 6 month interim basis.

In this role you will lead the organisations retail operation, ensuring that you continue to drive the performance and income generation of their charity shops. You will report directly into the Development Director and will line manage three Managers across the organisation.

My client is looking for a candidate to start in this position on or before the 29th October 2018. It is a part-time position (4 days a week) but if you are looking for a full time position, please do apply as my client can be flexible.

Key responsibilities of the role are as follows:

  • Drive the performance of income streams by increasing sales, maximising profit, controlling expenditure and delivering excellent customer service
  • Monitor progress against the agreed business plan and budget
  • Manage the strategy for developing income
  • Lead on performance management and training of staff
  • Ensure that the organisation operates in line with agreed policies and procedures
  • Work collaboratively with the Communications Team to develop awareness of the organisations mission


Skills and Experience required:

  • Educated to A level or equivalent
  • Previous experience of generating significant profits through a retail operation
  • Experience of managing and developing teams
  • Ability to use EPOS systems (cybertill or a similar system)
  • Sensitivity and sympathy surrounding the work of the organisation and its customers


If you feel that you have the above required experience, please respond with your updated CV immediately.

Company

Harris Hill has been providing the Charity and Not-for-Profit sector with high quality recruitment solutions for over 27 years. In the past year we have worked on more than 3,000 charity vacancies (approximately 2,000 permanent and 1,000 temporary) and are continuing to grow, developing new teams to respond to the strong demand for specialist charity professionals.

Our teams focus on specific functions within charities including Fundraising, Marketing/PR/Digital, Data Management & Business Support, Finance, Human Resources, Temporary and Executive-level roles.

We are committed to delivering a level of excellence to both candidates and clients alike and have an unrivalled reputation for finding talented people their ideal charity jobs within the UK's leading national and international charities and non-profit organisations.

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Company info
Telephone
020 7820 7300
Location
1 - 2 Paris Garden
London
London
SE1 8ND
United Kingdom

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