Various Exciting Vacancies at Shoprite Group of Companies

Job Objectives

Content Coordination and Creation:

• Create compelling and relevant content for various channels, including newsletters, intranet, emails, and other internal platforms. 
• Coordinate the production and distribution of content and brand collateral including sourcing, arranging, scheduling and consolidating content, images, photoshoots, video shoots and materials. 
• Support with updating the internal communications calendar and planning and coordinating related activities and events, ensuring timely and consistent delivery of messages.
• Ensure consistency in messaging while tailoring content to suit different brands and departments.

Collaboration:

• Work closely with the Senior Communication Specialist: Business Engagement to understand departmental or brand related business goals and communication objectives.
• Collaborate with different departments and brands to gather information and insights for effective content creation.

Channel Management:

• Utilise a variety of channels, including digital platforms, visual media, and written communication, to convey messages to employees.
• Support the maintenance of channels where relevant. 
• Support the group-wide optimisation drive for email communication at the company.

Reporting: 

• Responsible for gathering qualitative and quantitative data to assist the Senior Internal 
• Communication Specialist: Business Engagement with compiling insightful reports to track and  measure the effectiveness of communication strategies and initiatives.

Employee Engagement:

• Collect feedback from various channels to gauge the effectiveness of communication strategies.

Administrative Support: 

• Assist with research for employee posts, features, publications, newsletters, etc. 
• Coordinate and schedule meetings and consolidate and distribute meeting minutes as required. 
• Coordinate all facilities requirements for the hosting of campaigns or events as required. 
• Archive all communications as required. 

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Communications, PR or a related field - (desired). 

Experience

• +2 years’ experience providing content, administrative and organisational support in a corporate communications environment with a good understanding of delivering compelling messages through corporate communications channels and platforms – (essential). 
• Experience in a retail environment – (desired)

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Job Objectives

• Request DFM to create budget for desired equipment
• Procurement of equipment
• Managing and storing IT stock including quarterly stock takes 
• Co-ordinating with architects, electricians, and builders to explain IT requirements for the design of the new store and managing the time frames expected.
• Setup of users' equipment and software
• Assist users with installation and support of required applications
• Installation of IT components (e.g., additional RAM, replacing laptop HDD / Keyboard / Screen)
• Setup and configuration of printers
• Ensure Network infrastructure (Wi-Fi and LAN) available
• Managing of IT Cabling (LAN) requirements:
• Work at heights
• Pull new network cables
• Terminate new points
• Meet with architects, electricians, and builders to explain IT requirements for design of new buildings
• Escalate unresolved issues to various internal business units as well as 3rd party vendors
• Assisting in the managing of insurance and warranty claims
• Manage of Remedy incidents and requests
• Ensuring SLA (Service Level Agreements) > 96% 
• Request DFM to create budget for desired equipment
• Procurement of equipment
• Managing and storing IT stock including quarterly stock takes
• Co-ordinating with architects, electricians, and builders to explain IT requirements for the design of the new store and managing the time frames expected.
• Installation, setup, and configuration of Store IT Hardware:
• POS&MM
• Back Office
• Front Office
• Network 
• Managing of IT Cabling (LAN) requirements
• Work at heights
• Pull new network cables
• Terminate new points 
• Update tracking reports / Provide updates
• Escalate unresolved issues to various internal business units as well as 3rd party vendors
• Assisting in the managing of insurance and warranty claims
• Assist with the testing of new IT HW
• Provide feedback on findings
• Recommendation of practical solutions
• Managing and storing IT stock

Qualifications

• Grade 12 certificate
• A+ (Or Equivalent Experience)
• N+ (Or Equivalent Experience)
• Driver’s License

Experience

• +2 Years Field Support in the retail environment
• +2 Years End-User Support
• MS Office 365
• MS Windows Support and Installation
• Exposure to project management/roll-outs
• Stock management exposure
• Report writing

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Job Objectives

• Visual Display Design: Conceptualize and create visually appealing merchandise displays that effectively showcase products and attract customer attention across all Medirite Plus stores. Source props, materials, and accessories necessary for the displays.
• Budget Management: Provide input into the budgeting process and diligently track budgets related to visual merchandising initiatives.
• Store Layout Optimization: Collaborate with the core Medirite team and store management to optimize product layout, ensuring an efficient and engaging shopping experience for customers.
• Window Display Creation: Develop captivating window displays that convey the store’s theme, highlight promotions, and entice potential customers.
• Product Placement Strategy: Ensure merchandise is strategically placed to maximize visibility, accessibility, and overall aesthetic appeal.
• Signage and Graphics: Design and place signage and point-of-sale materials that communicate product information, pricing, and promotional messages.
• Seasonal Themes Implementation: Create and implement seasonal and thematic displays to coincide with holidays, special events, and seasonal changes.
• Inventory Coordination: Collaborate with Buyers and Store Management to ensure displays accurately represent available stock and develop action plans for overstocks.
• Visual Merchandising Guidelines: Develop and maintain visual merchandising guidelines for the store, and provide training to store staff on visual standards.
• Market Research and Analysis: Stay informed about industry trends, competitor displays, and customer preferences to continually update and improve visual merchandising strategies.
• Customer Engagement: Observe customer reactions to displays, gather feedback, and make adjustments to enhance the overall shopping experience.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Marketing, Sales, and Store Management teams to align visual merchandising strategies with overall business goals and promotional campaigns.
• Maintenance and Upkeep: Regularly inspect and maintain displays to ensure they remain in good condition, making adjustments as needed to keep the visual presentation fresh and appealing.
• Sales Analysis: Use sales data, insights, and trends to guide display and product placement decisions.
• POS Management: Order relevant point-of-sale materials for stores and ensure stores execute according to guidelines.
• Reporting: Provide regular updates and reports to the Brand Manager, including pictures of in-store executions, to track the progress and effectiveness of visual merchandising efforts.

Qualifications

Essential

• Matric
• Degree in Visual Merchandising, Marketing, or a related field 

Experience

Essential

• 3+ years of experience working in visual merchandising or related fields.

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Job Objectives

Article Management:

• Propose new articles on the B2B system and monitor their creation progress in alignment with established SLAs.
• Ensure accurate assignment of articles to stores or distribution centers (DCs) to optimise

Data Quality Assurance:

• Detect and correct data quality issues to uphold Shoprite's standards for consistency and reliability.
• Flag and address any abnormalities in the data to maintain its integrity.

Duplicate Article Prevention and Stock Balance Monitoring:

• Verify the absence of similar articles before listing to prevent duplications.
• Monitor stock balances for reporting purposes, ensuring optimal stock levels as per business requirements.

Incident Management:

• Log IT and data-related incidents using the Helix (ITSM) platform for timely resolution.
• Identify and assist in resolving business data quality issues to minimise operational disruptions.

Communication and Reporting:

• Report article-related issues to the Senior Master Data Officer and complete the Master Data Quality (MDQ) template for further action.
• Extract and generate reports for Divisional Managers daily, weekly, and monthly to support decision-making processes.

Support and Governance:

• Act as the first line of support for divisional offices, addressing support-related requirements promptly to facilitate smooth business transactions.
• Provide support for data-related projects throughout their lifecycle, ensuring successful implementation and post-go-live support.

Data Governance and Best Practices:

• Uphold data business governance and rules to support operational processes effectively.
• Assist in communicating data quality requirements and guide stakeholders on data management practices to ensure adherence.

Continuous Improvement and Collaboration:

• Identify root causes of quality non-conformance and assist in implementing best practices for data management.
• Engage and collaborate with stakeholders to drive improvements and ensure alignment with business objectives. (WoW)

Qualifications

• Grade 12 with relevant and demonstrable experience – (Essential)
• Diploma or Degree in IT, Finance, or relevant – (essential)
• +1 year in a Systems master data or similar role – (essential)

Experience

• Relevant experience in a butchery / meat or similar environment combined with a knowledge of meat cuts, ranging and import regulatory requirements – (desirable)
• Technical awareness, e.g., master data management, data management principles and practices – (Essential)
• Working knowledge of data quality principles and root cause analysis – (Essential)
• Knowledge of how to control data standards - (Essential)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 – Outlook, Word, Excel (essential

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Job Objectives

Article Management:

• Propose new articles on the B2B system and monitor their creation progress in alignment with established SLAs.
• Ensure accurate assignment of articles to stores or distribution centers (DCs) to optimise

Data Quality Assurance:

• Detect and correct data quality issues to uphold Shoprite's standards for consistency and reliability.
• Flag and address any abnormalities in the data to maintain its integrity.

Duplicate Article Prevention and Stock Balance Monitoring:

• Verify the absence of similar articles before listing to prevent duplications.
• Monitor stock balances for reporting purposes, ensuring optimal stock levels as per business requirements.

Incident Management:

• Log IT and data-related incidents using the Helix (ITSM) platform for timely resolution.
• Identify and assist in resolving business data quality issues to minimise operational disruptions.

Communication and Reporting:

• Report article-related issues to the Senior Master Data Officer and complete the Master Data Quality (MDQ) template for further action.
• Extract and generate reports for Divisional Managers daily, weekly, and monthly to support decision-making processes.

Support and Governance:

• Act as the first line of support for divisional offices, addressing support-related requirements promptly to facilitate smooth business transactions.
• Provide support for data-related projects throughout their lifecycle, ensuring successful implementation and post-go-live support.

Data Governance and Best Practices:

• Uphold data business governance and rules to support operational processes effectively.
• Assist in communicating data quality requirements and guide stakeholders on data management practices to ensure adherence.

Continuous Improvement and Collaboration:

• Identify root causes of quality non-conformance and assist in implementing best practices for data management.
• Engage and collaborate with stakeholders to drive improvements and ensure alignment with business objectives. (WoW)

Qualifications

• Grade 12 with relevant and demonstrable experience – (Essential)
• Diploma or Degree in IT, Finance, or relevant – (essential)
• +1 year in a Systems master data or similar role – (essential)

Experience

• Relevant experience in a butchery / meat or similar environment combined with a knowledge of meat cuts, ranging and import regulatory requirements – (desirable)
• Technical awareness, e.g., master data management, data management principles and practices – (Essential)
• Working knowledge of data quality principles and root cause analysis – (Essential)
• Knowledge of how to control data standards - (Essential)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 – Outlook, Word, Excel (essential

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Job Objectives

• Capture detailed weekly Sales and Cabinet Stock on Actual Trading. (Sales Returns)
• Request new Sales Return from Meat Market Manager for all Sales with errors done on Butchery side.
• Check that all Scale/Calculator/Rewraps are completed on the Sales Return.
• Phone store for Incident Number in cases where there are missing Scale figures.
• Check that Cabinet breakdown is completed.
• Mince/Wors is recorded.
• Check Sales Return is signed by both Meat Market and Branch/Admin Manager.
• Capture all Packaging stocks recorded on Stock Sheet.
• Check all Meat, Spice, Pre-Pack Spice and Biltong closings stocks done on Flash are on the correct product and costing.
• Re-do Stock Sheet when a request for additional stocks has been approved.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 
• Tertiary qualification in Business Managment or Office management advantageous

Experience

• 2 to 5 years Extensive experience in administrative duties 
• 3 to 5 years Microsoft Office 
• Accpac or SAP

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Job Objectives

Management and Documentation:

• Undertake the maintaining of accurate and organized records of vehicle information. This includes all communication and documents relating to Natis, Tax Invoices, Lease agreements and License discs.

Vehicle Scheduling and Maintenance:

• Update the daily vehicle schedule with changes, including delivery dates, signoffs, and signing dates.

Driver Support and Communication:

• Provide comprehensive support, information, and reports for drivers under investigation,addressing queries related to vehicles.

Financial and Administrative Processing:

• Managing the information flow for all transport-related arrangements for vehicles moving between divisions / provinces and daily authorizations for vehicles.

Market Values and Yearly Reports:

• Communicate market values to the divisions for budgeting.

Insurance and Vehicle Transactions:

• Manage internal insurance administration and documentation for accidents, including the deregistration of written-off vehicles

Buying or Selling of Company Vehicles:

• Facilitate the leasing, buying, or selling of company vehicles for all divisions.

Data entry and reporting:

• Input data in fleet systems and spreadsheets.

Further Administration:

• Oversee a Pool Fleet

Qualifications

Qualifications and Experience:

• Matric / Grade 12 - (essential)
• Certificate or diploma in Logistics, Transportation Management, Operations Management, or a related field - (desirable)

Experience

• +3 years’ experience in fleet management operations, with solid experience of vehicle scheduling and maintenance coordination, including tracking systems and vehicle lease management - (essential)
• Experience in managing the administration pool fleet and coordinating vehicle bookings - (essential)
• Substantial knowledge in managing internal insurance administration - (essential)
• Extensive experience in financial and administrative processing - (essential)
• Proficient (intermediate) in Microsoft 365 with focus on Excel, Word, and PowerPoint - (essential)
• Professional communication skills – (essential)
• Strong administrative skills – (essential)

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Job Objectives

• To ensure that sales and profit are generated. 
• Ensure that the Pet Science store complies with labour and other laws. 
• To meet customer expectations. 
• To manage stock according to company policy. 
• Ensure the continuous training and development of all employees. 
• Ensure effective scheduling, forecast planning of staff and supervising.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 – Essential
• Degree/Diploma in related field - Advantageous

Experience

• Min of 2 years’ management experience in a Pet Store 
• Knowledge and experience in managing inventory, buying, staff, pet merchandising and costs and profitability of a Pet Store. 

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Job Objectives

• To ensure that sales and profit are generated. 
• Ensure that the Pet Science store complies with labour and other laws. 
• To meet customer expectations. 
• To manage stock according to company policy. 
• Ensure the continuous training and development of all employees. 
• Ensure effective scheduling, forecast planning of staff and supervising.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 – Essential
• Degree/Diploma in related field - Advantageous

Experience

• Min of 2 years’ management experience in a Pet Store 
• Knowledge and experience in managing inventory, buying, staff, pet merchandising and costs and profitability of a Pet Store. 

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Job Objectives

• To ensure that sales and profit are generated. 
• Ensure that the Pet Science store complies with labour and other laws. 
• To meet customer expectations. 
• To manage stock according to company policy. 
• Ensure the continuous training and development of all employees. 
• Ensure effective scheduling, forecast planning of staff and supervising.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 – Essential
• Degree/Diploma in related field - Advantageous

Experience

• Min of 2 years’ management experience in a Pet Store 
• Knowledge and experience in managing inventory, buying, staff, pet merchandising and costs and profitability of a Pet Store.