Sales Associate, Retail Associate, Sales Representative/Shop Controller - Early and End of Day

Listing reference: woolw_001312
Listing status: Under Review
Apply by: 11 September 2025
Position summary
Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade
Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain
Location: Western Cape
Contract: Permanent
EE position: No
Introduction
To deliver exceptional customer service by managing end of day/early morning processes and ensuring accurate replenishment of stock and removal of expired merchandise and ensuring accurate "Stock on Hand" levels through proper counting procedures.
Job description

Demonstrates customer service
· Greet, smile and acknowledge customers
· Displays a helpful attitude when serving internal and external customers
· Ensures all customer needs are met
Manages stock effectively
· Scrutinize and analyse reports completely and count stock from back area to front area
· Ensure all stock management transactions are complete and confirm end of day (EOD)
· Ensure efficient and accurate receiving of stock when it falls in your trading window
· Complete temperature checks for end of day
· Ensure the effective management of carry over stock replenishment and known gap reports (KGR)
· Implement and action all price changes
· Continuously check and correct balance on hand (BOH)
· Manage security and risk processes during the EOD window to ensure a safe store environment
· Confirm EOD and complete handover checklist for Early Morning team and ensure it is available to the Early Morning controller


Demonstrates product knowledge


· Knows what new lines and promotions have come into the store, as well as the benefits and features of products sold in the store


Adheres to shop-keeping disciplines
· Ensure that shop-keeping disciplines are continuously in place through managing Food Supply Chain disciplines and using known gap report


· Checks that all hygiene standards are met including deep cleaning refrigeration
Minimises shrinkage


· Reporting acts of dishonesty related to shrinkage and fraud to your line manager or shrinkage hotline


· Effectively manage stock and stock losses


· Understand and apply red flag processes for Early Morning


· Ensure proper searches are conducted


· Ensure that the store is not left unattended or without supervision


· Manages staff effectively


Plans and co-ordinates of activities


· Identify and co-ordinate all activities that need to be delivered during end of day shift


· Follow up on all tasks delegated to end of day staff


Demonstrates personal leadership


· Demonstrates self-discipline with regards to attendance, dress code, hygiene and time-keeping, and drives this outcome with the team

Minimum requirements

· Preferably grade 12 or relevant NQF level
· Available and flexible to work different shifts
· Previous supervisory experience advantageous
· Stock controlling experience

 

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