Cape Union Mart International (Pty) Ltd has been equipping South African adventurers since 1933, and is South Africa's favourite outdoor adventure store. Stocking everything one needs for outdoor pursuits - including hiking, camping, trail running, mountain biking, snow sports, travel and more - Cape Union Mart is an essential first step in every adve...
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Job Description
- An opportunity has become available at our Head Office (Cape Town) within Cape Union Mart for a Buyers Assistant within the Outdoor department.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide full time, comprehensive administrative support to buyers in all activities & product categories including fit sessions, range build, meetings, email queries & product briefs
- Sample room and sample management which includes
- sample requests & follow up,
- sample preparation for reviews;
- sample handover to online photography & marketing; and
- sample room organization
- Tracking & following up on approvals & preproduction sample submission
- Update PLM, product lists & reports with correct imagery & information
- Management of onboarding new suppliers to the system
- Administration of product codes and raising orders, sending PO’s to suppliers and keeping the PLM up to date with product codes and PO numbers
- Loading product onto PLM following range review and maintaining PLM with relevant amendments
- Take ownership of sample sale preparation and set up prior to date allocated
- Review preparation
- Tracking & following up on elements pertaining to product development
- Manage the process of samples being photographed for online
- Assist with supplying information for marketing and Visual merchandising briefs
- Assisting with the compiling of store reports
- Visual support e.g. preparing PowerPoint presentations for internal meetings
Requirements:
- Matric
- Relevant tertiary qualification (Advantageous)
- Candidates who have 1-2 years in a similar role will be given preference
- Computer literacy and Microsoft Office Proficiency is a must
- Product knowledge i.e. knowledge of consumer electronics and related products and trends
- The ability to multitask & organize is essential to the role
Job Related Behavioural Competencies.
- Analytical thinking and problem solving
- Eagerness to learn.
- Time Management and ability to meet deadlines and overcome challenges.
- Ability to clearly and concisely articulate problems and explain exactly how to reproduce them.
- Being proactive and taking initiative in your role.
- Ability to effectively work in a team environment while being self-directed and highly motivated.
- Team player
- Ability to build strong relationships.
- Verbal and written communication skills
Deadline:29th August,2025
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Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards in order to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
Minimum Requirement.
- 6 months of retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Clear Criminal record
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for)
Deadline:26th August,2025
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Duties and Responsibilities:
- Optimize sales through specialist product knowledge and selling technique.
- Exceed customer expectations by offering specialised service and optimize sales interactions by demonstrating products to customers.
- Adhere stock loss controls in store.
- Ensuring individual targets are met consistently.
- Understand, accept and follow all company policies and procedures.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards and identify opportunities to make sales.
- Assisting, training and imparting knowledge to fellow team members on products.
- Ability to work weekends and late trading hours according to the business needs including peak trade periods and public holidays.
- Create an inspiring environment.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty when dealing with cash and finances.
- Ability to take leadership.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
Minimum Requirements:
- 2 – 3 years of retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Live the outdoor lifestyle e.g., Hiking, camping, trail runs etc.
- Training academies sign off. (For Internal)
- Passion for technical products.
- Product Specialist knowledge will be advantageous.
Deadline:25th August,2025
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Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards in order to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
Minimum Requirement.
- 6 months of retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Clear Criminal record
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for)
Deadline:26th August,2025
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- Our Marketing department is in search of a Marketing Assistant for the Cape Union Mart brand to join our dynamic Team. This individual will be responsible for supporting the Senior Marketing Coordinator and Marketing Coordinator on campaigns, projects, initiatives, activities and tasks.
Role Responsibilities
- Monthly processing, tracking, and reporting of all invoices to Finance for the Outdoor team
- Monthly budget tracking
- Research: weekly reporting on competitor activities and trends instore and online
- Develop a process of stock take which manages the movement of stock within the department for production, events and activities
- Assist the team with shoot production requirements including sample management, scheduling of meetings, production briefs and shoot attendance when required.
- Ensure the marketing calendar and campaign timelines are outlined and up to date for all stakeholders
- Manage critical timelines of campaigns by liaising with partners and key internal stakeholders as required.
- Compile and brief PR on content requirements as outlined for the brand.
- Support PR as and when required on product requests, assistance at events and with planning of events.
- Oversee the promotion process per brand and ensure the team is up to date with requirements including key trade such as sale, Black Friday and other trading periods.
- Responsible for keeping the brand status document up to date weekly with projects that are on the go and upcoming.
- Responsible for instore POS and TV screen content update for the brand.
- Stock management through ensuring departmental stock is returned to store timeously post shoot / event.
- Mall marketing relations:
- Build relationships with the various marketing departments within shopping centres
- Share promotional activity and seasonal content with shopping centres
- Drive brand visibility through-our shopping centre’s
- Identify opportunities within shopping centres for tactical activity
- Drive campaign specific communication through centre channels
- Setting up and facilitating key meetings
- Oversee and facilitate instore music
REQUIREMENTS:
- A relevant tertiary qualification (diploma or degree) in Marketing (completed studies)
- Minimum of 1 – 2 years’ experience in the Retail Industry
- Computer literacy (Intermediate MS Excel, Power point, and Word) CANVA advantageous
- Drivers’ license and own car required.
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- Service and customer orientated.
- Interpersonal skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Work well within a fast-paced environment
- Organisational and administrative skills is a must
- Comfortable working with numbers, metrics and spreadsheets is a must
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Comfortable working across teams and departments.
- Service and customer orientated
- Negotiation and problem solving skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Proactive approach to work environment
- Works well under pressure and has the ability to multi-task
- Attention to detail.
- Not afraid of getting your hands dirty
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES:
- Flair for innovative thinking
- Proactive and assertive
- Relationship builder
- Team Player
- Passionate
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and independently.
- Deadline and process driven.
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Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards in order to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
Minimum Requirement.
- 6 months of retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Clear Criminal record
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for)
Deadline:28th August,2025
go to method of application »
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment. Have fun.
- Transact all purchases – receive, verify and processes all payments such as cash, cards, vouchers, coupons and any other acceptable payments.
- Ensure all out going stock/ items/ scripts are scanned and paid for.
- Process all loyalty cards including those of accelerated partners.
- Establish a professional relationship with customers and provide friendly, helpful, courteous assistance and advice to all customers.
- Report customer compliments and complaints to management.
- Attend to all customer stock queries and ensure that they dealt with and resolved.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
- Problem solving
- Trustworthy and honest
- Time management
- Exceptional customer service
Minimum Requirement.
Essential:
- Matric or Equivalent
- Up to 6 months retail experience
Special conditions of employment:
- Clear Credit and Criminal record
- Willing and able to work retail hours.
- South African citizen
Advantageous:
- 1 year work experience within retail.
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for) Willing and able to work retail hours.
Deadline:30th August,2025
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