TFG (The Foschini Group) is a South African fashion lifestyle retailer & comprises of 22 fashion forward brands.
Our range includes some of the leading fashion, home wear, sportswear, cellular and jewellery brands in the country, as well as a host of innovative financial services. TFG comprises of the following 22 exciting retail brands; @home, @homelivi...
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Responsibilities:
- Stay up-to-date with furniture trends and apply insights to product development, ensuring alignment with the furniture product strategy and driving commercial execution.
- Planning timelines 6 to 12 months ahead.
- Understand the performance of furniture styles at each stage of the product lifecycle; determine which products need updates, which are new, and which should be phased out, and strategize how to replace sales.
- Prepare for seasonal workshops by collaborating closely with trend, supplier, and buying teams.
- Collate and present a proposal of concepts to the business, including product visuals and sources of supply.
- Understand the broader business and product strategy to align technical development with organizational goals.
- Take clear direction from the buying team, translating their focus areas into actionable development.
- Work with trend researchers to identify new opportunities based on global lifestyle and product trends.
- Design and develop styles that are engineered to meet quality standards while ensuring they align with the targeted cost and commercial value.
- Update best sellers with fresh styling details and materials, and develop new, innovative items that contribute to revenue growth.
- Present the final product to the buying team, along with accurate costings.
- Identify and source suppliers, working with the buying team to review the supply base and identify any gaps. Source new factories to fill strategic gaps that meet group standards.
- Collaborate with buyers to prepare for Range Review, ensuring the product meets target price points, minimum order quantities, and required timelines.
- Ensure sample dates are met aligned to merchandise buying calendar for Range reviews and production order signoff
- Ensure the DC teams have the necessary assembly instructions and tools for new products, and that training is provided for new material types and product categories.
- Supply all relevant documentation to support training and product knowledge to sales teams.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Diploma in Interior and Furniture Design
- Relevant retail & brand experience is essential
- Minimum 3-years’ Furniture Design and Technical Manufacturing experience is essential
- Furniture factory managing experience desirable
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Responsibilities:
- Driving turnover to ensure the achievement of targets
- Controlling expenses
- Managing stock losses to ensure shrinkage is in line with the Company standard
- People management, including recruitment, development of staff, employee relations, performance management
- Executing in-store merchandising strategy and standards
- Ensure customer satisfaction by executing our customer service strategy and fulfilling the demands of our customers
Qualifications & Exprience:
- A Matric certificate.
- Minimum 3 years retail experience with a minimum of 1 year store leadership experience.
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Responsibilities:
- Driving turnover to ensure the achievement of targets
- Controlling expenses
- Managing stock losses to ensure shrinkage is in line with the Company standard
- People management, including recruitment, development of staff, employee relations, performance management
- Executing in-store merchandising strategy and standards
- Ensure customer satisfaction by executing our customer service strategy and fulfilling the demands of our customers
Qualifications & Exprience:
- A Matric certificate.
- Minimum 3 years retail experience with a minimum of 1 year store leadership experience.
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Key Responsibilities
Month-End Duties:
- Ensure accurate recognition and period allocation of all revenue and expenses.
- Reconcile and validate sales data, payroll costs, and associated liabilities.
- Accurately process and allocate staff deductions, commission structures, and bonus provisions.
- Prepare and reconcile key Balance Sheet items, ensuring completeness and accuracy of provisions.
- Manage payroll expense allocations by department and confirm salary-related liabilities are correctly recorded and settled on time.
- Monitor and manage turnover rental liabilities, ensuring accurate accruals and timely payments.
- Prepare and review the monthly management accounts, ensuring cut-offs are met and reporting is aligned with operational performance.
- Maintain a detailed audit trail and documentation to support all transactions reflected in the general ledger.
Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Compile comprehensive reports for monthly management meetings (MANCO), enabling insightful analysis of performance vs budget.
- Provide variance analysis and commentary for income statement and balance sheet items.
- Assist with preparation of year-end financial statements and coordination of the external audit process.
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, accounting standards, and audit requirements.
Cash & Banking
- Oversee the preparation, verification, and release of salary and EFT payment batches.
- Manage bank reconciliations and ensure all items are cleared and resolved within acceptable timelines.
- Monitor and maintain cash flow projections, flagging shortfalls or excesses for proactive action.
- Ensure all bank-related charges, interest, and loan repayments are correctly accounted for.
Team Oversight & Internal Controls
- Lead and support the Creditors, Debtors, and Cashbook teams to ensure efficient processing and reconciliations.
- Review and approve reconciliations, journals, and supporting documentation submitted by the team.
- Implement and maintain strong internal controls and standard operating procedures within the finance function.
- Encourage cross-training and professional development within the team to build a flexible and capable support structure.
Operational Support
- Work closely with operations and store managers to resolve capturing errors, expense allocations, and cost anomalies.
- Ensure accurate stock movement reporting including WIP, Finished Goods, and non-BOM items.
- Maintain fixed asset register and oversee monthly depreciation entries.
- Monitor and analyse fleet costs, petty cash allocations, and inter-factory transactions.
Ad Hoc & Continuous Improvement
- Assist in financial system upgrades, data cleanups, and process improvements.
- Identify opportunities to streamline reporting, improve accuracy, and reduce manual intervention.
- Provide ad hoc financial insights or analysis as requested by the Head of Finance or Executive Team.
Minimum Qualification & Memberships:
- Diploma or Degree in Financial Accounting
- Studying towards CIMA (advantageous)
- Membership with SAICA, CIMA, or SAIPA preferred
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Responsibilities:
- Driving turnover to ensure achievement of targets
- Controlling expenses
- Managing stock losses to ensure shrinkage is in line with the Company standard
- People management, including recruitment, development of staff, employee relations, performance management
- Executing in-store merchandising strategy and standards
- Ensure customer satisfaction by executing our customer service strategy and fulfilling the demands of our customers
Qualifications:
- A Matric certificate.
- Minimum 5 years retail experience with a minimum of 3 years store leadership experience.
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Responsibilities:
- Driving turnover to ensure the achievement of targets
- Controlling expenses
- Managing stock losses to ensure shrinkage is in line with the Company standard
- People management, including recruitment, development of staff, employee relations, performance management
- Executing in-store merchandising strategy and standards
- Ensure customer satisfaction by executing our customer service strategy and fulfilling the demands of our customers
Qualifications & Exprience:
- A Matric certificate.
- Minimum 3 years retail experience with a minimum of 1 year store leadership experience.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Establish and maintain good relationships with team and organisational levels.
- Information sharing.
- Appreciation shown for contributions of others, tolerating differing opinions.
- Upholding of policies and procedures.
- Acting consistently in accordance to Company values and codes of conduct.
- Adapting communication by responding to the audience who are being addressed.
- Respond positively to feedback received from others.
- Promote and defend own and other team members ideas where required.
- Set high standards for quality and quantity.
- Achievement of projected goals.
- Adapting to change.
- Interpersonal skills utilised to adapted to suit people and situations.
- Approaching feedback and critique positively to proceed forward constructively.
- Remaining objective and focused under pressure.
- In-depth and up-to-date knowledge pertaining to field of expertise, including specifics of procedures and task executions.
- Keeping abreast of new developments pertaining to own field of expertise.
- Enhanced speed, relevance and quality of reporting utilising data which underpins monthly reviews.
- In-store reviews and Legal Compliance checks per required coverage.
Qualifications and Experience:
- A diploma/degree in business management/Accounting with auditing.
- Minimum of 3 years working experience within audit / retail/ retail operations/.
- MS Office, Excel (proficient level), Power Point experience in the automation of processes.
- Valid driver’s licence
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Responsibilities:
- Being an ambassador for our brand and offering amazing customer experience.
- Exceed customer expectations by identifying and providing them with the best possible solutions.
- Actively keeping track of sales performance against target.
- Selling a diverse product range and keeping up to date with the latest décor and fashion trends.
- Searching out opportunities for making new sales.
- Assist with replenishing of stock to ensure the store is ready for our customers at all times.
Qualifications & Experience:
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Responsibilities:
- Driving turnover to ensure the achievement of targets
- Controlling expenses
- Managing stock losses to ensure shrinkage is in line with the Company standard
- People management, including recruitment, development of staff, employee relations, performance management
- Executing in-store merchandising strategy and standards
- Ensure customer satisfaction by executing our customer service strategy and fulfilling the demands of our customers
Qualifications & Experience:
- A Matric certificate.
- Minimum 3 years retail experience with a minimum of 1 year store leadership experience.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Create visually appealing product displays, including window setups, mannequins, and in-store arrangements.
- Develop floor plans and layouts that guide customers through the store, highlighting key products and promotions.
- Coordinate with store managers to understand sales goals and tailor displays accordingly.
- Train store staff on visual merchandising standards and techniques to maintain consistency across locations.
- Ensure midfloor coordination of beds dressed according to the brief
- Ensure no damage product are used on the retail floor
- Ensure all marketing elements are being cared for and stored properly
- General store visits to all stores to ensure that visual communications have been implemented according to the right standards
- Identify individuals that are good in visual merchandising and spend time with them to strengthen their understanding of visual merchandising
Qualifications and Experience:
- Grade 12 or NQF level 4 equivalence
- Qualifications (Decorating / Merchandising Diploma)
- Minimum 2 Years Visual Merchandising Experience
- Retail Experience advantageous
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Key Responsibilities:
- To manage day-to-day operations, sales, staff and objectives to ensure optimum performance and profitability
- Drive sales and set sales goals
- Achieve sales and profitability in your Store
- Stakeholder relationship management, including customer service excellence
- Stock control
- Administration management
- Adhere to merchandising standards
- Effective teamwork and self-management
- To build high performance teams through effective people management and develop to ensure capability to meet current and future business objectives
Qualifications and Experience:
- Minimum 3 years' retail management experience
- Industrial Relations experience
- A history of achievement and delivering results within a fast-paced retail environment
- Strong understanding of customer demographics
- In-depth knowledge of retail environment
- Good understanding of manufacturing process
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Key Responsibilities:
- The Purpose of the role is to ensure synergistic financial benefits across the key commodities within the portfolio.
- Support purchasing/product strategies to achieve improved operational profitability, Lead time, OTIF, Sell Through, Quality, Cost for Jet.
- To strategically position the brand to increase market share in Knit and Knitwear Commodities by ensuring effective engagement with all key stakeholders.
- To effectively manage the vendor base (local, Regional and Import) to ensure sustainable and compliant source of supply.
- Monitor performance and capabilities of suppliers and ensure that effective remedial plans are implemented to address any performances below set KPI’s.
- Work strategically with the local vendors task force to ensure Jet success and growth in market share and sales.
- Product development in line with cost requirement.
- Develop and implement strategic global sourcing strategies and business partnerships ie. Growth on local sourcing, Reducing exposure to China, South East Asia.
- Effective mapping of the sourcing footprint to ensure risk management and operational effectiveness:
- Lean Supply chain management
- Tracking of key cost drivers (Fabric and components)
- Consolidation of group requirements to offset inflationary drivers and simultaneously ensure individual brand requirements are still met.
- Facilitating the pre-selection and approval of international and local suppliers and ongoing vendor matrix management
- Working with all buying teams to identify key opportunities and implement in line with their requirements as well as brand requirement.
- To facilitate key strategic supply chain objectives:
- leverage group scale,
- Increased stock efficiencies
- Margin optimization
- Provide an objective assessment of suppliers when making sourcing decisions.
- Ensuring that suppliers are aligned with buying strategies.
- Effective critical path management and effective order management.
Qualifications and Experience:
- A relevant Diploma.
- Have experience as a Buyer or Sourcing Specialist (5+ years essential).
- Knit and knitwear product development is essential.
- Integral understanding of the clothing retail Cycle and Buying Process.
- A good working knowledge of the current computer software packages (knowledge of Excel, Word & E-mail would be preferable).
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Key Responsibilities:
- Create Pattern on computer using Lectra and available references
- Liaise with Designer on requirements
- Communicate with Sample Room on requirements
- Measure Garments
- Grading
- Attend Fit Sessions with Designer
- Liaise with retail Technologist
- Handle queries from factories
Qualifications and Experience:
- Tertiary qualification in Fashion Design/Pattern Design equivalent
- Has proven competency in Pattern Making (3-5 years)
- For this position experience on the Lectra windows system would be advantageous
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Key Responsibilities:
- Create look and feel for seasonal merchandise, based on global trend and key lessons learnt (includes direction on silhouette, styling and fabric, print and colour). Essential to have a commercial eye and be able to interpret international trends for the customer
- Incorporate brand handwriting / personality into the ranges
- Briefing graphic designer and outwork team on trend and branding direction
- Present and Develop Key Items for Foschini retail team for the upcoming season taking key platform fabrics and price points into consideration
- This individual is also responsible for monitoring weekly sales and continuous developments throughout the season ensuring that the brand remains relevant and in line with consumer demand
- Provide comprehensive and technical CAD drawings and tech packs, to ensure relevant and cost-effective product
- Provide effective test options in order to establish new product categories, and relevant iterations on existing product lines
- Provide the buying teams with regular relevant and aspirational trend information that is brand right
- Managing the design process throughout the critical path - from briefing patternmaker thoroughly and working closely with all internal customers (merchandise, fabric, pattern and sample room teams) to ensure that samples are effectively executed
- This individual needs to ensure all garments purchased meet the retail customer’s satisfaction with regards to quality and costs
Qualifications and Experience:
- Tertiary qualification in Fashion Design
- Relevant work experience of 5 years in a design role
- Manufacturing and supplier experience beneficial
- Practical knowledge of garment construction, fabrics and trims
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Key Responsibilities:
- Implement the group forensic strategy to reduce crime committed against TFG, including monetary losses
- Reduce operational risk through recommendations to policies, processes, system or structure changes
- Raise awareness of TFG’s zero tolerance stance
- Respond to developing crime trends by recommending action plans
- Coordinate and collaborate on all forensic efforts across the group
- Determine key areas of risk & focus using info from whistleblowing/tip-offs and data analytics
- Liaise with law enforcement agencies (SAPS), risk forums, industry bodies and relevant internal stakeholders
- Uses highly developed investigative capabilities to manage risk by:
- Ensuring that all investigations are conducted in accordance with accepted forensic methodologies
- Liaises with Operations to reach desired conclusions regarding open cases
- Ensuring that matters are followed through to achieve prosecution
- Monthly reporting on operational forensic statistics
Qualifications and Experience:
- 7+ years practical experience at a senior level in the investigation of crime (including reactive investigations and pro-active strategies) (essential)
- SAPS experience (including knowledge of prosecution procedures)
- Retail investigations experience
- Working knowledge of preparing evidence files and interviewing witnesses and suspects
- Solid understanding of Criminal Justice and court proceedings
- Established reputation for integrity, good judgment, fairness and discretion when dealing with staff and external parties.
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Key Responsibility:
- Conduct final inspections at supplier factories following the TFG protocal.
- May be required to conduct pre-production and in-line inspections at supplier factories when required.
- Ensure compliance with company quality standards and buyer specifications.
- Identify, document, and report defects, deviations, and quality risks.
- Monitor production processes and offer actionable quality feedback to factories.
- Coordinate with QA teams and vendors for corrective actions.
- Maintain inspection reports, measurement specs, and visual standards.
- Travel regularly to production sites for audits and quality checks.
Minimum requirements:
- 3+ years of experience in quality control in the apparel or textile industry.
- In-depth knowledge of garment construction, quality standards (AQL), and fabric behaviour.
- Strong reporting, communication, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple factory visits.
- Willingness to travel extensively.
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