Merchandiser (Grocery Rep Route)

You'll keep the shelves full and tidy at a neighbourhood supermarket in Khayelitsha, so shoppers find what they came for. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

You'll be based at a neighbourhood supermarket in Khayelitsha. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Clean spills fast and put up wet-floor signs
• Check sell-by dates and pull expired stock for the manager
• 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
• Pack shelves from the back, rotating older stock to the front (first in, first out)
• Visit several stores on a merchandising route and send photos of shelves

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

• Being 18 or older for liquor store roles
• Own transport for route merchandising jobs
• Some till or cash-handling experience

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

• 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.