DIY and gardening retailer Leroy Merlin has announced plans to hire 400 new workers in Portugal, with 75 vacancies at its retail stores in Albufeira, Loulé and Portimão.
In the Algarve, the company is looking for sellers, cashiers, logistics operators and project consultants.
“We know that talent is a key factor in successfully implementing our strategy and accelerating our growth. “Therefore, we focus on strengthening the skills of our teams through development and training actions that we complement with internal and external recruitment,” explains Ana Herrero, HR Director of Leroy Merlin Portugal.
“Given the dynamism of our business, we currently have over 40 stores with vacancies, in addition to job opportunities in our business services. As a ‘people first’ company, our main goal is to help the company grow by creating a positive impact on the overall experience of all employees, customers and partners,” she added.
A list of available jobs can be found here. connected On www.recrutamento2.leroymerlin.pt.
Leroy Merlin highlights that it has been considered for the fourth time in 2023 one of the best places to work in Portugal by Great Place to Work, described as “the global authority on corporate culture”.
In Portugal, the company employs around 6,000 people who have access to “benefits that help make their daily lives easier, both in terms of working hours and rest time, and physical, psychological and financial well-being.”
Employees are also entitled to health and life insurance, a hybrid work model, two extra vacation days per year, free flu shots, one day of paid corporate volunteering per year, a smartphone, and a 10% discount on all Leroy Merlin products, among other benefits, he says.
The company also follows a “sharing policy” through which its positive results are shared with workers by distributing awards to workers: in 2022, this policy resulted in approximately two additional salaries being paid to each worker.
Leroy Merlin is also trying to “contribute to the fight against inflation”, by increasing the daily meal allowance paid to employees to €8, a “very competitive amount in the distribution sector which translates into an additional €121 per year”.
In addition to its three stores in the Algarve (Portimão, Albufeira and Loulé), the brand recently opened its first Naterial by Leroy Merlin store in Alcantarilha.
Located in the Sudoeste Retail Park, near the Burger King restaurant, it is part of Leroy Merlin's new natural concept, which focuses entirely on outdoor spaces such as gardens, terraces and balconies.
