Retail Assistant Manager
Our client, one of Ireland’s leading big-box retail brands, is seeking a dynamic and driven Assistant Manager to join their high-performing store team in Belfast.
This is more than just a management role – it’s an opportunity to take ownership of daily operations, inspire a large team, and deliver an outstanding customer experience in a fast-paced, high-volume retail environment.
If you are passionate about retail leadership, thrive on responsibility, and enjoy developing people, this could be the perfect next step in your career.
Responsibilities:
- Lead Daily Store Operations: From stock control and merchandising to staffing and compliance, ensure the store runs smoothly and efficiently.
- Champion the Customer Experience: Bring energy and passion to every interaction, creating memorable shopping experiences that build loyalty and trust.
- Inspire & Motivate Your Team: Lead by example, setting high standards and cultivating a team culture rooted in collaboration, accountability, and results.
- Problem-Solve in Real Time: Use your initiative and quick thinking to resolve challenges and keep operations running smoothly.
- Communicate with Clarity: Maintain open and productive lines of communication between your team and senior management, ensuring everyone is aligned and supported.
Skills and experience required:
- Proven track record in retail management, ideally in a big box or large-format store.
- Experience leading teams of 25+.
- Strong leadership, people management, and organizational skills.
- Resilience and adaptability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
- A customer-first mindset with a passion for retail excellence.
Salary package:
- Salary negotiable DOE
- Bonus
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Discounts
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Sick pay
If you are interested in this Assistant Manager job, please upload your updated CV through the link provided. For more opportunities like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or contact Jade 018717640.
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
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Assistant Manager – Home & Gift
Are you a passionate retail leader who enjoys driving sales, developing teams, and delivering exceptional customer experiences? If so, this could be a great opportunity for you. Please note this is a 1 year maternity cover contract.
We are currently recruiting an Assistant Manager to join a well-established retailer for their store in Newbridge, Co. Kildare. This role is ideal for an experienced Retail Manager with strong people leadership skills who is committed to maintaining and delivering high customer service standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, inspire, and develop a motivated retail team
- Drive store performance and consistently achieve sales targets and KPIs
- Deliver an outstanding customer experience with a strong focus on premium service
- Maintain excellent visual merchandising and store presentation standards
- Coach and support team members to encourage development and strong performance
- Oversee the daily operations of the store to ensure smooth and efficient running
Skills & Experience:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a retail management role, ideally within fashion, jewellery, or homewares
- Proven ability to drive sales and meet or exceed targets
- Strong leadership and team development skills
- A keen eye for visual merchandising and store presentation
- Passion for retail and delivering excellent customer service
If you are interested in this Assistant Manager job, please upload your updated CV through the link provided. For more opportunities like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or contact Jade 018717640
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
#AISJAD
Assistant Manager – Home & Gift
Our client, a well-established and award-winning Irish retailer, is seeking a passionate and customer-focused Assistant Manager to join their busy store in Co. Kilkenny. Please note this a 1 year maternity cover contract.
Renowned for celebrating Irish creativity, craftsmanship, and design, this retailer offers a carefully curated range of fashion, jewellery, homeware, and gifts. With a strong emphasis on heritage and quality, they pride themselves on delivering an exceptional in-store experience that reflects the very best of Irish design.
Key responsibilities:
- Support the Store Manager in driving overall sales performance and delivering exceptional customer service
- Lead, coach, and inspire a team to achieve sales targets and KPIs
- Champion a culture of excellence in customer experience, product knowledge, and brand storytelling
- Maintain high operational standards across all departments
- Ensure outstanding visual merchandising that reflects the brand’s positioning
- Identify opportunities to promote products, collections, and in-store experiences
Skills & experience required:
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a retail management role (fashion, homeware, jewellery, or similar)
- Proven track record of delivering a premium, customer-first experience
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop a team
- Commercial mindset with experience achieving sales targets
Salary:
- Negotiable depending on experience
- 40-hour contract
If you are interested in learning more about this Assistant Manager position, please apply via the link provided with your most up-to-date CV and Jade will be in touch regarding your application.
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Assistant Manager – Technology
Excel Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting on behalf of a well-known retailer for an Assistant Manager to join their successful technology department in Limerick. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially driven retail professional with a passion for technology and a proven track record in sales. We are particularly interested in speaking with candidates from computers, consumer electronics, telecommunications, gaming, appliances, or other high-ticket retail environments.
As Assistant Manager, you will support the Store Manager in leading a busy and fast-paced sales environment, ensuring exceptional customer service while driving revenue and team performance. You’ll be responsible for motivating a high-performing sales team, maintaining excellent operational standards, and ensuring customers receive expert advice on a wide range of technology products.
What’s on Offer?
- Competitive salary – up to 18€ per hour plus overtime
- Excellent commission – OTE 45-50K+
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Genuine career progression with a market-leading retailer
- Staff discounts
The Ideal Candidate:
- Previous retail management or supervisory experience
- Strong sales background within computers, technology, telecommunications, consumer electronics, gaming, or other high-value retail sectors
- Passionate about technology and confident discussing technical products with customers
- Proven ability to deliver and exceed sales targets
- Strong leadership skills
- Customer-centric and highly motivated
- Ambitious and eager to progress
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the daily management of a high-volume technology department
- Drive sales performance and achieve departmental targets
- Lead, coach, and develop a customer-focused sales team
- Deliver an exceptional customer experience through expert product knowledge
- Monitor KPIs and implement initiatives to maximise sales opportunities
- Maintain high standards of merchandising and stock presentation
- Ensure strong operational and inventory controls
- Assist with recruitment, training, and performance management
- Promote a positive and results-driven team culture
If you’re a sales-focused retail leader with a passion for technology and a desire to build a successful career with one of Ireland’s best-known retailers, we would love to hear from you. Apply today with your CV for a confidential discussion and Jade will be in touch.
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Assistant Manager – Technology
Excel Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting on behalf of a well-known retailer for an Assistant Manager to join their successful technology department in Dublin. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially driven retail professional with a passion for technology and a proven track record in sales. We are particularly interested in speaking with candidates from computers, consumer electronics, telecommunications, gaming, appliances, or other high-ticket retail environments.
As Assistant Manager, you will support the Store Manager in leading a busy and fast-paced sales environment, ensuring exceptional customer service while driving revenue and team performance. You’ll be responsible for motivating a high-performing sales team, maintaining excellent operational standards, and ensuring customers receive expert advice on a wide range of technology products.
What’s on Offer?
- Competitive salary – up to 18€ per hour plus overtime
- Excellent commission – OTE 45-50K+
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Genuine career progression with a market-leading retailer
- Staff discounts
The Ideal Candidate:
- Previous retail management or supervisory experience
- Strong sales background within computers, technology, telecommunications, consumer electronics, gaming, or other high-value retail sectors
- Passionate about technology and confident discussing technical products with customers
- Proven ability to deliver and exceed sales targets
- Strong leadership skills
- Customer-centric and highly motivated
- Ambitious and eager to progress
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the daily management of a high-volume technology department
- Drive sales performance and achieve departmental targets
- Lead, coach, and develop a customer-focused sales team
- Deliver an exceptional customer experience through expert product knowledge
- Monitor KPIs and implement initiatives to maximise sales opportunities
- Maintain high standards of merchandising and stock presentation
- Ensure strong operational and inventory controls
- Assist with recruitment, training, and performance management
- Promote a positive and results-driven team culture
If you’re a sales-focused retail leader with a passion for technology and a desire to build a successful career with one of Ireland’s best-known retailers, we would love to hear from you. Apply today with your CV for a confidential discussion and Jade will be in touch.
#AISJAD
Assistant Manager – Furniture
Our client is a well-established Irish retail business with a strong reputation, recognised for delivering quality products and excellent customer service. With a loyal customer base and continued growth, they are now seeking a sales-focused Assistant Manager to support store performance and team development in their Limerick store.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Support the Store Manager in driving sales targets and KPIs
- Lead from the front on the shop floor, delivering an exceptional customer experience
- Coach and motivate the team to maximise individual and store performance
- Oversee daily operations including opening/closing, cash handling, and reporting
- Maintain high standards in visual merchandising and store presentation
- Assist with stock control and ensure smooth day-to-day running of the store
What We’re Looking For:
- Experience in a sales focused retail management role
- Proven track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and develop a team
- Highly customer-focused with excellent communication abilities
- Commercially aware with a proactive, results-driven mindset
Why This Role is Worth Considering:
- Salary 40-45K plus bonus
- Join a well-known, trusted Irish retailer
- Supportive management team with hands-on training and development
- Nice working hours, no late nights
If you are interested in this Assistant Manager role and feel you have the experience required, please apply with your CV and Jade will look after your applucation.
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Assistant Manager
Are you ready to take your leadership skills to the next level? Our client is seeking an Assistant Manager to join their successful retail store in Ashbourne, Co. Meath.
As Assistant Manager, you will work closely with the Store Manager to oversee daily operations, provide excellent customer service, and foster a positive work environment. Your leadership and ability to thrive in a fast-paced setting will be key to driving the store’s performance and achieving business goals.
Salary is up to 37K depending on level of experience.
Key responsibilities:
- Assist the Store Manager in daily operations and ensure smooth running of the store.
- Lead, motivate, and develop a team of associates to deliver outstanding customer service.
- Oversee inventory management, including stock levels and ordering.
- Implement and maintain high standards of merchandising and store presentation.
- Handle customer inquiries and resolve issues promptly and effectively.
- Ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures.
- Drive sales and profitability to meet store targets.
Skills and experience required:
- Proven track record in a supervisory or management role, ideally in a high-volume retail environment.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with the ability to multitask.
- Passion for delivering exceptional customer service.
- Ability to think on your feet and make sound decisions quickly.
If you are a motivated leader with a passion for retail and a drive to succeed, we would love to hear from you! Please submit your CV and Jade will look after your application.
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Assistant Manager – Retail
Our client, a well-established and award-winning Irish retailer, is seeking a passionate and customer-focused Assistant Manager to join their busy store in Co. Clare.
Renowned for celebrating Irish creativity, craftsmanship, and design, this retailer offers a carefully curated range of fashion, jewellery, homeware, and gifts. With a strong emphasis on heritage and quality, they pride themselves on delivering an exceptional in-store experience that reflects the very best of Irish design.
Key responsibilities:
- Support the Store Manager in driving overall sales performance and delivering exceptional customer service
- Lead, coach, and inspire a team to achieve sales targets and KPIs
- Champion a culture of excellence in customer experience, product knowledge, and brand storytelling
- Maintain high operational standards across all departments
- Ensure outstanding visual merchandising that reflects the brand’s positioning
- Identify opportunities to promote products, collections, and in-store experiences
Skills & experience required:
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a retail supervisory or management role (fashion, homeware, jewellery, or similar)
- Proven track record of delivering a premium, customer-first experience
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop a team
- Commercial mindset with experience achieving sales targets
Salary:
If you are interested in learning more about this Assistant Manager position, please apply via the link provided with your most up-to-date CV and Jade will be in touch regarding your application.
#AISJAD
Fresh Food Area Manager – Leinster
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and commercially focused Fresh Food professional to join a leading retail organisation as Fresh Food Area Manager in Leinster.
This is a key field-based role supporting multiple stores across Leinster, driving fresh food standards, sales performance, profitability and operational excellence across a diverse retail network.
What’s On Offer?
- Salary of €55,000 – €60,000 DOE
- Travel support
- Opportunity to work with a highly successful and growing retail business
- Exposure to multiple stores and senior operational leadership
- Excellent long-term career progression opportunities
- Dynamic, people-focused and supportive working environment
The Role:
- Supporting and coaching Store Managers and Fresh Food Managers across multiple locations
- Driving sales growth, profitability and performance across all fresh food categories
- Implementing fresh food strategies and ensuring consistent execution across the region
- Monitoring and improving key KPI’s including sales, margin, waste, labour and customer service
- Supporting stores in achieving excellence in food safety, HACCP and compliance standards
- Identifying opportunities to improve fresh food offerings, merchandising and customer experience
- Delivering training, coaching and development programmes for store teams
- Conducting regular store visits, audits and operational reviews
- Supporting new store openings, refits and fresh food development projects
The Candidate:
- Proven experience within a Fresh Food Manager, Area Manager, Regional Manager or Retail Operations role
- Strong knowledge across deli, bakery, food-to-go, produce and fresh food operations
- Demonstrated success in improving sales, margins and operational standards
- Strong commercial awareness and analytical capability
- Excellent leadership, coaching and people development skills
- Strong understanding of HACCP, food safety and compliance requirements
- Ability to influence, motivate and support teams across multiple locations
- Full clean driving licence
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious fresh food professional looking to take the next step in their career and make a genuine impact across a large retail network.
All applications will be handled with the strictest confidence.
INDNIK
Retail Assistant Manager
Our client, one of Ireland’s leading big-box retail brands, is seeking a dynamic and driven Assistant Manager to join their high-performing store team in Athlone.
This is more than just a management role – it’s an opportunity to take ownership of daily operations, inspire a large team, and deliver an outstanding customer experience in a fast-paced, high-volume retail environment.
If you are passionate about retail leadership, thrive on responsibility, and enjoy developing people, this could be the perfect next step in your career.
Responsibilities:
- Lead Daily Store Operations: From stock control and merchandising to staffing and compliance, ensure the store runs smoothly and efficiently.
- Champion the Customer Experience: Bring energy and passion to every interaction, creating memorable shopping experiences that build loyalty and trust.
- Inspire & Motivate Your Team: Lead by example, setting high standards and cultivating a team culture rooted in collaboration, accountability, and results.
- Problem-Solve in Real Time: Use your initiative and quick thinking to resolve challenges and keep operations running smoothly.
- Communicate with Clarity: Maintain open and productive lines of communication between your team and senior management, ensuring everyone is aligned and supported.
Skills and experience required:
- Proven track record in retail management, ideally in a big box or large-format store.
- Experience leading teams of 25+.
- Strong leadership, people management, and organizational skills.
- Resilience and adaptability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
- A customer-first mindset with a passion for retail excellence.
Salary package:
- Salary 35-42K negotiable, but must reflect experience
- 23 days holidays
- Bonus
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Discounts
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Sick pay
If you are interested in this Assistant Manager job, please upload your updated CV through the link provided. For more opportunities like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or contact Jade 018717640.
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
#AISJAD
