Jobs at Mr Price Group

Job Description

• Who you are You have the ability to grow and adapt to an ever-changing environment where new processes and technologies are part of the norm. Your passion for retail & a knowledge of outdoor brands, and patio living products, along with your affiliation for figures & organisational skills makes you indispensable to the team. It excites you to continually look for ways to work better, faster and more efficiently that benefit the business and maximise each hour of the day.

Responsibilities
What you’ll do 

• You will be responsible for getting the right stock at the right store at the right time for both e-commerce and store locations. This will involve collaborating across multiple business units to showcase and manage stock levels of our extensive product range.

Your areas of responsibility include:

• Work closely with category buyers on season strategy incorporating reviews of past category/concept performance, agree on investment for the future
• Forecasting and ordering stock needed to achieve future budgets and optimizing flow of stock and inventory turn in your category 
• Managing overstocks 
• Calculate stock needed for successful marketing campaigns (online and in stores) 
• Build and maintain collaborative partnerships and communicate effectively with suppliers and internal team members 
• Compiling and analysing reports on product performance. Recommending actions based on data reported. 
• Collaborate with the Customer Service team to prioritise customer needs & ensure a customer-centric approach

Qualifications
What experience and skills you need for the role 
This role is best suited for an innovative, organised, problem-solver that is agile and resilient and displays the following skills:

• Bachelors Degree (finance, accounting, bcom) 
• At least 3 years working in a Merchandise Planning role 
• A high degree of numeracy and an analytical, detailed and strategic approach to work
• Excellent attention to detail Excellent Excel skills and knowledge of the google suite
• Strong business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking 
• Strong affiliation to systems and utilising them to increase productivity in line with the Planning Strategy
• Good organisational, administrative and interpersonal skills 
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Enjoy working with people to resolve problems with a focus on finding workable solutions within often tight deadlines
• Driven by improving processes and finding new effective ways to do things Experience in a complex, data-driven, high-volume and fast-paced environment where agility is key
• General operational problem-solving experience

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Job Description
Supervisor_Mr Price Home, Tygervalley, Western Cape:

• Support store management in the daily operations of a store to ensure that the overall objectives, store targets, and customer service standards are met & exceeded.

Responsibilities
Sales & Customer Experience Management:

• Drive sales through the implementation of customer experience processes (through execution of business instruction letters, markdowns, repricing, promotions, customer experience plan, visual standards & customer feedback, etc.) to meet customer service standards and achieve sales targets. This includes new account/membership targets 

Team Management:

• Assist in driving the team within a store to achieve store KPIs and operational strategy in line with company values. Provide ongoing coaching & mentoring to enable and up-skill store associates (e.g. product knowledge)

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 general maintenance of the stockroom to meet housekeeping standards.

Risk Management:

• Assist with compliance checks through defined processes (e.g. admin checks, store audits, visual audits, COMO (Continuous Monitoring) reports, POS (Point of Sales) reports, health & safety standards, weekly hanger counts, security, etc.) to ensure and enforce overall compliance to policies and procedures.                              

Qualifications

• Grade: 12 
• 1-2 Years' experience in retail. 
• 1-2 Years experience in a supervisory role 
• Sales & service management. 
• Computer literacy. 
• Communication skills. 
• Retail trade. 
• Brand, customer & product understanding.

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Job Description
Supervisor_Mr Price Home, Tygervalley, Western Cape:

• Support store management in the daily operations of a store to ensure that the overall objectives, store targets, and customer service standards are met & exceeded.

Responsibilities
Sales & Customer Experience Management:

• Drive sales through the implementation of customer experience processes (through execution of business instruction letters, markdowns, repricing, promotions, customer experience plan, visual standards & customer feedback, etc.) to meet customer service standards and achieve sales targets. This includes new account/membership targets 

Team Management:

• Assist in driving the team within a store to achieve store KPIs and operational strategy in line with company values. Provide ongoing coaching & mentoring to enable and up-skill store associates (e.g. product knowledge)

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 general maintenance of the stockroom to meet housekeeping standards.

Risk Management:

• Assist with compliance checks through defined processes (e.g. admin checks, store audits, visual audits, COMO (Continuous Monitoring) reports, POS (Point of Sales) reports, health & safety standards, weekly hanger counts, security, etc.) to ensure and enforce overall compliance to policies and procedures.                              

Qualifications

• Grade: 12 
• 1-2 Years' experience in retail. 
• 1-2 Years experience in a supervisory role 
• Sales & service management. 
• Computer literacy. 
• Communication skills. 
• Retail trade. 
• Brand, customer & product understanding.