Jobs at Pick n Pay Stores Limited

Requirements

• Grade 12
• Proven experience as a Blockman with 2-3 years in a supervisory role in a retail or Butchery environment
• Extensive knowledge of meat cuts, food safety, and butchery techniques
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop a team
• Excellent customer service with a passion for delivering the highest-quality products
• Experience in managing inventory and reducing waste in the Butchery

Key responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations, including inventory control, ordering, and ensuring top-quality cuts are available for our customers.
• Ensure all meat handling, storage, and display practices meet the food safety
• regulations and company standards.
• Provide exceptional customer service, offering expert advice and custom cuts that meet specific customer needs.
• Develop strategies to drive sales, reduce waste, and maximise profitability within the butchery department.
• Manage, train, and mentor butchery staff, ensuring they are knowledgeable, skilled, and motivated to provide excellent service and perform optimally.

Closing date - 10 July 2026

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Minimum requirements

• Matric / Grade 12
• 2 – 4 years' retail experience
• Managerial experience advantageous

Key Responsibilities

Merchandise Management

• Ensure effective merchandising, stock availability, and product presentation
• Execute promotions and maintain merchandising standards

Sales & Promotions

• Drive sales performance and achieve departmental targets
• Coordinate and execute promotional activities

Finance & Administration

• Monitor and control departmental expenses
• Ensure accurate and timely completion of administrative processes

Operations & Maintenance

• Ensure smooth day-to-day operations of the department
• Maintain equipment and store standards

Shrinkage & Security

• Monitor and control stock losses and shrinkage
• Ensure adherence to security procedures

Customer Service Management

• Deliver and maintain excellent customer service standards
• Resolve customer queries and complaints effectively

People Management & Development

• Lead, coach, and develop team members
• Manage performance and support staff development

Closing date - 09 July 2026

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• Matric/ Grade 12 (required)
• 3 to 5 yearse experience in a retail fresh food environment, preferably within Deli, Hot Kitchen, Cold Kitchen, or Ready-to-Eat departments.
• 2+ years leadership / management experience
• Proven experience managing margin, shrinkage and waste control, and fresh food operations. 
• Strong knowledge of food safety legislation and merchandising principles. 

As the Deli Manager, you will be responsible for leading all aspects of the Deli Department, ensuring operational excellence while delivering an outstanding customer experience.You will:

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Deli team.
• Drive departmental sales, profitability, and gross margin performance.
• Ensure exceptional product quality, freshness, food safety, and hygiene standards.
• Deliver an inviting shopping experience through world-class merchandising and product presentation.
• Manage stock ordering, stock rotation (FIFO), shrinkage, waste, and inventory control.
• Ensure full compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), company policies, and food safety legislation.
• Plan and execute promotional activities to maximise sales opportunities.
• Complete all departmental administration, including scheduling, leave management, invoices, and compliance reporting.
• Build a customer focused culture that consistently delivers excellent service.
• Work collaboratively with Store Management to achieve operational and commercial objectives.

Closing date - 08 July 2026

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Minimum Requirements:

• Preferably relevant university Degree
• 3+ years retail Buying and Category Management experience essential in Cheese will be an added advantage
• Proven and consistent success on financial KPI’s
• Extensive commercial knowledge
• In-depth knowledge of store operations combined with category knowledge and in store execution
• SAP knowledge is an added advantage

Key Responsibilities

• Understand negotiating position, key drivers, and desired outcomes; develop and present factual, rational, and compelling arguments to build support and gain commitment from other parties; understand when to engage in counter-negotiations to reach win-win outcomes
• Anticipate negotiating roadblocks and objections, ensuring any contractual agreements entered into are structured according to the regulatory controls in place
• Develop and recommend business strategies that target category-specific growth
• Evaluate merchandising plans and their business impact; make recommendaIdentify and recommend process improvements that target performance, quality, work efficiency / cost reduction
• Maintain a solid working knowledge of assigned category, industry, and market; use knowledge of industry practices, business trends, distribution methods, and the competitive environment to develop buying plans
• Implement and execute tactical buying plans, ensuring alignment with category-specific growth strategies, as well as Pick n Pay’s overall business strategy
• Integrate with Store Operations and Store teams to drive the implementation of the category plan
• Communicate regularly with suppliers to mutually share financial and other performance criteria; use metrics to identify performance gaps and hold suppliers accountable for achieving financial and other mutually agreed upon goals; develop and implement contingency plans to close performance gaps
• Demonstrate confidence and expertise when interacting with suppliers whilst reinforcing the importance of Pick n Pay’s values, buying strategies and corporate initiatives
• Implement and execute Private Brand category strategy, ensuring alignment with category-specific growth strategies, as well as PnP’s overall business strategy
• Develop and implement action plans to enable the attainment of financial goals, leveraging knowledge of factors and trends that are likely to impact financial performance of the category

Closing Date: 5 July 2026

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Minimum Qualifications:

• BSc (Quantity Surveying) or equivalent
• Professional registration (e.g., PrQS / MRICS or equivalent preferred)

Experience:

• 5–7 years’ experience as a Quantity Surveyor within construction
• Proven experience in retail, commercial, or multi-site rollout environments
• Experience in refurbishments, fit-outs, and fast-paced project delivery cycles
• Exposure to cost benchmarking, procurement, and contract administration
• Experience working with contractors, consultants, and developers

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Minimum requirements

• Grade 12 / Matric / Equivalent
• Must comply with the medical criteria required by the OHS Act for the Butchery.
• All applicants will be required to successfully complete the appropriate numeracy screening assessments.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate all Butchery equipment including the Bandsaw
• Report any defective equipment/utensils to the Butchery Manager
• Control, merchandise and promote stock according to laid down procedures and standards
• Prepare and break various meat carcasses according to laid down specifications
• Deboning all cuts of meat and manufacture mince/produce sausage
• Prevent wastage/shrinkage/damages
• Check temperatures and monitor/maintain the cold chain
• Provide the required product or services and handle customers in a courteous and professional manner
• Maintain a high level of cleanliness and hygiene of butchery related equipment and utensils
• Assist with the receiving of meat from suppliers
• Assist with training staff on various new products/lines
• Assist with Stock takes.

Closing date: Sunday 05 July 2026

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Minimum Requirements:

• Matric, preferably with Science and Mathematics.
• A diploma, degree or relevant certification in Data Management, Data Governance, Business Analysis, Information Systems, Commerce, Supply Chain, Retail or a related field would be advantageous and beneficial, but is preferred rather than mandatory.
• Experience in retail master data, data quality, data governance, SAP, merchandise, supply chain, finance administration or related business processes.
• Business acumen in Data Governance, Data Management and retail operations.
• Practical understanding of Article, Vendor, Site, Supply Chain, DSD, UoM, barcode and GS1-related data would be advantageous.

Key Responsibilities

Data Governance

• Ensure business data definitions and standards are documented and maintained as per agreed business rules.
• Support relevant Data Owners, Master Data teams and business stakeholders to drive consistency of key data elements.
• Ensure that business data is correctly synchronised with legacy and downstream systems, where required.
• Highlight data exceptions and inconsistencies to the Data Governance Team using the SAP Report Toolkit and SAP Information Steward outputs.
• Drive consistency of key data elements and investigate discrepancies raised by the Master Data Departments.
• Investigate data issues, support root-cause analysis and report any deviations.
• Guide, lead and enforce disciplines relating to data changes.

Communication

• Ensure ongoing communication with relevant stakeholders is adhered to within required standards and agreed timelines.
• Internal
• Follow up on queries, system bugs, developments, UAT, data quality exceptions and business processes timeously and update management where required.
• External
• Liaise with GS1 and relevant external stakeholders on article issues such as barcodes, unit of measure, dimensions and article statuses per vendor, where required.

Rule Master Review

• Co-ordinate and monitor agreed logistics and purchasing Article data for all Regions, to ensure that they correlate to Pick n Pay processes and standards.
• Review business rules via SAP Information Steward and ensure alignment with approved business requirements.
• Audit and monitor master data and communicate with relevant stakeholders on any deviations.
• Document business rules to related system rules.
• Ensure rule changes are reviewed, tested and approved with relevant business stakeholders.

SAP Information Steward Administration

• Create, delete and change rules within the SAP Information Steward system as per approved business requirement.
• Maintain business rule documentation and change history.
• Support rule testing, scheduling and exception monitoring.
• Work with IS and relevant technical teams where technical support is required.

Analytics

• Compare and analyse master data between systems (e.g. IDW and ERP), advise and assist business on any anomalies and corrective action measures.
• Analyse data to create and enhance new and existing reports.
• Identify, evaluate and solve complex business problems for area of responsibility, where data profiling / validation is carried out as per business needs.
• Act independently to identify an approach for representing business rules and data quality checks using SAP Information Steward.
• Support IS and relevant technical teams by defining business requirements for data profiling, migration, cleansing and validation activities.
• Develop and maintain data profiling rules on product, customer and transactional data using SAP Information Steward, where applicable.
• Maintain knowledge of Data Quality, Profiling and Cleansing principles.

Reports

• Run daily, weekly and monthly reports to verify that business is generating these reports effectively.
• Compile business rule reports and distribute to relevant stakeholders to ascertain if Data KPIs are met.
• Analyse report trends and recurring exceptions and recommend corrective actions.
• Monitor data quality KPIs and escalate material issues where required.

On-going projects

• Meet deliverables for projects assigned.
• Support data quality impact analysis, UAT, rule validation and post-implementation monitoring for assigned projects.

Closing Date: 9 July 2026

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Minimum Requirements:

• 3+ years retail Buying and Category Management experience essential in Liquor & Wine will be an added advantage
• Proven and consistent success on financial KPI’s
• Extensive commercial knowledge
• In-depth knowledge of store operations combined with Online/ ASAP Operations
• SAP knowledge is an added advantage

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand negotiating position, key drivers, and desired outcomes; develop and present factual, rational, and compelling arguments to build support and gain commitment from other parties; understand when to engage in counter-negotiations to reach win-win outcomes
• Anticipate negotiating roadblocks and objections, ensuring any contractual agreements entered into are structured according to the regulatory controls in place
• Develop and recommend business strategies that target category-specific growth
• Evaluate merchandising plans and their business impact; make recommendations for modifying plans based on findings 
• Identify and recommend process improvements that target performance, quality, work efficiency / cost reduction
• Maintain a solid working knowledge of assigned category, industry, and market; use knowledge of industry practices, business trends, distribution methods, and the competitive environment to develop buying plans
• Implement and execute tactical buying plans, ensuring alignment with category-specific growth strategies, as well as Pick n Pay’s overall business strategy
• Integrate with ASAP teams to drive the implementation of the category plan
• Communicate regularly with suppliers to mutually share financial and other performance criteria; use metrics to identify performance gaps and hold suppliers accountable for achieving financial and other mutually agreed upon goals; develop and implement contingency plans to close performance gaps
• Demonstrate confidence and expertise when interacting with suppliers whilst reinforcing the importance of Pick n Pay’s values, buying strategies and corporate initiatives
• Implement and execute Private Brand category strategy, ensuring alignment with category-specific growth strategies, as well as PnP’s overall business strategy
• Develop and implement action plans to enable the attainment of financial goals, leveraging knowledge of factors and trends that are likely to impact financial performance of the category

Closing Date: 4 July 2026

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Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferable
• 3 Years Retail experience and Category Management experience
• Knowledge of General Merchandise within the respective categories would be advantageous
• Previous travel to China advantageous and Strong understanding of Imports
• Strong Financial Background, SAP knowledge is an added advantage

Key Responsibilities:

Negotiation

• Understands negotiating position, key drivers, and desired outcomes; develops and presents factual, rational, and compelling arguments to build support and gain commitment from other parties; understands when to engage in counter-negotiations to reach win-win outcomes
• Manages disagreements and conflicts by using diplomacy and controlling emotions; anticipates negotiating roadblocks and objections

Category Strategy

• Develops and recommends business strategies that target category-specific growth
• Evaluates merchandising plans and their business impact; makes recommendations for modifying plans based on findings
• Identifies and recommends process improvements that target performance, quality, work efficiency / cost reduction

Category Performance

• Maintains a solid working knowledge of assigned category, industry, and market; uses knowledge of industry practices, business trends, distribution methods, and the competitive environment to develop buying plans
• Implements and executes tactical buying plans, ensuring alignment with category-specific growth strategies, as well as Pick n Pay’s overall business strategy

Supplier Relations

• Communicates regularly with suppliers to mutually share financial and other performance criteria; uses metrics to identify performance gaps and hold suppliers accountable for achieving financial and other mutually agreed upon goals; develops and implements contingency plans to close performance gaps
• Develops and maintains relationships with suppliers; demonstrates confidence and expertise when interacting with suppliers

Private Brand Strategy and Development

• Implements and executes Private Brand category strategy, ensuring alignment with category-specific growth strategies, as well as PnP’s overall business strategy

Merchandise Knowledge

• Applies knowledge of Pick n Pay’s merchandise and current promotions, price changes, and sales to enhance daily work
• Develops merchandising solutions to achieve business goals and influence financial performance
• Identifies and applies knowledge of key industry trends and market forces in order to positively impact merchandising.

Closing Date: 4 July 2026

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Minimum Requirements

• Relevant degree (e.g., B Comm / HR / business / Psychology); post-graduate degree advantageous.
• 5 – 8 years’ experience in a People Partner Role with exposure to managing all aspects of the HR value chain.
• 5+ years’ experience in a Clothing retailer – Operations and Corporate

Key Responsibilities

Including but not limited to:

Strategy alignment:

• In consultation with line, prioritize HR objectives, draw on technical HR skills to propose solutions and create plans and metrics to meet these objectives. Ensure understanding of Pick ‘n Pay’s HR strategy and vision to facilitate alignment within own area.

Organisational effectiveness and resourcing:

• Identify vacancies to be filled in conjunction with line management and execute recruitment for all vacancies in line with recruitment process. Integrate job profiles into onboarding, performance contracts and development plans.

Performance and talent management and succession:

• Actively promote the performance management processes amongst new and existing employees. Communicate performance management process, timelines, and templates.

Learning and development:

• Implement Learning and Development initiatives in accordance with defined policies and processes
• Provide input into the identification of needs within operating environment

Compensation, benefits, and HR services:

• Provide advice to line managers on all reward policies and practices
• Communicate employee value proposition (EVP) and changes to conditions of service and benefits
• Diversity and inclusion accountability and employment equity:
• Implement diversity and inclusion programmes and provide tools and support where needed.

Employee relations:

• Implement and communicate any changes in the strategy and advise line managers on changes. Communicate with recognised trade unions/employees in the regions regarding company ER Strategy in the event of any changes

Change management:

• Provide input into the design and implementation of key stakeholder engagement and communication interventions in support of critical business initiatives, with particular focus on culture and shared vision and values.

HR effectiveness:

• Ensure accuracy of all inputs into HR systems and critical HR metrics, (e.g. time taken to recruit the right people; skills shortages; recruitment costs; post-placement trends; attrition rates; talent and retention issues, etc).

Business partnering:

• Execute the HR strategy into store operations
• Partner with leaders and managers as trusted adviser to achieve shared organisational objectives and drive a high-performance culture
• Effective teamwork, self-management, and alignment with group values
• Continually drive best-in-class solutions and practices
•  Drive and instill Pick ‘n Pay values at all levels
•  Remain abreast of legislation, new developments, etc.

Closing date: 10 July 2026