Retail Manager – Castlebar
Are you an experienced Supervisor or Assistant Manager ready to take the next step in your retail career? This is an exciting opportunity to become a Retail Manager with a well-established Irish retailer based in Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
Our client is looking for an energetic, people-focused leader who can inspire a team, drive sales performance, and deliver an outstanding customer experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach, and motivate a high-performing, customer-focused sales team
- Drive sales and commercial performance
- Ensure the store is fully prepared to trade at all times
- Manage stock levels, deliveries, and merchandising standards
- Maintain excellent visual presentation
- Ensure full compliance with company policies and procedures
About You:
- 2+ years’ experience as a Supervisor, Assistant Manager, or Store Manager
- Ambitious, hands-on, and commercially minded
- Passionate about retail, customer service, and team development
- Confident leading from the front in a fast-paced environment
If you are interested in hearing more about this Retail Manager job, please apply with your updated CV and Jade will look after your application.
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Fresh Food Area Manager – Cork
Excel Recruitment are seeking an experienced and commercially driven Fresh Food Area Manager to oversee and support the fresh food operations across multiple retail stores in the Cork region.
This is a senior leadership opportunity for a passionate food retail professional who thrives on driving standards, growing sales, and developing high-performing teams.
This role offers a salary of €65,000 – €70,000, a strong benefits package, Excellent work-life balance and the opportunity to join a progressive and growing retail business.
What’s on Offer?
- Attractive salary package of €65,000-€70,000 DOE
- Performance-related bonus structure
- Company car and fuel card
- Private pension contribution
- Laptop and mobile phone provided
- Excellent work-life balance
- Opportunity to join a progressive and growing retail business
- Autonomy to make a real impact across multiple stores and teams
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and support fresh food operations across multiple stores
- Drive sales growth, profitability, participation, and margin performance across all fresh categories
- Build strong working relationships with store managers, suppliers, and fresh food teams
- Train, mentor, and develop fresh food personnel to deliver best-in-class standards
- Ensure all stores maintain full HACCP and food safety compliance
- Support stores through regular visits, audits, coaching, and operational guidance
- Oversee waste control systems and identify opportunities for efficiency improvements
- Develop innovative fresh food concepts, menus, promotions, and merchandising initiatives
- Analyse sales performance, margins, and KPIs while delivering weekly targets
- Ensure excellent customer service standards are consistently achieved
Key Requirements:
- Proven experience in senior fresh food management or multi-site fresh food operations
- Strong commercial acumen with experience managing sales, margins, budgets, and profitability
- Excellent knowledge of HACCP, food safety, and compliance standards
- A hands-on leadership style with the ability to motivate and develop teams
- Passion for fresh food retail and delivering outstanding customer experiences
- Strong communication, organisational, and relationship management skills
- Experience with Digitally systems is advantageous
- Strong IT and reporting skills, including Microsoft Office
- Full clean driver’s licence required
If you are interested in this Fresh Food Area Manager job opportunity in Co. Cork, then please apply to Nikki Murran via the link below.
All applications will be handled with the strictest confidence.
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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
Store Manager
Are you ready to lead and inspire a team in a dynamic, fast-paced retail environment? Our client, a leading retailer offering the best in class clothing and footwear brands, are seeking an experienced Store Manager to join their team in Donegal Town.
As Store Manager, you will be responsible for the overall management and success of the store. This includes delivering exceptional customer service, driving sales performance, and leading a team of dynamic and passionate individuals. Your focus will be on building strong customer relationships and ensuring the store meets its sales targets and KPIs.
What you’ll do:
- Lead and motivate a high-performing team to deliver exceptional customer service
- Drive store performance and meet sales targets by effectively managing store operations
- Build and maintain strong customer relationships through excellent communication and brand knowledge
- Use your commercial acumen to identify opportunities to grow revenue and improve profitability
- Ensure that visual merchandising and store presentation reflect the brand’s identity and standards
- Implement company policies and processes while fostering a positive, collaborative working environment
What we’re looking for:
- Proven experience in retail store management
- Strong people leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and develop a large team
- A solid understanding of key commercial drivers and experience in achieving sales targets
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- A passion for delivering an exceptional customer experience
Should you be interested in finding out more about this Store Manager job, please apply with your updated CV and Jade will look after your application.
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Store Manager – Ballina
Are you ready to take the next step in your retail career? Our client, a well-established and highly respected retailer, is recruiting a Store Manager for their Ballina, Co. Mayo store. Known for their strong presence across Ireland, commitment to quality, and deep community connection, this business offers a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Assistant Manager looking to step up, or a Store Manager seeking a new challenge.
As Store Manager, you’ll have full ownership of the store’s day-to-day operations and commercial performance. You’ll lead from the front, build a high-performing team, and deliver an exceptional customer experience in a fast-paced retail environment.
The Role:
- Lead, coach, and motivate the store team to achieve sales targets and KPIs
- Drive commercial performance through strong operational and visual standards
- Deliver consistently high levels of customer service
- Manage stock, merchandising, and overall store presentation
- Recruit, train, and develop a motivated and engaged team
- Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and health & safety standards
The Ideal Candidate:
- Experience as an Assistant Store Manager or Store Manager in a high-volume retail environment
- Strong leadership and people-management skills
- Commercially minded with a proven ability to drive sales and KPIs
- Hands-on, organised, and customer-focused
Should you be interested in this Store Manager job, please apply with your updated CV and Jade will look after your application.
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Store Manager | Carrickmines, South Dublin
Are you an experienced retail leader with a passion for delivering exceptional customer experiences, driving commercial performance, and developing high-performing teams?
Our client, a leading outdoor and lifestyle retailer, is seeking an ambitious and commercially focused Store Manager to lead their successful store in Carrickmines, South Dublin. This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established brand that is known for its quality products, strong customer focus, and positive team culture.
As Store Manager, you will take full responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the store, leading your team to achieve outstanding results while ensuring an exceptional shopping experience for every customer.
The Role
- Lead and inspire your team to deliver exceptional customer service and achieve commercial targets
- Drive sales, profitability, and KPI performance through effective leadership and commercial decision-making
- Maintain excellent standards of visual merchandising, stock presentation, and store operations
- Analyse sales reports and trading patterns to identify opportunities and implement action plans
- Manage stock control, replenishment, and product availability to maximise sales opportunities
- Recruit, coach, develop, and retain a high-performing retail team
- Create a positive, engaging, and customer-focused culture throughout the store
- Ensure full compliance with company policies, procedures, and health & safety standards
- Support local marketing initiatives, promotional campaigns, and in-store events
- Work collaboratively with the wider business to drive store growth and performance
About You
- Minimum 3 years’ Store management or similar level management experience
- Proven experience leading teams within a fast-paced, high-volume retail environment
- Strong leadership and people development skills
- Commercially aware with a track record of driving sales and delivering KPI results
- Passionate about delivering outstanding customer serviceComfortable analysing performance data and making commercially driven decisions
- Proficient in retail systems and Microsoft Office
What’s on Offer?
- Competitive salary with performance-related incentives
- Excellent career progression and development opportunities
- Staff discount and additional company benefits
- Flexible weekend rotations
- Good Trading hours
If you are a motivated retail professional looking for your next leadership opportunity, we would love to hear from you.
Apply today with your updated CV via the link below.
For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact Aislinn 01 871 7604.
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Senior Deputy Store Manager – Fashion
Are you a dynamic retail leader with a passion for fashion? Do you thrive in a high-volume, fast-paced environment? We’re recruiting on behalf of a retailer of choice, known for their exceptional brand, progressive culture, and industry-leading customer experience. This role is based in a fabulous top-performing Dublin City Centre store.
As Deputy Store Manager, you’ll lead large, diverse teams, drive commercial performance, and ensure seamless operations that deliver outstanding customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and inspire large-scale teams in a dynamic, high-turnover environment.
- Embed operational excellence, elevate service standards, and drive sales performance.
- Deliver exceptional customer experience while exceeding KPIs and performance metrics.
- Collaborate with the senior leadership team to implement strategic initiatives.
- Champion a high-performance, inclusive, and engaged team culture.
The ideal candidate:
- You will be an experienced senior retail leader with strong operational and commercial experience.
- A track record of success in high-volume fashion or similar (minimum 5m+ turnover).
- Strategic thinking with a hands-on, visible leadership style.
- Proven experience managing large teams (30+).
- Inspirational leader with excellent coaching and communication skills.
- Resilient, agile, and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
What’s on offer?
- Salary negotiable DOE
- 25 days of holidays.
- Pension scheme.
- Long-term progression opportunities within a business that invests in leadership talent.
Don’t wait to apply – this is an opportunity not to be missed! Please submit your CV and Jade will look after your application.
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Store Manager
We here at Excel Recruitment are recruiting for an unbeatable opportunity to join our client in Castlebar , Mayo . They are a hugely successful grocery retail business who are seeking a Store Manager to lead their team in Mayo.
The ideal candidate is a Store Manager who is able to drive sales and profits and grow this well-respected grocery brand. You will oversee all aspects of running the store, from training staff to managing costs.
Salary: €45k-€50K on offer for the right candidate.
Responsibilities of a Store Manager:
* Responsible for the store’s performance, ensuring the shop is profitable and controlling costs
* Overseeing the daily running of a fast-paced grocery store
* Organising and delegating duties to staff and managers
* Fulfilling the coaching and training needs of the store
Requirements for this Grocery Store Manager job:
* Previous experience of managing a busy convenience store or a supermarket
* You must have outstanding experience managing a team of staff and managers
* We are seeking a manager with a keen commercial acumen to run the business side of the store
* Must have a strong work ethic and thrive under pressure
If you are interested in this Store Manager job opportunity, then please apply to Cian Lynders via the link below. All applications will be handled with the strictest confidence.
INDCIAN
Department Manager – Grocery Retail
Excel Recruitment is currently recruiting a Department Manager on behalf of a well-established retail client based in Dublin. This is a key management role suited to an experienced grocery professional with strong leadership and operational skills
Salary: €40,000 – €45,000 per year
The Role
The Grocery Department Manager will have full responsibility for the day-to-day performance of the grocery department, ensuring excellent standards across availability, merchandising, stock control, and team management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the daily operation of the grocery department
- Deliver strong results across sales, margin, availability, and costs
- Lead, supervise, and develop a high-performing grocery team
- Ensure excellent merchandising, stock rotation, and replenishment standards
- Execute promotions in line with company guidelines
- Ensure full compliance with HACCP, health & safety, and company procedures
- Work closely with management to support overall performance
The Ideal Candidate
- Previous experience as a Grocery Manager, Department Manager, or Assistant Manager
- Strong knowledge of grocery retail operations
- Proven people management and leadership experience
- Commercially aware and KPI focused
- High standards with strong attention to detail
- Good organisational and communication skills
- Solid understanding of HACCP and health & safety regulations
- Flexible to work a weekend rotation
If you are interested in this Department Manager job opportunity, then please apply to Cian Lynders via the link below. All applications will be handled with the strictest confidence.
INDCIAN
Senior Deputy Store Manager – Dublin City Centre
Our client, a highly recognised and successful multi-department retail business, is seeking an experienced Senior Deputy Store Manager to join their flagship Dublin City Centre location. Situated in the heart of Dublin, this is an exciting opportunity for a commercially driven retail leader from a large-format fashion, department store, or high-volume retail environment.
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in supporting the overall store operation, leading a large management team, and driving commercial performance across multiple departments including Fashion, Home, and Lifestyle.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the overall operational and commercial performance of a high-volume flagship store
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Department Managers to deliver exceptional standards and results
- Drive sales, profitability, and KPI performance across all trading areas
- Ensure an outstanding customer experience through strong leadership and operational excellence
- Analyse trading reports, commercial data, and performance metrics to identify opportunities for growth
- Maintain high standards across customer service, visual presentation, and store operations
- Build a high-performing and engaged management team through coaching and people development
Requirements
- Current Store Manager, Senior Assistant Manager, or Deputy Store Manager experience within a large-scale fashion, department store, or high-volume retail environment
- Proven ability to lead and manage large teams in a fast-paced commercial setting
- Strong commercial acumen with a track record of driving sales and operational performance
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Results-driven with strong analytical and organisational ability
- Passion for delivering exceptional customer experience and team development
Package
- Salary negotiable
- Performance-related bonus
- 25 days annual leave
- Pension scheme with company contribution
- Additional company benefits
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply with your updated CV through the link provided. For more retail management opportunities, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or contact Aislinn 01 8717604.
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
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