Merchandiser (Grocery Rep Route)

Night fill, weekends or month-end rush, a wholesale cash-and-carry in Pietermaritzburg needs extra hands. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

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

• Unpack deliveries in the receiving area and sort by aisle
• Face products so labels point forward and gaps are filled
• Collect trolleys from the parking lot
• Check sell-by dates and pull expired stock for the manager
• Pack shelves from the back, rotating older stock to the front (first in, first out)
• Build promotional displays at the ends of aisles
• Clean spills fast and put up wet-floor signs

• Able to stand and lift cases all shift
• Polite with customers and happy to help
• Grade 10 or matric
• Basic reading and maths for price checks

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

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

• 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.