FULL OR PART-TIME MANAGER
Frensham Village Shop
If the idea of running a successful community shop & Post Office in a picturesque village in the Surrey Hills appeals to you then you might be the person we are looking for.
Frensham Village Shop is at the heart of the community, so we are looking for a very special person to be our new manager.
Offering essential Post Office services & household staples as well as supporting local suppliers & producers, there is plenty of scope to take the shop forward in your own way, with the support of 3 part-time staff and over 50 volunteers.
This truly is a social enterprise where your commitment & aspirations for your role in the community needs to match the commercial performance of the shop.
We need someone who knows what they are doing so you will probably be a manager or assistant manager of a food or convenience store who maybe wants the freedom & opportunity that bigger chains & groups don’t allow.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Managing a team of 3 staff, and building effective relationships with the volunteers
- Managing the shop to achieve agreed performance targets
- All aspects of stock management including supplier relationships
- Office administration and regulatory compliance
- Working on both the PO and shop counters
DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
- Career experience in retail management preferably in food / convenience
- Post Office trained
- Experience of team leading and people management with shared responsibilities
- Experience of cash handling
- Computer literate
- Experience of new product identification and introduction; building supplier relationships and negotiation
- Knowledge of, and ability to apply, marketing and promotion techniques
- Visual merchandising skills
- Level 3 Food Hygiene certificate
- Personal Licence for alcohol sales
- Full Driving Licence
- Car owner
- Physically fit
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
- Empathy for community purpose of the shop & post office
- Proven experience in customer facing roles, and ability to develop warm relationships
SALARY: £24-29,000 per annum (full time, pro-rated for part-time), based on experience and qualifications for the role
HOURS: 30- 40 hours per week, including a minimum of two Saturdays per month
HOLIDAY: (Full time, pro-rated for part-time) 22 days per annum + 8 Bank Holidays
If this sounds like it might be the opportunity you have been waiting for, click the APPLY button or please visit our website at https://www.frensham-village-shop.co.uk/ for more information and details on how to apply.