Active Jobs at Ares Holdings

Job Description

• Birkenstock Canal Walk is looking for Supervisor to join their team.

Sales & Business Development

• Set & communicate daily sales targets to everyone on the team including casuals.
• Focus the team on delivering excellent customer service.
• Create relationships with GPs, podiatrists, schools, clubs & gyms in the area to generate sales.
• Grow customer data base and communicate offers regularly.

Team Management

• Build a team environment through daily team meetings and providing regular feedback.
• Lead and motivate the store team to maximize sales and provide exceptional customer service in line with Birkenstock standards
• Master the feedback process & provide monthly feedback to all team members
• Develop the team through weekly Customer Service, Loss Prevention, Podiatry and Sales training.
• Develop the team by ensuring they complete the Rookie Pack in the prescribed time frame.
• Manage the appraisal process for all team members
• Manage the induction process
• Complete rosters and adhere to the staffing template
• Minimize and control staff costs and store controllable expenses (e.g. discounts given, petty cash, stationery, phone, cleaning etc.) through proactive and effective management.
• Complete weekly time sheets, allocate tasks to rostered staff & coordinate lunch breaks

Inventory

• Complete OTB process weekly and order the relevant product to optimise stock levels
• Maintain inventory at target levels for all categories & price points every week
• Minimise shrinkage & maintain accurate stock records in the POS system
• Complete quarterly stock counts
• Run daily negative stock report and request relevant adjustments
• Process deliveries including checking quantities to invoices, tagging, hanging and pricing product, and recording in the POS system
• Ensure storeroom is maintained to Birkenstock standards
• Run daily inventory reports

Daily Operations

• Oversee the administrative processes at store level and ensure compliance with all policies and standards with respect to the handling of cash, stock control, POS, visual merchandising, security and operational health and safety
• Ensure visual merchandising of the stock and windows complies Birkenstock standards
• Open and close the store
• Reconcile cash to end of day tender report and prepare banking
• Bank takings

Month End

• Prepare month end reports

Individual Attributes:

• Outgoing determined self starter
• Retail management experience preferably at a national retail chain
• Demonstrated ability to achieve sales budgets
• Proven people management and leadership shills
• Excels at coaching, driving and developing a team
• Extensive stock management experience
• Proven merchandising skills
• Excellent attention to details

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: 16 July 2025

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Job Description

• Hey Dude is looking for a Sales Assistant for their store in Sandton.
• Well established leading-edge international brand in the Retail sector is looking to appoint someone in the role of a Sales Assistant.

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
• Establish your customer’s needs and use your technical knowledge to demonstrate benefits to meet those needs
• Close the sale & secure add on sales
• Monitor your daily sales against your individual budget every few hours.

Inventory

• Replenish footwear, apparel, and accessories from the storeroom daily
• Minimising shrinkage by zoning the store, acknowledge customers, and following the store changing room policy
• Ensure stock entries in the POS systems are accurate
• Process deliveries by checking quantities t invoice, 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 the 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 a monthly meeting with your store manager to discuss your progress through the Hey Dude rookie pack
• These are essential as they will determine your eligibility for promotions

Merchandising

• Observe the store & maintain stock presentation in accordance with the store standards
• Ensure sizes are replenished
• Assist the team to change the windows/ Mannequin’s fortnightly
• Ensure POS materials are stored in the area to avoid damage.

Why work for us:

• Fast growing and well-established brand
• Extensive growth opportunities within
• Company upskill employees and provide training opportunities

Requirements

• Grade 12 or Equivalent
• 1 year of customers services experience minimum
• 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: 16 July 2025

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Job Description

Summary

• This position is required to oversee the entire planning function for the brand.
• The role is responsible for controlling inventory in the brand and to manage the flow of products in the business.
• Do all pricing, forecasts and procurement of stock.

Planning Strategy

• Understand the business strategy and assist in developing product strategies and range building in line with the business vision.
• Develop an integrated planning process that deals with customer demand, upselling opportunities in high demand end uses, EOL & stock to management in accordance with budgeted guidance (OTB), to consume against future seasons.
• Evaluate data from other relevant brand countries for forecasting purposes and to support recommendations for range decisions.

Operational Partnerships (Retail)

• Assist buying department with information needed for the buying process.
• Together with the Buyer, ensure optimal samples are selected that are applicable to the South African market.
• Assist Retail and Merchandiser/Buyer to ensure that buy-plans are well detailed and clearly understood by team members and relevant stakeholders
• Manage merchandise, supply chain and logistics aspect of retail
• Measure stock levels against plans

Reporting and Analytics

• Consolidation and loading of all POs for the company
• Assist in the mapping and architecture of the IT system for order management, logistical support, planning, point of sale, order tracking and Bl tools etc.
• Develop and continually evaluate all reports in order to establish sales history, seasonal sales analysis, aged inventory & liquidation plans etc.
• Build and manage a consumption tool to react early to effectively plan for stores & business
• Develop management reports indicating attainment to target, margins and EOL status
• Develop an accurate ATS document to be refreshed on a weekly basis
• Develop seasonal and ATS order forms
• Create business dashboards highlighting business opportunities as well as risks

Lead

• Lead and manage the planning process for the brand
• Facilitate recruitment, on boarding, mentoring and succession within the department
• Ensure planning governance and compliance within the brand

Requirements

• Degree in Logistics, Supply-Chain, Retail, Business or any other related field
• 3+ years' management experience in planning/retail environment
• 5 years proven merchandise distribution and planning experience
• Strategic agility and able to articulate the vision and purpose
• Ability and experience in managing a dynamic, diverse and decentralised team
• Advanced Excel skills
• Highly numerate, analytical and detailed orientated
• Organized and deadline driven with exceptional attention to detail
• Drives collaboration and promotes teamwork
• Must have good problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks according to importance in a fast-paced environment
• Multi-tasking capability without compromising on quality
• Dependable, punctual and able to work flexible working hours
• Valid Driver's license and own transport
• Willing to travel locally

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: 15 July 2025