Manager or Manageress of Charity Shop 80 - 100% in Murten

About the job

Discover Your Calling at HIOB International!

With our 22 HIOB charity shops and the HIOB aid organisation, we commit daily to contributing towards alleviating hardship in this world.

Our approximately 170 employees consciously create places in our charity shops where secondhand, sustainability, and direct benefit for our customers are central. The proceeds generated flow into our aid organisation, where we implement over 200 aid projects annually both domestically and abroad.

Every employee is important to our mission, whether as a specialist in the charity shop, in house clearances, or directly in the aid organisation.

Does that sound interesting? Become part of our HIOB team and be inspired by this fulfilling and fascinating mission. Your commitment with us has a global impact and helps make the world a better place.

For our charity shop in Murten, we are looking immediately or by arrangement for an entrepreneurial, capable, and independent person as

Manager or Manageress of Charity Shop 80 - 100%

You...

• largely independently manage "your" charity shop with 5-7 employees. You should be able to speak both German and French.
• ensure flawless customer contact, whether in the shop, at customers’ homes, by email, or on the phone.
• have a pronounced flair for shop design and assortment maintenance
• build a network and acquire new customers to exploit the potential of your charity shop
• offer and plan apartment and house clearances on site at customers’ premises
• organise the collection and acceptance of donated furniture as well as their presentation and sale in the shop
• accompany your drivers during clearances and are willing to lend a hand yourself
• ensure a pleasant and attractive atmosphere in the charity shop with your employees
• are responsible for pricing in the shop
• handle "the administrative tasks" efficiently and carefully
• are responsible for the budget and manage the cash register
• can independently develop and implement ideas to ensure the economic success of your charity shop
• ideally live in the catchment area of your charity shop in Murten or have a good network there

You should bring:

• Enthusiasm for retail and our secondhand sector.
• A completed vocational training, ideally in sales/retail, and a good connection to the textile or furniture industry
• Manual skills and good physical condition
• Entrepreneurial thinking and the willingness to fully commit yourself
• Sales competence and negotiation confidence with customers, partners, and donors
• Leadership experience
• Fluent German and French skills and understanding of Swiss dialect
• Driving licence category B.

We offer:

• a very independent and responsible role in a daily changing environment
• thorough induction and individual training programme
• modern employment conditions
• industry- and function-typical remuneration with 13th month salary

We also value …

Your complete application documents (cover letter, updated CV with photo, all references) as a PDF file, which you please submit online.

You will find the advertisement in French at https://jobs-hiob.ch/

Start date: immediately or by arrangement

Workplace: HIOB Charity Shop, Freiburgstrasse 118, 3280 Murten

Contact for enquiries: Alex Rey, Managing Director HIOB International, Mobile 079 667 11 11