Trainee Manager

About the role    

• Join Shoprite as a Trainee Manager, where you will develop essential leadership skills in supermarket management, operational excellence, and team development.
• This entry-level management role offers hands-on experience in supervising store operations, inventory control, staff coaching, and delivering exceptional customer service.
• You will learn to foster a positive workplace culture founded on trust, integrity, and respect, while driving performance through effective people management and operational strategies.
• Embrace the opportunity to build a high-performing retail team and contribute to a dynamic retail environment renowned for innovation and career growth within South Africa's leading supermarket group.
• Key skills include team leadership, customer service excellence, inventory management, and retail operations management.

What you'll do    

• Manage customer experience and engagement
• Supermarket people leadership, development, management and administration
• Maintaining service levels and operational standards
• Supermarket P&L management and reporting
• Supermarket expense management and control
• Supermarket merchandising, pricing and promotional activity
• Supermarket stock availability, quality, rotation and loss prevention (money and stock)
• Supermarket housekeeping and compliance with health & safety, food safety and supermarket operational company policy and procedures
• Develop comprehensive retail management knowledge to ensure optimal operational standards and highest levels of service excellence

What you bring    

• Grade 12 or equivalent 
• Minimum 1 year experience in a retail environment with exposure to the Supermarket systems and procedures 
• Shows ability to lead and take charge
• Ability to adapt easily to a rotational experiential learning context
• Computer Literate – MS Office Basic, Supermarket systems  and technologies

Knowledge and understanding of: 

• Store operations management, promotional planning,  merchandising, and stock handling principles
• Food Safety & hygiene and the OHSA

Closing Date    

• 2026/11/11