Active Jobs at Mr Price Group

Job Description

• To offer our customer mass market-led fashionable, category and item dominant assortments of the wanted items for the season at great value on an ELDP (Every Day Low Prices) basis, with a focus on future to be in-house design-led, driven by current trade influences.

Responsibilities
Current Trade

• Provide guidance, support and oversight to buyers with regards to their weekly management of all current trade buying activities and action plans including critical marketing deadlines and the weekly performance of items, subcategories and categories.
• As a team communicate a current trade report for the senior executives, as well as strategic overviews of the previous month’s trade required for board reports.
• Analyse the RLC monthly; monitor growth targets against strategic intent and initiate proactive interventions as needed.
• Assess sales and order impacts and provide appropriate guidance regarding action plans.
• Facilitate competitive shops and store visits and ensure that action plans incorporate appropriate trading responses.             

Post-Mortem & Seasonal Strategy:

• Set and drive future brand product calls and vision based on a thorough understanding of historical brand performance and future brand strategy within the bigger picture of gender and company strategy.
• Oversee as a team, the Compshop process and gather pertinent PM insights from other functional areas including Resource, Trend and support departments.
• Conduct an in-depth and relevant brand product performance analysis (including Quality and Supplier performance – if applicable) and compile a Post Mortem document and summary outlining key learnings, business implications and strategic insights.
• Present the Post Mortem to Merchant Executives and senior business leadership identifying critical gaps and opportunities for Brand growth.
• Formulate a sub-category strategy that forms the basis of the seasonal assortment framework, ensuring item dominance and clarity of offer for our customer, incorporating trend and Post Mortem learns for the foundation of this strategy.
• Formulate a seasonal Supplier strategy with your team, inclusive of the resource department that is well considered, and risk-balanced, allowing for an agile, highly reactive strategy whereby the golden rule forms the basis of the supplier partnership.
• Identify key tests and new fabric and develop samples for Strategy and establish costing with Resource including all FOB cost factors.
• Compile a Strategy Brand summary ensuring alignment and input from Trend, VM and Resource.
• Present to Executives and Business leadership providing a clear, detailed rationale which reference market conditions, Product and KPI’s.
• Assortment & Review
• Coordinate and manage assortment buying work based on review timelines, key calendar dates, and turnaround timelines.
• As a team oversee and support building the assortment plan ensuring that all assortments reflect the right trend interpretation and quality standards per product and ‘talk to key’ strategic objectives and trade performance history.
• Ensure effective execution of the resource strategy to build on partnership and supplier relationships, aligned to the company values.
• Compile and present the Review including key uniforms and ranges and communicate any shifts in product and changes from the initial strategic direction.
• Prepare for the Review Presentation and present to Executives and Business leadership demonstrating clear alignment with the seasonal strategy and the in-store delivery critical

Leadership & Process Management

• Set goals and direction for the team in line with key brand imperatives as well as gender and company strategy.
• Ensure a focus on future brand evolution, innovation and vision as well as continuously optimizing current trade performance.
• Facilitate role clarity within the team and ensure clear accountability at a task contribution level as well as ‘ownership’ of key responsibility areas.
• Provide guidance and performance feedback at both an individual and team level -optimizing learning and development for all team members.
• Ensure accountability through effective delegation with appropriate support and oversight dependent on levels of competence and experience in the team.
• Review and streamline processes through innovation where necessary to ensure effective time management, proactive planning and team member utilization in collaboration with peers.
• Create a team culture that is disciplined in its thinking; responsive to trade; collaborative across all areas of the business and passionate about fashion retail in keeping with our company values.

Travel

• Travel locally and abroad to assess current market trends and provide detailed feedback accordingly.                                                          

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree: Fashion Design or Clothing Management
• 5 - 7 years of Retail Buying experience with experience managing a team
• Manufacturing Experience (advantageous).
• Team Mentorship/Coaching Experience.
• Understanding of the Merchandise Process.
• Knowledge of Garment Construction, Fabrics, Fibres & Quality.
• Proficient in Mathematics.
• Negotiation & Presentation Skills.

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Job Description

• A Store Manager will lead a team of passionate associates in maximizing store sales/turnover, ensuring the stock loss benchmark is maintained and managing the administration of the store.

Responsibilities

• Promote sales. 
• Manage stock, and control expenses to meet business targets. 
• Achieve and/or exceed the required targets that are set out for the store. 
• Use store resources effectively to maintain the productivity of the store. 
• Encompass a thorough knowledge of stock and management of policies and procedures. 
• Act as the custodian of all company policies and procedures to ensure standards are met. 
• Assume accountability for the management and the training of all staff. 
• Maintaining the company culture by treating staff in a respectful and professional manner. 
• Ensure all interaction with customers results in an above-average customer service level. 
• Monitor the cleanliness and hygiene store and staff accordingly to ensure that it adheres to the relevant laws and company standards. 

Qualifications

• Matric / Grade 12, Mathematics an advantage 
• 2 years’ experience in a Retail Store Management or Assistant Store Manager role preferably in a similar retail  environment. 
• Excellent business English, both verbal and written  

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Job Description

• Do you love Software Testing?
• Is delivering high-quality applications part of your DNA?
• We’re on the lookout for a Quality Analyst who brings passion, precision, and a proactive mindset to testing.

Responsibilities

• A knack for pioneering new testing methods and executing them with excellence
• Strong understanding of testing best practices and standards
• Experience in eCommerce, supply chain, or ERP systems like Oracle is a plus
• Ability to create traceability between test cases and requirements
• Skilled in defect identification, documentation, and retesting
• Excellent communication skills for customer interactions and feedback
• SQL knowledge is required (intermediate level or above preferred)
• Exposure to automation testing, non-functional testing, or AI-driven testing is advantageous
• A creative thinker who thrives both independently and in a collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• Up to 2 years of experience in software testing
• ISTQB Foundation Level certification (or equivalent)

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Job Description

• Research, design and execute a product assortment that is on trend and will delight our customers in order to maximise sales and net profit for your department. Provide guidance and mentorship for others in Design and lead a small team.

Responsibilities
Developing Ranges

• Develop directional influence along with Buyer/Senior Buyer/Merch Manager to be used through assortment based on trend and customer insights. 
• Conceptualise, plan and develop new styles and/or upgrade existing styles according to the approved seasonal strategy, based on trends and customer demand in order to provide our customers with the wanted product.  
• Compile supplier tech packs containing detailed information on the relevant product so that the supplier can provide costings and execute. 
• Assist in print and colour approvals. 
• Assist in the preparation of marketing briefs, merch mags (VM), inspiration and boards. 
• Update packaging, labelling and branding in accordance to seasonal strategies. 
• Build design libraries and templates to assist through range builds.            

Current Trade Analysis         

• Monitor current trade and analyse performance of product in order to identify design opportunities in upcoming seasons (brothers and sisters). 
• Conduct store visits in order to ensure that product and in store execution is as per briefs.             

Trend Research & Product Development  

• Conduct competitor shops using local retailers as well as online resource to stay abreast of current trends in fashion and to present to buyer/s with findings on print colour, fabrications, category calls and newness in order to apply learnings to designs. 
• Consolidate trend for the department to present to management.

Team Leadership        

• Lead team in researching, designing and executing a product assortment that is on trend and will delight our customers and react to current trade. 
• Ensure workload is effectively distributed, create opportunities for two-way communication and address any team dynamic or engagement concerns. 
• Identify and address training needs, provide effective feedback, coaching & development to create a high performance team and build succession.

Qualifications

• 5 - 7 years (including mentoring and development). Product design experience required.                 
• Product or garment construction; Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign CS5; time management; Communication Skills; Presentation Skills; People Management skills.                                 
• Merchandise and business processes, commercial acumen and understanding of customers' needs.