Current Vacancies at Pepkor Speciality

• The purpose of this role is to contribute to the profitability of Tekkie Town, by delivering a GREAT customer shopping experience through selling specialised sport-specific footwear, accessories, and apparel. You will be responsible for merchandising, housekeeping, and stock replenishment of sport specific product.   
• Applicants who submit their application, confirm that by applying for this position they consent and authorize Tekkie Town as a division of Pepkor Speciality to utilize their personal information for purposes of their application and the storage of their personal information.  

Qualifications    

• Grade 12 / Matric.

Computer literate.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience    

• 1 – 2 years’ experience with a major sports retail chain.
• Excellent verbal and written skills in English and another official South African language relevant.
• Strong interpersonal and selling skills.
• Highly developed attention to detail.
• High energy level and is performance driven.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Outstanding customer care skills, the ability to interact and communicate with customers.
• Ability to work in a fast – paced environment.
• A passion for retail is essential to deliver a world – class customer experience.
• Must have the ability to work retail hours.

Key Responsibilities    

• The ability to achieve weekly / monthly sales targets.
• Must have the ability to communicate your product knowledge to customers in store.
• Responsible for keeping up to date with the latest promotions and campaigns that are launched in store.
• Report on slow sellers and fast sellers to management.
• Ensuring product availability on the sales floor.
• Ensure that Store Management is aware of requests for items that are not stocked in the store.
• Has the ability to assess the needs of the customer, make recommendations and find what they are looking for.
• Ensuring that Visual Merchandise elements are aligned to promotions and products including stock availability.
• Responsible for stock control and security on the floor.
• A high standard of work on the sales floor, dedication in maintaining quality standards, housekeeping standards, and willingness to take initiative if a job needs to be done.
• Willingness to consistently apply Tekkie Town values and Tekkie Town policies and procedures in all aspects of your work.

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• The purpose of this role is to contribute to the profitability of Tekkie Town, by delivering a GREAT customer shopping experience through selling specialised sport-specific footwear, accessories, and apparel. You will be responsible for merchandising, housekeeping, and stock replenishment of sport specific product.   
• Applicants who submit their application, confirm that by applying for this position they consent and authorize Tekkie Town as a division of Pepkor Speciality to utilize their personal information for purposes of their application and the storage of their personal information.  

Qualifications    

• Grade 12 / Matric.

Computer literate.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience    

• 1 – 2 years’ experience with a major sports retail chain.
• Excellent verbal and written skills in English and another official South African language relevant.
• Strong interpersonal and selling skills.
• Highly developed attention to detail.
• High energy level and is performance driven.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Outstanding customer care skills, the ability to interact and communicate with customers.
• Ability to work in a fast – paced environment.
• A passion for retail is essential to deliver a world – class customer experience.
• Must have the ability to work retail hours.

Key Responsibilities    

• The ability to achieve weekly / monthly sales targets.
• Must have the ability to communicate your product knowledge to customers in store.
• Responsible for keeping up to date with the latest promotions and campaigns that are launched in store.
• Report on slow sellers and fast sellers to management.
• Ensuring product availability on the sales floor.
• Ensure that Store Management is aware of requests for items that are not stocked in the store.
• Has the ability to assess the needs of the customer, make recommendations and find what they are looking for.
• Ensuring that Visual Merchandise elements are aligned to promotions and products including stock availability.
• Responsible for stock control and security on the floor.
• A high standard of work on the sales floor, dedication in maintaining quality standards, housekeeping standards, and willingness to take initiative if a job needs to be done.
• Willingness to consistently apply Tekkie Town values and Tekkie Town policies and procedures in all aspects of your work.

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• The purpose of this role is to contribute to the profitability of Tekkie Town, by delivering a GREAT customer shopping experience through selling specialised sport-specific footwear, accessories, and apparel. You will be responsible for merchandising, housekeeping, and stock replenishment of sport specific product.   
• Applicants who submit their application, confirm that by applying for this position they consent and authorize Tekkie Town as a division of Pepkor Speciality to utilize their personal information for purposes of their application and the storage of their personal information.  

Qualifications    

• Grade 12 / Matric.

Computer literate.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience    

• 1 – 2 years’ experience with a major sports retail chain.
• Excellent verbal and written skills in English and another official South African language relevant.
• Strong interpersonal and selling skills.
• Highly developed attention to detail.
• High energy level and is performance driven.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Outstanding customer care skills, the ability to interact and communicate with customers.
• Ability to work in a fast – paced environment.
• A passion for retail is essential to deliver a world – class customer experience.
• Must have the ability to work retail hours.

Key Responsibilities    

• The ability to achieve weekly / monthly sales targets.
• Must have the ability to communicate your product knowledge to customers in store.
• Responsible for keeping up to date with the latest promotions and campaigns that are launched in store.
• Report on slow sellers and fast sellers to management.
• Ensuring product availability on the sales floor.
• Ensure that Store Management is aware of requests for items that are not stocked in the store.
• Has the ability to assess the needs of the customer, make recommendations and find what they are looking for.
• Ensuring that Visual Merchandise elements are aligned to promotions and products including stock availability.
• Responsible for stock control and security on the floor.
• A high standard of work on the sales floor, dedication in maintaining quality standards, housekeeping standards, and willingness to take initiative if a job needs to be done.
• Willingness to consistently apply Tekkie Town values and Tekkie Town policies and procedures in all aspects of your work.

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• As a Sales Supervisor working for Tekkie Town you will be responsible for supervising the floor staff, motivating staff to ensure that their daily targets are met, customer service, and ensuring that the correct processes are followed and adhered to according to Tekkie Town requirements.

Qualifications    

• Grade 12 / Matric
• Computer Literate, MS Office – proficient in Work, Outlook, Excel, etc

Knowledge, Skills and Experience    

• Minimum of 1 – 2 years’ experience as Sales Assistant in the retail sector.
• Fluent (written and verbal) in English and another official South African language relevant.
• Strong interpersonal and selling skills.
• A strong logical thinking and analytical ability.
• Has a high energy level and is performance-driven?
• Excellent planning, organizing and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently, as well as be a team player.
• Strong leadership and organisational abilities.
• Outstanding customer care skills, the ability to interact and communicate with customers.

Key Responsibilities    

• Maximise the profitability by assisting the Store Manager to achieve monthly budgets.
• Ensuring the Store’s Administration is in line with the Standard Operating Procedures.
• Ensuring that stock losses are under the bench mark.
• The ability to ensure that brand standards are implemented & maintained in line with customer expectations.
• Effectively implement Promotions, visual merchandising principles and maintain standards of the store.
• Keeping updated with the latest trends in terms of stock coming in (unpacking process).
• Coordinate daily customer service operations (e.g. sales processes, orders and payments)
• Supervise and motivate staff to ensure that daily targets are met.
• Coach and support new and existing Sales Associates.
• The ability to manage the store in the absence of the Store Manager.
• Ensure all employees adhere to company’s Standard Operating Procedures.
• Opening and Closing of the store.

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Job Description    

• An exciting new opportunity has become available for an experienced Operations Human Resource Manager at our Support Office in George. As Operations Human Resource Manager, you will be responsible to ensure support and coordinate the people support activities for the Tekkie Town Operations Team. As Ops HR Manager, you will have to maximize the strategic use of human resources and assist to enable the overall team to contribute successfully to the Company’s profitability and people effectiveness. You will work in the challenging retail environment where we are passionate about serving our more than 400 Tekkie Town Stores totalling more than 2 500 staff.  Our ideal candidate will be self-motivated, resilient, passionate about performance and will have high energy levels required for this fast-paced, exciting, and dynamic retail environment.  They will need to excel in leading Teams and manage various work streams simultaneously.

Qualifications    

• 3 year Degree/diploma in Human Resource Management majoring in psychology/  Industrial psychology is an essential requirement.
• Honours Degree majoring Psychology or Business commerce is preferred
• IR Certificate/Diploma (1 year) is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience    
Experience:

• Minimum of 6 years in HR role within Retail Industry of which 2 years must have been in a senior capacity 
• Experience in leading a team of HR practitioners 
• Strong business and retail understanding 
• IR and collective bargaining at national level and regional level 
• Recruitment practices 
• Change management and culture building 
• Human Resource metrics and reporting 
• Training and development support and practices 
• Performance and succession monitoring.

Job related Knowledge and Skills Required

• Solid HR Generalist working experience, with recruitment and Industrial Relations being the main focus.
• A practical grasp of the retail industry, and especially the operations and human resource issues in a store environment
• Working knowledge of all relevant labour legislation.
• Effective interpersonal skills and communication skills in English.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and outlook) and Google Workspace.
• The ability to attract and accurately identify retail talent, and to recruit these individuals to the Company.
• Display outstanding human resource judgment, a very well developed ability to recognise the attributes in others that will result in on the job performance.
• Have a sound judgment and time management skills
• A valid driver’s license (code 8) is essential as this position will require extensive travelling.

Key Responsibilities    

• Provide input in overall HR Company Strategy and support to execute strategy as a Team
• Facilitate team culture, values, GREAT service philosophy and be a change agent for the Tekkie Town Operations Team
• Talent mapping /Administrative support for Operations Department
• Plan and execute on workforce planning & workforce shaping 
• Support and execute on recruitment and selection procedures 
• Effective manning process to maximize people performance in Field through vacancy management, staff scheduling & compliance to hours worked
• Ensure Induction processes are coordinated within the Field
• Advise and assist IR Department in all matters governed by the LRA and company policy 
• Implement, coordinate and guide teams on performance management processes and procedures
• Training and Development | To develop course content, manage external Training Service Providers with video production, facilitate and coordinate training & development and manage budget allocation 
• Succession Planning | To support and assist with building the talent pipeline
• HR Reporting |Provision of accurate people information to optimize business decisions
• People Management | Lead and manage the Ops HR Team and Support the Operations Department.

Closing Date    
2023/08/04

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Job Description    

• The Assistant Manager will support the Store manager in the daily operations of a retail store. Your role is to supervise employees, work with customers and help carry out the directives of the manager and the business. Also providing customers with a pleasant shopping experience through product knowledge, stock availability, excellent housekeeping, latest fashion trends, and minimising stock losses.

Qualifications    
Matric

Knowledge, Skills and Experience    

• Grade 12 At least 1-2 years management experience in similar environment 
• Computer literate
• Work well under pressure Team Player 
• Good time management
• Good attention to detail and accuracy of work 
• Good computer literacy and problem solving capabilities 
• Good communication skills
• Resourcefulness
• Customer service 
• Orientated Building and maintaining relationships
• Confidence and decisiveness
• Passionate about the brand Social-media savvy
• Fashionable Resilient

Key Responsibilities    

• Give customer service at all times
• Process customer merchandise through the tills
• Assist customers with product selection to increase basket value
• Ensure that all new/ replenish merchandise is on the sales floor
• Ensure that all ticketing & visual displays are in place
• Support the manager in-charge with day-to-day duties
• Assist with supervising employees engaged with daily duties
• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly admin is done (including Daily Banking Inventory Management
• Ensure store equipment is secured and accounted for
• Be aware of health & safety rules Understand store daily/weekly/monthly sales targets
• Assist with action plan to minimise stock loss

Closing Date    
2023/07/28

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• As a Sales Supervisor working for Tekkie Town you will be responsible for supervising the floor staff, motivating staff to ensure that their daily targets are met, customer service, and ensuring that the correct processes are followed and adhered to according to Tekkie Town requirements.

Qualifications    

• Grade 12 / Matric
• Computer Literate, MS Office – proficient in Work, Outlook, Excel, etc
• Knowledge, Skills and Experience    
• Minimum of 1 – 2 years’ experience as Sales Assistant in the retail sector.
• Fluent (written and verbal) in English and another official South African language relevant.
• Strong interpersonal and selling skills.
• A strong logical thinking and analytical ability.
• Has a high energy level and is performance-driven?
• Excellent planning, organizing and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently, as well as be a team player.
• Strong leadership and organisational abilities.
• Outstanding customer care skills, the ability to interact and communicate with customers.

Key Responsibilities    

• Maximise the profitability by assisting the Store Manager to achieve monthly budgets.
• Ensuring the Store’s Administration is in line with the Standard Operating Procedures.
• Ensuring that stock losses are under the bench mark.
• The ability to ensure that brand standards are implemented & maintained in line with customer expectations.
• Effectively implement Promotions, visual merchandising principles and maintain standards of the store.
• Keeping updated with the latest trends in terms of stock coming in (unpacking process).
• Coordinate daily customer service operations (e.g. sales processes, orders and payments)
• Supervise and motivate staff to ensure that daily targets are met.
• Coach and support new and existing Sales Associates.
• The ability to manage the store in the absence of the Store Manager.
• Ensure all employees adhere to company’s Standard Operating Procedures.
• Opening and Closing of the store.

Closing Date    
2023/07/28

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• As a Store Manager working for Tekkie Town you will be responsible for managing the store, ensuring that the store maximizes the profitability of the branch, eradicating stock losses, controlling expenses and effectively managing people.

Qualifications    

• Grade 12 / Matric
• Computer Literate, MS Office – proficient in Work, Outlook, Excel, etc

Knowledge, Skills and Experience    

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Management role.
• Fluent (written and verbal) in English and Afrikaans.
• Strong interpersonal and selling skills.
• Excellent customer service and rapport building skills.
• A strong logical thinking and analytical ability.
• Has a high energy level and is performance-driven?
• Excellent planning, organizing and time management skills.
• Ability to remain flexible, maintain a positive attitude and work performance in a variety of circumstances.
• Ability to work independently, as well as be a team player.
• Ability to lead and drive a team.
• Own transport and valid driver’s license would be an advantage.

Key Responsibilities    

• Responsible for turnover and budgets ensuring that targets are met.
• Ensuring that the Store’s Administration is in line with the Standard Operating Procedures.
• Ensuring that stock losses are under the bench mark.
• Effectively implement Promotions, visual merchandising principles and maintain standards of the store.
• The ability to ensure that brand standards are implemented & maintained in line with customer expectations.
• Keeping updated with the latest trends in terms of stock coming in (unpacking process).
• Our Store Managers play an active part in succession planning, coaching, and developing your own team.
• Ensure compliance to Company Policies and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Nurturing and driving the Tekkie Town culture within your store.
• Responsible for the opening and closing of the store.

Closing Date    
2023/07/28

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• Our ideal candidate must be self-motivated, positive, and passionate about performance and is a resilient individual who can think laterally and who has a focus for detail and can work independently.
• Main Purpose: Provide technical support by developing, maintaining and enhancing consistent quality products and processes, in support of the Company’s product strategy.

Qualifications    

• B.Tech Degree in Clothing Management or Fashion Design

Knowledge, Skills and Experience    

•  3 Years retail experience in product technology
•  Provide technical expertise to Suppliers,  Merchandise and Design teams
• Continually develop, implement and review product specifications
• Maintain and improve product quality
• Accurately assess products against company product specifications within the critical path
• Provide Product care information and to monitor adherence to correct care labeling by suppliers
• Supplier SWOT analysis
• Analyse customer feedback to improve product performance and reliability
• To build and maintain relationships with all stakeholders to meet company objectives

Key Responsibilities    

• Previous experience in Smalls & Footwear departments will be an advantage
• Computer literate in Google suite
• Function well under pressure
• Work flexible hours – plan & manage own time
• Attention to detail and ability to work accurately
• Ability to resolve issues
• Good communication skills – written & interpersonal 
• Team Player 
• Customer service oriented

Closing Date    
2023/08/04

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• To be successful in this role, you should have previous experience managing the operations of more than 13 stores while taking accountability for reaching targets.  You should also be able to remotely manage a team of Store Managers and set profitable goals.  Our ideal candidate should fit in with our culture and live the Tekkie Town values.  Ultimately, you will ensure your area of responsibility meets and exceeds the expectations of our business objectives and contributes to our company’s success in the long run.

Qualifications    

• Grade 12 is essential
• A Retail/Business/Marketing Management diploma would be a definite advantage.
• Knowledge, Skills and Experience    
• Minimum 4 years’ experience with a major retail chain of which a minimum of 2 years must be within a Senior Management role.
• A valid Driver’s license is essential.
• Proven work experience as an Area Manager.
• Ability to lead and motivate a high-performance sales team.
• Willingness to travel and to be away from home for extended periods.’
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook)

Key Responsibilities    

• Support Store Managers with day to day store operation.
• Evaluate store and individual performances.
• Identify hiring needs, select and training of new staff members.
• Evaluating store and individual performances.
• Training and developing existing staff, ensuring succession plan and career path is in place.
• Ability to lead and motivate a high-performance sales team.
• Generate and exceed sales budget and growth.
• Manage operational risk and shrinkage within the area.
• Ability to measure and analyse key performance indicators (KPI’s)
• Analyse market trends and discover new opportunities for growth.
• Suggest new services / products and innovative sales techniques to increase customer satisfaction.

Closing Date    
2023/08/01