Current Opening at Mr Price Group

Job Description

• Provide administrative support in the sourcing of merchandise and suppliers in line with the merchandise strategy and ensure best value, lead-time and quality is delivered.

Responsibilities
Analysis, Research & Reporting

• Assist with conducting in depth analysis and monitoring of key metrics & KPI's across the sourcing value chain in order to measure supplier performance and highlight potential risks or further opportunities to the business.
• Assist with identifying new product and fabric developments in the global market and how they could be adapted for the local market in order to remain customer relevant.

Strategy

• Participate in developing and implementing a short- and long-term sourcing and supplier strategy to support the business strategic objectives and merchandise direction, whilst ensuring that there is a responsible balance between sourcing territories, sourcing channels, supplier performance, capacity, and capability planning, as well as managing any potential risk to the business.

Supplier Development & Management

• Partner with the respective Sourcing Specialist in building strategic supplier relationships and identify new partnerships for long term sustainability.
• Assist and guide new suppliers in order to ensure their understanding of our requirements, policies and procedures

Procurement of Product

• Partner with the Sourcing Specialist in the procurement of merchandise at the optimal total cost without compromising on product execution, quality and lead-times, through; negotiation, volume bundling and fabric optimisation.
• Partner with the Sourcing Specialist to re-engineer product for lower costs where necessary while still maintaining required standards and value perception.

Critical Path Management

• Manage the critical path up to the handover of goods to the forwarder in order to ensure on-time delivery of merchandise in the correct product execution, full order quantity and required quality.
• Call-out any potential delivery delays to the Sourcing Specialist and work together on finding proactive solutions to mitigate any/minimal delivery delay impact on the business.
• Partner with respective merchants in reacting to the trading environment in order to maximise sales.

Qualifications

Education:

• Grade 12 
•  Relevant degree or diploma would be favourable (e.g. Procurement & Sourcing, Retail Management)

Experience:

• 1-2 years’ experience within Product Sourcing 

Specific Knowledge:

• Microsoft Office (Excel & PowerPoint)
• Negotiation Skills
• Product Construction
• Fabrics and Materials
• Manufacturing and Production
• Costing
• Analytical Thinking
• Ethical/Social Compliance Awareness
• Business Understanding:
• Commercial acumen
• Sourcing/ Procurement understanding & experience

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Job Description

• The Allocator is responsible for maintaining optimum stock levels in all Mr Price Cellular and Mobile in-store locations to maximize sales.   

Responsibilities
Allocation of Stock:

• Maintaining in-store stock levels of all cellular products to guarantee product demand is met.

Reporting:

• Analyses and reports on merchandise performance in order to ensure maximum sales potential.

Store Liaison:  

• Acts as key point of contact for in-store associates and areas managers to ensure optimum stock levels at all locations.                                                                                               

Qualifications

• Grade: 12
• 1-2 Year experience in cellular or similar industry
• Advanced Excel proficiency
• Supply Chain experience
• Logistics Knowledge                                               

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Job Description

• The Floor Supervisor supports the Store Manager in achieving the sales target for their store.  

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Store Manager in driving Sales and Turnover
• Creating and delivering an excellent customer shopping experience 
• Motivating and inspiring your team members to work hard and push for sale

Qualifications

• Grade 12
• 1 year of Supervisory experience is required in this role, experience leading a team will be an  added advantage
• A passion for homeware

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Job Description

• Assist the Store Manager, in completing efficient execution of store operations to ensure that all store targets are met, and that all associates are engaged and are performing at an optimal level in order to enhance customer experience and maximize sales.           

Responsibilities

Stockroom:

• Receiving and unpacking stock from couriers in order to replenish/merchandise sales floor. 
• Consigning in of stock to identify audited boxes.
• Audit boxes by checking each item of its content in order to identify stock queries.            
• Oversee the maintenance of the stockroom in order to meet housekeeping standards.   

Administration:  

• Enforce operations policy and procedures to ensure compliance across all areas of store operations.                                     
• Enforce legislative practice on Health and safety to minimize risk/injury in store for customers and associates.
• Consolidate all documents to ensure that documents are correctly filed and kept as stipulated in the Document Retention Policy.

Sales Floor:

• Open and close the store promptly according to trading hours.                                         
• Implement practices that maintain the overall store atmosphere by ensuring the cleanliness of windows, cash desk, and entrance at all times.                                                         
• Coordinate adequate staff presence on the sales floor to assist customers effectively.              
• Complete daily floor walks in order to communicate areas of improvement to associates.   
• Checking of promotions to ensure correct implementation.
• Review merchandise magazines compare current merchandise standards and implement updated Visual Merchandise looks.
• Complete monthly bay counts to ensure optimization of space utilization.

Cash Desk:

• Ensure all hardware/software/stationary used for trade are available in order to maintain service levels.                
• Ensure floats are correct and issued correctly to ensure sufficient change in tills.                
• Enforce cash desk housekeeping standards to ensure the cash desk is neat, tidy, and clear of stock.                              
• Enforce sales; returns; cash up and banking processes/practices to reduce risk.

People Management:

• Use relevant internal systems (mrpFlow) to complete tasks (processes (onboarding; leave; terminations) on time and in full to ensure payroll deadlines are met.                              
• Schedule and approve timesheets for staff on Day force based on operational demand in order to maximize employee contracts.                              
• Consistently apply the company policy and procedures of discipline; incapacity; shrinkage; systems; training and development of associates to effectively manage staff.
• Implement and promote a service-driven culture that reflects the company's values to enhance customer experience.                                      
• Address all customer complaints in the appropriate manner to ensure a resolution is met.

Stock Management:

• Review correct stock levels to ensure adequate stock on hand.                                      
• Identify opportunities by communicating product performance to the location planning team to enhance sales.                

Stock Takes:

• Perform all cyclical stock takes according to the communicated schedule from H/O in order to identify risks/losses.
• In the event of high shrinkage (1.3% >), perform financial stock take in order to achieve a point-in-time shrinkage result.
• In the event of a burglary/incident, perform burglary stock take within 30 days to establish loss.                                            

Qualifications

• Grade: 12
• 1-3 Retail Management experience.
• Retail trade.
• Customer service.
• Computer literate.

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Job Description

• Lead and manage the daily operations of a store to ensure that the overall objectives, store targets 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 (stock counts, stock takes, stock loss action plans, etc.) 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 the support center and enhance sales.
• Identify and propose new opportunities to increase sales and brand awareness. This may include in-store marketing, competitor shopping, partnering/participating in local events, and driving new accounts/memberships per targets (if applicable).

Risk Management:

• Conduct compliance checks through defined processes (e.g. admin checks, store audits, visual audits, COMO (Continuous Monitoring) reports, POS reports, health & safety standards, weekly hanger counts, security, etc.) to ensure and enforce overall compliance with 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.                                        

Qualifications

• Grade 12
• 3 Years’ of  Store or Assistant Store Management experience preferably in a similar style of retail store.
• Sales & service management.
• Budgeting.
• You are proficient in MS Office 
• Communication skills.
• Retail trade.
• Brand, customer & product understanding. 

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Job Description

• Lead and manage the daily operations of a store to ensure that the overall objectives, store targets 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 (stock counts, stock takes, stock loss action plans, etc.) 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 the support center and enhance sales.
• Identify and propose new opportunities to increase sales and brand awareness. This may include in-store marketing, competitor shopping, partnering/participating in local events, and driving new accounts/memberships per targets (if applicable).

Risk Management:

• Conduct compliance checks through defined processes (e.g. admin checks, store audits, visual audits, COMO (Continuous Monitoring) reports, POS reports, health & safety standards, weekly hanger counts, security, etc.) to ensure and enforce overall compliance with 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.                                        

Qualifications

• Grade 12
• 3 Years’ of  Store or Assistant Store Management experience preferably in a similar style of retail store.
• Sales & service management.
• Budgeting.
• You are proficient in MS Office 
• Communication skills.
• Retail trade.
• Brand, customer & product understanding. 

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Job Description

• Lead and manage the daily operations of a store to ensure that the overall objectives, store targets 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 (stock counts, stock takes, stock loss action plans, etc.) 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 the support center and enhance sales.
• Identify and propose new opportunities to increase sales and brand awareness. This may include in-store marketing, competitor shopping, partnering/participating in local events, and driving new accounts/memberships per targets (if applicable).

Risk Management:

• Conduct compliance checks through defined processes (e.g. admin checks, store audits, visual audits, COMO (Continuous Monitoring) reports, POS reports, health & safety standards, weekly hanger counts, security, etc.) to ensure and enforce overall compliance with 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.                                        

Qualifications

• Grade 12
• 3 Years’ of  Store or Assistant Store Management experience preferably in a similar style of retail store.
• Sales & service management.
• Budgeting.
• You are proficient in MS Office 
• Communication skills.
• Retail trade.
• Brand, customer & product understanding. 

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Job Description

• We’re on the search for a self-motivated and self-driven Visual Merchandiser who will be responsible for executing attractive visual displays throughout the store within the Visual merchandise standards set out by the Ops visual team to enhance the customer experience and maximize sales.                                                                                

Responsibilities

A day in your life?

Visual Merchandising:

• Ensure Visual Guide & weekly windows BIL's (Business Instructional letter) are implemented onto the sales floor to enhance visual appearance by bringing in all aspects such as drive aisles, windows and sales floor fixtures with clear identification of product and price. Ensure all mentioned is as per Visual merchandise standards.               

In-store Visual Displays & Mannequins:

• Responsible for all in-store marketing & visual material, signage, mannequins, etc.as well as dressing of mannequins as set out in the visual guidelines & BIL's. Ensure all are safely housed with easy accessibility and that the store has sufficient signage and price points.                                                 

Communication:

• Ensure all Visual Merchandise Guides, Windows, Drive Aisles and Promotions are viewed and instore images of completed tasks are sent to the Area Visual Co-ordinator. Responsible for establishing and creating a good working relationship between Support Centre Visual team and store and giving regular feedback to Operations Management.                  

Promotions:

• Ensure all promotions are implemented correctly demonstrating product, price, value offering, product intrinsic in the most visually attractive and easily identifiable manner for the

Sales & Customer Service:

• Drive sales and basket size through engaging and serving the customer with product knowledge (incl. co-ordination, benefits, handling care etc.) and promoting add-ons.

Qualifications
What experience we’re looking for?

• NQF Level 4 (Grade 12) or equivalent.
• Past experience in working in retail, first-hand experience with in-store merchandising
• Creative skills.
• Communication skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Business understanding of Retail trade, Milady's customer and product.  

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Job Description

• We’re looking for a strong, vibrant and self-disciplined Assistant Store Manager to lead and manage the daily operations of a store to ensure that the overall objectives, store targets 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 (stock counts, stock takes, stock loss action plans etc.) 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:

• Analyze 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. This may include in-store marketing, competitor shopping, partnering/participating in local events and driving new accounts/memberships per targets (if applicable).

Risk Management:

• Conduct compliance checks through defined processes (e.g. admin checks, store audits, visual audits, COMO (Continuous Monitoring) reports, POS reports, health & safety standards, weekly hanger counts, security etc.) 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.                                                                                                                    

Qualifications

• Grade: 12 
• 3 Years’ experience in an Assistant Store or Store Managerial position.
• Sales & service management.
• Computer literacy.
• Communication skills.
• Retail trade.
• Brand, customer & product understanding.

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Job Description

• The Floor Supervisor supports the Store Manager in achieving the sales target for their store.  

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Store Manager in driving Sales and Turnover
• Creating and delivering an excellent customer shopping experience 
• Motivating and inspiring your team members to work hard and push for sale

Qualifications

• Grade 12
• 1 year of Supervisory experience is required in this role, experience leading a team will be an  added advantage
• A passion for homeware