Fresh Produce Packer

Start in retail here: a wholesale cash-and-carry in Pietermaritzburg trains packers who show up and work neat. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

This post is in Pietermaritzburg (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Check sell-by dates and pull expired stock for the manager
• Visit several stores on a merchandising route and send photos of shelves
• Help customers find products and carry heavy items to cars
• Face products so labels point forward and gaps are filled
• Weigh, bag and price fruit and vegetables
• Put up price tickets and promotion shelf strips

• Available for weekends, month-end and public holidays
• Grade 10 or matric
• Honest, since stock losses are checked closely
• Polite with customers and happy to help
• Able to stand and lift cases all shift

• Previous shelf packing or merchandising work
• Own transport for route merchandising jobs

• Travel allowance on merchandising routes
• Staff discount on groceries
• Paid training in store procedures

• If you have ever sold anything, even at a school tuck shop or a family stall, list it. It shows you are comfortable with customers.
• Hand your CV in at the store in person, early in the week, and ask for the store or receiving manager by name.