Manager Fruit & Veg

Pick n Pay; Bloemfontein; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pick n Pay in Bloemfontein is seeking a Store Manager to lead the produce department, optimise turnover, manage stock, and coach a team of sales staff. You will ensure SOPs are followed, hygiene standards met, and customer service remains outstanding.

Key duties include merchandising, planning, scheduling, reporting from SAP, and driving promotions while controlling waste. You will collaborate with regional teams to maximise sales and minimise shortages in a fast-paced retail environment.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a department and sales staff.
• Produce/produce department experience preferred.
• Coaching and performance management experience.

Responsibilities

• Conducts regular quality checks on merchandise.
• Executes plano guide 100% and ensures SOP compliance.
• Ensures department readiness for store opening.
• Identifies fast selling lines and margin implications.
• Maintains hygiene, housekeeping and safety standards.
• Manages promotions and adheres to the promotional calendar.
• Coaches staff and communicates targets, while attending regional meetings.
• Draws and analyzes reports from SAP; monitors turnover and waste.

Skills

Leadership

Stock management

Customer service

Coaching

Planning & organising

Budget & turnover

Retail operations

Team motivation

Education

Grade 12

Tools

SAP

Kronos scheduling

Excel

POS systems

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!To manage resources in order to maximise turnover and minimise shortage. Ensures that standards, processes and policies are adhered to.**Minimum requirements**Grade 122 - 4 years Produce experience1 - 2 years running a department and responsible for sales staffManagement experience - coaching, training, dealing with noncompliance and performance issues **Competencies**Strong commercial awareness and results orientation.Leadership and team management capability.Excellent organisational and stock management skills.Strong attention to quality and detail.Customer-focused mindset.Ability to work in a fast-paced retail environment.**Key Responsibilities****Merchandising Management**Conducts regular quality checks on merchandise Executes plano guide 100% Handles product as per SOP Ensures products are produced according to recipe specifications Ensures department is ready for trade by store opening time Identifies fast selling lines within store, and implications on margin and sales opportunities Ensures product is wrapped and packed according to standards Ensures sufficient product available for customer demand Ensures compliance to hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards Monitors the implementation of all promotional activities – adherence to promotional calendar Back up areas are kept clean and clear Follows sell by dates, rotates stock as per policy/SOP on sales floor and back up area Throughout day ensures department merchandising and cleanliness standards are maintained, keeping waste to a minimum **Food Safety & Hygiene**Ensures that hygiene and housekeeping standards are maintained Ensures stock rotation Monitors the adherence to food safety and health and safety standards are maintained Manages Non-Conformances via effective corrective action Implements cleaning schedules and checks effective cleaning and sanitation Recording of Food Safety Daily Checklist **Customer Services Management**Responds to customer requests Answers queries on out of stock - assists with replacement products, explains time to next delivery and issues which may be affecting stock availability Ensures department standards are maintained, equipment is manned and in working order **Staff Management**Communicates critical information to staff Set targets and activities – priorities, delegates and communicates Handles procedural, policy and legislative non compliance Attends monthly regional meetings - take information back to staff - responds to queries on turnover/waste Checks and amends Kronos scheduling Coaches staff **Administration**Ensures that all equipment is properly maintained in effective working order Ensures that general maintenance standards are met Monitors waste, and ensures procedures are adhered to Monitors turnover and identifies opportunities for increasing turnover, and identifies and issues or barriers to achieving budgets. Ensures all SEL in place - print out and ensure all products have SEL current and legible by customer **Systems** Gap scanning out of stocks Identifies, counts, and records out of stocks & over stocks Draws excel report from SAP, communicate addresses stock concerns by completing excel sheet and sending to Demand Planning Processes IDTs via SAP Actions reduced to clear on SAP as per SOP Checks for electronic communications regularly during the working day Processes waste Ensure PID’s are counted correctly as per the National P & L schedule.