9 Retail jobs in Vereeniging

Assistant Store Manager - Clicks President Square Vaal

Listing reference: click_

Listing status: Under Review

Apply by: 5 September 2025

Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade

Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

Clicks Group

Are you passionate about retail and service excellence? Are you confident to drive sales and build customer loyalty in order to ensure a competitive advantage for the brand? An exciting and challenging opportunity has become available for an Assistant Store Manager. The successful individual will report to the Store Manager.

Job Purpose:

• To support the Store Manager in ensuring the efficient operation of the store and service excellence by driving sales and building customer loyalty in order to meet sales, profit and compliance targets, leading to a competitive advantage for the brand.

Job Objectives:

• To ensure the achievement of the stores financial performance by driving and maximising sales through the execution of promotional activities and driving cross-selling, up-selling initiatives and superior customer service across the store team.
• To efficiently execute all operational activities of the store, including expenses, stock management, shrinkage, general housekeeping and administration.
• To successfully execute in-store visual merchandising, ensuring the in-store presentation and promotional standards are met and that the appearance of the store is in line with the brand image.
• To support the Store Manager in ensuring staff are motivated and directed to achieve their targets and performance goals and effectively managed in the absence of the store manager.
• To assist the Store Manager in maintaining the work schedule on a daily basis in line with the Group's labour policy and the relevant labour model in order to ensure each department is fully and appropriately staffed.
• To execute customer service initiatives in store that results in a great customer experience, drives customer loyalty and achieves club card participation targets.
• To attend to all administrative responsibilities in an efficient manner, including ensuring weekly time and attendance and employee records are complete and submitted to HR.
• To facilitate the brand being the customer’s first choice health and beauty retailer by living and driving the company values.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Essential: Grade 12 (Maths 50% and English 50%)
• Desirable: Degree in Relevant Retail/Business Management
• Minimum 1 years’ experience in an assistant store management role within a retail/FMCG store operations environment or successful completion the Clicks Trainee Store Management Programme
• Financial management experience (budgets, profit and loss statements, financial ratios, etc.)

Job Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Understanding and application of financial management principles
• Retail/FMCG background and understanding of merchandising and promotions principles
• Knowledge of stock, cost, risk and compliance management procedures
• Knowledge of customer service excellence
• Knowledge of labour legislation and IR practices
• Knowledge of people management
• Knowledge of competency based interviewing
• Results and target driven
• Planning and organising skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Strong customer orientation
• Following instructions and procedures
• Planning and Organising
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
• Working with people
• Analysing
• Leading and Supervising
• Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks

Kindly note only applicants who meet the minimum requirements will be contacted.

All positions will be filled in accordance with our Employment Equity plan. We also encourage people with disabilities to apply

To manage the food service and bakeries in convenience stores through ensuring delivery of client objectives within parameters of responsibility.

Key Responsibilities and Deliverables

• Check product listings and ranging
• Ensure that dealers purchase stock from client approved suppliers
• Check packaging, labelling, display of products on shelves
• Check stock rotation
• Check compliance on marketing and promotions

Evaluate and manage marketing and promotions

• Manage and evaluate promotional and marketing compliance
• Facilitate the implementation of promotion grids
• Report to trade marketing on any concerns on promotional activity
• Ensure understanding of objectives of various promotions
• Provide feedback to relevant stakeholders

Point of Sale Compliance & Health compliance

• Ensure site-specific planograms and category flows are implemented
• Take photo of new displays for reporting
• Ensure shelf health is implemented and maintained
• All displays set according to management requirements
• Ensure health and safety site compliance
• Ensure site hygiene compliance

Call-cycle compliance

• Ensure 100% compliance on all actual stores planned
• Adhere to call-cycle process
• Call cycle management
• Report discrepancies, re- plan, and communication to stakeholders

Liaise with customers and clients

• Provide continuous feedback to manager as per client requirements.
• Accurate report submission
• Follow up and investigate queries and problems, taking corrective action and providing the relevant feedback

Effective teamwork and self- management

• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained including meeting all deadlines.
• Ensure data integrity of all reports to client and management
• Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures
• Plan and prioritise, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands
• Demonstrate abilities to anticipate and manage change
• Demonstrate flexibility in balancing achievement of own objectives with abilities to understand and respond to organisational needs
• Impart correct knowledge and enhance corrective measures

Overview

Lekhi Marketing is a dynamic leader in the Sales and Marketing industry renowned for our good and quality customer service. We are passionate about delivering exceptional solutions and creating impactful relationships with our clients. As we expand our market presence, we are seeking motivated and results-driven Direct Retail Marketing Agents to join our team and help drive our business growth.

• Proactively engage with potential clients through face-to-face meetings, events, and direct outreach to promote and sell our products/services.
• Develop and implement marketing strategies and campaigns to generate leads and increase brand awareness.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients to understand their needs, provide tailored solutions, and ensure high levels of satisfaction.
• Analyze market trends, competitor activities, and customer preferences to identify new opportunities and inform sales strategies.
• Achieve and exceed sales targets through effective prospecting, negotiation, and closing techniques.
• Track sales activities, maintain accurate records, and provide regular updates on sales performance and market insights to management.

• Matric or equivalent
• SA ID
• MUST reside in or near Vaal Region
• Good communication skills
• Positive attitude
• Well spoken

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
• Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
• Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
• Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase
• Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards to optimise sales.
• Create an inspiring work environment and have fun.

Behavioural Requirements:

• Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
• Building & maintaining relationships
• Innovation & change management
• Thinking adaptability
• Taking ownership

Minimum Requirement.

• Desirable: 6 months of retail experience
• Desirable: Matric or Equivalent
• Clear Criminal record
• Proficiency in English
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Customer service focus
• Friendly, helpful, confident, and engaging personality

Support and assist the store manager in managing the daily operations of a mr price money cellular store to ensure that the overall objectives, store targets and customer service standards are met and exceeded.

• Qualifications: NQF level 4 (Grade 12) or equivalent.
  
  3 Years' Experience in Retail (Management Experience Advantageous).
  
  Understanding of Sales & Service Management.
  
  Budgeting Skills.
  
  Computer Literate.
  
  Good Communication Skills
  
  Understanding of Retail Trade.
  
  Brand, customer service , cellular, mobile, new accounts, and insurance product understanding.
  
  Mr Price Group Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity

Responsibilities: Stock Management:

Ensure that stock is accurately received & unpacked to merchandise and replenish the sales floor.

Monitor and manage stock levels through defined processes (stock counts, stock takes, stock loss action plans etc.) to mitigate risks (stock loss) and ensure adequate stock on hand.

Oversee the overall maintenance of the stockroom to meet housekeeping standards.

Assist with authorising write offs, breakages, recalls, OBF (out of box failures), cellular repairs and returns.

Sales Growth & Profitability:

Analyse sales & profitability reports in store to collaborate with management on required operational action plans, increase sales performance and monitor store expenditure.

Monitior, review and keep abreast of in-store product performance to provide feedback to support centre and enhance sales.

Keep abreast of new opportunities to increase sales and brand awareness. This may include: in-store marketing, competitor shopping.

Drive credit, Insurance , Mobile and Cellular performance to achieve the agreed budget.

Risk Management:

Assist the store manager to conduct compliance checks through defined processes (e.g. admin checks, store audits, visual audits, COMO reports, POS reports, health & safety standards, weekly hanger counts, security etc.) to ensure and enforce overall compliance to policies and procedures.

Customer Experience Management:

Ensure and maintain the implementation of customer experience processes (through the execution of business instruction letters, markdowns, repricing, promotions, customer experience plans, visual standards, customer feedback, general housekeeping etc.) to meet customer service standards.

Leadership & Development:

Lead and drive the team within a store to achieve store KPIs and operational strategy in line with company values.

Identify & drive training, coaching and development needs with a focus on talent management and succession planning.

- Recruit, administer & manage performance in accordance with company policies and procedures.