Sales Assistant - Baby City Olympus

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a Sales Assistant at the Dis-Chem Baby City store in Olympus. The primary purpose of this position is to provide comprehensive assistance to customers by delivering excellent customer service. Key responsibilities include maintaining stock levels, processing customer payments at the Point of Sale, and ensuring high merchandising standards are upheld within the store. The role is with Dis-Chem Pharmacies. **What you will do** As a Sales Assistant, you will be responsible for: * Providing overall assistance to customers through excellent customer service. * Maintaining stock levels on shelves. * Processing payments at the Point of Sales. * Upholding high merchandising standards. * Reporting low stock levels, out-of-stock items, damaged stock, and expired stock to management. * Assisting with stock counts and general stocktaking. * Helping with the loading and off-loading of stock as needed. * Identifying and reporting damaged and expired stock to management immediately. * Ensuring boxes are flattened after unpacking stock and moved to the designated area. * Ensuring full ranges of products are always on the shelves and neatly presented. * Maintaining stock on shelves to ensure products have not reached their sell-by date. * Restocking merchandise when necessary to maximize sales. * Ensuring merchandise displays, labels, and pricing are always correct, and reporting all price discrepancies to management. * Staying informed about new product knowledge to effectively assist customers. * Handling all merchandise carefully to prevent losses. * Building stable displays in a timely manner for promotions. * Ensuring monthly promotions are implemented effectively to maximize sales. * Ensuring relevant posters and signage are put up in time for promotions. * Ensuring promotional tickets, price tickets, posters, etc., are placed within the expected timeframe. * Ensuring promotional stock is removed immediately after the end of promotions. * Ensuring accurate cash flow and following correct cash handling procedures. * Transacting all purchases, including receiving, verifying, and processing payments such as cash, cards, vouchers, coupons, and other acceptable payment methods. * Ensuring all outgoing stock/items/scripts are scanned and paid for. * Processing all loyalty cards, including those of accelerated partners. * Establishing a professional relationship with customers and providing friendly, helpful, courteous assistance and advice. * Reporting customer compliments and complaints to management. * Attending to and resolving all customer stock queries. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Essential Minimum Requirements:** * Grade 12 / Matric * Up to 6 months’ retail experience * Minimum 1 Year work experience within retail * **Advantageous Minimum Requirements:** * Certification in Retail Business Management * **Essential Competencies:** * Strong command of the English language * Knowledge of retail operations and administration * Problem solving abilities * Trustworthy and honest character * Time management skills * Customer service orientation * Takes ownership and accountability * Basic computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook) and numerical skills * **Special Conditions of Employment:** * Willing and able to work retail hours * South African citizen * Clear credit and criminal records **Who should apply** This role is suitable for an individual who is customer-focused, organised, and responsible, with prior experience in a retail environment. The ideal candidate should possess strong communication skills, be adept at managing stock, handling sales transactions, and upholding merchandising standards. They must be trustworthy, honest, good at time management, and willing to work retail hours, demonstrating problem-solving abilities and a commitment to customer service and accountability. **Deadline** 07 October 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/sales-assistant-baby-city-olympus-dis-chem-pharmacies Source: myjobmag

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• At least 1 year of experience.

• Microsoft Excel
• Customer service

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