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Cape Union Mart International (Pty) Ltd has been equipping South African adventurers since 1933, and is South Africa's favourite outdoor adventure store. Stocking everything one needs for outdoor pursuits - including hiking, camping, trail running, mountain biking, snow sports, travel and more - Cape Union Mart is an essential first step in every adve...
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An opportunity has become available at our Head Office (Cape Town) within Old Khaki for a Merchandise Allocator specifically in the Old Khaki Mens Apparel Department.
Our ideal candidate should possess strong analytical, logical reasoning and numerical abilities. The successful candidate will have the ability to align with the company vision, be self-motivated and actively involved in the planning process in the applicable area of responsibility. In addition, the successful candidate should have the high energy levels, resilience and confidence required for this fast-paced, exciting, and dynamic retail environment.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Implement the Allocation strategy according to store turnover and profile
- Ensure allocations are done effectively based on trade and store performance
- Analytical support and feedback to influence the Planning and Buying teams
- Store and merchandise-related (style and sizing) analysis
- Reporting and recommendations regarding store performance – this role plays a crucial link between stores and the merchandise team
- Replenishment management
- Monitoring product performance to take appropriate action
- Regular store visits where appropriate
- Liaising effectively with stores, suppliers, customers, shipping, and marketing
Knowledge, Experience and Qualifications Required
- 1-2 years experience as a Allocator/ Store Planner within a retail environment
- Matric & Graduate qualification in a related field
- Microsoft Office proficiency with advanced Excel
- Reporting systems
- Proficiency in Enterprise Planning would be beneficial
- A high degree of numeracy and a detailed and strategic approach to work
Competencies and Traits
- A passion for keeping up to date with product trends
- Good articulation with excellent English written & verbal communication skills
- Sound numerical, analytical thinking & logical problem-solving skills
- Strong planning, organizing, administrating and coordinating skills
- Ability to work independently, self-lead and use initiative
- Methodical, detail-orientated, and accurate
- Deadline and outcomes focused
- Resilient and tenacious in a pressurized, fast-paced, and ever-changing environment
- Ability to resolve conflict
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with all levels of the organization
- An eagerness to learn
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Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assisting in managing all aspects of a store
- Maximizing turnover and profit
- Minimise shrinkage by monitoring stock related risks.
- Deliver exceptional customer service by implementing customer experience strategy.
- Lead Talent selection, training, coaching, retention and recognize initiatives for all team members.
- Innovative visual merchandising to optimize sales.
- Implement all company policies and procedures.
- Maintaining health & safety practices
- Optimize team through creating an inspiring environment.
- Align team members to Company culture and create fun.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash or finances.
- Inspirational leadership & passion
- Taking ownership
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & ability to deal with change management.
- Thinking adaptability
Minimum Requirement.
- 3 years of Management retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
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We are seeking a motivated and experienced Central Planning Specialist to join our team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the implementation and adoption of planning systems while fostering collaboration across departments. They will work closely with the CEO and CFO and have a wide exposure in the business. This role requires a detail-oriented individual with excellent analytical skills and the ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
System Implementation:
- Lead the implementation of central planning systems to streamline processes and enhance efficiency.
- Collaborate with IT teams, external vendors and internal Merchandise teams to ensure successful integration and customization of planning tools.
- Conduct thorough testing and validation of system functionalities to meet business requirements.
- Provide training and support to end-users to facilitate system adoption and utilization.
Process Improvement:
- Identify opportunities for process improvement within the central planning function.
- Develop and implement best practices to optimize inventory management, forecasting, and allocation processes.
- Analyze system data to identify trends and patterns, and make recommendations for process enhancements.
Collaboration:
- Work closely with cross-functional teams including Merchandising, Supply Chain, and Finance to align planning strategies with business objectives.
- Facilitate regular meetings and workshops to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among team members.
- Act as a liaison between central planning and other departments to ensure alignment on inventory plans and targets.
- Co-ordinate and manage the allocation of stock to Outlet sites.
Performance Monitoring:
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) related to central planning activities such as inventory turnover, forecast accuracy, and service levels.
- Analyze performance metrics to identify areas of improvement and drive corrective actions as needed.
- Prepare regular reports and presentations to communicate insights and recommendations to senior management.
- Perform ad-hoc investigations which will identify areas of improvement and/or unlock business benefits.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Retail Management, Supply Chain Management, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field
- Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in central planning, inventory management, or related roles within the retail industry.
- Proven track record of successfully implementing planning systems and driving process improvements.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis tools and techniques.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments and influence decision-making.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Experience with ERP systems, demand planning software, and advanced Excel skills. (Oracle experience would be a benefit)
- Strong problem solving skills.
- Understanding of retail metrics, financial concepts, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive business results and improve profitability.
- Ability to align planning and allocation strategies with broader business goals and objectives.
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Duties and Responsibilities:
- Optimize sales through specialist product knowledge and selling technique.
- Exceed customer expectations by offering specialised service and optimize sales interactions by demonstrating products to customers.
- Adhere stock loss controls in store.
- Ensuring individual targets are met consistently.
- Understand, accept and follow all company policies and procedures.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards and identify opportunities to make sales.
- Assisting, training and imparting knowledge to fellow team members on products.
- Ability to work weekends and late trading hours according to the business needs including peak trade periods and public holidays.
- Create an inspiring environment.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty when dealing with cash and finances.
- Ability to take leadership.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
Minimum Requirements:
- 2 – 3 years of retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Live the outdoor lifestyle e.g., Hiking, camping, trail runs etc.
- Training academies sign off. (For Internal)
- Passion for technical products.
- Product Specialist knowledge will be advantageous.
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Duties and Responsibilities:
- To achieve the annual sales budget through meeting and exceeding daily and monthly budgets to ensure the sustainability of the business
- To manage and control the financial aspects of running the store to ensure store profitability.
- To adhere to merchandising standards in line with the brand requirements to ensure good product mix.
- To ensure proper stock management and control to minimise loss and to ensure product availability, by monitoring stock related risks.
- To deliver exceptional customer service to ensure the best customer experience.
- To build excellent relationships with all relevant service providers (internal and external)
- To manage human resources effectively by recruiting, planning, and administrating payroll properly
- To inspire, motivate, develop, and hold people accountable appropriately.
- Align team members to Company culture and create fun.
- Implement all company policies and procedures.
- Maintaining health & safety practices
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash or finances.
- Inspirational leadership & passion
- Taking ownership
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & ability to deal with change management.
- Thinking adaptability
- Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
- Follow instructions and procedures.
- Leading and supervising
- Achieving personal work goals and objectives
Minimum Requirements:
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years’ Store Management experience
- Minimum of 8 years' Retail experience
- Experience in working in a large retail store with a turnover of more than R 20 million per annum.
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Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment. Have fun.
- Transact all purchases – receive, verify and processes all payments such as cash, cards, vouchers, coupons and any other acceptable payments.
- Ensure all out going stock/ items/ scripts are scanned and paid for.
- Process all loyalty cards including those of accelerated partners.
- Establish a professional relationship with customers and provide friendly, helpful, courteous assistance and advice to all customers.
- Report customer compliments and complaints to management.
- Attend to all customer stock queries and ensure that they dealt with and resolved.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
- Problem solving
- Trustworthy and honest
- Time management
- Exceptional customer service
Minimum Requirement.
Essential:
- Matric or Equivalent
- Up to 6 months retail experience
Special conditions of employment:
- Clear Credit and Criminal record
- Willing and able to work retail hours.
- South African citizen
Advantageous:
- 1 year work experience within retail.
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for) Willing and able to work retail hours.
go to method of application »
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assisting in managing all aspects of a store
- Maximizing turnover and profit
- Minimise shrinkage by monitoring stock related risks.
- Deliver exceptional customer service by implementing customer experience strategy.
- Lead Talent selection, training, coaching, retention and recognize initiatives for all team members.
- Innovative visual merchandising to optimize sales.
- Implement all company policies and procedures.
- Maintaining health & safety practices
- Optimize team through creating an inspiring environment.
- Align team members to Company culture and create fun.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash or finances.
- Inspirational leadership & passion
- Taking ownership
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & ability to deal with change management.
- Thinking adaptability
Minimum Requirement.
- 3 years of Management retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
go to method of application »
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment. Have fun.
- Transact all purchases – receive, verify and processes all payments such as cash, cards, vouchers, coupons and any other acceptable payments.
- Ensure all out going stock/ items/ scripts are scanned and paid for.
- Process all loyalty cards including those of accelerated partners.
- Establish a professional relationship with customers and provide friendly, helpful, courteous assistance and advice to all customers.
- Report customer compliments and complaints to management.
- Attend to all customer stock queries and ensure that they dealt with and resolved.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
- Problem solving
- Trustworthy and honest
- Time management
- Exceptional customer service
Minimum Requirement.
Essential:
- Matric or Equivalent
- Up to 6 months retail experience
Special conditions of employment:
- Clear Credit and Criminal record
- Willing and able to work retail hours.
- South African citizen
Advantageous:
- 1 year work experience within retail.
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for) Willing and able to work retail hours.
go to method of application »
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To achieve the annual sales budget through meeting and exceeding daily and monthly budgets to ensure the sustainability of the business
- To manage and control the financial aspects of running the store to ensure store profitability.
- To adhere to merchandising standards in line with the brand requirements to ensure good product mix.
- To ensure proper stock management and control to minimise loss and to ensure product availability, by monitoring stock related risks.
- To deliver exceptional customer service to ensure the best customer experience.
- To build excellent relationships with all relevant service providers (internal and external)
- To manage human resources effectively by recruiting, planning, and administrating payroll properly
- To inspire, motivate, develop, and hold people accountable appropriately.
- Align team members to Company culture and create fun.
- Implement all company policies and procedures.
- Maintaining health & safety practices
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash or finances.
- Inspirational leadership & passion
- Taking ownership
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & ability to deal with change management.
- Thinking adaptability
- Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
- Follow instructions and procedures.
- Leading and supervising
- Achieving personal work goals and objectives
Minimum Requirements:
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
Experience:
- Minimum of 3 years Management experience
- Minimum of 8 years' Retail experience
- Experience in working in a large retail store
go to method of application »
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assisting in managing all aspects of a store
- Maximizing turnover and profit
- Minimise shrinkage by monitoring stock related risks.
- Deliver exceptional customer service by implementing customer experience strategy.
- Lead Talent selection, training, coaching, retention and recognize initiatives for all team members.
- Innovative visual merchandising to optimize sales.
- Implement all company policies and procedures.
- Maintaining health & safety practices
- Optimize team through creating an inspiring environment.
- Align team members to Company culture and create fun.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash or finances.
- Inspirational leadership & passion
- Taking ownership
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & ability to deal with change management.
- Thinking adaptability
Minimum Requirement.
- 3 years of Management retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
go to method of application »
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Optimize sales through specialist product knowledge and selling technique.
- Exceed customer expectations by offering specialised service and optimize sales interactions by demonstrating products to customers.
- Adhere stock loss controls in store.
- Ensuring individual targets are met consistently.
- Understand, accept and follow all company policies and procedures.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards and identify opportunities to make sales.
- Assisting, training and imparting knowledge to fellow team members on products.
- Ability to work weekends and late trading hours according to the business needs including peak trade periods and public holidays.
- Create an inspiring environment.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty when dealing with cash and finances.
- Ability to take leadership.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
Minimum Requirements:
- 2 – 3 years of retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Live the outdoor lifestyle e.g., Hiking, camping, trail runs etc.
- Training academies sign off. (For Internal)
- Passion for technical products.
- Product Specialist knowledge will be advantageous.
go to method of application »
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards in order to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
Minimum Requirement.
- 6 months of retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Clear Criminal record
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for)
go to method of application »
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assisting in managing all aspects of a store
- Maximizing turnover and profit
- Minimise shrinkage by monitoring stock related risks.
- Deliver exceptional customer service by implementing customer experience strategy.
- Lead Talent selection, training, coaching, retention and recognize initiatives for all team members.
- Innovative visual merchandising to optimize sales.
- Implement all company policies and procedures.
- Maintaining health & safety practices
- Optimize team through creating an inspiring environment.
- Align team members to Company culture and create fun.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash or finances.
- Inspirational leadership & passion
- Taking ownership
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & ability to deal with change management.
- Thinking adaptability
Minimum Requirement.
- 3 years of Management retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
go to method of application »
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Optimize sales through specialist product knowledge and selling technique.
- Exceed customer expectations by offering specialised service and optimize sales interactions by demonstrating products to customers.
- Adhere stock loss controls in store.
- Ensuring individual targets are met consistently.
- Understand, accept and follow all company policies and procedures.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards and identify opportunities to make sales.
- Assisting, training and imparting knowledge to fellow team members on products.
- Ability to work weekends and late trading hours according to the business needs including peak trade periods and public holidays.
- Create an inspiring environment.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty when dealing with cash and finances.
- Ability to take leadership.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
Minimum Requirements:
- 2 – 3 years of retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Live the outdoor lifestyle e.g., Hiking, camping, trail runs etc.
- Training academies sign off. (For Internal)
- Passion for technical products.
- Product Specialist knowledge will be advantageous.
go to method of application »
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Optimize sales through specialist product knowledge and selling technique.
- Exceed customer expectations by offering specialised service and optimize sales interactions by demonstrating products to customers.
- Adhere stock loss controls in store.
- Ensuring individual targets are met consistently.
- Understand, accept and follow all company policies and procedures.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards and identify opportunities to make sales.
- Assisting, training and imparting knowledge to fellow team members on products.
- Ability to work weekends and late trading hours according to the business needs including peak trade periods and public holidays.
- Create an inspiring environment.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty when dealing with cash and finances.
- Ability to take leadership.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
Minimum Requirements:
- 2 – 3 years of retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Live the outdoor lifestyle e.g., Hiking, camping, trail runs etc.
- Training academies sign off. (For Internal)
- Passion for technical products.
- Product Specialist knowledge will be advantageous.
go to method of application »
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment. Have fun.
- Transact all purchases – receive, verify and processes all payments such as cash, cards, vouchers, coupons and any other acceptable payments.
- Ensure all out going stock/ items/ scripts are scanned and paid for.
- Process all loyalty cards including those of accelerated partners.
- Establish a professional relationship with customers and provide friendly, helpful, courteous assistance and advice to all customers.
- Report customer compliments and complaints to management.
- Attend to all customer stock queries and ensure that they dealt with and resolved.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
- Problem solving
- Trustworthy and honest
- Time management
- Exceptional customer service
Minimum Requirement.
Essential:
- Matric or Equivalent
- At least 6 months retail experience
Special conditions of employment:
- Clear Credit and Criminal record
- Willing and able to work retail hours.
- South African citizen
Advantageous:
- 1 year work experience within retail.
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for) Willing and able to work retail hours.
go to method of application »
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment. Have fun.
- Transact all purchases – receive, verify and processes all payments such as cash, cards, vouchers, coupons and any other acceptable payments.
- Ensure all out going stock/ items/ scripts are scanned and paid for.
- Process all loyalty cards including those of accelerated partners.
- Establish a professional relationship with customers and provide friendly, helpful, courteous assistance and advice to all customers.
- Report customer compliments and complaints to management.
- Attend to all customer stock queries and ensure that they dealt with and resolved.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
- Problem solving
- Trustworthy and honest
- Time management
- Exceptional customer service
Minimum Requirement.
Essential:
- Matric or Equivalent
- At least 6 months retail experience
Special conditions of employment:
- Clear Credit and Criminal record
- Willing and able to work retail hours.
- South African citizen
Advantageous:
- 1 year work experience within retail.
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for) Willing and able to work retail hours.
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