Key Responsibilities:
- Managing the Fruit and Vegetable Department to maximize gross profit
- Responsible for the smooth running of the department
- Placing of daily orders, estimation of the amounts and frequencies of the required products
- Responsible for leadership of the staff, the duty shift planning and personal issues
- Organization and controlling of stock
- Stay in line with the company’s allowed amount of shrinkage and wastage within the department
- Weekly stocktakes
- Responsibility for the freshness and the variety of the assortment
- Perfect presentation of goods
- Complying with sanitation and safety standards
- To be constantly informed about improvements and searching for the best products
- Passion for products
Knowledge Base:
- Experience from retail in vegetables and fruits essential
- Good knowledge of fruits and vegetables
- Must have experience in buying of fruit and veg
- Attitude to learn product range of the specific department
- Leadership experience (employees)
- Point of Sale Systems knowledge is desirable.
Practical Skills:
- Team Player
- Hands-on character
- High level of quality consciousness
- Ability to think strategically
- Good customer service skills
- A creative side (for creating displays)
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the above-mentioned role. Must have worked in a Retail Environment
A Consultant will be in touch if you are shortlisted for the position. Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not have been contacted within 2 weeks. We will keep your CV on our database and contact you should you match the criteria of any other vacancies.
To apply for this job email your details to sharonsmit@armstrongappointments.com