Trainee Manager

About the role:

Join Shoprite as a Trainee Manager, where you will develop essential leadership skills in supermarket management, operational excellence, and team development. This entry-level management role offers hands-on experience in supervising store operations, inventory control, staff coaching, and delivering exceptional customer service. You will learn to foster a positive workplace culture founded on trust, integrity, and respect, while driving performance through effective people management and operational strategies. Embrace the opportunity to build a high-performing retail team and contribute to a dynamic retail environment renowned for innovation and career growth within South Africa's leading supermarket group. Key skills include team leadership, customer service excellence, inventory management, and retail operations management.

What you'll do:

• Manage customer experience and engagement
• Supermarket people leadership, development, management and administration
• Maintaining service levels and operational standards
• Supermarket P&L management and reporting
• Supermarket expense management and control
• Supermarket merchandising, pricing and promotional activity
• Supermarket stock availability, quality, rotation and loss prevention (money and stock)
• Supermarket housekeeping and compliance with health & safety, food safety and supermarket operational company policy and procedures
• Develop comprehensive retail management knowledge to ensure optimal operational standards and highest levels of service excellence

What you bring:

• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Minimum 1 year experience in a retail environment with exposure to the Supermarket systems and procedures
• Shows ability to lead and take charge
• Ability to adapt easily to a rotational experiential learning context
• Computer Literate – MS Office Basic, Supermarket systems and technologies
• Knowledge and understanding of: • Store operations management, promotional planning, merchandising, and stock handling principles • Food Safety & hygiene and the OHSA