Ecommerce Operations Assitant

Clydesdale Personnel Management; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, based in Midrand, seeks an Ecommerce Operations Assistant to work closely with the E-Commerce Operations Manager. This hands-on role focuses on warehouse and fulfilment activities—order dispatch, picking and packing, stock control, and quality control—to keep online stores running accurately and on time.

You will understand and support the wider e-commerce operation and act as a reliable operational right hand when needed, ensuring smooth daily operations.

Qualifications

• Quality orientation to ensure standards are met.
• Plan and organise workload to meet fulfilment deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Execute order fulfilment and dispatch processes.
• Pick and pack orders accurately and support picking/packing team.
• Manage stock control, receive deliveries, and reconcile discrepancies.
• Perform cycle counts and maintain organized warehouse storage.
• Quality-control stock for dispatch and receipts; handle returns.
• Coordinate with the Manager and warehouse team to clear blockages.

Skills

Quality orientation

Planning and organising

Tools

Shopify

POS systems

Bob Go

Pargo

Job description

Our client is based in Midrand is looking for an Ecommerce operations assistant. The Ecommerce Operations Assistant will work directly under and alongside our E-Commerce Operations Manager as their operational right hand. This is a hands-on, operations-focused warehouse and fulfilment role (order dispatch, picking and packing, stock control and quality control) rather than a customer-support role. Youll help keep the online stores day-to-day operation running accurately and on time, and youll be expected to understand the wider e-commerce operation the Manager runs, even where you dont perform all of it yourself.

What youll do

• Order fulfilment & dispatch
• Expedite paid orders through the fulfilment systems (Shopify, Posworx, Bob Go, Pargo) Dispatch parcels with couriers and manage courier hand-offs (Bob Go, Pargo) Pick and pack customer orders accurately, using appropriate packaging, and support the picking/packing team when needed Identify and resolve operational problem orders out-of-stock items, mismatched or missing SKUs, address/dispatch errors, and orders held up in the pipeline coordinating with the Manager and warehouse team to clear blockages Stock & inventory control
• Receive stock deliveries, check against purchase orders, assist with inventory capture and report discrepancies Unpack internal retail transfers and ensure stock is sorted, counted and correctly stored Perform cycle counts and participate in scheduled stock takes, reconciling variances proactively Maintain the stock management process correct storage locations, a clean and organised area, and picking stock for the Manager on request Label, barcode and warehouse stock, and conduct regular walkthroughs to ensure stock is correctly placed Quality, performance & backup
• Quality-control stock both for dispatch (checking orders before waybills print) and on receipt (against documentation) Support the Manager in monitoring whether the online store is meeting its performance objectives Serve as trained backup for reverse logistics fully competent to process returns, refunds and exchanges on the relevant systems and step in when required (owned day-to-day by the Customer Experience & Community Coordinator)

What were looking for

• Quality orientation: checks work carefully to meet defined standards
• Planning and organising : manages own workload against daily fulfilment deadlines