_{12th October, 2026}

Store Manager Job in North & West Dublin

• Take ownership of store profitability, driving sales growth, gross margin improvement, cost control, and operating profit in a large-format retail or DIY environment.
• Develop and execute commercial action plans to achieve sales budgets, improve like-for-like performance, increase average transaction value, and maximise sales across key product categories and departments.
•  Monitor category and departmental margins, promotional effectiveness, pricing competitiveness, markdowns, and supplier terms to protect profitability while maintaining a strong market position.
• Ensure effective space utilisation, planogram compliance, category presentation, promotional execution, and seasonal trading activity to maximise sales per square metre and improve category profitability.
• Build strong supplier relationships, support commercial negotiations, monitor trading terms and promotional funding, and maximise opportunities to improve buying margins, availability, and profitability.
• Control stock loss, damage, theft, write-offs, returns, and inventory discrepancies through robust procedures, regular audits, and effective team accountability.
• Lead, coach, and develop a commercially focused management team, setting clear financial and operational targets and holding department managers accountable for sales, margin, costs, and overall results.
• Maintain high standards of customer service, product availability, merchandising, and service delivery, balancing customer satisfaction with profitable trading.
• Ensure compliance with Irish employment legislation, Health & Safety requirements, consumer protection regulations, and applicable food safety and HACCP standards where relevant.

• Proven 5-6 years of store management experience within a large grocery, supermarket, big-box retail, builders' merchants, or DIY environment.
• Demonstrable experience managing a store-level profit and loss account, delivering sales and profit budgets, improving gross margins, and controlling operating costs
• Strong understanding of gross profit, contribution margin, operating profit, pricing strategy, promotional ROI, markdowns, stock turn, and working capital.
• A proven track record of identifying commercial opportunities, increasing sales, improving category performance, protecting margins, and delivering sustainable profit growth.
• Experience preparing and managing budgets, sales forecasts, labour plans, departmental targets, and operating expenditure, with the ability to investigate variances and implement corrective action.
• Ability to interpret management accounts and trading reports, identify performance gaps, and translate financial and operational data into practical plans that deliver measurable results.  
•  Experience controlling payroll costs, optimising staffing structures, managing overtime, and improving sales and profit per labour hour without compromising service or safety.  
• Strong knowledge of inventory management, replenishment, stock accuracy, shrinkage reduction, aged stock, stock turn, and availability within a high-volume, broad-range retail operation.
• Skilled in delivering a strong customer proposition while balancing competitive pricing, margin protection, supplier performance, and commercial objectives.