Dis-Chem Trainee Manager Programme


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The Dis-chem pharmacy chain is recruiting for Trainee Managers to work at their branches across the country. Dis-chem is a sought-after employer with the company operating 200 stores across South Africa and neighbouring countries.


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Dis-Chem is one of the country's leading pharmacy chains and they are running a national internship programme for Pharmacist interns at a wide range of branches across the country. The group was founded in 1978 with one store in Mondeor, south of Johannesburg and has since grown to over 200 stores to date.

Dis-Chem Pharmacies is continuously looking for Trainee Managers to build a talent pool for their various KZN  and Eastern Cape stores. The aim of a strategic talent pool is to have a readily available and pre-screened group of individuals with specific skills, qualifications, or attributes that make them suitable for future job opportunities within Dis-Chem Pharmacies.
 

Minimum Requirements:
Essential:

  • Grade 12 / Matric
  • Minimum of 5 years’ retail experience post training
  • Minimum of 2 – 3 years as manager with minimum of 8 people reporting directly to them
  • Front-end Admin Manager experience
  • Retail/FMCG experience
  • ERP,CRM or ordering system experience
  • KRONOS/ SAP and/ or related system experience
  • Willing and able to work retails hours
  • Local Traveling required
  • Driver’s license and/or own reliable transport

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Inventory Management:

  • Ensures the processing of items including but not limited to goods in transit, cycle counts and physical stock to system matches, stock takes, addressing of shrinkage and overall stock levels.
  • Ensures efficient stock flow to the sales floor.
  • Participate, assist, and support in the management of shrinkage. Participate, assist and support in the ordering of stock to maintain correct stock levels FMCG, Health and Beauty, when required.

Sales Floor & Receiving:

  • Assist with the planning, implementation, and maintenance of promotional stock displays in FMCG, Health and Beauty.
  • Assist with the adherence, implementation and maintenance of labeling, pricing and layout standards in FMCG, Health and Beauty.
  • Assist with goods receiving duties guided by the standard operating procedures.
  • Participates in the delivery of transaction integrity for incoming goods receipts and outgoing returns guided by the company internal control procedures.
  • Assist with reconciliation of daily ZMove Packs in accordance with Receiving policies and procedures.

Sales Targets:

  • Assists with achieving set store sales targets, including but not limited to FMCG, Health and Beauty.
  • Partner with all head of departments to ensure targets are met.
  • Support management to ensure promotions are effectively executed.
  • Assist management to coordinate with other stores to share knowledge, plan promotional activities, or achieve goals.
  • Maintain awareness of market trends in the retail industry, understanding forthcoming customer initiatives and monitoring what local competitors are doing.
  • Support management to determine all profit and sales objectives and propose strategies to maintain inventory levels and manage all work guided by the store policies and procedures.
  • Propose innovative ideas to senior management to increase market share.
  • Assist in the development of regional retail strategies to raise customers’ pool, expand store traffic, and optimize profitability in FMCG, Health and Beauty.

 

Click on the links below to see the Functions and Duties required for these positions - as well as the Competencies required for these positions.

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