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Job Description

• Assist the buyer in compiling and executing the category plans in line with the strategy, objectives and category group guidelines on format/margin and assortment strategies.
• Provide day to day administrative support to optimize the performance (i.e. sales and cash margins) of the categories by being customer focused.

Minimum requirements

• University degree
• 1-2 Years Retail experience
• Proficiency in SAP and BW, MS Outlook and MS Word
• Good Excel skills

Competencies

• Good communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Good numerical reasoning
• Organised, methodical and structured
• Providing service excellence to internal and external customers
• Ability to plan and co-ordinate a task/job realistically
• Task commitment and goal directed
• Attention to detail
• Be able to work under pressure, sense of urgency

Key Responsibilities

• To be able to collate and pull adhoc statistical and exception reports on request
• To analyse reports, investigate anomalies and take appropriate action
• Prepare vendor take-on forms and check all supporting documents
• To attend buyer’s negotiations with suppliers
• Monitor and manage execution of buying contracts and SLA’s to the DC’s
• To identify and verify PnP article data with external systems ensuring master data alignment
• To review and communicate aged and exit stock reports for buyer
• To be able to interact with relevant stakeholders on sales uplift information (indicator and stock management)
• To be able to investigate all price queries for the buyer
• To ensure all product life cycle activities are executed successfully
• Monitor performance of newly listed products and inform buyer
• Provide support to customer care teams
• To generate and analyse exception reports to ensure rebate target achieved
• Request creation of Article through the Electronic article take-on
• Maintain emergency pricing.

Closing date:4 August 2025

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Job Description

• To drive commercial processes and financial reconciliations within the supply chain function, with a strong focus on identifying income opportunities through data analysis, financial reporting, and project tracking.

Minimum requirements

• Degree/Diploma in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, or related fields
• 3–5 years of experience in a Supply Chain Commercial or Finance role
• Experience with financial reconciliations and reporting
• Exposure to project tracking and performance analysis
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills
• Proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle)
• Understanding of supply chain operations and cost drivers
• Ability to understand all business stakeholders, their environment and how it impacts Supply Chain commercial and finance
• Ability to analyse & understand detailed information and draw conclusions
• Ability to plan and co-ordinate multiple tasks
• Ability to work cross-functionally

Competencies

• Communication skills
• Analytical and Conceptual thinking
• Problem solving & Numerical reasoning
• Influencing & Negotiation
• Commercial Orientation/ Applied Business Numeracy
• Delegation
• Managing performance
• Coaching skills
• Organizing resources
• Controlling utilization of resources and operational activities
• Time-Management
• Structured individual with the ability to deal with ambiguity
• Attention to detail while having the ability to see the bigger picture and drive strategy
• Drive & encourage Teamwork
• Sense of urgency
• Resilience and determination
• Initiative and self-starter
• Creative problem solver
• Mature approach to Conflict Management
• Leadership attributes, being an inspirational leader and leading with a vision

Revenue Process

• Execute monthly supplier revenue calculations and billing
• Perform monthly and quarterly reconciliations of supply chain revenues
• Investigate and resolve variances between actuals and forecasts/budgets
• Ensure accuracy in financial postings related to supply chain activities

Project Tracking

• Monitor the financial impact of supply chain projects
• Track milestones, budgets, and ROI of initiatives
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders on project performance

Analytical Processes

• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to monitor KPIs
• Conduct scenario analysis and forecasting to support decision-making
• Provide insights on supply chain performance and profitability

Closing date: 4 August 2025

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What’s in it for you?

• A 12-month paid learnership where you’ll get:
• Hands-on retail experience
• Accredited training in visual merchandising and retail operations
• Mentorship from industry pros
• Skills in creating stunning visual displays and engaging customer experiences
• A real pathway into the fashion and retail industry

What you’ll learn:

• From stock management to curating bold, trend-driven displays – you’ll gain the tools to tell stories through fashion and create spaces that shoppers love.
• South African citizen, aged 18–35
• Minimum Grade 12 (with communication and maths literacy at NQF Level 2)
• Currently unemployed and not studying
• Eager to gain work experience and committed to completing the 12-month programme
• Able to attend classroom sessions and practical in-store training
• Must have successfully completed a pre-assessment process (where applicable)
• Customer-focused mindset
• Attention to detail
• Communication skills (verbal and written)
• Willingness to learn and take accountability
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Basic numeracy and literacy
• Passion for retail and fashion

End Date: October 31, 2025

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What’s in it for you?

• A 12-month paid learnership where you’ll get:
• Hands-on retail experience
• Accredited training in visual merchandising and retail operations
• Mentorship from industry pros
• Skills in creating stunning visual displays and engaging customer experiences
• A real pathway into the fashion and retail industry

What you’ll learn:

• From stock management to curating bold, trend-driven displays – you’ll gain the tools to tell stories through fashion and create spaces that shoppers love.
• South African citizen, aged 18–35
• Minimum Grade 12 (with communication and maths literacy at NQF Level 2)
• Currently unemployed and not studying
• Eager to gain work experience and committed to completing the 12-month programme
• Able to attend classroom sessions and practical in-store training
• Must have successfully completed a pre-assessment process (where applicable)
• Customer-focused mindset
• Attention to detail
• Communication skills (verbal and written)
• Willingness to learn and take accountability
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Basic numeracy and literacy
• Passion for retail and fashion

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Job Description

• To manage resources in order to maximise turnover and minimise shortage.
• Ensuring that standards, processes and policies are adhered to.

Minimum Requirements

• 2- 3 years Produce retail experience
• 1-2 years of People / Management
• Must be able to pass given assessments at the required level
• Must be successful in at least 2 competency based interviews
• Must be flexible and willing to be transferred between stores
• Sound Numeracy skills and knowledge of retail industry
• Communication skills – clearly conveying message and actively listening

Business mindedness

• Must be willing to give authorization for a full credit and criminal check
• Must be Matriculated (attach certified copy to application)
• Must have a valid South African ID (attach copy to application)
• Must have a valid Driver’s license code 08 (attach certified copy of license)

Competencies

• Monitor and develop other’s performance. Acknowledges good performance, confronts and corrects poor performance
• Solves new/unfamiliar problems by generating workable solutions
• Ability to identify/prioritise urgent matters and attend to them immediately
• Ability to influence confidently, firmly and fairly
• Attention to detail
• Building relationships and promote teamwork
• Be able to communicate effectively at all levels
• Create, read and interpret reports
• Achieving results through others
• Plan, organize and follow up on activities and plans
• Good personal communications skills
• Adhere to standards, procedures and policies
• Customer Orientation
• Communication skills – clearly conveying message and actively listening
• Business mindedness

Key Responsibilities

• Execute the day to day operational expectations regarding the business effeciency to stock availability on the Sales floor.
• Maitaining good customer service standard
• Ensure to maintain a good energy of staff management
• Ensure that hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards are maintained (floor and back-up)
• Ensure that security procedures are adhered to
• Ensure that merchandise/display standards are adhered to
• Conduct regular quality checks, ensure that stock is rotated. Damaged/expired stock is removed.
• Prevent wastage/shrinkage/damages
• Check correct pricing e.g. labels
• Ensure that all administration is completed accurately and timeously
• Analyse, maintain and update relevant information/documentation, take required action when necessary
• Approach and advise customers on the product, listen to customers’ requests, provide the required product or services
• Monitor budgets and take required action
• Analyse profitability of department, make recommendations or take required actions
• Optimize stock levels e.g. always in stock, never overstocked through effective ordering
• Manage employees to ensure standards are maintained by competent, motivated employees

Merchandising Management

• Conducts regular quality checks on merchandise
• Executes plan guide 100%
• Handles product as per SOP calendar
• Back up areas are kept clean and clear

Food Safety & Hygiene – Ensure ASAPIRAT readiness

• Ensures that hygiene and housekeeping standards are maintained
• Ensures stock rotation
• Monitors the adherence to food safety and health and safety standards are maintained
• Implements cleaning schedules and checks effective cleaning and sanitation

Customer Services Management

• Responds to customer requests
• Answers queries on out of stock - assists with replacement produce, explains time to next delivery and issues which may be affecting stock availability

Systems

• Gap scanning out of stocks
• Identifies, counts, and records out of stocks & over stocks
• Processes waste

Closing date: 31 JULY 2025

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Job Description

• Manages resources to ensure compliance to standards, regulations and sets plans to achieve targets/deadlines.

Minimum requirements

• Grade 12
• Minimum of 2 years in a Supervisory role
• Knowledge of Liquor trends
• Previous experience in the Wine/Liquor department or experience in managing a department

Competencies

• Read and interpret reports
• Achieving results through others
• Plan, organize and follow up on activities and plans
• Adhere to standards and policies
• Customer Orientation
• Communication skills – clearly conveying message and actively listening
• Business mindedness

Key responsibilities

Merchandising Management

• Executes plano guide 100%
• Rotates stock as per policy/SOP on sales floor and back up area
• Throughout day ensures department merchandising and cleanliness standards are maintained.
• Follows standards set down for promotional space
• Follows promotions communications'
• Ensures back up area standards maintained at all times - all stock represented on floor
• Elevates any continuing stock issues to Store Manager
• Ensure department follows H&S standards and processes as per SOP.
• Understand customer needs and communicate these to demand planning

Systems Management

• Gap scanning out of stocks
• Identifies, counts, and records out of stocks & over stocks
• Draws excel report from SAP, communicate addresses stock concerns by completing excel sheet and sending to Demand Planning
• Processes IDTs via SAP
• Actions reduced to clear on SAP as per SOP
• Checks for electronic communications regularly during the working day

Customer Services Management

• Handles customer complaints and special customer requests
• Advises customers on products

People Management & Development

• Evaluates the performance of direct reports against agreed objectives and standards
• Reviews staffing requirements and provides input into staff scheduling
• Keeps staff informed of new initiatives, store and department performance
• Keeps staff motivated
• Identifies training needs
• Coaches staff and management

Finance & Administration

• Ensures that all equipment is properly maintained in effective working order
• Ensures that general maintenance standards are met
• Follows up and controls departmental expenses
• Monitors results and investigates deviations to budget.
• Monitors waste, and ensures procedures are adhered to

Closing date: 31 July 2025

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Job Description

• A core function of the Team Lead Planner is to understand the strategic objectives of the business and drive the implementation of an operating plan within the relevant planning team to achieve it.
• Part of the Team Lead Planner’s responsibilities is to manage and guide operational planning teams and ensure the use of standardized processes, tools and reports required to perform planning responsibilities and reach availability, sales, working capital and stakeholder engagement KPIs.
• The Team Lead Planner must also ensure effective integration and communication across all cross-functional teams and external stakeholders and drive their teams to contribute to and execute sales strategies and trade plans.

Minimum requirements

• 2+ years supply chain planning experience
• Knowledge of DC and stores operations/limitations
• Understanding of the processes and procedures within the category
• Sound knowledge of business/system rules used by planning teams
• Cross-functional and stakeholder collaboration

Competencies

• Understanding the operational and financial impact of decisions made and actions taken in the Supply Chain Planning environment
• Enforcing PNP planning principles and adhering to the limitations faced in the supply chain environment
• Understanding the importance of the SCP KPIs and driving adherence to them within the team
• High emotional intelligence
• Professional attitude in the working environment
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail and time management skills
• Sense of urgency – special focus on professional, timeously provided feedback (including statistical figures where applicable)
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Leadership skills with the ability to create a motivational working environment for teams
• Good interpersonal relationship and communication skills
• Knowledge of IT systems and tools used for planning i.e. SAP ERP, F&R, Analysis, UDF

Strategic Sales/Promotional Planning

• Ensure compliance to T- planning processes (incl. Promotion/Event/New Product Development forecasting)
• Align with commercial buyers on forecasted volumes at T-4 before confirming with vendors as and when required on focus lines
• Work with commercial buyers to achieve growth hurdles and sales targets within business set limitations
• Align on pending price increases and identify stock to buy-in, in addition to clearance plans for this stock (additional promotional activity required if stockholding far exceeds stock model targets)
• Key understanding required of the sale trends of seasonal lines

Daily/Strategic Operational Execution

• The Team Lead Planner will still have a portfolio with a set number of accounts to manage in a Supply Chain Planner capacity
• Running VL10 is no longer a requirement for the Team Lead Planner
• Ensure the use of standardised planning and reporting tools for accurate replenishment and promotional planning and execution within team
• Ensure all planners use the correct tools and reports to understand root cause on poor KPI performance and implement solutions that will proactively reduce/avoid returns to DC or vendor
• Track availability of total category and highlight risks to the business (general and promotional)

Continuous Improvement & Standardisation

• Proactively provide input and suggestions on improved ways of work and planning processes
• Ensure successful implementation of new processes, tools and reports in teams
• Drive the use of standardised planning processes, tools and reports by all planners
• Ensure the operating plan is clearly communicated to and implemented by all planners

Drive Improved Stakeholder Engagement

• Build & maintain good working relationship with all stakeholders (including but not limited to Vendors, Commercial, DC & Logistic teams, Operating Division co-ordinators, etc.)
• Collaborate with required internal stakeholders to create accurate and realistic sales plans that reflect business, category and promotional strategies
• Work with vendors and commercial to understand the root cause of poor strike rate and work on solutions to proactively avoid/mitigate strike rate issues
• Expectation to be available after office hours to assist with emergency queries and risk mitigation from various stakeholders

Team Leadership and People Development

• Create clear direction, guidance and support for your team to execute required responsibilities
• Identify training opportunities through observation of planner performance or consultation with teams
• Lead by example by adhering to office regulations (professional attire, office hours, etc.)

Closing date: 31 July 2026

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Job Purpose

• A core function of the Supply Chain Planning Manager is to understand the strategic objectives of the business and drive the implementation of the operating plans in the planning teams.
• The Supply Chain Planning Manager is responsible to manage and guide operational planning teams by ensuring the use of standardized processes, tools and reports required to perform planning responsibilities.
• The Supply Chain Planning Manager is required to continuously focus on improving sales and waste in stores, whilst delivering projects to improve supply chain profitability.
• The Supply Chain Planning Manager must also ensure effective integration and communication with all cross-functional teams and external stakeholders and drive their teams to contribute and execute sales strategies and trade plans.

Minimum requirements

• BCOM Logistics / Degree in Quantitative Analytics / Operational Research / Industrial Engineering / Applied Mathematics
• 2+ years supply chain planning and at least 1 year within Pick n Pay
• Knowledge of IT systems and tools used for planning i.e. SAP ERP, F&R, Analysis, Power BI
• Information technology and automation knowledge
• Economics and market dynamics
• Understand cost-to-serve
• Knowledge of Commercial Strategy and budgets
• Knowledge of DC and Stores Operations
• Understanding of the processes and procedures within the division
• Sound knowledge of business/system rules used by planning teams
• Cross-functional and stakeholder collaboration

Competencies

• Understanding of the retail value chain and cost and income elements that affects profitability
• Understanding of PnP planning principles, KPIs and business impact
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Leadership skills with the ability to create a motivational working environment for teams
• Interpersonal relationship and communication skills

Supply Chain Profitability

• Have a good understanding of the value chain cost and income components, and the role of the SC Planning team to influence these levers
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction and implement operational changes to reduce distribution costs without negatively impacting KPI’s (waste, availability, sales)
• Identify and highlight system, process, report, and resource requirements needed for teams to action value chain efficiencies and vendor income projects
• Develop and maintain trust relationships with vendors
• Define and drive the implementation of efficiency initiatives with vendors that will result in joint financial benefit

Strategic Sales Planning

• Ensure compliance to the promo and event planning processes
• Provide guidance to teams on how to generate sales plans for each specific category
• Work with Commercial to achieve planning budgets and targets
• Escalate significant differences between sales targets, commercial sales plan, and the retail sales forecasts to Senior Planning Manager
• Track total category planning numbers and highlight risks (forecast, budgets, orders, receipts, sales)
• Provide input on promo & pricing strategies based on category performance and annualization
• Provide input on range based on sales, waste, and profitability

Strategic Operational Execution

• Provide guidance and strategic input to planners on how to execute sales plans for each specific category
• Ensure the use of standardised planning and reporting tools for accurate sales planning and execution
• Ensure teams know when to influence the forecast and ensure they are using the correct tools to accurately do so
• Track total category KPI performance, highlight risks and identify and drive the implementation of opportunities within team
• Ensure all planners use the correct tools and reports to understand root cause on poor KPI performance and implement solutions that will proactively reduce/avoid issues

Continuous Improvement & Standardisation

• Work with the planning HOD to formulate strategies that will result in improved ways of work through improved processes, planning tools, reports, and system developments
• Define and quantify the business impact of identified improvement initiatives
• Ensure successful implementation of new processes, tools, and reports in operational teams
• Proactively provide input and suggestions on improved ways of work and planning processes
• Work with the planning HOD to create an annual and quarterly operating plan with key focus areas that are aligned to the supply chain purpose and broader business strategy

Drive Improved Stakeholder Engagement

• Build & maintain good working relationships with all stakeholders
• Collaborate with the required internal stakeholders to create accurate and realistic sales plans that reflect business, category, and promotional strategies
• Work with Commercial to understand department strategies for accurate planning and execution
• Work closely with the technical team to ensure the accurate maintenance of shelf life in SAP
• Communicate with SET on store specific issues and accompany them on store visits
• Work with the New Product Development teams to ensure the timeous execution of new product launches
• Share promotional forecast with vendors as set out in the T-4 promo planning process
• Work with vendors and commercial to understand the root cause of poor strike rate and work on solutions to proactively avoid strike rate issues

Team Leadership and People Development

• Create clear direction, guidance, and support for your teams to execute the required responsibilities
• Identify training opportunities through the observation of planner performance or consultation with teams

Closing date: 31 July 2026