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.
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Supermarket Duty Manager – South Dublin
We here at Excel Recruitment are delighted to announce we are recruiting Supermarket Duty Manager for our client in South Dublin.
Salary: €35k – €40k
Our client is a leading player in the grocery retail market and has a proven track record in progressing employees through training programmes & courses.
As Supermarket Duty Manager you will be tasked with leading teams, maintaining high standards across the store and assisting the senior management team towards reaching set goals.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Leading by example by providing excellent customer service
- Ensuring all health and safety procedures are adhered to
- Delegating tasks to the team
- Assisting the Management team in ensuring the successful day-to-day running of the store
- Achieving KPIs & working towards targets
Who you are:
- Experience with KPIs and targets
- A genuine passion for exceptional customer service
- The ability to motivate and inspire staff
- Excellent organisational & communication skills
If you’re ready to step into a leadership role and make an impact in grocery retail, we’d love to hear from you! Send your CV via the link below or call Cian Lynders on 01 871 7664.
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Assistant Manager
Salary: €40k-€45K
Excel Recruitment is currently seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Assistant Manager to join our client, a well-established and successful retailer.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about retail and eager to grow their career with a leading company in the industry.
Responsibilities of this Assistant Manager:
- Support the Store Manager in daily operations, including opening and closing procedures.
- Assist with stock control, ordering, and inventory management.
- Lead and motivate team members to achieve store goals and deliver excellent customer service.
- Handle customer queries and ensure a high level of satisfaction.
- Maintain store standards and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Contribute to staff training and development, fostering a positive and productive work environment.
Requirements of this Assistant Manager:
- Previous retail experience, ideally in a supervisory or team lead role.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks effectively.
- Ambition to develop within a managerial position.
- Flexibility to work varying shifts, including weekends and holidays.
This is an ideal role for someone ready to take the next step in their retail career and gain valuable management experience within a supportive and dynamic environment.
If you’re ready to join a thriving team and make your mark in the retail sector, we would love to hear from you.
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Department Manager – Beauty
Our client, a premium retailer in South Dublin, are currently seeking an experienced Beauty Department Manager to lead a high-performing team within a busy retail environment. This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially driven retail professional with a passion for beauty, cosmetics, and delivering exceptional customer experiences.
As a Beauty Department Manager, you will take ownership of the department’s performance, team development, and brand standards, ensuring a best-in-class shopping experience while driving sales and profitability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and inspire a team across multiple premium beauty brands, ensuring consistently high performance and engagement
- Deliver a luxury, personalised customer journey in line with company standards, driving client loyalty and repeat business
- Oversee all brand counters, ensuring strong collaboration with concession partners and accountability for individual and overall performance
- Maintain exceptional visual merchandising standards across the department, aligned with luxury retail expectations and brand guidelines
- Drive commercial results through strategic planning, events, launches, and in-store activations
- Monitor and analyse sales across brands, identifying opportunities to maximise turnover and profitability
- Manage staffing levels, rotas, and floor coverage to ensure peak trading times are fully optimised
- Support recruitment, onboarding, and continuous training, ensuring teams are highly knowledgeable across skincare, fragrance, and cosmetics
- Ensure operational excellence, including stock control, compliance, and adherence to company procedures
Skills and Requirements:
- 3+ years’ experience in a retail management role, ideally within beauty, cosmetics, or premium retail
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and develop a team
- Commercially aware with a proven track record of driving sales and achieving targets
- A hands-on approach with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced retail environment
Salary & Package:
- Up to 45K DOE
- Pension
- Staff discount
- 23 Days annual leave
This Beauty Department Manager role offers a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established retail setting where you can make a real impact and further develop your career in beauty retail management.
Should you be interested, please upload your updated CV through the link provided. For more opportunities like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or contact Jade 01 8717 640
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
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Retail Department Manager – Newbridge
Are you a passionate retail leader who puts people and customers at the heart of everything you do? We’re partnering with a well-known, evolving retailer that’s investing heavily in its stores, people, and customer experience. As part of this exciting transformation, they’re looking for a Department Manager who can lead from the front, inspire teams, and deliver outstanding results in a fast-paced environment.
What you’ll be doing:
- Lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing team through coaching and mentorship
- Create an exceptional customer experience by acting quickly on feedback
- Foster a positive, inclusive, and engaging workplace culture
- Ensure the department operates safely, legally, and efficiently at all times
- Support Team Leaders and Sales Advisors to deliver seamless day-to-day operations
- Drive execution of in-store launches, campaigns, and key trading events
- Manage performance, probation reviews, and absence processes
What we’re looking for:
- Proven leadership experience in a retail or customer-facing environment
- Open to candidates from fashion, grocery, or non-food retail backgrounds
- A hands-on leader who leads by example and brings energy to the shop floor
- Strong commercial awareness with a passion for delivering excellent customer service
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing retail environment
Why apply?
- Competitive salary depending on experience.
- 39 hour contract.
- Staff discount.
- Bonus.
- Pension and life assurance.
- Excellent training, career development, and long-term progression opportunities.
If you are interested in learning more about this Retail Department Manager position, please apply with your updated CV, and Jade will handle your application.
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Trainee Manager
Salary: €32k-€35K
Excel Recruitment is currently seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Trainee Manager to join our client, a well-established and successful retailer.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about retail and eager to grow their career with a leading company in the industry.
Responsibilities of this Trainee Manager:
- Support the Store Manager in daily operations, including opening and closing procedures.
- Assist with stock control, ordering, and inventory management.
- Lead and motivate team members to achieve store goals and deliver excellent customer service.
- Handle customer queries and ensure a high level of satisfaction.
- Maintain store standards and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Contribute to staff training and development, fostering a positive and productive work environment.
Requirements of this Trainee Manager:
- Previous retail experience, ideally in a supervisory or team lead role.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks effectively.
- Ambition to develop within a managerial position.
- Flexibility to work varying shifts, including weekends and holidays.
This is an ideal role for someone ready to take the next step in their retail career and gain valuable management experience within a supportive and dynamic environment.
If you’re ready to join a thriving team and make your mark in the retail sector, we would love to hear from you.
INDCIAN
Fashion Department Manager – Liffey Valley
Are you a passionate retail leader who puts people and customers at the heart of everything you do? We’re partnering with a well-known, evolving retailer that’s investing heavily in its stores, people, and customer experience. As part of this exciting transformation, they’re looking for a Department Manager who can lead from the front, inspire teams, and deliver outstanding results in a fast-paced environment.
What you’ll be doing:
- Lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing team through coaching and mentorship
- Create an exceptional customer experience by acting quickly on feedback
- Foster a positive, inclusive, and engaging workplace culture
- Ensure the department operates safely, legally, and efficiently at all times
- Support Team Leaders and Sales Advisors to deliver seamless day-to-day operations
- Drive execution of in-store launches, campaigns, and key trading events
- Manage performance, probation reviews, and absence processes
What we’re looking for:
- Proven leadership experience in a fashion or home retail
- A hands-on leader who leads by example and brings energy to the shop floor
- Strong commercial awareness with a passion for delivering excellent customer service
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing retail environment
Why apply?
- Competitive salary depending on experience.
- 39 hour contract.
- Staff discount.
- Bonus.
- Pension and life assurance.
- Excellent training, career development, and long-term progression opportunities.
If you are interested in learning more about this Retail Department Manager position, please apply with your updated CV, and Jade will handle your application.
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Assistant Manager
Salary: €40k-€45K
Excel Recruitment is currently seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Assistant Manager to join our client, a well-established and successful retailer.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about retail and eager to grow their career with a leading company in the industry.
Responsibilities of this Assistant Manager:
- Support the Store Manager in daily operations, including opening and closing procedures.
- Assist with stock control, ordering, and inventory management.
- Lead and motivate team members to achieve store goals and deliver excellent customer service.
- Handle customer queries and ensure a high level of satisfaction.
- Maintain store standards and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Contribute to staff training and development, fostering a positive and productive work environment.
Requirements of this Assistant Manager:
- Previous retail experience, ideally in a supervisory or team lead role.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks effectively.
- Ambition to develop within a managerial position.
- Flexibility to work varying shifts, including weekends and holidays.
This is an ideal role for someone ready to take the next step in their retail career and gain valuable management experience within a supportive and dynamic environment.
If you’re ready to join a thriving team and make your mark in the retail sector, we would love to hear from you.
INDTL
Retail Manager – Fashion & Home
Please note this is a maternity cover contract.
Are you a people-first retail leader who thrives in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment? Our client, a well-known retailer, is undergoing an exciting period of transformation and investment. They are looking for an experienced Retail Manager to inspire colleagues, deliver an exceptional customer experience, and play a key role in driving performance on the shop floor. This role is based in Killarney, Co. Kerry.
This is your chance to join a business where innovation, agility, and excellence shape everything they do – and where you’ll have the autonomy to lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team.
What you’ll do:
- Mentor, coach, and celebrate success-while effectively managing performance.
- Act on customer feedback quickly to ensure service excellence.
- Create a great place to work by listening to and acting on colleague input.
- Ensure the store trades safely and legally at all times.
- Support and coach team leaders and sales advisors to deliver smooth operations.
- Drive flawless execution of launches, events, and campaigns.
- Ensure compliance with all processes, policies, and guidelines.
- Oversee the full colleague lifecycle: hiring, onboarding, scheduling, and development.
- Manage probation reviews, return-to-work processes, and absence meetings.
About you:
- Proven experience managing and developing teams in a retail or customer-facing environment.
- Leads by example, inspiring teams to perform at their best.
- Commercially aware with a strong focus on customer service.
- Can adapt quickly in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Why apply?
- Competitive salary depending on experience.
- 39 hour contract.
- Staff discount.
- Bonus.
- Pension and life assurance.
- Excellent training, career development, and long-term progression opportunities.
If you are interested in learning more about this Retail Manager position, please apply with your updated CV, and Jade will handle your application.
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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.
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