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Fresh Food Manager – Supermarket – Dublin

Excel Recruitment is currently seeking an experienced Fresh Food Manager for our client’s supermarket in Dublin. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and commercially driven fresh food professional to oversee the daily operations of the supermarket’s fresh food departments. The successful candidate will be responsible for maximising sales, managing and developing the fresh food teams, controlling stock and waste, and ensuring consistently high standards of food quality, product presentation, and customer service.

Salary: €40k – €45k

Responsibilities:

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the supermarket’s Fresh Food Departments, including deli, bakery, and other fresh food sections, maintaining excellent standards of quality, freshness, and presentation
• Supervise, motivate, train, and support the fresh food teams, ensuring employees are effectively managed and focused on achieving departmental sales and operational objectives
• Review departmental sales performance, profit margins, staffing costs, stock levels, and waste control while implementing improvements to maximise profitability
• Oversee stock purchasing, supplier deliveries, inventory management, stock rotation, and merchandising to ensure strong product availability and reduce unnecessary waste
• Increase fresh food sales through effective merchandising, promotional campaigns, seasonal product ranges, and initiatives designed to enhance the customer experience
• Maintain full compliance with HACCP, food safety, hygiene, and health & safety requirements, ensuring consistently high operational standards throughout all fresh food departments

Requirements:

• Previous experience as a Fresh Food Manager, Deli Manager or Bakery Manager within a supermarket, convenience store, or grocery retail environment
• Strong knowledge of fresh food operations, including deli, bakery, food preparation, merchandising, stock management, and food quality standards
• Proven leadership skills with experience managing, motivating, and developing fresh food teams to achieve strong operational and sales performance
• Excellent commercial awareness with a solid understanding of sales targets, profit margins, labour costs, stock control, waste management, and departmental profitability
• Comprehensive knowledge of HACCP, food safety, hygiene standards, and food handling procedures, with the ability to maintain full regulatory compliance
• Strong organisational, communication, and problem-solving skills with a hands-on management approach and a passion for delivering excellent fresh food standards and customer service

If you are interested in this Fresh Food Manager job opportunity in Dublin, please apply to Lee Dunne via the link below. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

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