Vacancies at Pick n Pay Stores Limited

• Manages stocks in order to maximise gross margins and profits. Ensures that operating standards are maintained . Manages all aspects of hygiene and safety within the liquor store

Minimum Requirements

• Standard 10 (Grade 12) / N3 or equivalent
• 2 years relevant experience.

Competencies

• Controls quality & standards
• Customer Orientation/Passion for Customer
• Communication in a clear & concise manner
• Team Orientation
• Ability to work in a fast paced and pressurized environment

​​​​​​​Key Responsibilities

• Ensures that hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards are maintained
• Monitors adherence to merchandise/display standards
• Checks that pricing of products are correct
• Optimises stock levels
• Manages inventory
• Checks and advises on merchandising safety and hygiene standards
• Develops and builds supplier relationships
• Analyses category performance
• Monitors departmental gross margins and turnover and identifies deviations
• Conducts bi-annual stock take
• Evaluates the performance of subordinates against agreed objectives and standards
• Monitors, assists and advises on staff performance
• Supervises staff
• Provides input into scheduling requirements for the department
• Ensures that all equipment is maintained in effective working order
• Ensures that checks are carried out on faulty equipment before calling out relevant contractor
• Ensures that back-ups are well maintained
• Ensures compliance to the provisions of the Liquor Act
• Ensures adherence to security procedures
• Implements shrinkage control measures & monitors all areas of possible loss due to theft, free bagging, fraud, and/or carelessness
• Completes all relevant administration documentation

Closing date: 27 September 2025

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• Assist the buyer in compiling and executing the category plans in line with the strategy, objectives and category group guidelines on format/margin and assortment strategies. Provide day to day administrative support to optimize the performance (i.e. sales and cash margins) of the categories by being customer focused.

Minimum Requirements

• University degree
• 1-2 Years Retail experience
• Proficiency in SAP and BW, MS Outlook and MS Word
• Good Excel skills

​​​​​​​Competencies

• Good communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Good numerical reasoning
• Organised, methodical and structured
• Providing service excellence to internal and external customers
• Ability to plan and co-ordinate a task/job realistically
• Task commitment and goal directed
• Attention to detail
• Be able to work under pressure, sense of urgency

​​​​​​​Key Responsibilities

• To be able to collate and pull adhoc statistical and exception reports on request
• To analyse reports, investigate anomalies and take appropriate action
• Prepare vendor take-on forms and check all supporting documents
• To attend buyer’s negotiations with suppliers
• Monitor and manage execution of buying contracts and SLA’s to the DC’s
• To identify and verify PnP article data with external systems ensuring master data alignment
• To review and communicate aged and exit stock reports for buyer
• To be able to interact with relevant stakeholders on sales uplift information (indicator and stock management)
• To be able to investigate all price queries for the buyer
• To ensure all product life cycle activities are executed successfully
• Monitor performance of newly listed products and inform buyer
• Provide support to customer care teams
• To generate and analyse exception reports to ensure rebate target achieved
• Request creation of Article through the Electronic article take-on
• Maintain emergency pricing.

Closing date: 27 September 2025

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• Deliver the annual B-BBEE preferential procurement verification on time by running it as a structured project and maintaining audit-ready evidence, supplier certificate coverage, and clear stakeholder communications. Central coordinator/administrator with a practical understanding of B-BBEE requirements.
• Bachelor's Degree/Diploma in Business Administration
• 1–2 years of Project Administration experience; B-BBEE exposure preferred (not mandatory).
• Excel (advanced)
• SharePoint/Teams
• SAP system
• MS Project/Smartsheet; basic automation experience (e.g., reminders) is a plus.

Competencies

• Excellent organising and communication skills
• Stakeholder management
• Attention to detail

Key Responsibilities

Programme & Project Management

• Own the 12-month B-BBEE procurement plan, Gantt, RAID, action log and change control.
• Run cadence: weekly working sessions, monthly exec updates, pre-verification readiness reviews.

​​​​​​​Evidence & Document Control

• Maintain the evidence file index by element/sub-category.
• Enforce naming/version standards; ensure sample-to-source traceability.
• Manage secure repository (SharePoint/Teams) with appropriate access controls.

​​​​​​​Supplier B-BBEE Coverage

• Keep a live register of supplier certificates/affidavits with validity dates and recognition levels.
• Ensure B-BBEE attributes are maintained in the SAP vendor master (levels, certificate numbers, expiry dates/ownership flags).
• Drive renewal campaigns; set reminders and system flags for expiries.
• Include B-BBEE artefacts in supplier onboarding requirements and contracts (admin follow-through).

​​​​​​​Data & Pack Preparation (admin focus)

• Receive Certificates from various departments.
• Compile clean submission folders per the rating agency’s checklist (no ownership of data extraction).
• Maintain versioned workings and a clear, searchable index.

​​​​​​​Reporting & Communications

• Weekly health-check dashboards (milestones, risks, supplier coverage, evidence completeness).
• Concise comms to data owners and execs; post-verification summary with wins, gaps, next-cycle plan.

​​​​​​​Governance (light) & Continuous Improvement

• Keep SOPs/templates current; run post-mortems after each verification.
• Maintain a practical red-flag checklist for anomalies and escalate to the Head of Master Data Governance.
• Propose simple automations (alerts, expiry workflows, data checks) with IT/BI.

​​​​​​​Data Quality & Business Rules (SAP Information Steward)

• Design, maintain and version the B-BBEE business-rule library (certificate validity, expiry windows, mandatory fields).
• Schedule/monitor rule runs and scorecards; publish exception reports.
• Coordinate remediation SLAs with data owners and track closure to target.

​​​​​​​B-BBEE Portal Training & Support

• Plan the training calendar, schedule sessions, coordinate invites, manage attendance and publish materials/recordings.
• Provide first-line support to portal users (internal teams and vendors where applicable); log/triage issues to IT/Portal owner.
• Maintain quick-reference guides, FAQs and how-to checklists; manage access requests with IT/InfoSec.

Closing date: 29 September 2025

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• Manages resources to ensure compliance to standards, regulations and sets plans to achieve targets/deadlines.

Minimum requirements

• Matric Grade 12.
• 2-4 years relevant retail experience
• Currently/Previously a Groceries Supervisor advantageous

Competencies

• Create, read and interpret reports
• Achieving results through others
• Plan, organize and follow up on activities and plans
• Good personal communications skills
• Adhere to standards, procedures and policies
• Customer Orientation
• Communication skills – clearly conveying message and actively listening
• Business mindedness

Key responsibilities

Merchandising Management

• Executes plano guide 100%
• Rotates stock as per policy/SOP on sales floor and back up area
• Throughout day ensures department merchandising and cleanliness standards are maintained.
• Follows standards set down for promotional space
• Follows promotions communications'
• Ensures back up area standards maintained at all times - all stock represented on floor
• Elevates any continuing stock issues to Store Manager
• Ensure department follows H&S standards and processes as per SOP.
• Understand customer needs and communicate these to demand planning

Systems Management

• Gap scanning out of stocks
• Identifies, counts, and records out of stocks & over stocks
• Draws excel report from SAP, communicate addresses stock concerns by completing excel sheet and
• sending to Demand Planning
• Processes IDTs via SAP
• Actions reduced to clear on SAP as per SOP

Customer Services Management

• Handles customer complaints and special customer requests
• Advises customers on products

People Management & Development

• Evaluates the performance of direct reports against agreed objectives and standards
• Reviews staffing requirements and provides input into staff scheduling
• Keeps staff informed of new initiatives, store and department performance
• Keeps staff motivated
• Identifies training needs
• Coaches staff and management

Finance & Administration

• Ensures that all equipment is properly maintained in effective working order
• Ensures that general maintenance standards are met
• Follows up and controls departmental expenses
• Monitors results and investigates deviations to budget.
• Monitors waste, and ensures procedures are adhered to

Closing date: 26 September 2025

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• This role is accountable to deliver a regionally or business unit specific tailored learning and development solutions aligned with the business strategy.
• This role identifies capability gaps, designs and facilitates learning interventions and collaborates with the central L&D practice team to ensure delivery excellence within a decentralised structure.
• The role enables a strong culture of continuous learning while ensuring alignment with national standards and frameworks.
• Relevant degree in HR, Business, or Psychology
• Post-graduate qualification preferred
• 3-5 years in HR and Learning & Development with regional or multi-site exposure

Competencies

• Conceptual / Abstract / Big Picture Thinking
• Facilitation Skills
• Engaging Diversity
• Organisational Agility
• Motivating People
• Business Insight
• Modelling / Living the Values
• Practical Execution Management

Key Responsibilities

Partner with the Lead HRBP and BU/Regional Leadership:

• Collaborate with the HRBP and key operational leaders to understand strategic priorities, workforce challenges and future capability needs specific to the BU/region. Translate these insights into actionable L&D plans that support performance and growth.

Conduct Learning Needs Analyses (LNA):

• Regularly engage with line managers, store leadership and function heads to identify performance gaps and upskilling opportunities. Use data from performance reviews, customer feedback and operational metrics to develop relevant, timely interventions. 
• Focus on key business priorities (e.g. Store Manager mastery, Fresh Food Academy and Frontline capability building)

Design and Deliver Bespoke Learning Solutions:

• Develop targeted learning experiences that address regional skill gaps, such as frontline service delivery, product knowledge, compliance training and leadership development. Delivery methods should vary from face-to-face to digital(e-learning) and on-the-job coaching to ensure flexibility and maximum impact.

​​​​​​​Embed and Localise Group-Wide Initiatives:

• Act as the regional anchor for group-level L&D initiatives, ensuring consistent implementation while adapting content to resonate with local culture, language and store dynamics. Coordinate launch plans, stakeholder briefings and change management communication.

​​​​​​​Monitor Learning Effectiveness and Engagement through reporting:

• Track participation, completion and learner feedback across interventions. Conduct on-the-ground observations, pulse checks and feedback loops with leaders to assess knowledge transfer and behaviour change then adjust as necessary.
• Conduct gap analyses on learning tools (Workday, online platforms) and report on actual vs. target participation and effectiveness
• Complete and maintain monthly Regional Learning Dashboards and reports to support decision-making

Ensure Skills Development Compliance:

• Work closely with the central L&D governance team to track training records, learner portfolios and progress aligned with the Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) and Annual Training Report (ATR). Drive SETA-aligned processes in the region, including managing external provider partnerships and learnership tracking.

​​​​​​​Continuously Improve Learning Practices:

• Provide input into the evolution of L&D content, methodologies and facilitator standards based on regional learnings. Contribute case studies, pilot results and best practices back to the L&D Centre of Excellence to inform broader organisational improvements. 
• Collaborate with the Employee Experience team to implement functional learning projects and act as a change agent to improve outcomes

Closing date: 26 September 2025