Hardware Store Yard Assistant – Fixed-Term

Shoppers in Krugersdorp judge a hardware and building store by its shelves, and that is where you come in. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is Krugersdorp-based, with most of your time spent at a hardware and building store.

• Help customers find products and carry heavy items to cars
• Unpack deliveries in the receiving area and sort by aisle
• Face products so labels point forward and gaps are filled
• Put up price tickets and promotion shelf strips
• Collect trolleys from the parking lot
• Pack shelves from the back, rotating older stock to the front (first in, first out)

• Basic reading and maths for price checks
• Honest, since stock losses are checked closely
• Polite with customers and happy to help
• Able to stand and lift cases all shift
• Grade 10 or matric
• Neat appearance and punctual

• Some till or cash-handling experience
• Own transport for route merchandising jobs
• Previous shelf packing or merchandising work

• Paid training in store procedures
• Chance to move into till or department roles
• Travel allowance on merchandising routes

• Hand your CV in at the store in person, early in the week, and ask for the store or receiving manager by name.
• 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.