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Sourcing Assistant Green Thread – 6 Month Contract
Job Description
About the Role
We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Sourcing Assistant to join our Retail Leisure Design Centre team. You’ll support the sourcing process by researching suppliers, tracking orders, assisting with negotiations, and ensuring that materials are sourced on time, within budget, and to quality standards. This role is a great opportunity to build your career in sourcing and procurement within a creative, fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Supplier Research and Selection
- Assist in researching and identifying potential suppliers for fabrics.
- Help evaluate supplier options based on cost, quality, lead times, and sustainability criteria.
Assisting with Sourcing Orders
- Place and track orders for required materials and developments.
- Ensure orders are placed in a timely manner and follow up on delays, shortages, or quality issues.
- Maintain accurate records of purchases, order quantities, and delivery schedules.
Quality Control Support
- Ensure materials and products meet design specifications and quality standards.
- Coordinate supplier samples for review by the design team.
- Support in resolving quality issues or product discrepancies.
Price Comparisons and Negotiation Assistance
- Gather quotes from multiple suppliers to compare pricing and terms.
- Assist in negotiating pricing, payment terms, and delivery schedules.
- Provide administrative support during negotiations and keep supplier agreements on record.
Stock and Inventory Management
- Assist with inventory management to ensure timely availability of materials.
- Track order statuses and update internal teams on delivery schedules.
Administrative and Reporting Support
- Prepare purchase orders, track deliveries, and maintain project documentation.
- Organize and file strike-offs, lab dips, and new developments.
Collaboration with Design and Project Teams
- Work with design teams to understand material and product requirements.
- Provide timely updates on order statuses and any issues.
- Assist in sourcing materials that align with design vision and project goals.
Sustainability and Ethical Sourcing
- Identify sustainable and eco-friendly material options.
- Support implementation of sustainable practices and ethical sourcing standards.
Market Trends and Competitor Analysis
- Research retail design trends, innovations, and sourcing opportunities.
- Track competitor product offerings and market developments.
Requirements:
- Qualifications: Degree or diploma in Fashion Design, Clothing & Textiles, or a related field.
- Experience: Previous experience in sourcing, procurement, or administration (fashion, retail, or design preferred).
Skills:
- Familiarity with procurement platforms, spreadsheets, and database management is advantageous. Strong organizational and multitasking.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.A passion for retail design and a keen interest in the materials sourcing process.
- Strong problem-solving skills to address sourcing issues or challenges as they arise.
Competencies:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suits (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and experience with procurement or inventory management software. The ability to manage several tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively collaborate with suppliers, design teams, and internal stakeholders.
- Attention to detail to ensure accurate order processing, inventory tracking, and supplier communication.
- Proactive and positive attitude, willing to learn and contribute to the overall success of sourcing team.
Why Join Us?
- Work closely with a creative design team in a collaborative environment.
- Build sourcing and procurement expertise with career progression opportunities (Sourcing Specialist, Buyer, Senior Buyer).
- Contribute to a company that values innovation, sustainability, and teamwork.
Please note: The Cape Union Mart Group is committed to transformation. Appointments and promotions will be made based on candidates who best meet the requirements for the position. Preference will be given to candidates who will enhance the diversity of the team, aligned to our Employment Equity plan.
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Sales Assistant – Old Khaki Somerset Mall
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment. Have fun.
- Transact all purchases – receive, verify and processes all payments such as cash, cards, vouchers, coupons and any other acceptable payments.
- Ensure all out going stock/ items/ scripts are scanned and paid for.
- Process all loyalty cards including those of accelerated partners.
- Establish a professional relationship with customers and provide friendly, helpful, courteous assistance and advice to all customers.
- Report customer compliments and complaints to management.
- Attend to all customer stock queries and ensure that they dealt with and resolved.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
- Problem solving
- Trustworthy and honest
- Time management
- Exceptional customer service
Minimum Requirement.
Essential:
- Matric or Equivalent
- Up to 6 months retail experience
Special conditions of employment:
- Clear Credit and Criminal record
- Willing and able to work retail hours.
- South African citizen
Advantageous:
- 1 year work experience within retail.
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for) Willing and able to work retail hours.
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Permanent Part Time Sales Assistant – Old Khaki
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards in order to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
Minimum Requirement.
- 6 months of retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Clear Criminal record
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for)
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Store Leader – Old Khaki Maerua Mall
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To achieve the annual sales budget through meeting and exceeding daily and monthly budgets to ensure the sustainability of the business
- To manage and control the financial aspects of running the store to ensure store profitability.
- To adhere to merchandising standards in line with the brand requirements to ensure good product mix.
- To ensure proper stock management and control to minimise loss and to ensure product availability, by monitoring stock related risks.
- To deliver exceptional customer service to ensure the best customer experience.
- To build excellent relationships with all relevant service providers (internal and external)
- To manage human resources effectively by recruiting, planning, and administrating payroll properly
- To inspire, motivate, develop, and hold people accountable appropriately.
- Align team members to Company culture and create fun.
- Implement all company policies and procedures.
- Maintaining health & safety practices
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash or finances.
- Inspirational leadership & passion
- Taking ownership
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & ability to deal with change management.
- Thinking adaptability
- Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
- Follow instructions and procedures.
- Leading and supervising
- Achieving personal work goals and objectives
Minimum Requirements:
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years’ Store Management experience
- Minimum of 8 years’ Retail experience
- Experience in working in a large retail store with a turnover of more than R 20 million per annum.
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Permanent Part Time – Sales Assistant – Old Khaki
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards in order to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
Minimum Requirement.
- 6 months of retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Clear Criminal record
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for)
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Sales Assistant – Old Khaki – Westgate
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment. Have fun.
- Transact all purchases – receive, verify and processes all payments such as cash, cards, vouchers, coupons and any other acceptable payments.
- Ensure all out going stock/ items/ scripts are scanned and paid for.
- Process all loyalty cards including those of accelerated partners.
- Establish a professional relationship with customers and provide friendly, helpful, courteous assistance and advice to all customers.
- Report customer compliments and complaints to management.
- Attend to all customer stock queries and ensure that they dealt with and resolved.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
- Problem solving
- Trustworthy and honest
- Time management
- Exceptional customer service
Minimum Requirement.
Essential:
- Matric or Equivalent
- Up to 6 months retail experience
Special conditions of employment:
- Clear Credit and Criminal record
- Willing and able to work retail hours.
- South African citizen
Advantageous:
- 1 year work experience within retail.
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for) Willing and able to work retail hours.
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Assistant Leader – Old Khaki – Westgate
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assisting in managing all aspects of a store
- Maximizing turnover and profit
- Minimise shrinkage by monitoring stock related risks.
- Deliver exceptional customer service by implementing customer experience strategy.
- Lead Talent selection, training, coaching, retention and recognize initiatives for all team members.
- Innovative visual merchandising to optimize sales.
- Implement all company policies and procedures.
- Maintaining health & safety practices
- Optimize team through creating an inspiring environment.
- Align team members to Company culture and create fun.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash or finances.
- Inspirational leadership & passion
- Taking ownership
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & ability to deal with change management.
- Thinking adaptability
Minimum Requirement.
- 3 years of Management retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
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Store Leader – Old Khaki – Westgate
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To achieve the annual sales budget through meeting and exceeding daily and monthly budgets to ensure the sustainability of the business
- To manage and control the financial aspects of running the store to ensure store profitability.
- To adhere to merchandising standards in line with the brand requirements to ensure good product mix.
- To ensure proper stock management and control to minimise loss and to ensure product availability, by monitoring stock related risks.
- To deliver exceptional customer service to ensure the best customer experience.
- To build excellent relationships with all relevant service providers (internal and external)
- To manage human resources effectively by recruiting, planning, and administrating payroll properly
- To inspire, motivate, develop, and hold people accountable appropriately.
- Align team members to Company culture and create fun.
- Implement all company policies and procedures.
- Maintaining health & safety practices
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash or finances.
- Inspirational leadership & passion
- Taking ownership
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & ability to deal with change management.
- Thinking adaptability
- Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
- Follow instructions and procedures.
- Leading and supervising
- Achieving personal work goals and objectives
Minimum Requirements:
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years’ Store Management experience
- Minimum of 8 years’ Retail experience
- Experience in working in a large retail store with a turnover of more than R 20 million per annum.
Click here to apply
Permanent Part Time – Sales Assistant – Old Khaki
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exceed customer expectations by practicing customer selling techniques.
- Adhere to stock loss controls in store.
- Ensure individual targets are met consistently.
- Ability to maximise and drive sales by identifying opportunities to increase turnover.
- Maintain housekeeping, uphold our visual merchandising standards in order to optimise sales.
- Create an inspiring environment.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash and finances.
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & change management
- Thinking adaptability
- Taking ownership
Minimum Requirement.
- 6 months of retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Clear Criminal record
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Knowledge of current clothing trends/outdoor lifestyle (depending on the brand applying for)
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Assistant Leader – Old Khaki – Fields Mall
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assisting in managing all aspects of a store
- Maximizing turnover and profit
- Minimise shrinkage by monitoring stock related risks.
- Deliver exceptional customer service by implementing customer experience strategy.
- Lead Talent selection, training, coaching, retention and recognize initiatives for all team members.
- Innovative visual merchandising to optimize sales.
- Implement all company policies and procedures.
- Maintaining health & safety practices
- Optimize team through creating an inspiring environment.
- Align team members to Company culture and create fun.
Behavioural Requirements:
- Honesty in dealing with cash or finances.
- Inspirational leadership & passion
- Taking ownership
- Building & maintaining relationships
- Innovation & ability to deal with change management.
- Thinking adaptability
Minimum Requirement.
- 3 years of Management retail experience
- Matric or Equivalent
- Microsoft – Computer Proficiency
- Clear Criminal record
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
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We wish you all the best with your applications
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