Area Manager - Retail (South)

Area Manager - Retail (South) 
Wokingham, Surrey (Office/Field Based, covering the M4 Corridor and West London) 

Are you a retail manager with a huge track record of success? Want to take your next step into as an Area Manager with an amazing animal charity? If so, read on. 

About Us: 

Blue Cross are one the UK’s leading rehoming organisations for animals. We support sick, injured and homeless pets and care for more than 40,000 animals every year through our rehoming, veterinary and education programmes. We’re working to rehome 20,000 pets by 2020 and so we are looking for an Area Manager to enable us to achieve our retail targets across the South of England and parts of London. 

Your Rewards: 

- Salary of £25,280 - £29,760 per annum 
- Company vehicle 
- Company mobile phone 
- Employee Assistance Programme 
- Pension scheme 
- Company sick pay 
- Life insurance following probationary period 

We have a huge history of success in the rehoming of animals, and the provision of veterinary services and education that surrounds keeping pets and properly looking after them. 

Our incredible work is funded by donations from the public and our network of retail outlets right across the UK. This rare opportunity will see you overseeing our retail outlets across the South of England with particular focus on West London and the M4 corridor. 

You’ll discover that we are a passionate team of animal lovers, each employee is valued and, alongside our comprehensive benefits package, we strive to offer an incredibly rewarding environment. 

Your Role: 

As an Area Manager, you will be tasked with managing 13 existing shops and a number of additional stores as and when they open. 

You will join a team of four Area Managers and ensure that our retail shops promote our charitable work, raise awareness of Blue Cross and raise money to help pets. 

Specifically, the role will involve: 

- Line managing shop teams 
- Recruiting shop staff and training and developing Managers, Assistant Managers and Stock Collectors 
- Supporting the recruitment of volunteers 
- Visiting shops to ensure standards are maintained 
- Organising and running regular Manager meetings 
- Promoting healthy administrative and accounting activities 
- Providing cover in shops when necessary 

About You: 

To be considered as an Area Manager, you will need: 

- Retail management experience within a commercial company and/or a registered charity 
- Experience of achieving success against financial targets 
- Experience of developing and monitoring budgets and operating plans 
- Experience of managing, training and developing people 
- A full manual driving licence 

Other organisations may call this role Area Manager, Area Retail Manager, Regional Manager, Regional Retail Manager, Area Store Manager, Senior Retail Manager, or Retail Area Manager.

The closing date for this role is the 11th June 2018. 

Webrecruit and Blue Cross are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be. 

So, if you are ready for your next challenge as an Area Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.