Latest Jobs at Shoprite Group of Companies

Purpose of the Job    

• OK Furniture, a division of Shoprite Group, As Africa's largest retailer, we currently have an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic Administration Team.
• This role offers the chance to work in a fast-paced furniture retail environment where adaptability and customer focus are key.
• If you excel at identifying and meeting customer needs, and take full ownership of maintaining an accurate Stock Ledger at store level, then we would like to hear from you!

Job Objectives    

• To analyse and identify problems / exceptions related to maintaining an accurate Stock Ledger and take action to correct these.
• To ensure that all stock movement are accounted for accurately and timeously.
• To ensure that all Service Department production is captured on Blue Cube.
• To ensure in-stock status at all time.
• To ensure that management receiving checks are done on a daily basis.

Qualifications    

• National Senior Certificate

Desirable

• Admin and Sales Management training
• Trainee Manager Training
• Cost control diploma

Experience    

• 1-2 year related experience.
• Retail or Furniture environment desirable.

Knowledge and Skills    

• 6-12 month Retail Furniture operations knowledge desirable

Closing Date    

• 2026/02/23

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Purpose of the Job    

• The Packaging Design Manager is accountable for developing and managing all aspects of the Private Label design process steering strategic and tactical aspects related to successful delivery.
• The role manages a design team and actively collaborates with agencies and other business stakeholders to execute. Whilst leading creative and innovative design solutions that are right for our customers and business is crucial, the commercial aspects related to each unique Private Label product requires both a calculated and intuitive approach that considers competitor research, customer trends and market insights.
• The Packaging Design Manager quickly interprets and actions these inputs and delivers compelling, commercially viable, creative proposals and solutions influencing the business decision making regarding the maintenance, re-fresh or new launch of our private label product lines and related packaging.

Job Objectives    

Develop Design / Creative Strategies

• Take accountability for the full design portfolio with a particular focus on the conceptual, creative and commercial aspects.
• Develop and implement successful and commercially viable creatives, outlining how the design team will approach delivery and implementation against the agreed timelines.
• Bring new, innovative, differentiated, and ownable design insights to strategic planning to inspire new packaging ideas. Craft designs and inspire designers to bring it to life!
• Monitor the Retail industry to identify opportunities to increase market share and communicate viable strategies and proposals in a timely manner to the relevant stakeholders for consideration.
• With both a tactical and strategic approach in mind, work closely with internal and external research providers to access and integrate all available research relevant to the quarter/year ahead and develop the necessary internal mechanisms to communicate, share and collaborate seamlessly with other stakeholders - to enhance the Private Label design inputs and outcomes.
• Ensure consistency in data-driven decision-making and strategy formulation for packaging creatives and design of proto-type / concept development.
• Develop creative programs and design concepts that meet the business objectives of the organisation and that advance our brand and proposition strategy.

Present Design Ideas and Creative Concepts

• Once design strategies have been developed, present them to various stakeholders for input and feedback (with specific emphasis on the creative concept and commercial aspects).
• Lead concept development in relation to design and creative outputs.
• Work with internal teams to generate ideas for pitching and proposals.
• Drive senior management and other stakeholder’s thinking by creating an open environment for feedback, discussion and debate and a platform for negotiation and influence, to drive and manage the required strategies and change elements as applicable.
• Pitch ideas confidently and present the creative vision clearly to ensure that various stakeholders are aligned and empowered to make decisions or provide inputs as relevant to their areas of responsibility.
• Take a lead role in managing the design and creative elements of projects and be point of contact for brand partnerships and creative projects.

Evaluate Design Performance

• Ensure that design and creative projects are delivered to the required standards and timelines.
• Provide quality control over design outputs and production.
• Track and evaluate feedback - filtering through customer surveys and responses to focus groups to create an overall picture of how well the design performed.
• Facilitate stakeholder feedback sessions with various cross-functional internal teams and other contributors / collaborators.
• Deliver critical feedback where needed and encourage team members throughout the duration of a creative process - including both development of conceptual ideas and fast faced evolution/maintenance orientated outcomes.

Team Leadership, Relationship and Stakeholder Management

• Take responsibility for the creative vision and the standard of output across the team (and agencies).
• Build out and maintain design system and brand book - establish and develop best practice with the design and creative team.
• Influence design-led thinking across the business.
• Manage cross-functional, third party and agency performance and relationships.
• Proactively build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and seek opportunities to leverage and build mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Provide leadership and coaching to ensure that all team members and colleagues are aligned to the goals of the Private Label Design team.
• Ensure adequate and timeous acquisition of all tools and assets required for Product and Marketing teams.
• Rigorously apply all HR policies and practices within the team (including Performance Development, Equality and Diversity, Disciplinary and Grievance).
• Ensure and maintain a succession plan for the key roles and review/approve succession plans in the team.
• Manage and develop performance through the ongoing implementation of the performance development processes both at a team and individual level.
• Develop and manage productivity and to continuously improve the design team’s production capabilities.
• Actively manage the workplace environmental elements and their impact on staff motivation, retention as well as health and safety.

Qualifications    

• Degree in Marketing or related equivalent - Essential.

Experience    

• 5-8 years of experience in a similar role with a strong commercial track-record and deep experience working within creative processes, design teams and external agencies - Essential

Knowledge and Skills    

Areas of focus that will be highly beneficial in this role:

• FMCG / Retail orientated design concept / creative development
• Strategic and tactical Private Label product and packaging creative design
• Commercial propositions / product business case analysis
• Trending packaging solutions (including sustainable /environmental)
• Presenting at all levels (including senior management)
• FMCG / Retail orientated product design concepts / creative development
• Reporting, research and insight capabilities
• High-level strategic partnerships and cross functional stakeholder management
• Leadership and solid management practices including previous exposure to both leading and developing teams
• Computer literacy - strong presentations / collaborative tools
• Experience with agile ways of working

Closing Date    

• 2026/02/20

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Purpose of the Job    

• The role is responsible for system analysis, design, creation and testing of highly complex applications, in accordance with agreed specifications and standards.
• Works alongside systems designer(s) to build new and sustainable systems and creative software solutions.
• Takes the lead on technical design, development, maintenance, and support of large-scale and high complexity systems, applying deep, specialised knowledge to adapt and deliver within the required frameworks.
• Further plays the role of mentor tother developers / programmers, enabling the function to grow the capability while creating a high performing team. Has advanced technical writing skills for Use case relatives and diagrams.

Job Objectives    

• Manage and coordinate the design, development, and implementation of efficient and effective solutions by creating well-engineered business applications for multiple, enterprise-wide channels
• Take the technical lead on large and complex projects and serve as a senior technical expert in understanding and translating business requirements into the appropriate applications and solutions. Direct suitable solution(s), technical interfaces, specifications, and systems / application architecture that address business needs/stakeholder requirements, solution delivery and operations areas.
• Implement system analysis of highly complex applications and systems. Manage, coordinate system analysis conducted by Software Engineer I and II.
• Create conceptual, logical, and physical solutions and write clean, scalable code using appropriate coding techniques, methodologies, and programming languages.
• Develop solutions, systems, and unit test standards according to organisational frameworks and standards and provide guidance on best practices to enhance solutions.
• Guide and maintain analysis / development principles and quality compliance criteria to deliver according to commitments.
• Oversee, guide and direct requirements with systems designer and other developers.
• Plan and identify areas for modification and improvement and lead completion of deliverables throughout the system development life cycle and ensure compliance according to agreed plan.
• Work within the frameworks of both waterfall SDLC and Agile (SCRUM, Tester & Application Analyst) methodologies.
• Plan, organise and control own work effort, including regular progress feedback town and other relevant areas. Support in guiding and managing the work efforts of Software Engineer I and II.
• Lead and coordinate effective solution development and perform quality assurance and testing
• Create quality of program documentation and scripting on highly complex projects and oversee and quality assure documentation and scripting completed by Software Engineer I and II.
• Support and maintain existing solutions and front-end systems
• Troubleshoot highly complex channel transactional data and system related issues and Identify problems and propose changes, liaise with technical and business users to resolve issues and coordinate and support implementation of changes to existing systems. Lead and support the team with investigation of complex problems and integration of findings requiring expertise.
• Identify/verify problems and review & propose changes
• Liaise with technical and business users to resolve issues
• Oversee and/or implement changes to existing systems
• Manage, analyse, develop, implement, and assist with designing of solutions
• Liaise with Designer and Architect to define requirements, system design and documentation on multiple / high complexity projects.
• Conduct system analyses on highly complex projects and coordinate and lead Software Engineer team in handling and delivering on project related work outputs and requirements.
• Perform, build, and oversee system development and automation testing for volume and Integration.
• Manage and Oversee development and perform quality assurance and code review on highly complex projects.
• Drive and lead adherence to organisational frameworks, processes, and best practices.
• Coordinate the integration of new software and systems into existing environment
• Coordinate and actively Investigate and analyse new software and systems
• Plan, design, and support systems designer with integration solutions for high complexity systems integration.

Qualifications    

• Diploma /Degree in Information Systems / B.Sc. Computer Science (or similar) – (essential)
• "Strong" achievement in IKM assessment for Developers
• "Strong" achievement in IKM assessment for Design
• Agile Foundation Training completed
• Security training (OWASP top 10) completed and advanced
• Formal Leadership training (i.e. RLDP)
• Advanced certification in a programming language required and related frameworks --or--
• Advanced certification in software / solution design (depending on position requirement)

Experience    

• 7 years’ experience as a Software Engineer / Analyst Programmer – (essential).
• Extensive Experience with working on highly complex projects within the Software Development Life Cycle – (essential)
• Extensive Experience building software using languages and technologies of the .NET framework, .NET Core, as well as testing (unit, system, performance, integration, and volume) - (essential)
• Extensive code review and code quality assurance experience - (essential)
• Demonstrable experience in System integration & analysis; - (essential) Expert level experience in database design and development using T-SQL code (essential).
• Experience with NoSQL will be advantageous.
• UI design and basic user experience (UX) principles (essential).
• SOLID and OOP practical experience (essential).
• Demonstrable experience working on projects in both Agile and DevOps - (essential)
• Experience in a retail environment - (essential)

Knowledge and Skills    

• Expert level knowledge in distributed source control systems, like GIT or TFS, Application-level architecture and Web services (SOAP and Rest) - (essential)
• Extensive UML exposure including sequence and class diagrams - (essential)
• Extensive knowledge of networking and security principles and requirements - (essential)
• Agile Development, SCRUM, or Extreme Programming methodologies - (essential)
• Automation (Unit and deployment) - (essential/preferred)
• Designing user interactions on websites, D42 developing servers, and databases for website functionality - (essential/preferred).
• Micro services - (desirable)
• Designing user interactions on websites, developing servers, and databases for website functionality - (desirable)
• Automation (Unit and deployment) - (desirable)

Closing Date    

• 2026/03/01

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Purpose of the Job    

• Are you passionate about providing excellent customer service and exceeding sales targets?
• Do you have a proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales goals while maintaining strong customer relationships?
• If so, we want you to join our team at OK Furniture!
• As a Sales Representative, you will be responsible for providing exceptional customer service to our valued clients while also exceeding sales targets.
• You will build strong relationships with customers, understand their needs, and provide personalized solutions to meet their requirements.
• You will also be responsible for driving sales in our stores and maintaining a high level of product knowledge to assist customers in making informed decisions.

Job Objectives    

Responsibilities include:

• Providing exceptional customer service and building strong relationships with clients
• Meeting and exceeding sales targets on a consistent basis
• Maintaining a high level of product knowledge to assist clients in making informed decisions
• Participating in promotional events, campaigns, and initiatives to drive sales
• Maintaining accurate sales records and reports
• Maintaining excellent store presentation and merchandising standards

Qualifications    

• Minimum of Matric Certificate or equivalent
• Proven track record in sales and customer service

Experience    

• Product knowledge and industry experience is a plus

Knowledge and Skills    

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Willingness to work retail hours

Closing Date    

• 2026/02/19

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Purpose of the Job    

• The Replenishment Analyst will be responsible for strategizing on replenishment through current and historical trend analysis in order to maximize sales, reduce waste, optimize inventory turns and improve gross margins.
• The successful candidate will establish and maintain key internal and external stakeholder relations to enable the replenishment function to embed a customer centric culture.

Job Objectives    

• Meet or exceed KPIs through proactive planning and timeous execution.
• Data tracking, monitoring and analysis.
• Analyzing inventory to increase or decrease forecast-based inventory levels.
• Support advertising efforts by assuring 100% stock availability on shelf.
• Leverage supply chain strategy to optimize sales and inventory effectiveness on a SKU level.
• Strategy adjustments to align with divisional and regional teams.
• Support store operations with all replenishment related queries and issues.
• Internal and external stakeholder management, including presenting and reporting on strategy.
• Develop and maintain Weekly KPI and Ad-hoc reports.
• Demonstrate collaborative approach to solve issues and strategically design joint action plans.
• Fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and customer service.

Qualifications    

• Degree in Business Sciences/ Logistics, Supply Chain

Experience    

• Minimum of 3 years relevant (Replenishment/Supply Chain) experience

Knowledge and Skills    

• Self-starter that takes initiative with a willingness to learn and adapt in an ever-changing environment.
• Strong numerical and analytical aptitude and high proficiency in interpreting large data sets.
• Strong ability to grasp complex concepts and understand the “bigger picture”.
• Demonstrated ability to work unsupervised and under pressure.
• Demonstrated communication, collaboration and leadership skills.
• Knowledge of the functions that support supply chain • 4Ps model (Product; Price; Promotion; Place).
• Knowledge of FMCG / perishables stock handling principles (includes cold chain).
• Experience with using SAP.
• Proficient in analytical tools (Excel, SAP Self Service).
• Experience with JDA Blue Yonder (Advantageous).

Closing Date    

• 2026/02/20