Hardware Store Yard Assistant

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

Home base is a wholesale cash-and-carry on the Randburg side of Gauteng. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Unpack deliveries in the receiving area and sort by aisle
• Put up price tickets and promotion shelf strips
• Weigh, bag and price fruit and vegetables
• Collect trolleys from the parking lot
• Build promotional displays at the ends of aisles
• Pack shelves from the back, rotating older stock to the front (first in, first out)

• Able to stand and lift cases all shift
• Neat appearance and punctual
• Available for weekends, month-end and public holidays
• Basic reading and maths for price checks
• Honest, since stock losses are checked closely

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

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

• Stores fill weekend and night-fill slots first, so write "available weekends and nights" in your CV summary line.
• Hand your CV in at the store in person, early in the week, and ask for the store or receiving manager by name.