Graduate Program at JD Group

About the job
This program's major goal is to develop young, motivated, and high-performing graduates who will bring their potential to the organisation.

We are looking for young, vibrant and passionate graduates to be employed on a 12 month Wholesale & Retail SETA funded learnership. These individuals will play an exciting role in our growth journey while growing their careers in the JD Group - one of South Africa’s largest wholesale and retail group.

Job Description

• The primary aim of this opportunity is to develop young, motivated and high performing graduates who will infuse their talent into the organization. The graduates will be given structured learning and workplace experience.

Key Responsibilities (but not limited to):

• Required to attend all on-boarding / induction programmes and meetings which provide information about different functions of the company
• Execute duties as required, under the supervision of senior employees
• Perform research and document trends within the various functions of the company such as for instance new technology that can be implemented, best practices, etc.
• Visit different locations / stores in order to get hands on working experience
• Make presentations on the basis of which he or she may be evaluate

Applicants should not have participated in any SETA programme before

We require graduates with the following qualifications:

• Marketing Management degree
• Business Management / Business Administration degree
• Human Resource Management/Industrial Psychology degree
• B Com Financial Management
• B Com Law / Economics
• Digital Marketing relevant degree
• BSc / B Com Software Engineering
• IT Project Administration / Project Management degree
• IT information systems / Business information Technology degree
• Graduates from TVET Colleges and HET Institution within the retail and retail sector

To be successful in our organisation, the following abilities and competencies are required:

• Ability to learn quickly
• Innovative thinking and creativity
• Resilience and adaptability
• Ability to take initiative
• Critically analyse information and use judgement to make decisions
• Ability to work well independently as well as in a team environment
• Ability to build and maintain working relationships
• High standard of work ethic
• Good presentation skills as well as having strong written and verbal communication
• The understanding and ability to enhance customer services