Job Opportunities at Pick n Pay Stores Limited

• This role will provide specialist advice, expertise, coordination and analytical support for broad reward practices, processes and systems to the Corporate and Regional Offices, including the Business Services team.

Minimum requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
• 6 – 10 years post-qualification experience and demonstrated ability to drive the benefits strategy, methodology and offerings across different organizational levels
• Global Remuneration Professional (GRP)
• South African Reward Association (SARA)

Competencies

• Leadership Skills: Ability to lead and develop a team of rewards and benefits professionals.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and implement long-term rewards and benefits strategies.
• Analytical Skills : Strong Ability analyze data, identify trends , and make data-driven decisions.
• Communication Skills: Effective communication of complex information to employees and management.
• Negotiation Skills: Successful negotiation with vendors and consultants.
• Ethics and Integrity: Maintains confidentiality and adheres to ethical standards.
• Communication Skills: Effective communication of complex information to employees and management

Key responsibilities

• Provide input into the strategic direction and the development of pay, reward, recognition and benefits strategies to ensure the adoption of best practice and alignment to the strategic objectives
• Assist with ensuring reward and benefits strategies (both tangible and intangible) and policies and reporting comply with regulations, governance and are legally compliant.
• Provide advice to business on the annual remuneration processes ensuring the processes are fair and equitable and in line with the reward strategy.
• Conduct regular benchmarking and market related pay research is undertaken when necessary to enable Pick n Pay to remain competitive and an employer of choice.
• Stay abreast of current and upcoming regulatory changes; advise leadership on the implications and manage the impact thereof
• Actively support the Reward and Benefits Lead with the implementation of compensation and benefit programs and reward policies that are aligned with the company's business objectives for all employee and staff levels
• For all changes in compensation and benefits, assess the impact on the business, both on a short term and long term and develop cost control procedures
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure Reward, benefits and recognition opportunities are proactively addressed and interventions are successfully implemented
• Build professional stakeholder relationships, advise, influence and negotiate at relevant levels and forums
• Provide specialist guidance associated with reward and benefits methods, programs, interventions and  processes
• Develop / source and/or package a range of quality, fit for purpose benefits solutions that support the attraction and retention of talent. Solutions to include both guaranteed and variable reward solutions
• Help define and manage the Pick n Pay benefits proposition, including short term and long term incentives
• Support in the implementation of HR systems to enhance the delivery of rewards and benefits interventions
• Ensure that rewards and benefits offerings are directed at organizational, divisional  and individual performance
• Evaluate the current benefits solutions in order to drive ongoing improvement
• Completes required documentation to meet legal and compliance requirements
• Maintains comprehensive and detailed records for all programs

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• To manage resources in order to maximise turnover and minimise shortage. Ensures that standards, processes and policies are adhered to.
• Preferably NQF 3 Bakery qualification 
• Minimum 2 – 3 years’ experience in a supervisory role
• Experience as a Baker / Bakery Supervisor/ Manager

Competencies:

• 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
• Bakery Skills
• Production Planning

Key Responsibilities:

• Merchandising Management: 
• Conducts regular quality checks on merchandise 
• Executes plano guide 100% 
• Handles product as per SOP  
• Ensures products are produced according to recipe specifications 
• Ensures department is ready for trade by store opening time 
• Identifies fast selling lines within store, and implications on margin and sales opportunities 
• Ensures product is wrapped and packed according to standards 
• Ensures sufficient product available for customer demand 
• Ensures compliance to hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards 
• Monitors the implementation of all promotional activities – adherence to promotional calendar 
• Back up areas are kept clean and clear 
• Follows sell by dates, rotates stock as per policy/SOP on sales floor and back up area 
• Throughout day ensures department merchandising and cleanliness standards are maintained, keeping waste to a minimum 

Food Safety & Hygiene:

• Ensures that hygiene and housekeeping standards are maintained 
• Ensures stock rotation 
• Monitors the adherence to food safety and health and safety standards are maintained 
• Manages Non-Conformances via effective corrective action 
• Implements cleaning schedules and checks effective cleaning and sanitation 

Recording of Food Safety Daily Checklist  

• Customer Services Management: 
• Responds to customer requests 
• Answers queries on out of stock - assists with replacement products, explains time to next delivery and issues which may be affecting stock availability  
• Ensures department standards are maintained; equipment is manned and in working order 

Staff Management:

• Communicates critical information to staff 
• Set targets and activities – priorities, delegates and communicates 
• Handles procedural, policy and legislative noncompliance 
• Attends monthly regional meetings - take information back to staff - responds to queries on turnover/waste  
• Checks and amends Kronos scheduling 

Coaches staff 

Administration:

• Ensures that all equipment is properly maintained in effective working order 
• Ensures that general maintenance standards are met 
• Monitors waste, and ensures procedures are adhered to 
• Monitors turnover and identifies opportunities for increasing turnover and identifies and issues or barriers to achieving budgets. 
• Ensures all SEL in place - print out and ensure all products have SEL current and legible by customer 

Systems: 

• 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  
• Processes waste  
• Ensure PID’s are counted correctly as per the National P & L schedule

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• To manage resources in order to maximise turnover and minimise shortage. Ensures that standards, processes and policies are adhered to.
• Matric/ Grade 12 (attach certified copy to application)
• Sound Numeracy skills and knowledge of retail industry
• 2-4 years Produce Experience and Knowledge OR  1-2 years Run a department responsible for sales staff –
• Management experience - coaching, training, dealing with noncompliance and performance issues

Competencies:

• 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:
• Conducts regular quality checks on merchandise 
• Executes plano guide 100% 
• Handles product as per SOP  
• Ensures products are produced according to recipe specifications 
• Ensures department is ready for trade by store opening time 
• Identifies fast selling lines within store, and implications on margin and sales opportunities 
• Ensures product is wrapped and packed according to standards 
• Ensures sufficient product available for customer demand 
• Ensures compliance to hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards 
• Monitors the implementation of all promotional activities – adherence to promotional calendar 
• Back up areas are kept clean and clear 
• Follows sell by dates, rotates stock as per policy/SOP on sales floor and back up area 
• Throughout day ensures department merchandising and cleanliness standards are maintained, keeping waste to a minimum 

Food Safety & Hygiene: 

• Ensures that hygiene and housekeeping standards are maintained 
• Ensures stock rotation 
• Monitors the adherence to food safety and health and safety standards are maintained 
• Manages Non-Conformances via effective corrective action 
• Implements cleaning schedules and checks effective cleaning and sanitation 

Recording of Food Safety Daily Checklist  

• Customer Services Management:
• Responds to customer requests 
• Answers queries on out of stock - assists with replacement products, explains time to next delivery and issues which may be affecting stock availability  
• Ensures department standards are maintained; equipment is manned and in working order 

Staff Management: 

• Communicates critical information to staff 
• Set targets and activities – priorities, delegates and communicates 
• Handles procedural, policy and legislative noncompliance 
• Attends monthly regional meetings - take information back to staff - responds to queries on turnover/waste  
• Checks and amends Kronos scheduling 
• Coaches staff 

Administration:

• Ensures that all equipment is properly maintained in effective working order 
• Ensures that general maintenance standards are met 
• Monitors waste, and ensures procedures are adhered to 
• Monitors turnover and identifies opportunities for increasing turnover and identifies and issues or barriers to achieving budgets. 
• Ensures all SEL in place - print out and ensure all products have SEL current and legible by customer 

Systems: 

• 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  
• Processes waste  
• Ensure PID’s are counted correctly as per the National P & L schedule

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• Ensure the safety and security of all staff and customers while ensuring all procedures and policies are adhered to
• Matric / Grade 12
• Must have a security qualification with a minimum of 2 years Retail Industry experience
• Must be registered with SIRA/SOB and grade C registration
• Must have own reliable transport

Competencies:

• Complete tasks in an accurate and precise manner 
• Being assertive in exerting influence confidently, firmly and fairly 
• Show reliability and commitment to Pick ‘n Pay by following directions, policies and procedures 
• Even tempered of character, remaining calm and level headed while dealing with difficult / stressful situations 
• Must be able to lead by example 
• Able to work flexible hours/shifts 
• Must be contactable at all times

Key Responsibilities:

• Interact with customers / employees in a courteous manner while applying security policies and procedures and offering an efficient security service 
• Must be able to evaluate security systems and procedures and make recommendations for improvement where necessary 
• Must be able to liaise with senior management as well as outside security organizations and the SAP services 
• Perform all security duties according to company policies and procedures  
• Follow correct emergency procedures 
• Ensure that security procedures are adhered to by employees and customers 
• Identify possible security risks, take appropriate action and inform relevant people 
• Safeguard company assets 
• Be consistently alert / vigilant / aware of what is going on by scanning for areas that need attention and by taking the required corrective action 
• Handling challenging customers, standing for long hours and routine work 
• Must be able to assist with alarm call outs if necessary

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• To manage resources in order to maximise turnover and minimise shortage. Ensures that standards, processes and policies are adhered to.
• Matric/ Grade 12 (attach certified copy to application)
• 2 - 4 years Deli Experience and Knowledge OR  1-2 years Run a department responsible for sales staff –
• Management experience - coaching, training, dealing with noncompliance and performance issues
• Sound Numeracy skills and knowledge of retail industry

Competencies:

• 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

Merchandising Management: 

• Conducts regular quality checks on merchandise 
• Executes plano guide 100% 
• Handles product as per SOP  
• Ensures products are produced according to recipe specifications 
• Ensures department is ready for trade by store opening time 
• Identifies fast selling lines within store, and implications on margin and sales opportunities 
• Ensures product is wrapped and packed according to standards 
• Ensures sufficient product available for customer demand 
• Ensures compliance to hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards 
• Monitors the implementation of all promotional activities – adherence to promotional calendar 
• Back up areas are kept clean and clear 
• Follows sell by dates, rotates stock as per policy/SOP on sales floor and back up area 
• Throughout day ensures department merchandising and cleanliness standards are maintained, keeping waste to a minimum 

Food Safety & Hygiene: 

• Ensures that hygiene and housekeeping standards are maintained 
• Ensures stock rotation 
• Monitors the adherence to food safety and health and safety standards are maintained 
• Manages Non-Conformances via effective corrective action 
• Implements cleaning schedules and checks effective cleaning and sanitation 
• Recording of Food Safety Daily Checklist  

Customer Services Management:

• Responds to customer requests 
• Answers queries on out of stock - assists with replacement products, explains time to next delivery and issues which may be affecting stock availability  
• Ensures department standards are maintained; equipment is manned and in working order 

Staff Management:

• Communicates critical information to staff 
• Set targets and activities – priorities, delegates and communicates 
• Handles procedural, policy and legislative non compliance 
• Attends monthly regioal meetings - take information back to staff - responds to queries on turnover/waste  
• Checks and amends Kronos scheduling 
• Coaches staff 

Administration:

• Ensures that all equipment is properly maintained in effective working order 
• Ensures that general maintenance standards are met 
• Monitors waste, and ensures procedures are adhered to 
• Monitors turnover and identifies opportunities for increasing turnover, and identifies and issues or barriers to achieving budgets. 
• Ensures all SEL in place - print out and ensure all products have SEL current and legible by customer 

Systems: 

• 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  
• Processes waste  
• Ensure PID’s are counted correctly as per the National P & L schedule

go to method of application »

• To manage resources in order to maximise turnover and minimise shortage. Ensures that standards, processes and policies are adhered to.
• Preferably NQF 3 Bakery qualification 
• Minimum 2 – 3 years’ experience in a supervisory role
• Experience as a Baker / Bakery Supervisor/ Manager

Competencies:

• 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
• Bakery Skills
• Production Planning

Key Responsibilities:

• Merchandising Management: 
• Conducts regular quality checks on merchandise 
• Executes plano guide 100% 
• Handles product as per SOP  
• Ensures products are produced according to recipe specifications 
• Ensures department is ready for trade by store opening time 
• Identifies fast selling lines within store, and implications on margin and sales opportunities 
• Ensures product is wrapped and packed according to standards 
• Ensures sufficient product available for customer demand 
• Ensures compliance to hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards 
• Monitors the implementation of all promotional activities – adherence to promotional calendar 
• Back up areas are kept clean and clear 
• Follows sell by dates, rotates stock as per policy/SOP on sales floor and back up area 
• Throughout day ensures department merchandising and cleanliness standards are maintained, keeping waste to a minimum 

Food Safety & Hygiene:

• Ensures that hygiene and housekeeping standards are maintained 
• Ensures stock rotation 
• Monitors the adherence to food safety and health and safety standards are maintained 
• Manages Non-Conformances via effective corrective action 
• Implements cleaning schedules and checks effective cleaning and sanitation 

Recording of Food Safety Daily Checklist  

• Customer Services Management: 
• Responds to customer requests 
• Answers queries on out of stock - assists with replacement products, explains time to next delivery and issues which may be affecting stock availability  
• Ensures department standards are maintained; equipment is manned and in working order 

Staff Management:

• Communicates critical information to staff 
• Set targets and activities – priorities, delegates and communicates 
• Handles procedural, policy and legislative noncompliance 
• Attends monthly regional meetings - take information back to staff - responds to queries on turnover/waste  
• Checks and amends Kronos scheduling 

Coaches staff 

Administration:

• Ensures that all equipment is properly maintained in effective working order 
• Ensures that general maintenance standards are met 
• Monitors waste, and ensures procedures are adhered to 
• Monitors turnover and identifies opportunities for increasing turnover and identifies and issues or barriers to achieving budgets. 
• Ensures all SEL in place - print out and ensure all products have SEL current and legible by customer 

Systems: 

• 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  
• Processes waste  
• Ensure PID’s are counted correctly as per the National P & L schedule

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• To manage operations in Administration and ensure maximum performance and profitability in line with the overall strategic objectives by controlling Expenses and the overall end to end administration processes.
• Grade 12
• 2- 3 years retail experience is an added advantage
• Sound Numeracy skills and knowledge of retail industry
• Must be transferable between stores
• Must have a valid Driver’s license code 08 (attach certified copy of license)

Competencies:

• Team Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Planning and Organising skills
• Influencing skills
• Attention to detail
• Building relationships and promote teamwork
• Good communication skills across all levels
• Results orientated

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the maintenance of the hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards on the floor and back-up areas
• Ensure that security procedures and  merchandise/display standards are adhered to
• Conduct regular quality checks to ensure that stock is rotated and that damaged/expired stock is removed, preventing wastage/shrinkage
• Maintain pricing on the shelves and labels to keep pricing correct at all times
• Ensure that all administration is completed accurately and timeously
• Analyse, maintain and update relevant information/documentation and take corrective action when necessary 
• Assist and advise customers on products and  provide the required services
• Monitor budgets and take corrective action when there are deviations
• Analyse profitability of department, make recommendations and/or take required actions for underperforming products
• Optimize stock levels through effective ordering i.e. accurate stock levels at all time and  never overstocking
• Manage employees to ensure standards are maintained by competent, motivated employees

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• At Pick n Pay, we’re looking for talented people with exceptional skills who share our values and want to join a team of experienced professionals. 
• We have exciting opportunities for determined, focused and dedicated individuals who wish to apply for Clothing Assistant Manager position. 
• Candidates need to demonstrate professional values and attitudes; and the ability to integrate acumen and technical competence with each area of the value creation process.

Minimum requirements

• Grade: 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent.
• 2 years experience as an assistant manager/Related
• Computer literate – MS Outlook, Excel, Word. MS Teams/Zoom.
• Willingness to work irregular hours, including evenings and weekends and stock takes after hours
• Willingness to be moved from store to store if and when need be
• Willingness and ability to undertake physical hands-on tasks
• Complete an assessment

Competencies

• An absolute passion for the product
• Good interpersonal & communication skills
• Conscientious, attentive to detail, accurate
• Good staff management and development skills
• Sense of urgency, enthusiasm and high energy level
• Assertiveness
• Customer centric approach
• Ability to work under pressure
• Motivation, self confidence and the use of initiative
• Team player who is results driven.

Key Responsibilities

• Customer Journey:
• Customer centric approach
• Ensuring customer service standards are rigorously applied
• Attending to all customer service requests, advertising on product and services.
• Ensure that VM standards are adhered to and execution of all plans and promotions.
• People Management: (Assist Store Manager with functions)
• Manage all people related aspects on an ongoing bases for staff.
• Able to deal with employee shortcomings if/when needed.
• Assist with recruitment on a store level according to company policy and procedures.
• Assist with Identify training and Development initiatives for employees.
• Assist with performance management – focus on talent management and succession planning.
• Able to lead and manage a team of employees.
• Assist with identify training initiatives and develop staff accordingly.
• Daily Operations/Stock Management/Risk Management: 
• Opening and locking of store in accordance with the company security procedures
• Conducting start & end of day reporting and procedures
• Conducting administration (staff scheduling & leave, invoices, pricing, costs, floats & banking, expense control, reconciliations, CDC and head office instructions etc) per company standards and procedures
• Ensuring merchandise is offloaded, captured, packed, merchandised & displayed per company policy
• Monitoring quality and controlling soilage of merchandise and taking appropriate action
• Controlling shrinkage
• Ensure that OHS standards are adhered to at all times

Sales/Promotions:

• Promoting sales to achieve budgets and monitoring sales, turnover and participation.
• Conducting promotions
• Implementation of markdowns and RTC’s