Active Jobs at Mr Price Group

Job Description

• Ready, set, design! We're looking for a Apparel Graphic Designer to join our Trend & Design team and help us drive the latest sports fashion trends at Mr Price Sport. As a key player in our design process, you'll conceptualize and create captivating artwork designs for our sports apparel, footwear, and equipment ranges.

Responsibilities
Developing Ranges                   

• Under the supervision and guidance of the Buyer, 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.
• Unleash your creativity and passion for sports fashion! Apply now and become part of our winning team

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Fashion Design, Clothing Technology, Graphic Design                             
• 2 - 5 years clothing design                                                                            
• Product or garment construction; Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign CS5; time management; Communication Skills; Presentation Skills    

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Job Description

• Area Manager , Mr Price Home, Cape Town (South)
• Dynamic and driven Area Manager at the Mr Price Home , leading multiple stores to success through strategic vision,team empowerment, and a passion for delivering standout customer experiences and trend-forward home solutions.

Responsibilities

• Maximizing Sales & Profitability 
• Driving a High Performance & Dynamic Team 
• Administration & Business Improvement          
• Risk Management & Compliance   

Qualifications

• Grade: 12
• Retail or Business-related Degree / Diploma 
• 8+ Years of retail experience. 
• 5 + years of store management experience. 
• Demonstrate a Retail trading mentality 
• Strong leadership skills. 
• High analytical ability with strong numeracy skills. 
• Employee-centric (proven track record of this). 
• Ability to coach and develop others. 
• Customer-focused mindset. 
• Attention to detail.

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Job Description

• We’re looking for a new Team Lead in our Computer Operator team!
• This critical team in our technology division oversees running of systems by monitoring, logging, troubleshooting, escalating and reporting critical jobs, data transmission and environmental threats (power, floods, fire) to drive IT stability, minimise downtime and ensure all processes are completed in the best possible way.

Responsibilities
Team management

• Communicate and prioritise workflow/expectations for direct reports within the monitoring and data processing team in order to achieve set targets and distribute work equitably. Work to be managed will include, but is not limited to monitoring of systems and data processing, Provide coaching, mentoring and ongoing feedback.
• project management, service requests as well as incident and problem management. 

Stakeholder engagement

• Drive feedback to technology team on the state of incidents/problems and well as communicate RCA's to key stakeholders.
• Priortise and direct workflow of incidents to direct reports in the monitoring and data processing team.
• Work with the team to identify patterns in the incidents logged and ensure that plans are put in place to reduce these repeat calls.
• Ensure that all root cause documents are produced and future mitigations are tracked to completion as per the process.

Incident and Problem Management

• Priortise and direct workflow of incidents to direct reports in the monitoring and data processing team.
• Work with the team to identify patterns in the incidents logged and ensure that plans are put in place to reduce these repeat calls.
• Ensure that all root cause documents are produced and future mitigations are tracked to completion as per the process.
• Driving delivery from vendors to align to support deliverables for the end user compute department.

Qualifications

• Relevant Diploma or Degree in IT
• 3- 5 Years’ experience in the below:
• Technical IT experience in a server and data monitoring role
• Managing a team (performance, career development, leave, rosters etc)
• Vendor & business stakeholder liaison
• Innovating solutions and growing team efficiencies & skills
• Resolution of in-depth problems to ensure stability in these environments

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Job Description

• Mr Price - Knysna Mall, Knysna:- Lead and manage the daily operations of your store to ensure that the overall objectives which include store targets, innovation initiatives, and customer service standards are met and exceeded.    

Responsibilities

Stock Management: 

• Ensure that stock is accurately received & unpacked to merchandise and replenish the sales floor.
• Monitor and manage stock levels through defined processes to mitigate risks (stock loss) and ensure adequate stock on hand.
• Oversee the overall maintenance of the stockroom to meet housekeeping standards.
• Authorize write offs, breakages, recalls and returns.     

Sales Growth & Profitability:

• Analyse sales & profitability reports in store to collaborate with management on required operational action plans, increase sales performance and monitor store expenditure.
• Review and keep abreast of in-store product performance to provide feedback to support centre and enhance sales.
• Identify and propose new opportunities to increase sales and brand awareness.                      

Risk Management: 

• Conduct compliance checks through defined processes to ensure and enforce overall compliance to policies and procedures.                               

Customer Experience Management: 

• Ensure and maintain the implementation of customer experience processes (through the execution of business instruction letters, markdowns, repricing, promotions, customer experience plans, visual standards, customer feedback, general housekeeping etc.) to meet customer service standards.                              

Leadership & Development:

• Lead and drive the team within a store to achieve store KPIs and operational strategy in line with company values.
• Identify & drive training, coaching and development needs with a focus on talent management and succession planning.
• Recruit, administer & manage performance in accordance with company policies and procedures. 

Innovation: 

• Implement Innovation initiatives from Head Office to delight our customers and improve in-store processes.                                                                                                      

Qualifications

• Grade 12.
• 3 to 5 years' experience in a retail store management capacity.  
• Knowledge on sales & service management.
• Budgeting knowledge.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Effective Communication skills.
• Business understanding of retail trade, brand, customer & product.

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Job Description

• The key focus of this role will amongst others include collecting overdue installments, negotiation of payoff deadlines, and investigation and resolution of discrepancies

Responsibilities

• Effectively fielding calls from arrears customers to collect on overdue installments for all lending products.
• Efficiently processing customer refunds, processing and reviewing account adjustments
• Resolving client discrepancies and short payments 
• Accurately updating customers’ personal, employment and contact information to maintain their details 
• Effectively rehabilitating customers through excellent customer service standards 
• Deal efficiently and accurately with all queries and complaints from customers or stores, and ensuring they are timeously resolved.

What's in it for you? 

• Uncapped incentive when your targets are achieved
• Learning and Development, and Career Growth opportunities within the Mr Price Group
• All associates are entitled to up to discount on merchandise at Mr Price Group stores including Mr Price, Mr Price Home, Mr Price Sport, Sheet Street, and Miladys.
• Built on the foundation of partnership, the Mr Price Group share scheme provides its associates with the unique opportunity to become a part-owner in the success of the company after 1 year’s permanent service. Our hope is that all associates will hold shares in the company and will use the long-term growth of those shares to build financial security.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 
• 6 - 12 months experience in collections
• Strong negotiation skills 
• Excellent communication skills 
• Knowledge of NCA requirements pertaining to collections and credit control
• Understanding of the life-cycle of an account and the collection process 
• Able to work nightshift - 11h00 - 20h00 

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Job Description
Our new Data Scientist needs to tick 3 boxes!

• Mad programming skills
• A sound business sense
• A data driven self-thinker
• The bottom line? Your primary responsibility will be to turn our heaps of data into actionable insight and improved efficiency.
• The team you would be joining is responsible for driving decisions utilising cloud data warehouse technologies, advanced visualisation, data science, along with solid collaboration!

Responsibilities

• Apply Machine Learning, Optimisation and AI techniques to our data with the aim of improving our business.
• Improve our business through analyses and hypotheses testing.
• Communicate insights, results and analyses to stakeholders.
• Promote and facilitate data-driven business decisions.
• Building relationships & gaining deep knowledge of the Mr Price business

Qualifications

• A degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Math, Computer Science, Physics or Engineering
• 0-5 years’ experience in a data science, software development or quantitative analysis role.
• The skills below are preferred but not required. We expect more experienced candidates to tick more of these boxes and the successful candidate will learn all of these during their career at Mr Price.
• Python or R, using libraries like Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, tidyverse, etc
• SQL, Relational DBMS and data modelling – to source and transform your inputs and save and explore your outputs.
• Exploratory Data Analysis skills and Data Visualisation tools e.g. Excel, PowerBI, Tableau.
• Applied statistics or machine learning methods e.g. Neural Networks, Decision Trees, Time Series Analyses, Clustering, Regression, Deep Learning.
• Optimisation Techniques e.g. Linear Programming, Genetic Algorithms, Simulated Annealing
• Big Data processing platforms like Spark
• Responsible software engineering practices e.g. Version Control (git), Design Patterns, Reproducability, Deployment etc.
• LLMs and GenAI – to leverage advanced AI techniques for innovative solutions.

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Job Description

• Reporting to the MD for Yuppiechef, you will research, develop and implement information management strategies that shape and lead our technology roadmap. 
• Key components include collaborating with different business units, identifying and resolving business barriers and providing strong leadership and management oversight of your internal team to ensure effective strategy delivery. 

Responsibilities
Who you are? 

• In the fast-paced world of retail, you act as both a visionary and an operator who guides the business through digital transformation while ensuring the day-to-day components run smoothly. You blend leadership, strategic impact and technical expertise to guide teams successfully to elevate customer experiences, improve operational efficiency and create future-fit infrastructure. 

Qualifications

• University degree (NQF 8 equivalent in IT or related field)
• 10-15 years of experience with 5+ years in a senior / management role
• Proven experience in the retail sector—preferably in homeware, fashion, or consumer goods
• Successful track record of leading digital transformation, including launching or scaling e-commerce platforms
• Experience with omnichannel strategy, integrating online and in-store systems to support the business strategy
• Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional tech teams 
• Vendor and partner management experience
• Oversight of IT operations, including infrastructure, cybersecurity, security management, risk management and support services
• Strong financial management to ensure departmental budgets are monitored and controlled to deliver the strategy, while partnering with various departments and different projects