Retail Buyer

A Retail Buyer position is being filled in Prieska. Suitable candidates from across Northern Cape are invited to submit their applications for review.

What This Role Involves

This Retail Buyer role sits within the retail jobs function in Prieska. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Northern Cape.

The organisation keeps reporting lines clean and expectations realistic. Performance is measured against a small, agreed set of metrics, and there are no surprise yardsticks for the Retail Buyer taking on this position.

Internal documentation, process notes and shared playbooks make it easier for the Retail Buyer to step into the retail jobs workflow quickly. Institutional knowledge is well-organised, so people are not reinventing the wheel from one week to the next.

Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Retail Buyer is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Northern Cape is consistently high and consistently fair.

Our Commitment to Transformation

Diverse teams build stronger workplaces. Applications are welcome from candidates of every background, language and community across Northern Cape, and recruitment is fair, transparent and aligned with the EE Act.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Prieska.

Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Northern Cape.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

Your Team

You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the retail jobs side of the business inside out. The Prieska group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.

Practically speaking, the team mix in Prieska reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.

Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.

Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.

Why Join Us

In addition, you will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Prieska colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the retail jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.

Notably, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Prieska keep progressing.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Prieska teams.

Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Northern Cape.

Working in Prieska

Prieska continues to grow as an employment hub in Northern Cape, with along the N14 trade route. This role gives you a foothold in one of its busier business communities, with access to the local services, suppliers and partners that keep the work moving.

If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Prieska, Northern Cape.

Many candidates already living within reach of Prieska cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Northern Cape economy.

Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Prieska.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Conduct daily cash-ups and reconcile takings against the POS report
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and consumer protection regulations
• Up-sell and cross-sell products in line with branch sales targets
• Promote loyalty programmes and capture customer information lawfully
• Assist with receiving deliveries and verifying goods against invoices
• Greet customers and provide a friendly, helpful in-store experience
• Operate point-of-sale systems and process payments accurately
• Keep the store, change rooms and stockroom clean and organised

Who We’re Looking For

• Willingness to work public holidays and end-of-month peaks
• Awareness of consumer protection and B-BBEE principles
• Visual merchandising flair or formal training is an advantage
• Ability to work as part of a team in a fast-paced retail environment
• Strong verbal communication skills in English; second language an advantage
• Experience with stock counting and basic inventory principles
• Honest, dependable and security-aware in line with shrinkage controls

Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.