Working at the adidas Group in South Africa involves joining a global sporting goods leader focused on retail, supply chain, and corporate operations. Employees experience a fast-paced, sport-driven culture with opportunities across retail stores, HR, and brand management.
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PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION:
- Assist management in day-to-day store maintenance while providing excellent service and observing and maintaining all store policies and procedures.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensures the highest level of adidas service is given to each customer.
- As needed, completes any regular sales transactions involving cash, credit, checks, etc.
- Involved indirectly with ticketing of products as well as checking paperwork against items received.
- Assists in product flow from stockroom to sales floor on a fill-in basis.
- Assists in the development of displays of merchandise or follow suggestions or schedules provided by the store management team.
- Attain proficiency with the point-of-sale system by acquiring system utilization skills. Ensure integrity is maintained through attention to policy and procedure.
- Uses selling techniques such as add on sales and describing technical information to customers to enhance salesmanship and reach store and position sales goals.
- Greets customers in the store and assists them in finding the right product. Occasionally, serves primarily as a Greeter at the front door during busy workdays.
- Maintaining general housekeeping standards (Including cleaning of the store)
- Safekeeping of Company assets
- Loss prevention, monitoring sales floor and reporting any suspicious activity and follow security procedures/ SLAP.
- Ensure they take part in in-store training or digital training provided by the company (Atticus/AREA) to ensure they have product knowledge and role best practice.
- Familiarize themselves with Power BI tools to have more understanding of store performance, best sellers / blackhole product.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- An absolute passion for retail & customer service
- Ability to use your initiative
- Clear and upbeat communication skills
- Flexibility- you can help during the week, during evenings and weekends too
- Previous fashion retail experience will be highly regarded but is not essential
- Adaptability, being able to handle various tasks and adapt to changing circumstances/situations
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL HAVE:
- The passion to work within a team to deliver great results.
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced, high volume retail environment.
- Enthusiasm.
- A love for fashion and great confidence to style your customer with any look they want to create!
REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Matric certificate
- 0 - 1 years of retail experience
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PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION:
- Assist management in day-to-day store maintenance while providing excellent service and observing and maintaining all store policies and procedures.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensures the highest level of adidas service is given to each customer.
- As needed, completes any regular sales transactions involving cash, credit, checks, etc.
- Involved indirectly with ticketing of products as well as checking paperwork against items received.
- Assists in product flow from stockroom to sales floor on a fill-in basis.
- Assists in the development of displays of merchandise or follow suggestions or schedules provided by the store management team.
- Attain proficiency with the point-of-sale system by acquiring system utilization skills. Ensure integrity is maintained through attention to policy and procedure.
- Uses selling techniques such as add on sales and describing technical information to customers to enhance salesmanship and reach store and position sales goals.
- Greets customers in the store and assists them in finding the right product. Occasionally, serves primarily as a Greeter at the front door during busy workdays.
- Maintaining general housekeeping standards (Including cleaning of the store)
- Safekeeping of Company assets
- Loss prevention, monitoring sales floor and reporting any suspicious activity and follow security procedures/ SLAP.
- Ensure they take part in in-store training or digital training provided by the company (Atticus/AREA) to ensure they have product knowledge and role best practice.
- Familiarize themselves with Power BI tools to have more understanding of store performance, best sellers / blackhole product.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- An absolute passion for retail & customer service
- Ability to use your initiative
- Clear and upbeat communication skills
- Flexibility- you can help during the week, during evenings and weekends too
- Previous fashion retail experience will be highly regarded but is not essential
- Adaptability, being able to handle various tasks and adapt to changing circumstances/situations
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL HAVE:
- The passion to work within a team to deliver great results.
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced, high volume retail environment.
- Enthusiasm.
- A love for fashion and great confidence to style your customer with any look they want to create!
REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Matric certificate
- 0 - 1 years of retail experience
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PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION:
- Assist management in day-to-day store maintenance while providing excellent service and observing and maintaining all store policies and procedures.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Ensures the highest level of adidas service is given to each customer.
- As needed, completes any regular sales transactions involving cash, credit, checks, etc.
- Involved indirectly with ticketing of products as well as checking paperwork against items received.
- Assists in product flow from stockroom to sales floor on a fill in basis.
- Ensure that Company assets and stock is always secured in order to alleviate shrinkage.
- Assists in the development of displays of merchandise or follow suggestions or schedules provided by the store management team.
- Attain proficiency with the point-of-sale system by acquiring system utilization skills. Ensure integrity is maintained through attention to policy and procedure.
- Uses selling techniques such as add on sales and describing technical information to customers to enhance salesmanship and reach store and position sales goals.
- Greets customers in the store and assists them in finding the right product. Occasionally, serves primarily as a Greeter at the front door during busy workdays.
- Maintaining general housekeeping standards
- Safekeeping of Company assets
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Excellent customer service
- Meeting sales goals
- Selling to customer needs
- People skills
- High energy levels
REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Matric certificate
- 2 - 4 years of retail experience
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PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION:
- Assist management in day-to-day store maintenance while providing excellent service and observing and maintaining all store policies and procedures.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Ensures the highest level of adidas service is given to each customer.
- As needed, completes any regular sales transactions involving cash, credit, checks, etc.
- Involved indirectly with ticketing of products as well as checking paperwork against items received.
- Assists in product flow from stockroom to sales floor on a fill in basis.
- Ensure that Company assets and stock is always secured in order to alleviate shrinkage.
- Assists in the development of displays of merchandise or follow suggestions or schedules provided by the store management team.
- Attain proficiency with the point-of-sale system by acquiring system utilization skills. Ensure integrity is maintained through attention to policy and procedure.
- Uses selling techniques such as add on sales and describing technical information to customers to enhance salesmanship and reach store and position sales goals.
- Greets customers in the store and assists them in finding the right product. Occasionally, serves primarily as a Greeter at the front door during busy workdays.
- Maintaining general housekeeping standards
- Safekeeping of Company assets
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Excellent customer service
- Meeting sales goals
- Selling to customer needs
- People skills
- High energy levels
REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Matric certificate
- 2 - 4 years of retail experience
go to method of application »
PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION:
- Assist management in day-to-day store maintenance while providing excellent service and observing and maintaining all store policies and procedures.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensures the highest level of adidas service is given to each customer.
- As needed, completes any regular sales transactions involving cash, credit, checks, etc.
- Involved indirectly with ticketing of products as well as checking paperwork against items received.
- Assists in product flow from stockroom to sales floor on a fill-in basis.
- Assists in the development of displays of merchandise or follow suggestions or schedules provided by the store management team.
- Attain proficiency with the point-of-sale system by acquiring system utilization skills. Ensure integrity is maintained through attention to policy and procedure.
- Uses selling techniques such as add on sales and describing technical information to customers to enhance salesmanship and reach store and position sales goals.
- Greets customers in the store and assists them in finding the right product. Occasionally, serves primarily as a Greeter at the front door during busy workdays.
- Maintaining general housekeeping standards (Including cleaning of the store)
- Safekeeping of Company assets
- Loss prevention, monitoring sales floor and reporting any suspicious activity and follow security procedures/ SLAP.
- Ensure they take part in in-store training or digital training provided by the company (Atticus/AREA) to ensure they have product knowledge and role best practice.
- Familiarize themselves with Power BI tools to have more understanding of store performance, best sellers / blackhole product.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- An absolute passion for retail & customer service
- Ability to use your initiative
- Clear and upbeat communication skills
- Flexibility- you can help during the week, during evenings and weekends too
- Previous fashion retail experience will be highly regarded but is not essential
- Adaptability, being able to handle various tasks and adapt to changing circumstances/situations
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL HAVE:
- The passion to work within a team to deliver great results.
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced, high volume retail environment.
- Enthusiasm.
- A love for fashion and great confidence to style your customer with any look they want to create!
REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Matric certificate
- 0 - 1 years of retail experience
go to method of application »
PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION:
- Assist management in day-to-day store maintenance while providing excellent service and observing and maintaining all store policies and procedures.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensures the highest level of adidas service is given to each customer.
- As needed, completes any regular sales transactions involving cash, credit, checks, etc.
- Involved indirectly with ticketing of products as well as checking paperwork against items received.
- Assists in product flow from stockroom to sales floor on a fill-in basis.
- Assists in the development of displays of merchandise or follow suggestions or schedules provided by the store management team.
- Attain proficiency with the point-of-sale system by acquiring system utilization skills. Ensure integrity is maintained through attention to policy and procedure.
- Uses selling techniques such as add on sales and describing technical information to customers to enhance salesmanship and reach store and position sales goals.
- Greets customers in the store and assists them in finding the right product. Occasionally, serves primarily as a Greeter at the front door during busy workdays.
- Maintaining general housekeeping standards (Including cleaning of the store)
- Safekeeping of Company assets
- Loss prevention, monitoring sales floor and reporting any suspicious activity and follow security procedures/ SLAP.
- Ensure they take part in in-store training or digital training provided by the company (Atticus/AREA) to ensure they have product knowledge and role best practice.
- Familiarize themselves with Power BI tools to have more understanding of store performance, best sellers / blackhole product.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- An absolute passion for retail & customer service
- Ability to use your initiative
- Clear and upbeat communication skills
- Flexibility- you can help during the week, during evenings and weekends too
- Previous fashion retail experience will be highly regarded but is not essential
- Adaptability, being able to handle various tasks and adapt to changing circumstances/situations
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL HAVE:
- The passion to work within a team to deliver great results.
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced, high volume retail environment.
- Enthusiasm.
- A love for fashion and great confidence to style your customer with any look they want to create!
REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Matric certificate
- 0 - 1 years of retail experience
go to method of application »
PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION:
- To manage all transactions with customers accurately and efficiently, on the POS system.
- Receiving payments and issuing receipts, gift-wrapping packages, and keeping track of all cash and credit transactions.
- Ensure all sale and refund transactions run smoothly and will help maximize customer satisfaction.
- To ensure all House Of Retail policies, rules and procedures are adhered to at POS.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage transactions with customers using cash registers.
- Scan goods and ensure pricing is accurate.
- Collect payments whether in cash or credit and promote PJN as an option of payment
- Issue receipts, refunds, change or tickets.
- Redeem coupons and vouchers.
- Cross-sell products and introduce new ones.
- Sell add-ons to customers to increase UPT.
- Resolve customer complaints, guide them, and provide relevant information.
- Greet customers when entering or leaving the store.
- Maintain clean and tidy checkout areas.
- Track transactions on balance sheets and report any discrepancies.
- Bag packages.
- Handle merchandise returns and exchanges
- Ensure all till documents signed and filed accordingly
- Driving CRM and NPS as a last point for customer contact in store.
- Familiarize yourself with the digital dashboard to have better understanding of performance and tracking
- Sales responsibilities.
- Replenishment of sales floor.
- Housekeeping.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS:
- Customers, Peers, POS supervisor, Store Manager and Deputy Manager.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Basic PC knowledge.
- Familiarity with electronic equipment, like cash register and POS.
- Strong numeracy skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Strong communication and time management skills.
- Customer satisfaction oriented.
REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- 2-4 years work experience as a Retail Cashier or in a similar role in sales of years of retail experience
- Matric certificate
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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization
- Inspired by our heritage, adidas is rooted in sport and the culture born from it. This role is responsible for leading the Lifestyle category across EM South, operating at the intersection of sport and culture to translate global strategies into locally relevant narratives, partnerships and activations.
- The role is accountable for building adidas' cultural relevance across the market, driving brand heat and consumer connection through best-in-class brand building initiatives that deliver against both brand equity and commercial growth objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the localization and execution of the EM South Lifestyle Brand Activation strategy across Originals, Sportswear, Statement, PR and EIM.
- Own and drive the Lifestyle Brand Activation calendar, leading campaign planning and execution to deliver against key business and brand priorities.
- Leverage consumer, cultural and market insights to inform strategy, identify opportunities and guide decision making.
- Develop locally relevant communications and activations that resonate with consumers and strengthen adidas' cultural relevance.
- Guide the conceptualization, development and scaling of experiential marketing initiatives and events, including Originals Studio.
- Act as the custodian of Lifestyle's intersection with the broader sport categories, creating cross-functional synergies that leverage the brands ecosystem, partners and assets to enhance brand credibility.
- Manage strategic relationships with agencies, creators, contracted partners and other external stakeholders, in close collaboration with Sports Marketing.
- Own the Lifestyle marketing budget, ensuring effective investment allocation, measurable ROI and optimisation of spend across key moments and initiatives.
- Lead and develop a team of direct and indirect reports, setting a clear vision, fostering collaboration and driving high performance.
KPI’s:
- Category Net Sales and Margin
- Market Share of categories
- Full Price Sell Through
- Brand Sentiment & health metrics
- Media and PR performance KPI’s
Key Relationships:
- Marketing team
- EM Brand Activation team (Global team: project dependent)
- Channels EM South
- External Agencies
- Contracted partners
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Extensive experience across the brand communications mix, including media, PR, events, sponsorships, retail and experiential marketing, preferably within a global brand environment.
- Deep understanding of local sport, fashion, music, art and creative communities.
- Proven ability to localize global campaigns and strategies to drive meaningful consumer impact.
- Strong written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing highly collaborative teams.
- Strong stakeholder management capabilities across internal and external partners, including agencies and EIM partners.
- Experience managing marketing budgets and performance tracking.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Experience working within both market and above-market organisational structures preferred.
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- University degree in Business/ Marketing
- Minimum of 10 years professional experience specifically in Marketing
- Fluent in English
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