Senior Retail Dept Manager – Big-Box Store, SW Dublin

Blue Forge Recruitment; Ireland; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Yearly bonus

Pension

40 hour week

Job summary

Blue Forge Recruitment proudly partners with leading retail brands in Ireland. This role, Retail Department Manager based in Southwest Dublin, offers a competitive salary of €38,000 - €42,000 plus a 15% yearly bonus and 40 contracted hours.

The successful candidate will lead a high-volume store team and drive sales performance. You will manage stock, coach up to 50 staff across departments, and implement advertising and promotions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4-5 years of retail management experience, ideally within a big box commercial retail business.
• Competent in KPI management, sales targets, budgets and shrinkage and labour spend.
• Proficient using Retail IT systems to understand stock and sales trends.
• Excellent people skills with the ability to lead and motivate large teams of up to 50 under your management across different departments.
• Ability to work in high-pressure situations and achieve results.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic with a high level of confidence.
• A strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior member of management, supporting the Store manager to achieve sales and other commercial objectives.
• Ensure your teams abide by all company policies and procedures.
• Manage stock inventory, taking a proactive approach in investigating discrepancies and train staff and management on proper inventory management.
• Being creative and innovative by studying and implementing advertising, sales promotion, and display plans.
• Take ownership in the store to effectively manage the stores controllable costs to keep operations profitable.
• Maintaining store staff by recruiting, selecting, and training new staff, in conjunction with the HR department.
• Dealing with customer queries and complaints as per the company policies.
• Act as a point of contact for staff grievances, requests and performance issues

Skills

Retail management

KPI management

Team leadership

Budgeting

Inventory management

Customer service

Tools

Retail IT systems

Job description

Blue Forge Recruitment proudly partners with leading retail brands in Ireland. This role, Retail Department Manager based in Southwest Dublin, offers a competitive salary of €38,000 - €42,000 plus a 15% yearly bonus and 40 contracted hours.

The successful candidate will lead a high-volume store team and drive sales performance. You will manage stock, coach up to 50 staff across departments, and implement advertising and promotions.