The Mr Price Group (MRPG) is a fashion value retailer, selling predominantly for cash. The Group retails Apparel, Homeware and Sportsware and is one of the fastest growing retailers in South Africa. Our History: 1885 - The first John Orrs store opens 1934 - The first Hub store opens 1952 - John Orrs is listed on the JSE 1967 - Acquisition of two Miladys s...
Job Description
- The Communications & Engagement Specialist is responsible for developing and executing communication strategies that amplify the impact, visibility, and reputation of the Mr Price Foundation. The role drives engagement through strategic communications, content creation, media relations, digital marketing, stakeholder engagement, and event support while ensuring consistent and compelling storytelling across all communication channels.
Responsibilities
Communication Strategy
- Develop and implement communication plans that support the Foundation's strategic objectives.
- Drive awareness and engagement for Foundation programmes, campaigns, fundraising initiatives, and community impact projects.
- Collaborate with programme managers, executive leadership, and internal stakeholders to ensure aligned messaging and communication objectives.
- Identify opportunities to enhance the Foundation's brand awareness and stakeholder engagement.
Content Creation and Management
- Create audience-focused content for various communication platforms, including: Social media, Press releases, Newsletters, Annual and integrated reports, Foundation website, Internal communications
- Write, edit, and proofread communication materials to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with the Foundation's brand voice.
- Develop impactful stories that showcase programme outcomes, beneficiary experiences, and community impact.
Media and Public Relations
- Build and maintain strong relationships with journalists, media outlets, and external stakeholders.
- Secure positive media coverage that promotes the Foundation's mission and achievements.
- Monitor media coverage and public sentiment, identifying risks, opportunities, and emerging issues.
Event Management and Support
- Promote Foundation events through digital, social, and traditional communication channels.
- Attend Foundation events to coordinate on-site communications and marketing activities.
- Represent the Foundation at conferences, workshops, volunteer activations, and other external engagements.
- Support the planning, coordination, and execution of Foundation events and activations.
Digital Communications and Community Management
- Manage and optimise digital communication channels, including social media, email marketing, and website content.
- Develop and schedule engaging content calendars.
- Drive audience growth, engagement, and reach across owned and shared communication channels.
- Monitor and analyse digital performance metrics and recommend improvements.
- Manage online communities and facilitate audience engagement.
Project Management
- Coordinate communication projects from planning through execution.
- Manage project timelines, budgets, deliverables, and stakeholder expectations.
- Support the production of annual and integrated reports through content development and stakeholder coordination.
- Maintain productive relationships with agencies, suppliers, and service providers.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned to Foundation objectives.
Corporate Communications
- Identify and position Foundation impact stories across Mr Price Group internal communication channels.
- Increase employee awareness, engagement, and participation in Foundation initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, or a related discipline will be advantageous.
- 3-5 years' experience in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or a similar role.
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Job Description
- We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Creditors Supervisor to lead our Accounts Payable function and ensure the effective management of supplier accounts, creditor payments, reconciliations, month-end processes, and team performance. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining strong supplier relationships, ensuring compliance with company policies, and driving process improvements within the Creditors department.
Responsibilities
Creditors Management
- Review and authorise all creditor payments, ensuring suppliers are paid accurately and within agreed payment terms.
- Manage supplier master data, including new supplier creation, amendments, and deactivations.
- Monitor and recover supplier debit balances timeously.
- Review aged creditor reports and ensure outstanding items are resolved.
- Ensure all supplier accounts are reconciled and cleared before deactivation.
Creditor Reconciliations
- Review and approve supplier reconciliations for all active suppliers.
- Ensure all supporting documentation is complete and accurately attached.
- Investigate and resolve outstanding supplier statement queries and long-outstanding reconciling items.
Month-End Processing
- Oversee the processing of monthly creditor penalties and adjustments.
- Review Vendor Balance Reports and ensure all payments are processed.
- Ensure intercompany payments and cash repatriations are processed accurately.
- Manage the Accounts Payable month-end close across all countries.
- Ensure payment journals are posted within prescribed timelines.
- Review and resolve unmatched receipts and invoices.
Compliance, Reporting and Continuous Improvement
- Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures and internal controls.
- Maintain and update process documentation.
- Provide accurate cash flow information to business stakeholders and Treasury.
- Respond to supplier and internal stakeholder queries.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation.
- Support internal and external audits, ensuring timely and accurate information is provided.
BEE Administration
- Ensure active suppliers have valid BEE certificates on file.
- Liaise with suppliers to obtain updated certificates.
People Management
- Lead, motivate and develop the Creditors team.
- Provide coaching, guidance and support to team members.
- Foster a professional, service-oriented and high-performance culture.
- Conduct regular team meetings, training sessions and performance discussions.
Qualifications
- Diploma or Degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years' experience in a Creditors or Accounts Payable environment.
- At least 2 years' experience in a supervisory or team leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of creditor reconciliations, month-end processes, supplier management and financial controls.
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Job Description
- A Store Manager will lead a team of passionate associates in maximizing store sales/turnover, ensuring the stock loss benchmark is maintained and managing the administration of the store.
Responsibilities
- Promote sales.
- Manage stock, and control expenses to meet business targets.
- Achieve and/or exceed the required targets that are set out for the store.
- Use store resources effectively to maintain the productivity of the store.
- Encompass a thorough knowledge of stock and management of policies and procedures.
- Act as the custodian of all company policies and procedures to ensure standards are met.
- Assume accountability for the management and the training of all staff.
- Maintaining the company culture by treating staff in a respectful and professional manner.
- Ensure all interaction with customers results in an above-average customer service level.
- Monitor the cleanliness and hygiene store and staff accordingly to ensure that it adheres to the relevant laws and company standards.
Qualifications
- Matric / Grade 12, Mathematics an advantage
- 2 years’ experience in a Retail Store Management or Assistant Store Manager role preferably in a similar retail environment.
- Excellent business English, both verbal and written
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Job Description
- A Store Manager will lead a team of passionate associates in maximizing store sales/turnover, ensuring the stock loss benchmark is maintained and managing the administration of the store.
Responsibilities
- Promote sales.
- Manage stock, and control expenses to meet business targets.
- Achieve and/or exceed the required targets that are set out for the store.
- Use store resources effectively to maintain the productivity of the store.
- Encompass a thorough knowledge of stock and management of policies and procedures.
- Act as the custodian of all company policies and procedures to ensure standards are met.
- Assume accountability for the management and the training of all staff.
- Maintaining the company culture by treating staff in a respectful and professional manner.
- Ensure all interaction with customers results in an above-average customer service level.
- Monitor the cleanliness and hygiene store and staff accordingly to ensure that it adheres to the relevant laws and company standards.
Qualifications
- Matric / Grade 12, Mathematics an advantage
- 2 years’ experience in a Retail Store Management or Assistant Store Manager role preferably in a similar retail environment.
- Excellent business English, both verbal and written
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Job Description
- Support the store manager in managing the daily operations of a store to ensure that the overall objectives, store targets and customer service standards are met and exceeded.
Responsibilities
Stock Management:
- Ensure that stock is accurately received & unpacked to merchandise and replenish the sales floor.
- Monitor and manage stock levels through defined processes to mitigate risks (stock loss) and ensure adequate stock on hand.
- Oversee the overall maintenance of the stockroom to meet housekeeping standards.
- Authorise write offs, breakages, recalls and returns.
Sales Growth & Profitability:
- Analyse sales & profitability reports in store to collaborate with management on required operational action plans, increase sales performance and monitor store expenditure.
- Review and keep abreast of in-store product performance to provide feedback to support centre and enhance sales.
- Identify and propose new opportunities to increase sales and brand awareness.
Risk Management:
- Conduct compliance checks through defined processes to ensure and enforce overall compliance to policies and procedures.
Customer Experience Management:
- Ensure and maintain the implementation of customer experience processes to meet customer service standards.
Leadership & Development:
- Lead and drive the team within a store to achieve store KPIs and operational strategy in line with company values.
- Identify & drive training, coaching and development needs with a focus on talent management and succession planning.
- Recruit, administer & manage performance in accordance with company policies and procedures.
Qualifications
- Grade: 12.
- 2 to 3 Years' Experience in a Supervisory/Assistant Store Management capacity.
- Understanding of Sales & Service Management.
- Budgeting Skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office.
- Effective Communication Skills
- Understanding of Retail Trade.
- Understanding of Brand, Customer & Product.
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Job Description
- Support the store manager in managing the daily operations of a store to ensure that the overall objectives, store targets and customer service standards are met and exceeded.
Responsibilities
Stock Management:
- Ensure that stock is accurately received & unpacked to merchandise and replenish the sales floor.
- Monitor and manage stock levels through defined processes to mitigate risks (stock loss) and ensure adequate stock on hand.
- Oversee the overall maintenance of the stockroom to meet housekeeping standards.
- Authorise write offs, breakages, recalls and returns.
Sales Growth & Profitability:
- Analyse sales & profitability reports in store to collaborate with management on required operational action plans, increase sales performance and monitor store expenditure.
- Review and keep abreast of in-store product performance to provide feedback to support centre and enhance sales.
- Identify and propose new opportunities to increase sales and brand awareness.
Risk Management:
- Conduct compliance checks through defined processes to ensure and enforce overall compliance to policies and procedures.
Customer Experience Management:
- Ensure and maintain the implementation of customer experience processes to meet customer service standards.
Leadership & Development:
- Lead and drive the team within a store to achieve store KPIs and operational strategy in line with company values.
- Identify & drive training, coaching and development needs with a focus on talent management and succession planning.
- Recruit, administer & manage performance in accordance with company policies and procedures.
Qualifications
- Grade: 12.
- 2 to 3 Years' Experience in a Supervisory/Assistant Store Management capacity.
- Understanding of Sales & Service Management.
- Budgeting Skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office.
- Effective Communication Skills
- Understanding of Retail Trade.
- Understanding of Brand, Customer & Product.
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Job Description
- Under supervision, research, design and execute a product assortment that is on trend and will delight our customers in order to maximise sales and net profit for your portfolio.
Responsibilities
Developing Ranges
- Under the supervision and guidance of the Buyer, conceptualise, plan and develop new styles and/or upgrade existing styles according to the approved seasonal strategy, based on trends and customer demand in order to provide our customers with the wanted product.
- With guidance, compile supplier tech packs containing detailed information on the relevant product so that the supplier can provide costings and execute.
- Assist in print and colour approvals.
- Assist in the preparation of marketing briefs, merch mags (VM), inspiration and boards.
- Under supervision, update packaging, labelling and branding in accordance to seasonal strategies.
- With guidance, build design libraries and templates to assist through range builds. "
Current Trade Analysis
- With guidance, monitor current trade and analyse performance of product in order to identify design opportunities in upcoming seasons (brothers and sisters).
- Along with team, conduct store visits in order to ensure that product and in store execution is as per briefs.
Trend Research & Product Development
- With guidance, conduct competitor shops using local retailers as well as online resource to stay abreast of current trends in fashion and to present to buyer/s with findings on print colour, fabrications, category calls and newness in order to apply learnings to designs.
Qualifications
Education
- Degree or Diploma in Fashion Design, Clothing Technology, Graphic Design
Experience
- 1 - 2 years. Clothing design would be an advantage.
- Specific knowledge
- Product or garment construction; Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign CS5; time management; Communication Skills; Presentation Skills
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Job Description
- 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 to meet customer service standards and achieve sales targets.
- Meet customer service standards and achieve sales targets. This includes new account/membership targets.
- Maintain floor housekeeping and visual merchandise standards.
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.
Stock Management:
- Ensure that stock is accurately received & unpacked to merchandise and replenish the sales floor.
- Monitor and manage stock levels through defined processes to mitigate risks 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.)
- Ensure and enforce overall compliance to policies and procedures.
Qualifications
- Grade 12.
- 2 to 3 years' experience in retail supervisory capacity.
- Knowledge on sales & service management.
- Proficiency in MS Office.
- Effective Communication skills.
- Business understanding of retail trade, brand, customer & product.
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