Job Opportunities

1) CHEF DE PARTIE

Listing reference: woolw_001304 • Status: Online • Apply by: 9 Sep 2025
Industry: Wholesale & Retail • Category: FMCG/Retail • Location: Cape Town • Type: Permanent • EE: Yes
Intro: Plan, prepare, and present innovative in-house breakfasts, lunches, and cocktail-style catering for the Head Office Campus.
Key outputs: Internal function catering; assist with menu ideas and final prep; stock take & cost control; portion control & hygiene compliance (IBL audits); mentor trainees (main-course chef).
Minimum: 1–2 year food service/hospitality diploma/degree; 3+ yrs production/hotel/banqueting experience (Chef de Partie advantage); computer literacy & financial acumen; strong hygiene and attention to detail.

2) Buyer’s Assistant: Apparel

Listing reference: woolw_001305 • Status: Online • Apply by: 19 Sep 2025
Industry: Wholesale & Retail • Category: FMCG/Retail • Location: Cape Town • Type: Permanent • EE: No
Intro: Provide product admin, sample management and review preparation support to the Buying team.
Key outputs: Maintain PLM data & integrate to RMS; upload imagery; prep trade packs & reports; price change docs; coordinate store/model store visits; review room setup & minutes; track samples (lab dips → production); liaise with E-comm/Marketing/VM.
Minimum: Relevant tertiary qualification; 2+ yrs retail/clothing admin (buying support advantageous); MS Office (intermediate); PLM/RMS exposure; strong coordination/comms and understanding of retail product lifecycle.

3) Point of Sale (POS) / Pay Point Controller

Listing reference: woolw_001313 • Status: Online • Apply by: 11 Sep 2025
Industry: Wholesale & Retail • Category: FMCG/Retail • Location: Western Cape • Type: Permanent • EE: No
Intro: Oversee till podium operations—cash handling, transaction accuracy, staffing and customer incident resolution.
Key outputs: Manage podiums & staff scheduling; process card queries; identify float discrepancies; first-line customer issue handling; train/coaching; hygiene & shop-keeping disciplines.
Minimum: Grade 12; 6+ months till operator experience (clean TDCs a plus); English proficiency; basic supervisory skills advantageous.

4) Customer Assistant: Store Specialist (Interactive/Bakery Clerk)

Listing reference: woolw_001307 • Status: Online • Apply by: 11 Sep 2025
Industry: Wholesale & Retail • Category: FMCG/Retail • Location: Western Cape • Type: Permanent • EE: No
Intro: Prepare deli/rotisserie items, maintain visually appealing counters, and deliver great service.
Key outputs: Cook/prepare take-away foods; stock & display; FIFO/rotation; hygiene & cleaning; temperature/probe/scale records; suggestive selling; waste identification.
Minimum: Grade 12 advantageous; strong hygiene; deli/catering or food-handling experience beneficial; English proficiency.

5) Store Administrator: Human Resources & Finance

Listing reference: woolw_001306 • Status: Online • Apply by: 11 Sep 2025
Industry: Wholesale & Retail • Category: Administration • Location: Western Cape • Type: Permanent • EE: No
Intro: Ensure HR, Finance, Stock and Systems administration meets risk-compliance standards for a profitable store.
Key outputs: Switchboard (where applicable); finance admin & cash activities; controlled stationery & key control; till spot checks & float discrepancy packs; voucher reconciliations; HR admin (reports, leave capture, uniforms/badges/cards, COIDA cases, noticeboard); payroll inputs; Staff Planner; stock/risk report controls; SMP compliance.
Minimum: Grade 12 (Maths/Accounting advantageous); 1–2 yrs HR/Finance admin; retail/payroll systems exposure; strong numeracy; Excel proficiency.

6) Sales Associate / Retail Associate / Shop Controller – Early & End of Day

Listing reference: woolw_001312 • Status: Online • Apply by: 11 Sep 2025
Industry: Wholesale & Retail • Category: FMCG/Retail • Location: Western Cape • Type: Permanent • EE: No
Intro: Deliver exceptional service while running EOD/early-morning processes—replenishment, BOH accuracy and shrink control.
Key outputs: Customer service; stock counts & BOH corrections; EOD confirmations; receiving within trading window; temps checks; KGR & carry-over replenishment; price changes; hygiene/deep-clean refrigeration; shrink protocols & searches; task coordination & handovers; role-model attendance/time-keeping.
Minimum: Preferably Grade 12; shift flexibility; supervisory and stock control experience advantageous.

7) Engineering Manager: Data

Listing reference: woolw_001310 • Status: Online • Apply by: 11 Sep 2025
Industry: FMCG & Supply Management • Category: FMCG/Retail/Supply Chain • Location: Western Cape
Type: Permanent • Remuneration: Market Related • EE: No
Intro: Lead two data engineering teams (on-prem Oracle DW & AWS cloud) to deliver scalable, secure hybrid data platforms that power insights and innovation.
Key outputs: Hybrid data architecture (on-prem & AWS); best-practice ingestion/ETL/ELT; Oracle DW & OLAP optimisation; AWS data pipelines (S3/Redshift/Glue/EMR/Kinesis/DynamoDB/Athena); governance & security; cost/performance tuning; CI/CD for data workflows; modern tech adoption (Spark/Kafka/Airflow/NoSQL); DR/HA; partner with DS/visualisation; mentor & grow teams.
Minimum: Bachelor’s/Master’s in CS/Data/Engineering; 6+ yrs data engineering with 2+ yrs leading hybrid teams; SQL (Oracle/Redshift) & Python; strong Oracle DW; deep AWS data stack; CI/CD (Git/Jenkins/Terraform); governance/compliance; stakeholder engagement & comms.

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Woolworths Vacancies – September 2025