Hot Jobs at Mr Price Group

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

• An Assistant Manager is accountable for relieving the Store Manager in their absence and assists in maintaining company standards of housekeeping, merchandising, shrinkage control, discipline, and security.

Responsibilities

• Banking of money 
• Relieve the store manager 
• Maintain company standards of housekeeping, merchandising, shrinkage control, discipline, and security 
• Ensure compliance of all company procedures 
• Assist the store manager in the management of staff
• Ensure front-end controls are in place 
• Oversee the cash office 
• Minimize stock loss Customer Service 
• Introduce sales initiatives to reach store targets

Qualifications

• Matric / Grade 12 (Mathematics an advantage) or NQF Level 4 
• Previous experience managing people 
• Previous experience managing a department 
• Previous clothing retail experience would be highly advantageous 
• Strong communication skills 
• Strong admin skills 
• Decision maker
• Organizational skills 
• Planning 
• Maintain productivity
• Leadership 
• Enthusiastic
• Ethical and great integrity 
• Honesty 
• Proactive 
• Self-motivated

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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

• Are you the first person to spot the bottlenecks in a creative process? Do you love seeing a workflow streamlined? Are you someone who excels in a dynamic, fast-paced team where meticulous attention to detail is a must? Yuppiechef is seeking a talented Creative Lead to manage our Creative team. 
• In this role, you’ll be responsible for managing our internal Creative team (Design, Copy & Photography), making sure they have the briefs and context they need, and the right project prioritisation, to consistently deliver impactful creative assets on time. You’ll also oversee the efficiency of our daily new product listings process – a critical part of our revenue growth, and only possible with close daily collaboration between our Buying, Planning, Photography and Copy teams. 

Who are we?

• We’re Yuppiechef, and see ourselves as helping people find moments of joy at home. We’re here to offer outstanding and memorable service, while selling things that our customers love using. We’re foodies and home lovers and aesthetes and early adopters, and we’re passionate learners more than we’re experts. We have a loved online store and 25 beautiful physical stores across SA, and we’re a proud member of the dynamic Mr Price Group. Our office in Westlake, Cape Town, has a view of the mountains, a much-loved Rancilio coffee machine, and books to borrow. It’s filled with people who value excellence, and who like to eat their lunch together. We’re always looking for new people to teach us new ways of doing things and help us make big things happen, and we’d love to know if you might be one of them.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate between the Marketing project managers and the Creative team to ensure they’re aligned on campaign timings, expectations and prioritisation
• Represent business strategy to the Creative team, to help the Photography, Design and Copy leads best manage deliverables within their sub-teams, in allocating the right time and skill sets to the right work
• Lead a productive and cohesive Creative team, encouraging a culture of proactive projects that improve customer journeys on our website, beyond briefed work
• Oversee the efficient daily turnaround of high-volume new product listings, by co-ordinating Creative and Buying workflows
• Identify knowledge gaps where interventions like additional training could improve product listing processes within the team and between teams
• Build confidence in using Airtable to solve process problems, making sure the platform is being best-utilised to meet the team’s needs

Qualifications
Required:

• 8+ years' relevant marketing and creative experience
• Experience working in retail (in a marketing/creative role)
• 3+ years in project management (including traffic management), in a creative agency environment 
• 3+ years’ track record of positive and impactful team management 
• Confidence managing workflows with software like Airtable, monday.com, Asana or Trello 

Advantageous:

• Undergraduate degree in commerce/marketing/journalism/photography/design or related field
• Experience working for another e-commerce retailer in a related role 
• Experience working in a role overseeing creative traffic or project management 

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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

• You are an experienced and commercially-minded Head of Buying / Senior Merchandise Manager that will lead our homeware & kitchen buying function in playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of our brand. You thrive on formulating strategies  to differentiate our company's product from those of our competitors across brands and private label and connect strongly with all stakeholders across the merchandise cycle/process. 

Responsibilities

• As Head of Buying, you will lead the merchandising function by providing operational oversight and setting appropriate direction for preparing merchandising calendars, determining optimal product mix and researching materials that encourage initial or repeat purchases.
• Leading a dynamic team, you’ll be responsible for driving product performance, identifying new opportunities, and ensuring our products continue to excite and delight customers.

Qualifications

• University degree (NQF 8 equivalent in commerce or related field)
• 8-10 years of experience with 5+ years in a senior / management role
• Extensive buying experience in the homeware or lifestyle sector
• Strong commercial acumen with a proven track record of delivering sales/business growth and profitability
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to inspire and develop high-performing teams
• A deep understanding of trends, consumer behaviour, and the retail landscape
• Strategic & Analytical thinker with outstanding negotiation and supplier relationship management skills
• Passionate about product and brand with a keen eye for design and quality