Health Consultant - Hemmingways

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a Health Consultant specialising in Vitamins and Supplements at Dis-Chem Pharmacies' Hemmingways store in the Eastern Cape Region. The consultant will be responsible for promoting and selling Dis-Chem Health Focus products while providing consistent customer service. **What you will do** Key responsibilities include: * Effectively promoting and selling Dis-Chem Health Focus products through consistent customer service. * Assisting and advising customers, ensuring the highest levels of customer care and service. * Assisting with back shopping when requested to ensure the effective operation of the department and store. * Keeping merchandise displays in the health focus area stocked and faced up. * Reporting all price discrepancies to management. * Adhering to store layouts within the Health Department. * Ensuring broadsheet items are well displayed, merchandised, promoted, and available. * Implementing promotional displays and merchandising material. * Achieving monthly team, brand, and vendor targets. * Keeping abreast with new products and product lines. * Following the Health Department’s administrative processes and procedures, including weekly returns, stock control, and monitoring of stock levels. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Essential Minimum Requirements:** * Grade 12 / Matric * Minimum of 6 months’ sales experience in a Vitamins / Health environment * Strong command of the English language * Computer literate – MS Office * Sound numerical skills * Willing and able to work retail hours * **Advantageous Minimum Requirements:** * Qualification in BSc Biomedicine and/or BSc Biotechnology, or relevant qualification within the health focus field * Sales experience in a retail environment * Experience in the health industry vitamins, supplements or health foods * Fluent in a 2nd language prominently spoken in the area * **Essential Competencies:** * Promotions and personal selling * Customer service * Strong command of the English language * Basic report analysis * Team player * Time management * Honest and trustworthy * **Advantageous Competencies:** * Product knowledge and stock control * Bilingual * **Special conditions of employment:** * Willing and able to work retail hours * Able and physically fit for walking, standing, climbing, kneeling, bending, and pushing, pulling, lifting and moving objects * Valid driver’s license and own reliable transport * South African citizen * Clear credit and criminal records **Who should apply** The ideal candidate for this Health Consultant position holds a Grade 12/Matric certificate and possesses a minimum of 6 months’ sales experience within a Vitamins or Health environment. They must have a strong command of the English language, be computer literate (MS Office), and demonstrate sound numerical skills. This individual should be willing and able to work retail hours and be physically fit for various movements required in a retail setting. Key competencies include strong customer service, promotions and personal selling skills, basic report analysis, excellent time management, and a team-player attitude coupled with honesty and trustworthiness. Applicants must be South African citizens with a valid driver’s license, reliable transport, and clear credit and criminal records. Candidates with a BSc Biomedicine, Biotechnology, or relevant health qualification, retail sales experience, experience in vitamins/supplements/health foods, and bilingual abilities are at an advantage. **Deadline** 19 October 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/health-consultant-hemmingways-dis-chem-pharmacies Source: myjobmag

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• Microsoft Office
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• Bilingual (English & Afrikaans)

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