About Excel Recruitment | Retail Jobs Ireland

Leading specialists in Retail Recruitment

We place experienced, award winning retail candidates

with award winning retailers every day.

Who are Excel Recruitment?

Excel Recruitment is Ireland’s leading specialist for  Recruitment in Retail; we place experienced, award winning retail candidates with award winning retailers every day. Working in retail recruitment since 2000, we have built strong relationships with some of the most valued and reputable retailers in Ireland, the UK and in the Middle East. We have a database of over 150,000 experienced retail candidates which means we have direct access to the best candidates in the market across the retail trade from Food to Fashion, and everything in between. Excel Recruitment is unique as Retail Job Agency in that our retail recruitment team are industry veterans. Not only does founder and MD, Barry Whelan, have extensive experience in Retail Management having worked with Dunnes Stores and Brown Thomas among others but our team of retail consultants have a combined experience of over 35 years in Retail Management; this makes us the most knowledge Retail Recruitment Agency in Ireland.  We have a stellar reputation in recruiting for retail roles and both candidates and clients return to avail of our expert services time and time again. We have hundreds of Fashion Jobs, Grocery Jobs and Sales and Marketing Jobs from Trainee Management all the way up to the most senior roles. 

We are heavily involved in the Retail Industry; we are involved with Retail Excellence Ireland, Barry Whelan writes a column for leading Grocery Retail magazine Shelflife and we maintain a solid relationship with many retail managers and HR directors in Ireland, the UK and Internationally. We are also proud to be part of the GRAM awards, run by Shelflife Magazine. 

Who do we Recruit for?

Over the past 12 years we have been filling Retail Jobs in Ireland with some of the most well known brands in the country. These jobs have included head offices roles in the likes of Primark (Penneys), Woodies DIY, Dunnes Stores and Musgrave among others. Excel Recruitment is also known for it's strong FMCG Sales and Marketing desk, recruiting Marketing Managers, Account Managers etc. for a range of FMCG food businesses as well as established retailers. Our history is based in Grocery Recruitment due to Barry Whelan's background in Grocery Retail Management. We have successfully recruited for the main multiple, symbol, discount, convenience and petro-chemical retailers in the country.  On top of this we have a very busy non-food recruitment desk, which has been incredibly successful over the past 12 years recruiting for a range of DIY, toy, Homeware and digital retailers such as Hamley’s, B&Q, Heatons, Carphone Warehouse and DSGI. Since our establishment we have built up a solid reputation as the go-to retail recruitment agency for Fashion Retail Jobs. In the past we placed candidates in Brown Thomas, The Kilkenny Group, Awear, Dunnes Stores, Carl Scarpa,Inditex, River Island,Swarovski, Dalvey,Musto, Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger, Chanel, Pandora, Bestseller (Jack & Jones, Vila, Vera Moda and so on) to name but a few; many of whom have gone on to progress to more senior positions and whom have been credited with alarming success for the retailers. 

If you wish to contact Excel Recruitment please visit our “Contact Excel” page to find out how. 

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