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About this Manager Deli role at Pick n Pay

Pick n Pay · Onsite · Northgate - Gauteng

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

To manage resources in order to maximise turnover and minimise shortage. Ensures that standards, processes and policies are adhered to.


Requirements

Grade 12

Training in Foods Retail and Management of resources

Minimum of 3 Years experience in Deli/Foods Retail

 Minimum 1 year of Supervisory Experience


Competencies:

Adhere to standards and policies

Customer Orientation

Communication skills – clearly conveying message and actively listening

Business mindedness

Team Player


Additional Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Merchandising Management:

Conducts regular quality checks on merchandise
Executes plano guide 100%
Handles product as per SOP
Ensures department is ready for trade by store opening time
Identifies fast selling lines within store, and implications on margin and sales opportunities
Ensures produce is wrapped and packed according to standards
Ensures sufficient product available for customer demand
Ensures compliance to hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards
Monitors the implementation of all promotional activities – adherence to promotional calendar
Back up areas are kept clean and clear

Understand customer needs and communicate these to demand planning
Follows sell by dates, rotates stock as per policy/SOP on sales floor and back up area
Throughout day ensures department merchandising and cleanliness standards are maintained, keeping waste to a minimum


Food Safety & Hygiene:

Ensures that hygiene and housekeeping standards are maintained
Ensures stock rotation
Monitors the adherence to food safety and health and safety standards are maintained
Manages non-conformances via effective corrective action
Implements cleaning schedules and checks effective cleaning and sanitation
Recording of Food Safety Daily Checklist


Customer Services Management:

Responds to customer requests
Answers queries on out of stock - assists with replacement produce, explains time to next delivery and issues which may be affecting stock availability Ensures department standards are maintained, equipment is manned and in working order


Staff Management:

Communicates critical information to staff
Set targets and activities – priorities, delegates and communicates
Handles procedural, policy and legislative noncompliance
Attends monthly regional meetings - take information back to staff - responds to queries on turnover/waste
Checks and amends Kronos scheduling
Coaches Staff


Administration:

Ensures that all equipment is properly maintained in effective working order
Ensures that general maintenance standards are met
Monitors waste, and ensures procedures are adhered to
Monitors turnover and identifies opportunities for increasing turnover and identifies and issues or barriers to achieving budgets.
Ensures all SEL in place - print out and ensure all products have SEL current and legible by customer


Systems:

Gap scanning out of stocks
Identifies, counts, and records out of stocks & over stocks
Draws excel report from SAP, communicate addresses stock concerns by completing excel sheet and sending to Demand Planning
Processes IDTs via SAP
Actions reduced to clear on SAP as per SOP
Checks for electronic communications regularly during the working day
Processes waste
Ensure PIDs are counted correctly as per the National P&L schedule


Closing Date: 09 October 2026
 

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About Pick n Pay

At Pick n Pay, we are more than just a retailer; we are an organisation of dedicated people committed to creating an exceptional shopping experience for our customers and an enriching, vibrant work environment for our employees. Founded in 1967, Pick n Pay is one of the largest retail chains in South Africa, serving millions of customers across the African continent. Our reputation is built upon our commitment to offering customers the best in quality, and value. Our Mission We serve with our hearts, we create a great place to be and With our minds, we create an excellent place to shop Our Values Our values are deeply embedded in our culture and guide our actions: Passion for our Customers:

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