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Charity overview
Community Transport (CT) comprises of the charitable company 'Community Transport', and its trading subsidiary 'Community Minibuses Limited'. We have three brands: CT Furniture, CT Passenger and CT Training. We help the community by providing accessible transport, low-cost furniture and professional driver training
Our Purpose - CT Furniture
A charity that is able to provide affordable second hand furniture to people in need
Our Values
Our core values are putting customers first; providing value for money and to always be forward thinking CT Furniture stores aim to provide a great shopping experience for our customers, while generating much needed income for the charity, ensuring we can provide our services in the community by providing accessible transport, affordable furniture and professional driver training.
A career with us will develop your entrepreneurial skills. What's more, you'll have a job that makes a difference as each day, as your time, energy and skills are helping people in your local community.
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Furniture Retail Supervisor to join our ever growing retail team in Byker. Our Furniture Retail Supervisors report to the Operations Director and take operational responsibility for the day to day running of the Charity Shop, including opening and closing, managing stock, achieving sales targets, managing a fleet of delivery vehicles, managing finances and leading a team of both staff and volunteers
This is a rounded role that requires integrity, honesty, excellent customer service, innovation, and the ability to engage and motivate a team. The Furniture Retail Supervisor will help to maximise shop performance and ensure a safe, clean, happy and attractive environment for our team to work in and for our customers to shop in.
Candidates should be available for interview during week commencing 2nd September 2024.
About you
- You will have experience of working in a supervisory role within the retail industry and will enjoy working in a busy environment.
- You will have experience of leading and motivating a team to successfully reach sales targets and KPI's
- You will be passionate about driving sales and delivering the best possible customer service.
- You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to prioritise a busy workload.
- You will have experience of record keeping and cash handling.
- You will pride yourself on merchandising standards and the presentation of your store.
- As well as having good levels of literacy and numeracy, you will have experience of using EPOS systems.
- The ability to travel and provide cover at our stores in Blyth and Blaydon is essential
- Experience of using online platforms, such as Facebook, Gumtree and eBay to increase online sales is advantageous.
If you have what it takes to work hard but have some fun along the way, and support your team to be the best, then this is the place for you!
What you can expect when working for CT:
- A dedicated recruitment team to ensure you can join us as quickly as possible and a dedicated training team that ensures you remain compliant to work
- A rewarding role with the chance to make a difference every day
- To work within a friendly team for an organisation that truly cares about you as an individual
- 10 days Company sick pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Annual employee awards with generous prizes
Our People
At CT we don't just accept difference, we support and celebrate it, for the benefit of our services, team members and communities. Our goal is to continue operating with a diverse workforce which is representative of the communities we support. CT is committed to providing a safe working environment where team members bring their whole self, and are able to realise their full potential and contribute to Charity's success We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications
