Merchandiser (Grocery Rep Route)

Start in retail here: a wholesale cash-and-carry in Soweto trains packers who show up and work neat. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

Home base is a wholesale cash-and-carry on the Soweto side of Gauteng. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Check sell-by dates and pull expired stock for the manager
• Face products so labels point forward and gaps are filled
• Build promotional displays at the ends of aisles
• Weigh, bag and price fruit and vegetables
• Put up price tickets and promotion shelf strips

• Able to stand and lift cases all shift
• Grade 10 or matric
• Basic reading and maths for price checks
• Polite with customers and happy to help
• Neat appearance and punctual
• Available for weekends, month-end and public holidays

• Some till or cash-handling experience
• Own transport for route merchandising jobs

• Chance to move into till or department roles
• Paid training in store procedures
• Travel allowance on merchandising routes
• 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.
• Hand your CV in at the store in person, early in the week, and ask for the store or receiving manager by name.