Department Manager – Grocery Retail
Our client, a leading international retailer renowned for quality across food, home and lifestyle, is seeking to recruit an experienced Department Manager for their Grocery department in their flag store in West Dublin.
This opportunity is ideally suited to a people-focused retail leader from a high-volume environment, with strong experience in team development, coaching, motivation and succession planning. The successful candidate will have a proven ability to drive performance through an engaged team while delivering exceptional operational standards and customer experience.
Previous grocery or food retail management experience is essential for this role.
Package & Benefits:
- €45-50k
- 20% colleague discount
- Pension & Life Assurance
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 39-hour working week
- 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist support for you and your family
- 25 days annual leave
- Maternity support
Key Responsibilities:
- Coach, motivate and develop your team to reach their full potential, recognising success and proactively managing performance.
- Drive store KPIs, sales growth and profitability through an engaged and high-performing team.
- Lead all operational and people management activities within the store to ensure smooth day-to-day performance.
- Support the Store Manager in delivering strong commercial results and operational excellence.
- Create an inclusive, supportive and positive working environment that encourages collaboration and accountability.
- Ensure exceptional customer service and customer engagement standards are consistently delivered across the store.
Skills & Requirements:
- 3+ years’ experience in high-volume grocery retail management.
- Strong people management skills with the ability to lead, motivate and develop high-performing teams while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong commercial awareness with the ability to interpret sales data and drive performance.
- Ability to work effectively across multiple departments, including Foodhall, Fashion and Home.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
If you are interested in this Grocery Department Manager opportunity, please upload your updated CV via the link provided. For more opportunities like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or contact Aislinn 01 871 7604.
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
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Grocery Department Manager
Excel Recruitment are hiring a Grocery Department Manager for a well-known brand that’s investing heavily in its stores, people, and customer experience. This role is based in Killarney, Co. Tralee.
If you’re the kind of leader who builds strong teams, drives performance, and creates a positive, energetic shop floor-this could be a great next step.
What you’ll be doing:
- Leading, coaching, and developing a team to deliver strong results
- Creating a high-energy, customer-first environment
- Driving sales, standards, and day-to-day performance
- Supporting team leaders and keeping operations running smoothly
- Managing hiring, onboarding, rotas, and performance conversations
- Making sure the store is safe, compliant, and well-run
What we’re looking for:
- Experience managing a team in a fast-paced grocery retail environment
- A hands-on leader who leads from the front
- Strong people skills-you know how to motivate and develop others
- Commercial awareness with a focus on delivering results
- Someone who thrives in a busy, ever-changing environment
What’s in it for you:
- Salary up to €50,000 (depending on experience)
- Bonus + staff discount
- 39-hour contract
- Pension scheme
- Real opportunities for progression and development
If you are interested in learning more about this Grocery Department Manager position, please apply with your updated CV, and Jade will handle your application.
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Beauty Department Manager
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:
- €40,000 – €45,000
- 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 Manager – Fashion & Home
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 experienced Retail Managers 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 Dundrum, South Dublin.
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 up to 50K 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 Limerick.
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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Grocery Department Manager – Liffey Valley
We’re hiring a Grocery Department Manager for a well-known brand that’s investing heavily in its stores, people, and customer experience.
If you’re the kind of leader who builds strong teams, drives performance, and creates a positive, energetic shop floor-this could be a great next step.
What you’ll be doing:
- Leading, coaching, and developing a team to deliver strong results
- Creating a high-energy, customer-first environment
- Driving sales, standards, and day-to-day performance
- Supporting team leaders and keeping operations running smoothly
- Managing hiring, onboarding, rotas, and performance conversations
- Making sure the store is safe, compliant, and well-run
What we’re looking for:
- Experience managing a team in retail or a fast-paced customer environment
- A hands-on leader who leads from the front
- Strong people skills-you know how to motivate and develop others
- Commercial awareness with a focus on delivering results
- Someone who thrives in a busy, ever-changing environment
What’s in it for you:
- Salary up to €50,000 (depending on experience)
- Bonus + staff discount
- 39-hour contract
- Pension scheme
- Real opportunities for progression and development
If you are interested in learning more about this Grocery 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.
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Trainee Manager
Excel Recruitment, on behalf of our client, a large and rapidly growing retailer, is seeking a Trainee Manager to join their team in Dublin.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to develop their management skills within a supportive and fast-paced retail environment.
Salary:€33k – €38k
Key Responsibilities of this Trainee Manager:
- Assist the management team in the day-to-day running of the store
- Oversee staff performance and provide leadership as required
- Ensure high standards of customer service and store presentation
- Monitor stock levels, orders, and deliveries
- Adhere to health and safety and operational standards
Requirements for this Trainee Manager :
- Previous experience in a supervisory or leadership role in retail
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to multitask
- Excellent communication and team management abilities
- Desire to grow and progress within a management role
- Flexibility to work varied shifts
This is an ideal role for someone looking to take the next step in their retail career and develop into a full managerial position.
If interested in the position,then please apply via the link below.
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Supermarket Duty Manager – Longford
We here at Excel Recruitment are delighted to announce we are recruiting Supermarket Duty Manager for our client in Longford.
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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