Store Development Graduate Programme 2025

Job summary

At Musgrave, we support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses. Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 18 market-leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Daybreak, Mace, and Musgrave MarketPlace. Our values and purpose challenge and inspire us to do the right thing, with a focus on practising good, fair, and honest business, a commitment to profit with purpose, and working relentlessly to innovate and lead the way in our market.
The Store Development Team is responsible for the development of new and existing SuperValu and Centra stores, along with being a Centre of Excellence for the markets in which we operate, including Spain and Northern Ireland. Our brands are successful because they meet the changing needs of today’s shoppers and are developed in collaboration with outstanding local entrepreneurs based in the communities they serve. Our Store Development teams work closely with internal stakeholders in Marketing, Sales, Trading, and Finance to ensure the right store environment delivers for both the consumer and our independent Retailer.
The Retail Project Manager's (RPM) role is to ensure that Retailers’ and Musgrave turnover and margin are maximised through consistent delivery of the physical in-store brand image in accordance with defined company specifications. This includes guiding the retailer through all phases of the project to ensure that the final design is delivered in a cost-efficient and timely manner. The Project Manager will manage the coordination of external professionals from planning through to execution, ensuring full compliance with legislation such as Health and Safety, Building Control Amendment Regulations (BCAR), etc.
The Store Development Graduate Programme is a key business talent pipeline for us to grow our own talented team of RPMs. We are looking for emerging talent with a passion for business, food, design, and customer experience. Our Programme has proven to be highly successful at developing our Store Development talent, with former graduates progressing to senior roles in the business or running their own store. This is an excellent opportunity for graduates with a keen interest in design and delivery for the retail/wholesale industry and who are results-driven, commercially focused, and with a desire to drive business performance by delivering world-class outcomes.
The scope of the Store Development Graduate role comprises a two-year experiential development programme. To support your commercial development and business knowledge, you will work with different teams across our network over the course of the Programme. The Programme will provide you with wide experience across our retail brands and delivering projects for different market requirements.

Key Activities
• Supporting and delivering our development plans to ensure they reflect both market and consumer trends.
• With the support of the Store Development Operations manager, deliver various projects that support our brands. This includes testing new initiatives in-store and assessing if they deliver a commercial return for Musgrave and our Retailer Partners.
• Developing excellent long-term relationships with key stakeholders including suppliers, retail partners, and foodservice customers. Retailer/supplier/site visits as required.
• Assess market and competitor trends in your product area and manage the revamps to capitalise on/counteract trends.
• Develop strong cross-functional working relationships with key stakeholders including sales, marketing, operations, and finance promoting a strong customer-focused offer at all times.
• Support project development and rollout.
• Administrative activities linked to project management, etc.
• Participation in the Musgrave Graduate Development Programme

Essential Qualification
• Honours Degree (Level 8) in any discipline. Practical internship or experience in a Design, Project Manager role or commercial role is an advantage

Essential Skills and Knowledge
• Desire to work in a commercially focused role in the food and beverage retail/wholesale industry
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to use data to inform decision making
• Strong influencing skills and the ability to manage challenging discussions for win/win outcomes
• Microsoft Office experience
• Ability to deliver to aggressive targets and timelines
• Prioritisation skills to manage workload and competing demand
• Experience of Architecture or Design and knowledge of AutoCAD is an advantage

Salary

Starting salary is €31,000 and increases to €33,000 after 12 months subject to performance. Your salary when moving into a role on completion of the Programme will be commensurate with the market and experience.

5% Programme completion bonus

Additional benefits include:
• WorkSmart@Musgrave – hybrid working
• 23 days holidays
• Market Leading Pension Scheme
• Subsidised Cafeteria
• Be Well Work Well: our health and wellbeing programme including online yoga and HIIT classes
• Employee Assistance Programme: Free, independent and confidential advice on mental health, wellbeing, financial or legal issues
• Employee discount in Musgrave MarketPlace
• Award-Winning Development (gradireland Graduate Employer of the Year in 2019 and 2021, Best Training and Development Programme – Business/ Management in 2020 and 2022)
• Online learning and development courses
• Individual coaching
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Bike to Work scheme
• Free parking
• Digital Doctor
• Home office equipment
• Employee Resource Groups

Location

We enjoy a flexible hybrid way of working which allows us to focus on our outcomes and contributions. Work Smart @Musgrave is our hybrid approach which gives us the option to alternate our time between connecting and collaborating in the office and working remotely. Working this way allows us to enjoy the best of the remote working experience while also giving us the opportunity to connect in person and work together onsite. Across Musgrave, our roles allow for different levels of flexibility.

Hybrid arrangements are currently 2 days in the office. Travel to stores/external partners will be required in this role and a clean driver’s licence would be an advantage.

The primary office location for this role is Cork.

Number of positions 1
Start date details 25th August 2025