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Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a full-time Merchandise Buyer Your key objectives as a Buyer would be to build a balanced assortment of merchandise which appeals to our customer and ensures maximum profit for your department is achieved.
What your role looks like
Reporting into Merchandising Manager, this high-paced role requires your high energy levels and eye for product to develop a product strategy that will ensure your company gains maximum profitability. Determine the product strategy for your department for the season. You will negotiate with suppliers on aspects of price, listing requirements, seasonal paid marketing initiatives, fabrication, and delivery dates. You will also collaborate with other functional areas such as Web team, Marketing, Resourcing and Visual Merchandising and supply chain to enable you to meet your portfolio objectives
Who you’ll be working with
You will be working closely with Buyers Assistants/Listing specialists and Planners. Our merchandise department is made up of 3 departments including Sourcing, Marketing, Visual/Retail Merchandising. You will interact across all 3 with direct focus on the buying of our Kitchenware categories.
Who you are
You are an experienced Merchandise Buyer with a proven track record in delivering strong sales results. You are dynamic and open to working in a fast-paced unstructured and collaborative environment. You have a love for product, trends and fashion while innovation drives you! You are excited about e-commerce and retail. You are a good communicator (both in-person and asynchronously over email or chat), work well both autonomously and collaboratively, and enjoy honing your technical skills.
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For the time being — as we navigate the pandemic — our team varies between working remotely and being in the office or a combination of both. You will need your own stable, high-speed internet connection for the days you work from home. And you will need to spend a few days in the office, when appropriate, to learn from your teammates and when safe, in-person collaboration is more suitable. When you are in our HQ offices in Westlake, you’ll find…
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Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a Financial Manager to join our super-efficient Finance Team. If you’re looking for a role where you’ll work closely with the Commercial Director and have opportunities to liaise and collaborate with senior leadership team members and other colleagues as well as hone your leadership skills then this may be the role for you.
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Who you are
Besides having the necessary talent and experience for the role, we are looking for a teammate with proven management skills and excellent communication skills. This role is for someone who thrives when leading a team that requires collaboration and cohesion without a dictatorial approach. You can dive into the detail and zoom out to see the bigger picture.
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For the time being — as we navigate the pandemic — our team varies between working remotely and being in the office or a combination of both. You will need your own stable, high-speed internet connection for the days you work from home. And you will need to spend a few days in the office, when appropriate, to learn from your teammates and when safe, in-person collaboration is more suitable. When you are in our HQ offices in Westlake, you’ll find…
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Your salary is based on a “Total Cost To Company” model and includes:
If this sounds like an ideal role for you, apply and we could be chatting soon.
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a senior Human Resources professional to join our business leadership team.
What your role looks like
Of all our company values at Yuppiechef, People and Team sit at the heart of what we do. We are looking for a strong and like-minded leader who will guide our People team in a period of growth, ensuring that our culture and people value chain supports and aligns with our business strategy. Reporting into our Managing Director and as a key member of our leadership team, this role is centered around connection, communication and development.
You will play a key role in our executive team and will be able to translate the business strategy into a practical HR strategy. You will lead a team of HR specialists as we attract, retain, develop and reward our teams in a fast-paced and inspirational environment. Your experience in people-centric environments will be valuable as you expand the ability of our brand to be loved by both customer and employee alike.
Who you are
You have built your career in industries and experiences that have positively shaped the way people look at their contributions to an organisation. You have a solid understanding of Human Resources (8 -10 years partnering at a management level) and have elevated that experience to include at least 3 years in a Senior Management role. You are astute in people centered strategy and development as well as execution thereof. You are a strong and empathetic leader who thrives when guiding others through change.
What you will be responsible for
As you lead the People team, you will be responsible for
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The university of life teaches us many things, we would like you to have had rich and varied experiences including
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We are based at our Westlake headquarters and are primarily an in-office and in person team. We value the connections made in person and believe you can’t beat a face-to-face catch over a good cup of coffee.
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Who we are and who we’re looking for
Yuppiechef is South Africa's premier kitchen and homeware store. Based in Westlake, Cape Town with retail stores in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, we see ourselves as helping people find more moments of joy in their homes — through products that make daily life more comfortable, more innovative and more beautiful. And we do it through our omnichannel shopping experience, providing our world-class service to our customers both in our stores and online.
High quality product content on our website is a key component of creating a seamless shopping experience for our customers — helping them make more informed decisions and inspiring them with well-written copy, accurate specs and beautiful visuals.
We’re looking for a full-time E-commerce Photo Retoucher and Editor to add capacity to our in-house photography team, help us make our product content better and get products listed on our site faster.
What your role looks like
Taking direction from our E-commerce Content Team Manager, you’ll spend the bulk of your time assisting in vetting, editing and uploading product photographs to our website and content platforms and maintaining our photographic archives. Practically, this looks like:
Who you’ll be working with
You will be working alongside other in-house photographers and image editors in our Content Team. We style, photograph and edit everything in-house, by grafting hard, collaborating, communicating openly and constantly, moving on ideas fairly quickly, and hitting deadlines. At times it comes with pressure, but we all love what it is we do and have a lot of fun while doing it. We’re also into things like pets, gin, coffee, series and cake (basically any and all baked goods).
Who you are
Besides having the necessary talent and experience for the role, we’re looking for someone who is, above all else, eager to learn, inwardly driven, and cares about the details. You are a good communicator (both in-person and asynchronously over email or chat), work well both autonomously and collaboratively, and enjoy honing your technical skills. People would also describe you as:
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Who we are and who we’re looking for
Yuppiechef is South Africa's premier kitchen and homeware store. Based in Westlake, Cape Town with retail stores in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, we see ourselves as helping people find more moments of joy in their homes — through products that make daily life more comfortable, more innovative and more beautiful. And we do it through our omnichannel shopping experience, providing our world-class service to our customers both in our stores and online.
High quality product content on our website is a key component of creating a seamless shopping experience for our customers — helping them make more informed decisions and inspiring them with well-written copy, accurate specs and beautiful visuals.
We’re looking for a full-time Junior E-commerce Product Content Copywriter to join our in-house Content Team. If you’re looking for a role where you’ll have opportunities to learn from an experienced team and work closely with seasoned copywriters and e-commerce content creators, then this may be the role for you.
What your role looks like
Taking direction from our E-commerce Content Team Manager, you’ll spend the bulk of your time writing and editing high-quality product descriptions and specs for product pages.
As part of your role, you will also be responsible for:
In eac of these activities, you will have continuous opportunities to learn about our range of products, how to sell them online and what makes a good online shopping experience.
Who you’ll be working with
You will be working alongside our Content Editors and our Photography team. We write all our product copy, and style, photograph and edit everything in-house, by grafting hard, collaborating, communicating openly and constantly, moving on ideas fairly quickly, and hitting deadlines. At times it comes with pressure, but we all love what we do and have a lot of fun while doing it. We’re also into things like pets, gin, coffee, series and cake (basically any and all baked goods).
Who you are
You’re likely finding your feet in the copywriting world and looking to expand your skill set to different industries. Besides having the necessary talent and experience for the role, with a portfolio to match, we’re looking for someone who is, above all else, eager to learn and inwardly driven. You are a good communicator (both in-person and asynchronously over email or chat), work well both autonomously and collaboratively, and enjoy honing your technical skills. People would also describe you as:
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Taking direction from our Developer Manager and Product Design Manager, as a Mid-level Front-end UI Developer, you’ll be responsible for building and maintaining user interfaces (UI) layouts, components and flows for our website, apps and in-house tech. The work you do will be on “the front of the front-end”.
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Building and maintaining highly flexible and responsive UI layouts and components using HTML, CSS and presentational Javascript at scale:
Who you are
Besides having the necessary talent and experience for the role, we’re looking for someone who is, above all else, inwardly driven and who comes alive when the work you’ve done makes a difference to an actual person — whether making it easy for developers to do their best work or a customer achieving something through a UI component you built.
You like the idea of continually building upon your successes and learning from your mistakes, and the idea of crafting a product over time excites you. For you, working on complex HTML and CSS layouts for hours feels like minutes and you have fun figuring out how to make interfaces better — more usable, more performant and more future-proof.
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You’ll be working in our development team, reporting to our Developer Manager, and working closely with our Product Managers and Front-end Developers. We design and build all our tech in-house, by grafting hard, collaborating, communicating openly and constantly, moving on ideas fairly quickly, and hitting deadlines. At times it comes with pressure, but we all love what we do and have a lot of fun while doing it. We’re also into things like pets, gin, coffee, series and board games and gaming, trail running and climbing.
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