Excel Recruitment are looking for a Distribution Centre Manager who will be responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and continuous improvement of the distribution centre, ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective warehousing and distribution operations that support customer service excellence and business growth. We are looking for a candidate with 5+ years of experience in managing the distribution and electrical wholesale goods. High salary negotiated.
Key Accountabilities
- Operational Leadership
- Lead and manage all day-to-day DC operations including inbound, storage, picking, packing, and outbound distribution.
- Ensure timely and accurate order fulfilment, meeting on-time, in-full (OTIF) delivery targets aligned with customer service levels.
- Translate business objectives into clear operational plans and KPIs to drive performance.
- Drive operational stability while supporting scalability and future growth.
- People Management & Development
- Lead, mentor, coach, and develop a diverse team, promoting a culture of inclusion, respect, safety, and continuous improvement.
- Build a high-performance, safety-first culture aligned with company values.
- Manage workforce planning, rostering, absence management, and productivity within a supportive environment.
- Conduct performance reviews, disciplinary processes, and succession planning.
- Promote engagement, communication, and skills development to empower employees.
- Health, Safety & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with Health & Safety legislation, company policies, and sustainability initiatives.
- Act as the senior accountable person for DC safety performance.
- Lead risk assessments, incident investigations, audits, and corrective actions.
- Promote a proactive safety culture with visible leadership and accountability.
- Inventory Management
- Maintain high levels of inventory accuracy, stock integrity, and traceability.
- Oversee cycle counting, stock adjustments, and root cause analysis of discrepancies.
- Ensure effective use and maintenance of warehouse equipment and automation where applicable.
- Protect company assets and minimize shrinkage and damage.
- Cost Control & Financial Performance
- Manage the DC operating budget, including labour, transport, consumables, and overheads.
- Identify and deliver cost-saving initiatives without compromising safety or service quality.
- Track and report operational KPIs, productivity, and cost-to-serve metrics.
- Support capital investment business cases for equipment, systems, or infrastructure.
- Systems, Data & Continuous Improvement
- Ensure effective use of WMS, ERP, and reporting tools.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean or similar methodologies.
- Analyse operational data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Support change initiatives such as new DC processes, system upgrades, or network changes.
- Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate closely with Transport, Customer Service, Sales, Procurement, and Finance teams.
- Act as the key operational contact for internal and external audits.
- Manage third-party service providers where applicable (transport, maintenance, labour agencies).
- Communicate clearly with senior management on performance, risks, and improvement plans.
Day-to-Day Activities
- Lead morning briefings with the team, setting goals and safety reminders.
- Monitor inbound and outbound shipments to ensure efficiency and accuracy.
- Address team concerns and provide coaching to support employee growth.
- Review inventory levels and coordinate with procurement as needed.
- Collaborate with maintenance and safety teams to maintain a safe and clean work environment.
- Analyse daily performance data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
Qualifications & Experience
- Proven experience managing a distribution centre or warehouse operation, ideally in FMCG, electrical wholesale, or B2B distribution.
- Strong people leadership experience in a high-volume, dynamic environment.
- Solid understanding of warehouse operations, inventory management, and transport coordination.
- Strong knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and best practice.
- Experience working with WMS/ERP systems and operational KPIs.
- Relevant certifications or training in warehouse management, logistics, supply chain, or continuous improvement (Lean/Kaizen) is an advantage.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion within the workplace and team.
Competencies & Behaviours
- Strong leadership and decision-making capability.
- Results-driven with a continuous improvement mindset.
- High level of personal accountability and integrity.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to lead through change and ambiguity.
- Passion for fostering an equitable, collaborative, and inclusive workplace culture.
Please apply for this position accordingly and only if you have the required experience and qualifications. Please also note that preference will be given to candidates who can start immediately. Contact Conor +353 18717676
INDUST
Grocery Department Manager
Excel Recruitment is currently recruiting a Grocery Department Manager on behalf of a well-established retail client based in North Dublin.
This is a key management role suited to an experienced grocery professional with strong leadership and operational skills.
Salary: €36,000 – €40,000 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
What’s on Offer
- Salary of €36,000 – €40,000 per year (DOE)
- Structured weekend rotation
- Career progression opportunities
- Secure role with a reputable retail business
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.
INDTL
Chef Manager – Daytime Hours – Cork
I am recruiting for an experienced Chef Manager to lead the full operations of a busy, high-quality daytime café in East Cork. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a hands-on leadership role-balancing great food, smooth service, team management, and day-to-day operational oversight.
The café offers an elevated daytime menu featuring gourmet sandwiches, breakfast favourites, freshly baked goods, and bistro-style lunch dishes. The successful candidate will take full ownership of both front-of-house and kitchen operations, ensuring quality, consistency, and an exceptional customer experience throughout the venue.
Key Responsibilities
- Operational & Team Leadership
- Oversee all daily café operations, ensuring smooth, efficient service
- Lead, train, and support both front-of-house and kitchen teams
- Build rotas, manage staffing levels, and ensure labour efficiency
- Maintain a welcoming, friendly environment with excellent customer engagement
- Support FOH during busy periods and lead by example on the floor
- Oversee cash handling, daily reporting, and light administrative duties
- Drive customer satisfaction, repeat business, and overall profitability
- Maintain high standards of cleanliness, organisation, and presentation throughout the café
Kitchen Responsibilities
- Prepare and deliver high-quality breakfast, brunch, and lunch dishes
- Lead menu planning with a focus on fresh, local, gourmet daytime food
- Oversee prep, service flow, and kitchen organisation
- Manage stock, waste, ordering, and supplier relationships
- Ensure consistency in quality, flavour, and presentation
- Maintain excellent HACCP and food safety standards
What You’ll Bring
- Experience as a Chef Manager, Café Manager, Senior Chef, or similar leadership role
- Ability to manage full café operations, not just the kitchen
- Strong cooking skills with a passion for fresh, high-quality daytime dining
- Confident leadership and the ability to inspire and manage a small team
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- Strong knowledge of HACCP and food safety
- Flexibility to work weekends and busy seasonal periods
- Bonus: baking/pastry experience or background in menu development
- Experience in a daytime café, gourmet deli, or high-volume casual dining venue
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Chef Manager who wants ownership, leadership, creativity, and the balance of daytime hours, all within a vibrant East Cork setting.
#HospSenior
Events Manager, Daytime, €60K package
Excel Recruitment are currently seeking an Event Manager to become part of the fastest growing Recruitment Company in Ireland.
Benefits of the Events Manager include:
- A highly competitive starting salary along with uncapped commission structure.
- Full-time permanent position
- Flexible working hours.
- 21 days Annual Leave.
- Dublin City Centre office space.
- Opportunity for creative freedom and input.
- Being part of a fun, fast-paced organisation.
Responsibilities of the Event Manager include:
- Coordinate staff for events from the inquiry stage through to event fulfilment.
- Communicates with the client departments to ensure a consistently high level of staff service throughout from pre-event, event, and post event phase.
- Recognising opportunities to maximize revenue opportunities by up selling and offering enhancements.
- Plan and assign work, manage, and oversee the work of the team.
- Attend weekly management meetings to discuss sales, forecasts, feedback, reporting and planning for future events.
- This role is best suited to an individual with strong organisation, communication, selling and presentation skills as the role involves communicating with clients on a daily basis.
Requirements of the events manager role include:
- Previous experience in a similar environment with a proven track record in leading a team in a high-volume environment.
- Excellent Client communication and organisation skills.
- Welcoming friendly personality and manner.
- Have a structured and organised work approach with an ability to prioritise and delegate workload.
- Have excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills and be able to connect with clients to manage expectations.
- Strong client development and relationship management skills
- Strong communication skills (verbal, listening, writing)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Opera Cloud
If this sounds like an opportunity you may be interested in or would like some information on any of our roles with a company of professionals with experience in the industry then please don’t hesitate to get in touch via email with an up-to-date CV to Neil in the utmost confidence or call directly on 0876256793
Excel Recruitment is currently recruiting for an Assistant Manager – Supported Housing, on a permanent full-time basis based in Downpatrick with a salary of £30,000 per year.
Our client has supported people with learning disabilities to live their lives to the fullest, for over 30 years, helping people to achieve their own independence by receiving the very best in high-quality, person-centred care.
Responsibilities:
With a full copy of the Job Duties and Person Spec available on request you will:
- Manage the delivery of a supported living service in accordance with all the client’s objectives and standards, ensuring this provides maximum benefit to service users.
- Manage the service in the absence of the Service Manager, working closely with the Senior Management Team.
- Line manage a team of Senior Support Workers and liaise with other professionals.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 3 years previous management experience within a social care setting.
- QCF (NVQ) Level 5 in Care (Adults) or currently completing NVQ Level 5 in Leadership for Health & Social Care (Adults)
- Experience working with adults who have a learning disability.
- Experience working in a Supported Housing Environment
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- Ability to confidently lead and develop a team
- Access to a car with a full, clean driving licence
- Excellent IT and report-writing skills
Benefits:
- £30,000 starting, per year
- 33 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Health Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Clear career progression paths and development
For more information on this excellent opportunity please submit your CV to Wes via the link below or contact Wes on 02891 422 191/07551 284 326
#INDBELF
Excel Recruitment are excited to be recruiting for one of our Independent clients. Looking for a Supervising Managing Pharmacist in Dublin 8 area.
This pharmacy opened 3.5 years and is still a growing dispensary.
35 hours per week
1 weekend in 4
Competitive Salary
Profit Share Agreement
Free Parking
Duties for Supervising Managing Pharmacist:
- To operate the dispensary in accordance with all the legal responsibilities pertaining to the profession of pharmacy
- To exercise all aspects of law, ethics and codes of practice as laid down by the Irish Pharmaceutical Society.
- To drive sales through the effective use of company promotions.
- To seek new business opportunities by examining the local markets and competitor activities.
- To actively manage the Pharmacy wages budget.
- To ensure all team members are aware of and understand their roles and responsibilities in the pharmacy.
Supervising Managing Pharmacist must:
- Must be 3 years qualified
- Must hold a PSI approved Pharmacy Qualification and be registered with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland.
- Previous experience in team management and ideally experience in retail pharmacy
If you have the necessary skills and experience and are interested in this Supervising Managing Pharmacist job, please apply below to Barbara Kelly in complete confidence or call 0877379636 for further information on the job.
ur client an Independent Pharmacy in Tullamore, Offaly is looking for a Supervising Pharmacist to work full time.
Supervising Pharmacist
Location- Tullamore, Offaly
Full time
Competitive salary on offer
Purpose of the job:
To provide pharmacy services as set out in the Community Pharmacy Contractor Agreement for the Provision of Community Pharmacy Services and in accordance with the ethical standards and established practice of the profession of pharmacy. Working to agreed operating procedures within the pharmacy to maintain the highest ethical standards and deliver excellent customer care. Working with the Store Manager of the Pharmacy, overseeing of all duties involved in running the Pharmacy and managing staff within the Pharmacy and operate the Pharmacy within agreed budgets and in line with defined Company KPIs.
Duties on the job:
To maintain the community pharmacy to a proper professional standard.
To implement policies and procedures as introduced by Pharmacy and standard operating procedures.
To maintain correct procedures for the handling, processing and control of cash and all receipts throughout the branch including safes and bank lodgements in accordance with the Company Cash Policy.
To ensure that proper stock control is maintained and the correct receipt and documentation of all goods and services is upheld.
Supervising Pharmacist must:
3-4 years’ experience an advantage
Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, with a minimum of 3 years Post-registration experience.
Excellent attention to detail
If you have the necessary skills and experience and are interested in this Supervising Pharmacist job, please apply below to Barbara Kelly in complete confidence or call 0877379636 for further information on the job.
Our client an Irish Pharmacy chain in their pharmacy in Bailieborough, Cavan are on the search for a Supervising Pharmacist to work full time.
Supervising Pharmacist
Location- Bailieborough
Full time
No late nights
One Saturday per month
Very competitive salary on offer
5k sign on bonus
10% KPI related bonus
Purpose of the job:
To provide pharmacy services as set out in the Community Pharmacy Contractor Agreement for the Provision of Community Pharmacy Services and in accordance with the ethical standards and established practice of the profession of pharmacy. Working to agreed operating procedures within the pharmacy to maintain the highest ethical standards and deliver excellent customer care. Working with the Store Manager of the Pharmacy, overseeing of all duties involved in running the Pharmacy and managing staff within the Pharmacy and operate the Pharmacy within agreed budgets and in line with defined Company KPIs.
Duties on the job:
To maintain the community pharmacy to a proper professional standard.
To implement policies and procedures as introduced by Pharmacy and standard operating procedures.
To maintain correct procedures for the handling, processing and control of cash and all receipts throughout the branch including safes and bank lodgements in accordance with the Company Cash Policy.
To ensure that proper stock control is maintained and the correct receipt and documentation of all goods and services is upheld.
Supervising Pharmacist must:
3-4 years’ experience an advantage
Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, with a minimum of 3 years Post-registration experience.
Excellent attention to detail
If you have the necessary skills and experience and are interested in this Supervising Pharmacist job, please apply below to Barbara Kelly in complete confidence.
Our client an Independent pharmacy group in Carlow is looking for a Supervising Pharmacist to work full time in one of their stores.
Supervising Pharmacist
Location- Carlow
Full time
Competitive salary on offer
Purpose of the job:
To provide pharmacy services as set out in the Community Pharmacy Contractor Agreement for the Provision of Community Pharmacy Services and in accordance with the ethical standards and established practice of the profession of pharmacy. Working to agreed operating procedures within the pharmacy to maintain the highest ethical standards and deliver excellent customer care. Working with the Store Manager of the Pharmacy, overseeing of all duties involved in running the Pharmacy and managing staff within the Pharmacy and operate the Pharmacy within agreed budgets and in line with defined Company KPIs.
Duties on the job:
To maintain the community pharmacy to a proper professional standard.
To implement policies and procedures as introduced by Pharmacy and standard operating procedures.
To maintain correct procedures for the handling, processing and control of cash and all receipts throughout the branch including safes and bank lodgements in accordance with the Company Cash Policy.
To ensure that proper stock control is maintained and the correct receipt and documentation of all goods and services is upheld.
Supervising Pharmacist must:
3-4 years’ experience an advantage
Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, with a minimum of 3 years Post-registration experience.
Excellent attention to detail
If you have the necessary skills and experience and are interested in this Supervising Pharmacist job, please apply below to Barbara Kelly in complete confidence or call 0877379636 for further information on the job.
