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Step into a Shift Supervisor role in Potchefstroom and make your mark across North West. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.
About This Position
The Shift Supervisor position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across North West. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Potchefstroom and across the retail jobs space.
In addition, the successful applicant is given the room to plan, deliver and review their work without unnecessary noise. The organisation has built its Potchefstroom team on trust, and the Shift Supervisor role will feel that from week one.
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 Potchefstroom much easier.
What Your Day Looks Like
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.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Potchefstroom.
On top of that, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when North West operations throw up the unexpected.
About the Team
Crucially, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Potchefstroom office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when North West operations get busy.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
Crucially, the team mix in Potchefstroom reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.
Key Outputs
- Ensure compliance with health, safety and consumer protection regulations
- Maintain visual merchandising standards on the sales floor
- Prepare daily, weekly and monthly sales reports for the store manager
- Monitor shrinkage indicators and flag suspicious activity
- Greet customers and provide a friendly, helpful in-store experience
- Replenish stock and rotate displays in line with promotional cycles
- Conduct daily cash-ups and reconcile takings against the POS report
What You’ll Need
- Awareness of consumer protection and B-BBEE principles
- Minimum of 1-2 years’ experience in a customer-facing retail role
- Matric / National Senior Certificate (Grade 12)
- Experience with stock counting and basic inventory principles
- Numerate and accurate, with attention to detail on cash-ups
- Comfortable operating point-of-sale systems and handling cash
Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.