Fresh food area manager

Fresh Food Area Manager – Nationwide

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 Ireland.

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.

This role offers a competitive salary, Excellent long-term progression opportunities and the chance to make a real impact within this organisation.

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.

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