Work-Force
Step into a Department Manager role in Zeerust and make your mark across North West. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.
About This Position
This Department Manager role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for Zeerust. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the retail jobs pipeline across North West.
Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.
Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the retail jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Zeerust much easier.
Our Commitment to Transformation
The organisation is committed to transformation and equal opportunity. Hiring is on merit, and applications are actively encouraged from women, youth, people with disabilities and other historically disadvantaged groups in line with the Employment Equity plan and B-BBEE objectives.
Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across North West.
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.
A Typical Day
Your day usually starts before the doors open, walking the floor, checking displays and making sure tills are float-ready. As customers arrive, you switch into service mode, moving between till points, fitting rooms and the stockroom, helping shoppers find what they need and keeping a quiet eye on shrinkage. By the afternoon, you might be receiving a delivery, training a new team member or planning the next promotion, and by close of business you’re cashing up, balancing reports and getting the store ready to do it all again tomorrow.
Practically speaking, the Zeerust office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Zeerust.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct daily cash-ups and reconcile takings against the POS report
- Operate point-of-sale systems and process payments accurately
- Respond to customer queries, complaints and product returns
- Greet customers and provide a friendly, helpful in-store experience
- Train new team members on store procedures and product knowledge
- Keep the store, change rooms and stockroom clean and organised
- Prepare daily, weekly and monthly sales reports for the store manager
- Replenish stock and rotate displays in line with promotional cycles
Candidate Profile
- Matric / National Senior Certificate (Grade 12)
- Honest, dependable and security-aware in line with shrinkage controls
- Experience with stock counting and basic inventory principles
- Willingness to work public holidays and end-of-month peaks
- A clear criminal record verified through approved screening providers
- Numerate and accurate, with attention to detail on cash-ups
Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.