General Assistant(External Applications Only - Boabab)

In brief

**Overview** This rewrite describes the role of a General Assistant at Cashbuild, specifically for external applications related to Boabab. The position primarily focuses on ensuring comprehensive customer service within the store, along with managing stock merchandising, shelf price labelling, and maintaining housekeeping standards in a designated area. **What you will do** Key responsibilities include: * **Customer Service:** Advising and assisting customers with product inquiries and resolving complaints. * **Merchandising Standards:** Ensuring bulk stock areas are merchandised safely according to the store layout plan and that the designated area is fully merchandised as per store layout and planograms. * **Housekeeping:** Maintaining a clear and safe area, immediate merchandising of received stock, ensuring customer safety in aisles, correct shelf price labelling, and completing required checklists for canteen and toilet/showers schedules. * **Safety OHSA Requirements:** Complying with Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) requirements, including using safety gear, ensuring customer and staff safety, maintaining safe racking and bulk stock merchandising, and reporting any discrepancies to the Store Manager. * **Manage Stock Loss:** Reporting any damaged stock within the area of responsibility to the Store Manager. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Minimum Grade 10 or NQF 3 and one year work-related experience, or Grade 12 without related work experience. * Ability to communicate in English and the dominant language spoken in the geographical area where the position is available. * Valid South African ID or work permit. * Ability to perform basic calculations accurately. * Must be willing to work shifts, weekends, and public holidays. * Must be able to work under pressure. **Who should apply** The ideal candidate should possess a minimum of Grade 10 or NQF 3 with one year of relevant experience, or a Grade 12 qualification without prior work experience. They must be proficient in both English and the dominant local language, capable of accurate basic calculations, and hold a valid South African ID or work permit. The role requires willingness to work shifts, weekends, and public holidays, and the ability to perform effectively under pressure. Beyond these foundational requirements, candidates are expected to demonstrate strong integrity, adhering to standards, keeping promises, and handling sensitive information carefully. They should exhibit accuracy in handling detailed information, be attentive to specifics, work in an orderly manner, and actively prevent and check for mistakes. A client-focused approach is essential, involving friendly interactions, responsiveness to client needs, showing involvement in problems, making clients feel welcome, and approaching questions with a "can-do" mentality. Finally, a commitment to personal development is valued, indicating awareness of one's strengths and weaknesses, a focus on broadening knowledge, engagement in training, seeking development opportunities, and actively seeking feedback. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/general-assistant-external-applications-only-boabab-cashbuild Source: myjobmag

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