Health Consultant - Clearwater

Dis-Chem; Roodepoort; On-site; ZAR 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-related salary + commission

Medical aid

Provident fund

Staff account

Job summary

Dis-Chem Pharmacies in Clearwater Mall is seeking a Health Consultant specializing in vitamins and supplements to promote and sell Health Focus products through consistent customer service. You will assist customers, maintain displays, and support promotional activity while meeting department targets.

The role requires Grade 12, at least 6 months of sales experience in health products, strong English, basic MS Office skills, and willingness to work retail hours.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 / Matric
• Minimum 6 months’ sales experience in vitamins/health
• Strong command of English
• Computer literate – MS Office
• Sound numerical skills
• Willing and able to work retail hours

Responsibilities

• Assist and advise customers, ensuring high levels of customer care
• Assist with back shopping to support department/store operations
• Keep health focus displays stocked and faced up
• Report price discrepancies to management
• Adhere to Health Department layouts and merchandising rules
• Implement promotional displays and merchandising material
• Aim to achieve monthly team, brand and vendor targets
• Keep up with new products and product lines
• Follow Health Department administrative processes (returns, stock control, etc.)

Skills

Promotions

Customer service

English fluency

MS Office

Numerical skills

Retail hours

Education

Grade 12 / Matric

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Description

Dis-Chem Pharmacies' requires the services of a reputable Health Consultants specialising in Vitamins and Supplements for their store in Clearwater Mall.
You will be responsible for effectively promoting and selling Dis-Chem Health Focus products through consistent customer service,

Minimum Requirements

Essential:

• Grade 12 / Matric
• Minimum of 6 months’ sales experience in a Vitamins / Health environment
• Strong command of the English language
• Computer literate – MS Office
• Sound numerical skills
• Willing and able to work retail hours

Advantageous:

• Qualification in BSc Biomedicine and/or BSc Biotechnology, or relevant qualification within the health focus field
• Sales experience in a retail environment
• Experience in the health industry (vitamins, supplements or health foods)
• Fluent in a 2nd language prominently spoken in the area

Job description:

• Assist and advise customers, and ensure the highest levels of customer care and service are met
• Assist with back shopping when requested to do so, to ensure the effective operation of the department and store
• Keep merchandise displays in the health focus area stocked and faced up
• Report all price discrepancies to management as they appear
• Adhere to store layouts within the Health Department
• Ensure broadsheet items are well displayed, merchandised, promoted and available
• Implement promotional displays and merchandising material
• Achieve monthly team, brand and vendor targets
• Keep abreast with new products and product lines
• Follow the Health Department’s administrative processes and procedures, including, but not limited to, weekly returns, stock control and monitoring of stock levels

Competencies:

Essential:

• Promotions and personal selling
• Customer service
• Strong command of the English language
• Basic report analysis
• Team player
• Time management
• Honest and trustworthy

Advantageous:

• Product knowledge and stock control
• Bilingual

Special conditions of employment:

• Willing and able to work retail hours
• Able and physically fit for walking, standing, climbing, kneeling, bending, and pushing, pulling lifting and moving objects
• Valid driver’s license and own reliable transport
• South African citizen
• Clear credit and criminal records

Remuneration and benefits:

• Market-related salary + commission
• Medical aid
• Provident fund
• Staff account

Dis-Chem Pharmacies is an equal opportunity employer. Dis-Chem’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process aligned to Dis-Chem’s Employment Equity and Transformation Strategy. Dis-Chem actively supports the recruitment of People with Disabilities.

Package & Remuneration

Market Related

About Us

Since our founding in 1978, Dis-Chem has grown into South Africa’s leading health-and-wellness retail chain — with over 20 000 employees across our stores and head office. Today, with over 300 stores across South Africa, Botswana and Namibia, Dis-Chem is the heartbeat of health, wellness and everyday value.

When you join our Retail team, you become part of a culture that blends service excellence, every-day value (our Everyday Low Price strategy) and expert support in beauty, health, sport nutrition and wellness.

When you join our Retail team, you become part of a culture that blends service excellence, every-day value (our Everyday Low Price strategy) and expert support in beauty, health, sport nutrition and wellness.

What Makes Retail at Dis-Chem exciting

• You’ll work in a store environment known for high foot-traffic, brand trust, and strong retailer reputation.
• We emphasise growth: training, development, identifying you for future leadership roles.
• You are our “front-line” – greeting customers, understanding their needs, assisting them to find the right health, wellness and beauty products.

What You Get

• A job where you directly impact people’s wellbeing and shopping-experience, not just selling stuff.
• A solid brand behind you, with a large footprint nationally, meaning real opportunities across stores.
• Training and career-pathing: entry level to senior retail/operations roles.
• Discounts and benefits: as a retail employer focused on health/wellness you’ll get priority customer pricing.
• For those who step up: possibility of moving into supervisory, store-management or even broader operations roles.

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