Work-Force
Listing live now. Role: Store Manager. Location: King William’s Town, Eastern Cape. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
About the Opportunity
This Store Manager role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for King William’s Town. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the retail jobs pipeline across Eastern Cape.
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 King William’s Town much easier.
The Environment
The work environment is fast-paced and customer-facing. Expect long periods on your feet, weekend and public-holiday shifts, and the energy that comes with a busy retail floor.
Crucially, the role is intended to operate under the hiring organisation’s workplace conduct, health and safety policies in Eastern Cape.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the King William’s Town site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
Our Commitment to Transformation
Beyond that, the organisation supports a respectful workplace. Applications are welcome from suitably qualified candidates across Eastern Cape, and recruitment is intended to be fair and transparent.
Notably, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for Eastern 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 Role
- Maintain visual merchandising standards on the sales floor
- Keep the store, change rooms and stockroom clean and organised
- Replenish stock and rotate displays in line with promotional cycles
- Promote loyalty programmes and capture customer information lawfully
- Monitor shrinkage indicators and flag suspicious activity
- Prepare daily, weekly and monthly sales reports for the store manager
- Up-sell and cross-sell products in line with branch sales targets
- Support stock counts and assist with cycle-count investigations
Who We’re Looking For
- Visual merchandising flair or formal training is an advantage
- Comfortable operating point-of-sale systems and handling cash
- Basic computer literacy (MS Office, email)
- Numerate and accurate, with attention to detail on cash-ups
- Willingness to work public holidays and end-of-month peaks
- Matric / National Senior Certificate (Grade 12)
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.