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This is a current vacancy. Role: Visual Merchandiser. Location: Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
What This Role Involves
The Visual Merchandiser position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Eastern Cape. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Gqeberha and across the retail jobs space.
Communication runs both ways. Managers across the retail jobs team in Eastern Cape make time for one-to-ones, and people are expected to speak up early when something needs attention.
Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the retail jobs group in Gqeberha.
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.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Gqeberha.
On top of that, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Eastern Cape operations throw up the unexpected.
Your Workplace
On top of that, 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.
A respectful, professional environment is the standard in Eastern Cape. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Gqeberha site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
Key Responsibilities
- Keep the store, change rooms and stockroom clean and organised
- Train new team members on store procedures and product knowledge
- Monitor shrinkage indicators and flag suspicious activity
- Replenish stock and rotate displays in line with promotional cycles
- Greet customers and provide a friendly, helpful in-store experience
- Conduct daily cash-ups and reconcile takings against the POS report
- Prepare daily, weekly and monthly sales reports for the store manager
- Assist with receiving deliveries and verifying goods against invoices
What You’ll Need
- Willingness to work public holidays and end-of-month peaks
- Ability to stand for long periods and work shifts including weekends
- Basic computer literacy (MS Office, email)
- Comfortable operating point-of-sale systems and handling cash
- A clear criminal record verified through approved screening providers
- Honest, dependable and security-aware in line with shrinkage controls
- Strong verbal communication skills in English; second language an advantage
If your CV speaks to the points above, this role is worth a closer look.