The Mr Price Group (MRPG) is a fashion value retailer, selling predominantly for cash. The Group retails Apparel, Homeware and Sportsware and is one of the fastest growing retailers in South Africa. Our History: 1885 - The first John Orrs store opens 1934 - The first Hub store opens 1952 - John Orrs is listed on the JSE 1967 - Acquisition of two Miladys s...
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Job Description
- An exceptional career opportunity awaits an ambitious and results-driven Area Manager to join our dynamic, fast-paced fashion retail business to lead our Eastern Cape region. As an Area Manager, you will be instrumental in maximizing profits, fostering innovation, driving sales, and ensuring brand alignment throughout the area. We are seeking a candidate who thrives on challenges and can lead their team beyond the ordinary.
Responsibilities
- Set, implement, and achieve sales forecasts while maximizing profits through effective people management, innovation, sales strategies, and administrative excellence.
- Recruit, develop, and coach store managers and assistant managers within the area to ensure a strong succession pipeline.
- Monitor stores to optimize staffing levels for exceptional customer experiences, productivity, and cost efficiencies.
- Manage controllable expenses in alignment with store and area budgets.
- Drive sales and profitability within the area, identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to enhance store performance.
- Motivate and train staff to deliver excellent customer service and meet performance targets.
- Maintain visual merchandising standards across the area, ensuring an appealing shopping environment.
- Effectively manage stock losses, markdowns, and inventory control.
- Address and resolve any IR (Industrial Relations) issues, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures.
Qualifications
- Grade 12 with a Retail Business Management degree or diploma (or similar).
- A minimum 5+ years’ experience as an Independent Store Manager or Area Manager within a fashion retail environment.
- Proven track record of achieving sales targets and driving business growth.
- Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop teams.
- Strong financial acumen and ability to analyse and manage budgets.
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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
- A Store Manager will lead a team of passionate associates in maximizing store sales/turnover, ensuring the stock loss benchmark is maintained and managing the administration of the store.
Responsibilities
- Promote sales.
- Manage stock, and control expenses to meet business targets.
- Achieve and/or exceed the required targets that are set out for the store.
- Use store resources effectively to maintain the productivity of the store.
- Encompass a thorough knowledge of stock and management of policies and procedures.
- Act as the custodian of all company policies and procedures to ensure standards are met.
- Assume accountability for the management and the training of all staff.
- Maintaining the company culture by treating staff in a respectful and professional manner.
- Ensure all interaction with customers results in an above-average customer service level.
- Monitor the cleanliness and hygiene store and staff accordingly to ensure that it adheres to the relevant laws and company standards.
Qualifications
- Matric / Grade 12, Mathematics an advantage
- 2 years’ experience in a Retail Store Management or Assistant Store Manager role preferably in a similar retail environment.
- Excellent business English, both verbal and written
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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 store manager
- Maintain company standards of housekeeping, merchandising, shrinkage control, discipline, and security
- Ensure compliance of all company procedures
- Assist store manager in 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
- A Store Manager will lead a team of passionate associates in maximizing store sales/turnover, ensuring the stock loss benchmark is maintained and managing the administration of the store.
Responsibilities
- Promote sales.
- Manage stock, and control expenses to meet business targets.
- Achieve and/or exceed the required targets that are set out for the store.
- Use store resources effectively to maintain the productivity of the store.
- Encompass a thorough knowledge of stock and management of policies and procedures.
- Act as the custodian of all company policies and procedures to ensure standards are met.
- Assume accountability for the management and the training of all staff.
- Maintaining the company culture by treating staff in a respectful and professional manner.
- Ensure all interaction with customers results in an above-average customer service level.
- Monitor the cleanliness and hygiene store and staff accordingly to ensure that it adheres to the relevant laws and company standards.
Qualifications
- Matric / Grade 12, Mathematics an advantage
- 2 years’ experience in a Retail Store Management or Assistant Store Manager role preferably in a similar retail environment.
- Excellent business English, both verbal and written
go to method of application »
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 store manager
- Maintain company standards of housekeeping, merchandising, shrinkage control, discipline, and security
- Ensure compliance of all company procedures
- Assist store manager in 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
go to method of application »
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 store manager
- Maintain company standards of housekeeping, merchandising, shrinkage control, discipline, and security
- Ensure compliance of all company procedures
- Assist store manager in 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
go to method of application »
Job Description
- A Store Manager will lead a team of passionate associates in maximizing store sales/turnover, ensuring the stock loss benchmark is maintained and managing the administration of the store.
Responsibilities
- Promote sales.
- Manage stock, and control expenses to meet business targets.
- Achieve and/or exceed the required targets that are set out for the store.
- Use store resources effectively to maintain the productivity of the store.
- Encompass a thorough knowledge of stock and management of policies and procedures.
- Act as the custodian of all company policies and procedures to ensure standards are met.
- Assume accountability for the management and the training of all staff.
- Maintaining the company culture by treating staff in a respectful and professional manner.
- Ensure all interaction with customers results in an above-average customer service level.
- Monitor the cleanliness and hygiene store and staff accordingly to ensure that it adheres to the relevant laws and company standards.
Qualifications
- Matric / Grade 12, Mathematics an advantage
- 2 years’ experience in a Retail Store Management or Assistant Store Manager role preferably in a similar retail environment.
- Excellent business English, both verbal and written
go to method of application »
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 store manager
- Maintain company standards of housekeeping, merchandising, shrinkage control, discipline, and security
- Ensure compliance of all company procedures
- Assist store manager in 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
- Step into a role where your financial expertise truly makes an impact. We’re looking for a detail‑driven accounting professional who thrives in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment and enjoys being at the centre of financial integrity and operational excellence. In this position, you’ll play a key role in developing and maintaining robust finance systems, ensuring accurate and insightful reporting, and supporting critical business decisions. If you enjoy owning processes end‑to‑end—from processing financial data and overseeing statutory compliance, to managing payments, reconciliations, budgeting and essential administration—this is your opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a high‑performing finance division. Bring your BCom degree, 3–5 years of solid accounting experience, strong systems knowledge and passion for precision, and join a team where your growth and expertise will be valued.
Responsibilities
Information Processing
- Capture and process all financial information on the general ledger to ensure that profitability of business is maintained, record status of liabilities and assets and to report on capex.
Statutory Fulfilment
- Payment of VAT; SARS and other statutory requirements to ensure compliance to statute.
- Reconcile the general ledger to report on profit and loss.
Payments
- Approve and release payments to suppliers ensuring that invoices appear on statements and contain correct regulatory information.
Reconciliations
- Complete monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations. Raise queries where accounts do not balance and ensure compliance with MRPG Reporting requirements.
Budget
- Assist in preparation of annual budget submission. Eg. Department budgets review & capture.
General administration
- Management of motor vehicle fleet renewals.
- Loading monthly sales budgets.
- Other general admin required within the division from time to time.
Qualifications
Education:
- BCom or equivalent accounting degree
Experience:
- 3 - 5 years experience in financial accounting (balance sheet recons, budgeting, process general ledger, payments)
Knowledge & Attributes
- Advanced Microsoft office (word, excel, PowerPoint, outlook), Internal Systems
- Retail Knowledge
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Job Description
- Lead a number of stores in an allocated area to ensure that store meet or exceed sales targets, whilst controlling operational expenses. Lead stores to ensure that employees are engaged and enabled to provide our customers with a positive in store experience and that store operations are executed efficiently.
Responsibilities
Driving Sales and Contribution:
- Take direct responsibility for the profitability of the stores in an assigned area, through the achievement of sales targets and the effective management of wages and other controllable expenses against agreed budgets.
- Lead stores to operate efficiently in order to achieve or exceed sales targets.
- Monitor the sales performances of each store in order to identify and take action where required.
- Report on store performances and other KPI's on a weekly/monthly basis.
Customer Experience:
- Encourage, motivate, and inspire stores to deliver an exceptional in store experience, which will positively influence sales.
- Ensure store merchandising standards are adhered to and provide regular feedback to stores to enhance store presentation.
- Drive and develop employee's ability to engage with customers to the required standards.
Risk Management:
- Stay abreast of all Company policies, procedures and practices and monitor the understanding of Store Management.
- Monitor and drive compliance of stores with company and operations policies, procedures and practices.
- Where stores are not compliant, take the necessary steps to correct behaviour and ensure compliance going forward.
People Management:
- Recruit, on board, develop and retain Managers for the respective area and or broader business, to ensure that stores are effectively managed and staffed.
- Partner with Store Managers to lead store recruitment, on boarding, training and retention.
- Proactively develop high potential and high performing employees into future Store Management positions.
Stock Management:
- Ensure that stores' stock is accurately received and unpacked to merchandise and replenish the sales floor.
- Monitor and manage stock levels through defined processes, to mitigate the risk of stock loss and ensure adequate stock on hand.
- Monitor store high risk count processes and identify high risk areas to ensure that high risk areas are addressed.
Qualifications
- Diploma or Degree in Retail Management, Management, B Com (or similar).
- 4 to 6 years Area Management experience.
- Proficiency in MS Office.
- Strong analytical and budgeting skills to monitor and manage financial performance.
- Ability to effectively analyze data and make strategic decisions based on insights.
- Excellent people management and leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and develop a team.
- In-depth knowledge of labour legislation and its practical application in a retail environment.
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, to interact with stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in reporting and execution of tasks.
- Demonstrated strategic mindset, capable of identifying opportunities and implementing innovative solutions.
- Commercial awareness and understanding of market trends, competitor analysis, and customer needs.
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Job Description
- Lead a number of stores in an allocated area to ensure that store meet or exceed sales targets, whilst controlling operational expenses. Lead stores to ensure that employees are engaged and enabled to provide our customers with a positive in store experience and that store operations are executed efficiently.
Responsibilities
Driving Sales and Contribution:
- Take direct responsibility for the profitability of the stores in an assigned area, through the achievement of sales targets and the effective management of wages and other controllable expenses against agreed budgets.
- Lead stores to operate efficiently in order to achieve or exceed sales targets.
- Monitor the sales performances of each store in order to identify and take action where required.
- Report on store performances and other KPI's on a weekly/monthly basis.
Customer Experience:
- Encourage, motivate, and inspire stores to deliver an exceptional in store experience, which will positively influence sales.
- Ensure store merchandising standards are adhered to and provide regular feedback to stores to enhance store presentation.
- Drive and develop employee's ability to engage with customers to the required standards.
Risk Management:
- Stay abreast of all Company policies, procedures and practices and monitor the understanding of Store Management.
- Monitor and drive compliance of stores with company and operations policies, procedures and practices.
- Where stores are not compliant, take the necessary steps to correct behaviour and ensure compliance going forward.
People Management:
- Recruit, on board, develop and retain Managers for the respective area and or broader business, to ensure that stores are effectively managed and staffed.
- Partner with Store Managers to lead store recruitment, on boarding, training and retention.
- Proactively develop high potential and high performing employees into future Store Management positions.
Stock Management:
- Ensure that stores' stock is accurately received and unpacked to merchandise and replenish the sales floor.
- Monitor and manage stock levels through defined processes, to mitigate the risk of stock loss and ensure adequate stock on hand.
- Monitor store high risk count processes and identify high risk areas to ensure that high risk areas are addressed.
Qualifications
- Diploma or Degree in Retail Management, Management, B Com (or similar).
- 4 to 6 years Area Management experience.
- Proficiency in MS Office.
- Strong analytical and budgeting skills to monitor and manage financial performance.
- Ability to effectively analyze data and make strategic decisions based on insights.
- Excellent people management and leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and develop a team.
- In-depth knowledge of labour legislation and its practical application in a retail environment.
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, to interact with stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in reporting and execution of tasks.
- Demonstrated strategic mindset, capable of identifying opportunities and implementing innovative solutions.
- Commercial awareness and understanding of market trends, competitor analysis, and customer needs.
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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 store manager
- Maintain company standards of housekeeping, merchandising, shrinkage control, discipline, and security
- Ensure compliance of all company procedures
- Assist store manager in 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
go to method of application »
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 store manager
- Maintain company standards of housekeeping, merchandising, shrinkage control, discipline, and security
- Ensure compliance of all company procedures
- Assist store manager in 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
- Step into a dynamic role where creativity meets performance! We’re looking for a Paid Social Media Marketer who’s passionate about crafting data‑driven campaigns that turn audiences into engaged customers. If you thrive on building high‑impact paid social strategies, optimising campaigns across platforms like Facebook, Twitter and TikTok, and collaborating with brand and marketing teams to amplify reach and results, this is your chance to make a real mark. Bring your digital expertise, analytical mindset and fresh ideas—and help us shape powerful social media experiences that drive business growth.
Responsibilities
- Executing campaign strategy, researching potential marketing channels analysing competitors, and testing.
- Building campaigns and analysing performance.
- Implement effective and logical media plans based on business objectives.
- Implement paid social media measurement frameworks and KPIs.
- Execute better paid social media plans and processes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure social media campaigns are integrated with overall marketing initiatives and business objectives.
- Work closely with Brand Managers to amplify brand reach and awareness across social platforms.
- Campaign monitoring and optimization to ensure all digital opportunities are capitalised on.
Qualifications
- Degree in Marketing/ Digital related degree
- 3-5 years’ experience in digital marketing with social media being a key focus area.
- Knowledge & experience of using Facebook Business Manager, Twitter Ads Manager, Tiktok Ads Manager and prospecting and retargeting tools.
- Proven experience in social media marketing with a focus on conversion objectives, brand marketing and brand awareness.
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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 store manager
- Maintain company standards of housekeeping, merchandising, shrinkage control, discipline, and security
- Ensure compliance of all company procedures
- Assist store manager in 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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Responsibilities
Driving sales and contributions
- Take direct responsibility for the profitability of your base store including the stores in your assigned cluster, through the achievement of sales targets and the effective management of wages and other controllable expenses against agreed budgets.
- Lead your base store and the stores within your cluster to operate efficiently in order to achieve or exceed sales targets. Monitor the sales performance of each store in order to identify and take action where required. Report on store performances and other KPI's on a weekly/monthly basis.
Customer Experience
- Encourage, motivate and inspire your base store and stores within your cluster to deliver an exceptional in store experience, which will positively influence sales. Ensure store merchandising standards within your base store and cluster stores are adhered to and provide regular feedback to stores to enhance store presentation. Drive and develop employee's ability to engage with customers to the required standards.
Risk Management
- Stay abreast of all Company policies, procedures and practices and monitor the understanding of Store Management. Monitor and drive compliance within your base store and the stores within your cluster with company and operations policies, procedures and practices. Where stores are not compliant, take the necessary steps to correct behavior and ensure compliance going forward.
People Management
- Recruit, onboard, retain and lead store employees within your base store to ensure that the store runs smoothly and that store employee are engaged and enabled to perform their duties effectively. Recruit, on board, develop and retain Managers for the cluster of stores assigned to you, to ensure that stores are effectively managed and staffed. Partner with Store Managers to lead store recruitment, on boarding, training and retention. Proactively develop high potential and high performing employees into future Store Management positions.
Stock management
- For your base store and the stores within your cluster of stores, ensure that stock is accurately received and unpacked to merchandise and replenish the sales floor. Monitor and manage stock levels through defined processes (stock counts, stock takes, stock loss action plans) to mitigate the risk of stock loss and ensure adequate stock on hand. Monitor store high risk count processes and identify high risk areas to ensure that high risk areas are addressed. Authorise write off's, breakages, recalls and returns.
Qualifications
- Grade 12 with a Diploma or degree in retail management, management. Bcom
- 5 years + store management experience
- Specific knowledge of analyzing, budgeting, customer service, people management, leadership, problem solving, time management, project management, communication skills, attention to detail, visual merchandising, organizational skills, labour relations
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