Purpose of the Job

To lead and manage the Hinterland branch with a focus on achieving excellence in sales, inventory management, employee development, compliance, and budgeting, while ensuring a clear understanding and adherence to established policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

Sales and Marketing

• Drive top-line growth through strategic sales and marketing initiatives.


• Manage margins effectively to optimise profitability.


• Coordinate and execute events to enhance customer engagement.
  

  Inventory Management

  
  


• Oversee inventory levels, trends, and deviations.


• Implement merchandising strategies to enhance product visibility.


• Manage write-offs efficiently to minimise losses.


• Extensive knowledge of the effective management of inventory in terms of company policies and procedures.
  

  Employee Management

  
  


• Cultivate a branch culture aligned with the overall Hinterland culture.


• Support the personal development of employees.


• Implement succession planning to ensure continuity of the branch.


• Manage day-to-day employee activities and performance.


• Implement corrective measures in terms of Employee Relations and ensure effective communication of incidents with the Employee Relations department to ensure all incidents are addressed.


• Extensive knowledge on relevant policies and procedures in terms of employee management.
  

  Compliance Management

  
  


• Ensure compliance with legal requirements.


• Uphold health and safety standards within the branch.


• Ensure extensive knowledge of all relevant policies and procedures and training of relevant employees to ensure compliance.

Requirements:

• Relevant Agricultural/ Business Management/ Retail Diploma.

• 5-10 Years relevant management experience

We are committed to transformation through the appointment of persons from designated groups and potential candidates from these groups will enjoy preference. Kindly note that a consumer credit record will be requested in respect of all appointments which involve dealing with cash or finances. Should we not have contacted you within six weeks of the closing date, you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

Closing date: 10/11/2024