General Assistant(External Applications Only) -Pretoria

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a General Assistant at Cashbuild in Pretoria, specifically open to external applicants. The primary focus of the position is to ensure comprehensive customer service, merchandise stock, manage shelf price labelling, and maintain housekeeping within a designated area of responsibility in the store. **What you will do** * **Customer Service:** * Advise and assist customers on correct products and queries. * Assist with and resolve customer complaints. * **Merchandising Standards:** * Ensure bulk stock areas are merchandised safely and according to the store layout plan. * Ensure your area of responsibility is fully merchandised according to store layout and planograms. * **Housekeeping:** * Ensure that your area is free of obstacles. * Ensure stock is merchandised immediately after being received. * Ensure customers can enter and leave your aisle without any risk of injury or irritation. * Ensure correct shelf price labelling within your area of responsibility. * Complete checklists as required when on duty with Canteen and Toilet/Showers schedules. * **Safety OHSA Requirements:** * Comply with Safety OHSA requirements, including the use of safety gear. * Ensure customer and staff safety within your area of responsibility. * Ensure racking and bulk stock in your area of responsibility are merchandised safely for customers and colleagues to move safely within the store. * Report any discrepancies to the Store Manager. * **Manage Stock Loss:** * Report damaged stock within your 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 for this role should possess the required educational background and experience. They should be able to communicate effectively in English and the dominant local language, perform basic calculations accurately, and be willing to work shifts, weekends, and public holidays, including under pressure. Additionally, the role requires individuals who demonstrate: * **Integrity:** Complying with accepted standards, keeping promises, creating realistic expectations, being sincere, handling sensitive information carefully, and showing awareness of values. * **Accuracy:** Effectively handling detailed information, being consistently attentive to details, working in an orderly fashion, preventing mistakes, and checking their work. * **Client focus:** Identifying and actively responding to clients' wishes and needs, dealing with clients in a friendly manner, showing involvement in client problems, making clients feel welcome, and approaching client questions with a can-do mentality. * **Personal development:** Being aware of their own strengths and weaknesses, consciously working on personal development, being focused on self-broadening and/or gaining more in-depth knowledge, following relevant training, seeking and using opportunities for personal development, and asking for feedback to learn. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/general-assistant-external-applications-only-pretoria-cashbuild Source: myjobmag

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