Active Jobs at Ares Holdings

Job Description

• Birkenstock Mall of Africa is looking for a sales assistant to join their team.

Company Values:

• We commit to the wellbeing of our team.
• We work with a positive attitude.
• We believe in our team.

Responsibilities:

Customer Service & Sales

• Acknowledge every customer within 30 seconds.
• Deliver excellent customer service to every customer following the Birkenstock customer service procedures.
• Establish your customer’s needs and use your technical knowledge to demonstrate benefits to meet those needs.
• Close the sale & secure add on sales.
• Invite your customer to back & turn them into Birkenstock fans.
• Monitor your daily sales against your individual budget every few hours.

Inventory

• Replenish footwear, apparel and accessories from the storeroom daily.
• Minimizing shrinkage by zoning the store, acknowledge customers, and following the Birkenstock changing room policy.
• Ensure stock entries in the POS systems are accurate.
• Process deliveries by checking quantities, invoices, tagging, hanging and pricing product, and recording in the POS System
• Process customer orders.

Daily Operations

• Ensure store housekeeping is maintained daily including dusting, cleaning mirrors, vacuuming, emptying bins, clearing counter area and tidying change rooms.
• Assist the manager with open and closing the store.

Training

• Your training is your responsibility.
• Ensure you are allocated a buddy initially & that you learn from them.
• You must attend quarterly training sessions & complete the assessments.
• Ensure you receive monthly feedback from your manager.
• Set up monthly meeting with your store manager to discuss your progress through the Birkenstock rookie pack.
• These are essential as they will determine your eligible for promotions.

Merchandising

• Observe the store & maintain stock presentation in accordance to the Birkenstock standards.
• Ensure sizes are replenished.
• Assist the team to change the windows/ Mannequins fortnightly.
• Ensure POS materials are stored in the area to avoid damage.
• Grade 12 or Equivalent
• Min. 6 months customers services experience
• Birkenstock knowledge advantageous
• Able to work flexible shifts.

Perks & Benefits

• You get to work for a rapidly expanding distributor with aspirational brands.
• Comprehensive health benefit
• Quarterly Uniform allowance
• Staff discount (50% off for you and your family across all the brands within the group)
• Company performance incentive scheme
• Long-service incentives
• Holistic Employee Wellness programme
• The group prides itself in its effort to drive continuous employee engagement activities to enable a connected culture.

Closing Date: 07 July 2025

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Job Description

• Crocs Cresta is looking for a Store Supervisor to join their team.

Company Values:

• We commit to the wellbeing of our team
• We work with a positive attitude
• We believe in our team

Responsibilities:

• Opening & closing procedures
• Cash ups & banking
• Housekeeping (FOH & BOH)
• PI & Cycle counts
• Stock replenishment
• Dispatch & receipt of stock
• POS control
• General staff control (time management, shop duties, shift control)
• Customer queries
• Daily taking sheet updates
• Employee motivation
• Assisting Store Management in daily store managing

Why work for us:

• Fast growing and well-established brands
• Extensive growth opportunities within
• Company upskills employees and provide training opportunities

Requirements

• Grade 12 or Equivalent
• 6 months customers services experience
• Crocs product knowledge advantageous
• Able to work flexible shifts

Perks & Benefits

• You get to work for a rapidly expanding distributor with aspirational brands
• Comprehensive health benefit
• Quarterly Uniform allowance
• Staff discount (50% off for you and your family across all the brands within the group)
• Company performance incentive scheme
• Long-service incentives
• Holistic Employee Wellness programme
• The group prides itself in its effort to drive continuous employee engagement activities to enable a connected culture.

Closing Date: 08 July 2025

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Job Summary

• Responsible for building and optimising customer relationships with the goal of achieving sales and profit targets through effective planning, management and execution.

Sales & Account Management

• Support the National Sales Manager with the creation of budgets and forecasts, door growth targets and key account plans for the wholesale channel
• Conduct seasonal reviews by key account
• Conduct seasonal sell-in meetings with customers to showcase new collections
• Provide stakeholders with recommendations on product mix and performance of the brand through analysis of sales reports
• Drive sales, by proactively communicating orders and deliveries with customers, suggest top-up orders and ensure order book is converted
• Work closely with marketing to identify trade marketing opportunities and incorporate into key account plans
• Conduct store visits - own, customer and competitor - to review trends, customer specific issues and competitor activities to help formulate strategic plans and be proactive in reacting to market conditions
• Build effective relationships with key account wholesale customers

Supply Chain & Operations Management

• Proactively manage stakeholders against agreed SLA's: Ensure delivery deadlines are met, keep customers informed regarding stock and operations management
• Review and manage open order reports from global logistics, in collaboration with the Merchandise Planner
• Communication to global logistics on product movement
• Place orders by order cut-off deadlines
• Communication to local logistics on product movements and orders
• Manage VAS requirements arranged via logistics
• Manage regular communication and distribution of reports and ATS to customers

Reporting

• Report monthly on the wholesale sales forecast
• Seasonal analysis by key account
• Quarterly business review reporting
• Request regular sell out from key accounts

Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualification (Sales and Marketing)
• At least 2 years experience in a similar role
• Advanced Microsoft office ability
• Ability to travel as and when necessary (Local)
• SAP experience advantageous
• A strong understanding of lifestyle brands and the market opportunities within the retail, wholesale and e-commerce sector
• Business and commercial acumen
• Budgeting and reporting skills with a strong understanding of retail KPI measurements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized and deadline driven
• Capacity to collaborate, integrate and facilitate teamwork
• Ability to network, build and sustain stakeholder relationships internally as well as with external stakeholders is critical
• Strong customer first service focus and flexible in approach
• Strong product focus and understanding

Perks & Benefits

• You get to work for a rapidly expanding distributor with aspirational brands
• Gym & Shower facilities
• Personal Trainer
• Yoga
• Pension Fund
• Medical aid with Gap cover
• Staff Allocation (R10 000 Retail Value per annum).
• Staff discount (50% off for you and your family across all the brands within the group)
• Healthy Lunch subsidy
• Company performance incentive scheme
• Long-service incentives
• Holistic Employee Wellness programme
• The group prides itself in its effort to drive continuous employee engagement activities to enable a connected culture.

Closing Date: 09 July 2025

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Job Description

• Under Armour Somerset West is looking for a sales assistant to join their team.
• This would be an ideal opportunity for students studying Retail Management, Fashion or Sports Management.
• Well-Established and fast-growing international sports brand is looking to employ Sales Assistants to join their dynamic team.
• Working with them means one key thing: no matter what you do, you see every day and every project as a chance to push your field forward.
• In every store and every office, they build teams where everyone is an MVP and together, they tackle every challenge head on.

Company Values:

• We Will – Love Athletes
• We Will – Stand for Equality
• We Will – Fight on Together
• We Will – Create Fearlessly
• We Will – Always Connect
• We Will – Stay True
• We Will – Think Beyond
• We Will – Celebrate the Wins

Perks & Benefits

• You get to work for a rapidly expanding distributor with aspirational brands.
• Comprehensive health benefit
• Quarterly Uniform allowance
• Staff discount (50% off for you and your family across all the brands within the group)
• Company performance incentive scheme
• Long-service incentives
• Holistic Employee Wellness programme
• The group prides itself in its effort to drive continuous employee engagement activities to enable a connected culture.

Closing Date: 02 July 2025