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The following career opportunities exist within our varied departments at Head Office from time to time:

Human Resources
The Shoprite Group believes in the vital role its employees play, and accordingly the company is driven by the philosophy of “Powered by our People”. This is evident in the focus that is placed on the training and development of staff to ensure exciting career opportunities for star performers. The Group is committed to driving transformation in the workplace in line with its comprehensive Employment Equity Plan.

Opportunities
• Regional Personnel Managers

Information Systems
Shoprite’s IT Department has earned a reputation as a technological innovator in the retail sector by following a “best of breed” approach to provide effective systems that touch on every aspect of the value chain, from the contents and scheduling of advertising to the design of store check-outs.

Opportunities
• Programmers
• Business Analysts
• Project Managers
• SAP Specialists
• Database Specialists
• Research Analysts
• IT Service Managers

Finance
In the Shoprite Group of Companies an internal financial audit team, consisting of fully qualified personnel that includes several chartered accountants, monitors the internal control systems and report to directors on findings and recommendations.

Opportunities
• Chartered accountants
• Debtors Clerks
• Creditors Clerks
• TOPP (Article Clerks) - The Shoprite Training Outside of Public Practice (TOPP) programme provides prospective trainee accountants, who qualify academically, with the opportunity to complete their accounting articles while at the same time gaining financial management experience within the retail sector.

Supply Chain Management
The Supply Chain Management division strives to ensure that the Group’s consumers have uninterrupted access to the right products at the right place, at the right time, at the lowest possible prices. The Group, the largest distributor of fast-moving consumer goods and the leader in associated technology, actively controls the distribution of products from manufacturer to the time when the customer purchases the item from the shelf at retail outlets.

Opportunities
• International trade specialists
• Logistics and supply chain experts
• Purchasing managers
• Industrial engineers
• Supply chain information technology experts

Property Development
The property division provides the Group’s retail operations with a sustainable and ever-expanding base of trading locations, and in so doing ensures representation for the Group’s various retail brands in the appropriate market localities. They are furthermore tasked with designing new retail premises and stores, conducting lease negotiations with external landlords and managing the Group’s owned buildings and headlease properties.

Opportunities
• B.Proc, LLB Graduates with 2 years post-articles experience
• Business Development Managers
• Centre Managers

The Buying Department
Buyers are responsible for the procurement of products (food and non-food) at the best prices, shaping the shopping patterns of customers and determining and maintaining the selling prices of products in the stores to ensure the trading brands maintain their price and marketing position. Their daily tasks include negotiations with suppliers on pricing and promotion of products, analysing product category performance, identifying opportunities to grow sales and determining the range of items to be sold. Ever increasing international sourcing of products as well as Shoprite’s expansion into Africa offers international trading exposure.

Opportunities
• Trainee Buyers
• Buyers
• Merchandisers
• Data Analysts

Marketing
The Marketing Department's mission is to increase awareness, support and loyalty among shoppers of the supermarket’s brands Shoprite, Checkers and Usave. They create, design and implement strategic marketing communications initiatives that include advertising, promotional materials and publications, media liaison, function and event-management, strategic relationship-building initiatives, corporate social investment as well as internal communication strategies, all aimed at ensuring our brands remain relevant to the more than 18 million shoppers who visit the group’s stores every month.

Opportunities:
• Communications Specialists
• Advertising Managers
• Public Relations Practitioners

Medirite
MediRite pharmacies fulfil an increasingly important function in meeting the growing health and wellness needs of the consumer at affordable prices. Our healthcare professionals are expected to not only be knowledgeable and experienced but to also place emphasis on quality service and compassionate consideration for each patient.

Opportunities
• Pharmacists
• Pharmacist Assistants (Basic and Post Basic Qualifications)

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