Regional Manager -Munster
An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced and commercially driven Regional Manager to join a leading retail organisation operating a large-scale store network across Munster.
This is a senior leadership role within a highly respected and nationally recognised retail business, offering the successful candidate the opportunity to lead multiple high-volume stores while playing a key role in driving operational performance, commercial growth, retail excellence, and people development across the region.
This role offers an exceptional executive package including a highly competitive salary, performance-related bonus, company vehicle, pension contribution, and strong long-term career progression opportunities within a leading retail organisation.
What’s on Offer?
- Executive salary package of €110,000 – €130,000
- Performance-related bonus
- Company car / executive benefits package
- Senior leadership role within a market-leading retail organisation
- Significant autonomy and influence across a large regional operation
- Opportunity to lead transformational retail and commercial initiatives
- Strong long-term career progression opportunities
- Dynamic, people-focused, and commercially driven environment
The Role:
- Lead and oversee the performance of a large multi-site retail portfolio across Munster
- Drive commercial performance, profitability, and operational excellence across all stores
- Coach, mentor, and develop Store Managers and regional leadership teams
- Deliver strong KPI performance across sales, margin, labour, shrink, waste, and customer experience
- Lead strategic operational initiatives to improve store performance and drive growth
- Support store development projects, revamps, and new operational initiatives
- Drive best-in-class retail standards across all locations
- Work closely with senior leadership on budgeting, forecasting, and regional business strategy
- Build high-performing and engaged teams through strong people leadership and succession planning
- Ensure stores consistently deliver exceptional customer experience and operational compliance
- Identify opportunities for innovation, efficiency, and continuous improvement throughout the region
About You:
- Proven experience operating at Regional Manager or senior multi-site retail leadership level
- Strong background within grocery, FMCG, supermarket, convenience, or large-scale retail operations
- Commercially astute with strong experience managing P&L performance and operational KPIs
- Exceptional leadership capability with a proven ability to coach and develop high-performing teams
- Strategic thinker with a hands-on and results-driven approach
- Strong understanding of retail operations, customer experience, labour management, and profitability
- Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
- Passionate about operational excellence, people development, and driving performance
- Full clean driver’s licence required
Why Apply?
This is a standout senior retail leadership role within one of Ireland’s most respected and progressive retail organisations.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead at scale, influence regional performance, and play a key role in the continued growth and success of a highly established retail business.
All applications will be handled with the strictest confidence.
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Agricultural & Commercial Business Development Manager – Midlands
Excel Recruitment are currently partnering with a long-established and highly respected Irish business to recruit an experienced and commercially driven Sales & Business Development Manager in the Midlands.
This is a senior opportunity within a growing organisation operating across the agriculture, transport, industrial, retail, and commercial sectors nationwide. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving commercial growth, developing strategic partnerships, and expanding market share across an established customer network throughout Ireland.
This role offers a salary of €90,000, a strong benefits package and the opportunity to join a highly established Irish business with a strong reputation across multiple sectors.
What’s on Offer?
- Highly competitive salary package of €90,000
- Performance-related bonus structure
- Company vehicle
- Senior leadership opportunity with direct influence on business growth
- Established customer portfolio and strong market presence
- Opportunity to lead commercial strategy and expansion initiatives
- Strong long-term career progression opportunities
- Supportive and collaborative leadership team
- Exposure to strategic planning and board-level reporting
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop the sales function to drive commercial performance and revenue growth
- Manage and grow relationships with key national accounts and strategic customers
- Identify and secure new business opportunities across agricultural, industrial, transport, and commercial sectors
- Develop and implement strategic business development plans aligned with company growth objectives
- Lead tendering processes, commercial proposals, and customer presentations
- Negotiate commercial agreements and pricing structures to maximise profitability
- Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and customer performance to support strategic decision-making
- Work closely with senior leadership on forecasting, budgeting, and commercial planning
- Drive customer retention, account growth, and long-term partnership development
- Support implementation of CRM systems and commercial reporting tools
- Represent the business at industry events, trade shows, and customer meetings nationwide
- Provide leadership, direction, and support to the wider sales team
Key Requirements:
- Proven experience within a senior sale, commercial, or business development role
- Strong background within agriculture, fuel, industrial, lubricants, distribution, or related B2B sectors highly desirable
- Track record of delivering commercial growth and developing new revenue streams
- Strong strategic thinking combined with a hands-on commercial approach
- Excellent relationship management, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Financially and commercially astute with strong forecasting capability
- Comfortable operating autonomously while also contributing at senior leadership level
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Full clean driver’s licence and flexibility to travel nationwide
Why Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially focused leader to join a highly established Irish business with significant growth ambitions and a strong reputation across multiple sectors.
All applications will be handled with the strictest confidence
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Area Manager – Leinster Builders’ Merchants / Hardware Retail
Our client, a leading Irish hardware and builders’ merchants retail group is seeking to recruit an experienced Area Manager / Regional Manager to join the Retail Sales and Operations team. This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially driven Building Merchant retail professional to oversee the performance and development of multiple branches across the Leinster Region.
Reporting to the Head of Sales and Operations, the successful candidate will play a key role in driving regional growth, operational excellence, and strong member relationships. This position requires a strategic and hands-on leader with strong commercial acumen and experience within the builders’ merchants, hardware, or construction-related retail sector.
Key Responsibilities for the job of Area Manager / Regional Manager
- Develop and implement regional sales strategies to achieve revenue and profitability targets
- Support and guide members to maximise commercial performance and operational standards
- Identify market opportunities and adapt strategies to remain competitive
- Build strong relationships with members, suppliers, and key stakeholders
- Act as the main point of contact between the group and its members
- Work collaboratively with internal departments to support business growth
- Identify and attract potential new members within the region
- Support initiatives to expand market share and strengthen the brand presence
Key Requirements for the job of Area Manager / Regional Manager
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a senior sales or leadership role, within builders’ merchants, hardware, or construction-related retail essential
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of the builders’ merchants sector
- Proven ability to develop and deliver strategic sales plans
- Strong leadership, influencing, and relationship-building skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and make commercially sound decisions
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office
- Full driving licence and willingness to travel across the region
Package
- Competitive salary with performance-based incentives
- Pension contribution and income protection
- Fully expensed vehicle or car allowance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to join a progressive and growing organisation with strong career development potential
If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please apply with your updated CV, or contact Aislinn for a confidential discussion.
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Head of Retail Sales and Operations – Dublin
Our client, a well-established Irish retail business with a strong national store presence, is seeking an experienced Head of Retail Sales & Operations to lead performance, operational excellence and customer experience across their retail network.
This is a senior leadership opportunity suited to a commercially driven retail professional with strong multi-site leadership experience. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving sales performance, leading large store teams and ensuring best-in-class operational standards across the business.
This role is primarily based out of Dublin City Centre
Key Responsibilities for the Regional Manager
- Lead and inspire Store Managers and senior store leadership teams to deliver exceptional commercial and customer performance across the retail network
- Drive a customer-first culture, ensuring consistent service excellence and strong brand standards across all stores
- Oversee day-to-day retail operations, ensuring efficient processes, strong productivity and operational best practice
- Analyse sales performance, customer behaviour and store metrics to identify opportunities for growth and operational improvement
- Develop and implement initiatives to improve conversion, basket value and overall customer engagement
- Lead large teams across multiple locations, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement
- Work closely with internal departments including buying, marketing, creative and shared services teams to align commercial strategies and operational plans
- Plan and execute key sales and operational initiatives across the retail network
Skills and Experience
- 5 years + in Senior Multi- Site retail leadership, ideally within a high-volume retail environment
- Proven experience managing and developing large teams across multiple locations
- Demonstrated ability to translate head office strategy into effective store execution
- Strong commercial awareness with the ability to analyse data and drive sales performance improvements
- Experience across multiple retail product categories is advantageous
- Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strategic thinker with the ability to balance operational detail with long-term business growth
Should you be interested in hearing more about this Head of Retail Sales & Operations opportunity, please upload your updated CV via the link provided or contact Aislinn 01 8717604.
All applications will be handled with the strictest confidence
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Area Manager – Dublin
Are you a Retail Manager with experience at multi-site level? Here at Excel Recruitment, we are currently seeking an Area Manager to join our client’s business in Dublin.
Our client’s business is a hugely successful retail business, with a number of stores across Dublin and they are seeking an Area Manager to provide support to their Dublin stores.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a manager with experience managing 2 or more sites, with a track record for exceeding KPIs and a demonstrated ability to reach sales targets and increase profitability.
Our client seeks a candidate who is confident and dynamic in their approach to management, who can assist them in taking the company to the next level.
There is a fantastic salary of up to €50k DOE on offer for the successful candidate
Responsibilities of an Area Manager:
- Working closely with Store Managers of these stores, to support the day-to-day operations of multiple stores including two large supermarkets
- Leading staff by example regarding workplace legislation, regulation, acts and amendments and complying with strict standards and work practices
- Assist all management teams to ensure they successfully achieve their target KPIs and objectives
- Take full responsibility for legal compliance across all sites, audit standards and compliance with regulatory bodies
- Be comfortable taking a lead role on a business project bringing it from start to finish including final implementation across all stores
Requirements of an Area Manager:
- A full clean driver’s license and flexible to travel within Dublin, Louth, and Meath
- Several years’ experience in a similar fast-paced environment as an Area Manager, Senior Store Manager or as Head of Operations.
- The ability to work across a multi-site and multi-functional operation
- Experience working with both Microsoft software and retail systems
- A thorough understanding of budget management, sales, margins, and profit
If you are interested in this position, or any other Grocery Retail jobs on the Excel Recruitment website, get in touch with Nikki on 01 871 7600 or apply directly below. All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
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