Hardware Store Yard Assistant – Entry Level

You'll keep the shelves full and tidy at a wholesale cash-and-carry in Lephalale, so shoppers find what they came for. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Lephalale (Limpopo). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Build promotional displays at the ends of aisles
• Face products so labels point forward and gaps are filled
• Collect trolleys from the parking lot
• Clean spills fast and put up wet-floor signs
• Put up price tickets and promotion shelf strips
• Check sell-by dates and pull expired stock for the manager
• Visit several stores on a merchandising route and send photos of shelves

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

• Previous shelf packing or merchandising work
• Own transport for route merchandising jobs
• Being 18 or older for liquor store roles

• Chance to move into till or department roles
• Paid training in store procedures
• Staff discount on groceries

• 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.
• Stores fill weekend and night-fill slots first, so write "available weekends and nights" in your CV summary line.