Duties and Responsibilities

-Responsible for attaining set revenue at and maximise profit.
-Recommend and drive implementation of strategies and tactics that help maximize sales at the least possible costs.
-Recommend and implement tactics to ensure attainment of set number of products sold target.
-Account for all departmental stocks in the floor (merchandising).
-Ensure adherence to set timelines stock counts and that all variances are promptly reported to the Assistant Shop Manager.
-Implement strategies that ensures that departmental stock losses are minimized and managed properly.
-Ensure implementation of controls to manage shrinkage through theft, damages and expiry using contemporary methods for stock management.
-Implement plans to ensure zero departmental stock-outs and maintain a correct product mix that satisfies customer needs and preferences at all times.
-Regularly engage with customers and obtain feedback and customer expectations on the product range, product mix and quality.
-Conduct regular market analysis, understanding competitor activity and collate all the market intelligence information, and share with shop management for strategic planning purposes.
-Responsible for ensuring that targeted contributions levels of house brands are achieved and that house brands obtain share of prime shelf space.
-Recommend mark-downs and re-merchandise as appropriate and adhere to set stock holding periods and avoid product expiry on shelf or warehouse.
-Jointly work with the Buyer and Shop Manager to manage shop lay-out, product mix on the shelves and ensure effective product displays,
-Adhering to Catman and ensuring that product distribution to the customers is smooth, timeous and efficient.
-Control and liaise with external merchandisers.
-Ensure the implementation of set systems that minimize stock holding period and stock losses due to breakages, theft, poor displays unaccounted deliveries.
-Monitor the safety standards at the department, managing cases of workplace hazards such as fire safety or any possible injury at work.
-Monitor the effective implementation of SOPs to avoid workplace hazards, and submit recommendations to the Assistant Store Manager on the interventions to eliminate workplace hazards.
-Ensure that the Floor department 100% compliance on the cleanliness and hygiene of the sales floor area and fixture and fittings (shelving, fridges & lighting) in a good state.
-Ensuring that Floor staff have appropriate protective clothing in the Floor department.
-Ensure that all departmental staff members are effectively executing their responsibilities and align team with activities that will ensure that business goals are met.
-Conduct quarterly staff performance appraisals and ensure departmental staff have an opportunity for ongoing training programmes.

*NB: Midlands State University is an equal opportunities employer. In the interest of promoting gender parity, female candidates are encouraged to apply.