Vacancies at Pick n Pay Stores Limited

• The Butchery Manager is responsible for the leadership and supervision of the Butchery department within a PnP Corporate store. This function includes the planning, organizing, directing, motivating, controlling and providing practical operational support in the running of the Butchery in order to achieve the Butchery Division and the Pick n Pay’s objectives.

Minimum requirements

• Matric/Grade 12
• Minimum of 3 years butchery management experience
• Butchery qualification would be advantageous

Competencies

• Ability to cut, pack, manufacture and merchandise all butchery products
• Ability to operate all the butchery equipment
• Ability to offer friendly customer service
• Passion and have product knowledge for butchery products
• Good intrapersonal skills
• High energy levels
• Excellent personal hygiene
• Excellent work environment hygiene standards
• Ability to grasp new information with speed and ease

Key responsibilities 

Customer Service

• Give customers undivided attention when serving them to maximise customer satisfaction
• Demonstrate product knowledge when assisting customers with butchery queries and/or determining their needs to recommend products that fits their needs and desires

Product Preparations

• Adhere to ingredient selection and method in strict accordance with the recipe manual
• Break the carcass into primal form to enhance efficiency during the final cutting of products in preparation for trade

Merchandising

• Adhere to the butchery merchandising flow
• Keep categories together when merchandising according to the plano-guide
• Clean and maintain the merchandise area to ensure its always neat, hygienic, and appealing to customers
• Monitor on shelve availability and take corrective actions to address any possible overs and out of stocks

Hygiene and Housekeeping

• Maintain clean as you go during production to avoid food safety risks
• Deep clean post-production to avoid contamination and pest infestation
• Ensure equipment is kept clean and in a good working condition
• Adhere to safety procedure when operating equipment to avoid any occupational risks
• Communicate any equipment faults and abnormalities to the relevant manager
• Ensure correct temperature control are adhered to preserve the product, avoid contamination and waste

Administration

• Assist with all administration processed to ensure smooth running of the butchery
• Conduct stock take to calculate gross profit
• Give input and maintain staff scheduling rosters to ensure adequate coverage during business peaks and valleys
• Place stock orders and ensure stock holding is sufficient to meet customer needs and reduce waste

Sales and profitability

• Ensure product is available to promote sales and the achievement of budget
• Oversee the cutting of the carcass according to block test margin to ensure maximum profitability and good butchering standards are adhered to
• Perform stock rotation to reduce and control waste
• Apply the cutting plan to minimize waste resulting from over ordering and over producing

Leading Teams

• Lead, monitor and coach direct reports and ensure effective management and utilization of employees
• Provide employees with regular feedback and handle issues of discipline accordingly
• Keep team updated on any new initiatives and changes pertaining to the department

Closing date: 16 October 2025

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• Responsible for analyzing supply chain data, identifying trends, and providing actionable insights to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and support strategic decision-making. This role collaborates with cross-functional teams to optimize procurement, logistics, inventory, and distribution processes.

Minimum Requirements

• Matric
• Bcom degree in Supply Chain, Business Analytics, Logistics, or related field
• 3–4 years’ experience in business analysis or supply chain analytics
• Proven experience in eliciting requirements and testing
• Basic knowledge in generating process documentation
• Proficiency in data analysis tools (Excel, Power BI, SQL)
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP)

Competencies

• Analytical Thinking
• Data Interpretation & Reporting
• Problem-Solving
• Supply Chain Knowledge
• Communication & Collaboration
• Attention to Detail
• Project Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Technical Proficiency (Excel, SQL, ERP systems

Key Responsibilities

• Defining configuration specifications and business analysis requirements
• Performing quality assurance
• Defining reporting and alerting requirements
• Own and develop relationship with partners, working with them to optimize and enhance our integration
• Help design, document and maintain system processes
• Report on common sources of technical issues or questions and make recommendations to product team
• Communicate key insights and findings to product team
• Constantly be on the lookout for ways to improve monitoring, discover issues and deliver better value to the customer

Closing date: 20 October 2025

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Minimum Requirements

• 1 year experience in managerial position. (or previous reliever experience for a minimum of 6 months)
• Grade: 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent.
• Computer literate – MS Outlook, Excel, Word. MS Teams/Zoom.
• Willingness to work irregular hours, including evenings and weekends and stock takes after hours
• Willingness to be moved from store to store if and when need be
• Willingness and ability to undertake physical hands-on tasks
• Complete an assessment

Competencies

• An absolute passion for the product
• Good interpersonal & communication skills
• Conscientious, attentive to detail, accurate
• Good staff management and development skills
• Sense of urgency, enthusiasm and high energy level
• Assertiveness
• Customer centric approach
• Ability to work under pressure
• Motivation, self confidence and the use of initiative
• Team player who is results driven.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Journey:

• Customer centric approach
• Ensuring customer service standards are rigorously applied
• Attending to all customer service requests, advertising on product and services.
• Ensure that VM standards are adhered to and execution of all plans and promotions.
• People Management: (Assist Store Manager with functions)
• Manage all people related aspects on an ongoing bases for staff.
• Able to deal with employee shortcomings if/when needed.
• Assist with recruitment on a store level according to company policy and procedures.
• Assist with Identify training and Development initiatives for employees.
• Assist with performance management – focus on talent management and succession planning.
• Able to lead and manage a team of employees.
• Assist with identify training initiatives and develop staff accordingly.
• Daily Operations/Stock Management/Risk Management:
• Opening and locking of store in accordance with the company security procedures
• Conducting start & end of day reporting and procedures
• Conducting administration (staff scheduling & leave, invoices, pricing, costs, floats & banking, expense control, reconciliations, CDC and head office instructions etc) per company standards and procedures
• Ensuring merchandise is offloaded, captured, packed, merchandised & displayed per company policy
• Monitoring quality and controlling soilage of merchandise and taking appropriate action
• Controlling shrinkage
• Ensure that OHS standards are adhered to at all times

Sales/Promotions:

• Promoting sales to achieve budgets and monitoring sales, turnover and participation.
• Conducting promotions
• Implementation of markdowns and RTC’s

Closing date: 20 October 2025

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Minimum Requirements

• 1 year experience in managerial position. (or previous reliever experience for a minimum of 6 months)
• Grade: 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent.
• Computer literate – MS Outlook, Excel, Word. MS Teams/Zoom.
• Willingness to work irregular hours, including evenings and weekends and stock takes after hours
• Willingness to be moved from store to store if and when need be
• Willingness and ability to undertake physical hands-on tasks
• Complete an assessment

Competencies

• An absolute passion for the product
• Good interpersonal & communication skills
• Conscientious, attentive to detail, accurate
• Good staff management and development skills
• Sense of urgency, enthusiasm and high energy level
• Assertiveness
• Customer centric approach
• Ability to work under pressure
• Motivation, self confidence and the use of initiative
• Team player who is results driven.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Journey:

• Customer centric approach
• Ensuring customer service standards are rigorously applied
• Attending to all customer service requests, advertising on product and services.
• Ensure that VM standards are adhered to and execution of all plans and promotions.
• People Management: (Assist Store Manager with functions)
• Manage all people related aspects on an ongoing bases for staff.
• Able to deal with employee shortcomings if/when needed.
• Assist with recruitment on a store level according to company policy and procedures.
• Assist with Identify training and Development initiatives for employees.
• Assist with performance management – focus on talent management and succession planning.
• Able to lead and manage a team of employees.
• Assist with identify training initiatives and develop staff accordingly.
• Daily Operations/Stock Management/Risk Management:
• Opening and locking of store in accordance with the company security procedures
• Conducting start & end of day reporting and procedures
• Conducting administration (staff scheduling & leave, invoices, pricing, costs, floats & banking, expense control, reconciliations, CDC and head office instructions etc) per company standards and procedures
• Ensuring merchandise is offloaded, captured, packed, merchandised & displayed per company policy
• Monitoring quality and controlling soilage of merchandise and taking appropriate action
• Controlling shrinkage
• Ensure that OHS standards are adhered to at all times

Sales/Promotions:

• Promoting sales to achieve budgets and monitoring sales, turnover and participation.
• Conducting promotions
• Implementation of markdowns and RTC’s

Closing date: 20 October 2025

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• To manage all aspects of hygiene and safety withing the Bakery Department. Manages production process and stock in order to maximize gross margins and profits. Ensures that operating standards are maintained.

Minimum requirements 

• Matric/Grade 12
• NQF3 Bakery qualification
• 3 to 5 years supervisory bakery experience
• PC Literate

Competencies

• Attention to detail
• Accurate
• Meet deadlines
• Complete work accurately and timeously

Key responsibilities

• Ensure that hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards are maintained (floor and back-up)
• Ensure that security procedures are adhered to
• Ensure that merchandise/display standards are adhered to
• Conduct regular quality checks, ensure that stock is rotated. Damaged/expired stock is removed
• Prevent wastage/shrinkage/damages
• Check correct pricing e.g. labels
• Complete all relevant administration/documentation
• Plan and implement sales promotions
• Approach and advise customers on the product, listen to customers’ requests, provide the required product or services and handle customers in a courteous and businesslike manner
• Monitor budgets (expenses, turnover, gross) and take required action
• Optimize stock levels e.g. always in stock, never overstocked through effective ordering and efficient handling of returns
• Plan daily/weekly production of products (if applicable)
• Communicate effectively with employees, management, customers and suppliers
• Ensure that all equipment is maintained in effective working order and operated in accordance with laid down standards
• Manage employees to ensure standards are maintained by competent, motivated employees

Closing date: 23 October 2025

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• Correctly receives all deliveries to stores, and despatch of returns to vendors. Minimises shrinkage risk on receiving doors. Responsible for disposal of stock in terms of company policy and all Admin functions relating to receiving procedures - including those linked to receiving such as Visitors/merchandisers entry control etc.

Minimum requirements 

• Matric Grade 12
• 2 years Retail food experience
• 1 year Receiving supervisor experience
• Read and interpret reports
• Achieving results through others

Competencies 

• High level of confidentiality
• Problem Solving - Be able to solve unfamiliar problems by generating workable solutions
• Reliable and trustworthy
• Efficiency - Completes tasks fully to high standards of quality in a precise and accurate manner
• Time Management - Ability to identify / priorities urgent matters and attend to them immediately
• Governance - Works according to rules and regulations Focuses on completeness and accuracy of the task.
• Attention to details - The ability to constantly identify discrepancies, inconsistencies and mistakes
• Team Player - Co-operates and participates with others to achieve goals.
• Team Management - Plays an active role as a member whilst supporting other team members.
• Actively promotes the company image through teamwork
• Communication Skills

Key responsibilities

• Receive and return goods systematically and accurately according to laid down company policies and procedures 
• Conduct quality checks 
• Ensure that the cold chain is maintained 
• Ensure that hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards are maintained 
• Ensure that security procedures are adhered to 
• Assist with relieve security procedures at the back door 
• Prevent wastage/shrinkage/damages 
• Complete all relevant administration/documentation 
• Operate equipment according to laid down standards 
• Communicate effectively with employees, management, customers and suppliers

Closing date: 23 October 2025

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

Minimum requirements

• Matric Grade 12
• 3 – 4 years Retail experience
• Good Understanding of Multi Media platforms advantageous
• Product knowledge and knowledge of multimedia products and services.

Competencies

• Customer and sales centric
• Must be goal driven and have a proven track record of driving sales
• Sound knowledge of customer service and the dynamic market requirements
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills
• People management skills and the ability to delegate responsibly
• Ability to motivate teams to deliver on targets
• Ability to work retail hours  

Key responsibilities

• Manages GMD operations to maximize sales and deliver excellent customer service.
• Leads GMD teams to optimize stock levels with minimal out of stock.
• Ensures adherence budgets and targets set in GMD.
• Monitors budgets (expenses, turnover, gross) and takes appropriate action.
• Regular consultation and reporting to GMD team and management.
• Ensures that team performance standards are monitored and corrective action is taken.
• Ensures adherence to security procedures to minimize shrinkage and stock loss.
• Implements shrinkage control measures.
• Monitors and drives the implementation of promotional activities in GMD.
• Ensures that customer service excellence is achieved and delivered by all team members
• Provides customers with professional responses.
• Analyses of stock reports and takes appropriate action on stock levels.
• Analyses of daily/weekly turnover figures and areas of improvement identified and actioned.
• Display energy, determination, urgency and commitment in order to generate results and meet objectives.
• Manages, motivates and operates with a great sense of urgency.

Closing date: 20 October 2025