Job Opportunities at Ackermans

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Ackermans is searching for our next top Talent! Ackermans is South Africa’s beloved household brand for more than 100 years and a leading value retailer whose success is built on a purpose of Bringing Value to Life for our Customers, Employees and their Communities.

Trainees are paid to learn! Working within a team, you will gain exposure to every aspect of value retail - from Buying, Planning , Marketing to Supply Chain and Store Operations to name but a few. Our industry renowned Trainee Programme has graduated highly successful Planners. We are on the lookout for dynamic individuals who will learn how to be involved in the Merchandise strategy through optimizing sales and bringing value to the lives of our Customers in over 900 stores across 5 countries. Expect to be coached by the industry’s best - a group of diverse and dynamic professionals who love what they do, and consider training the next generation of retailers both a passion an serious commitment. Bring Value to Life for millions of customers each day through your obsession with analysing stock and sales to ultimately get the right product to the right place at the right time. This could be your opportunity of a lifetime as an Ackermans 2023 Trainee Planner.

Qualifications

• A completed Diploma/Degree in
•  Business Science OR B Com in
• Accounting
•  Statistics
•  Economics
• Finance
• Strategic Management
•  Information Systems
•  Statistics
•  Retail OR similar gives you a good start to the race

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• A minimum of 3 years relevant retail experience, which should entail merchandising, store allocation, logistics, supply chain,  or retail stores.
• You absolutely MUST LOVE NUMBERS AND DATA and be great at analysing them too. 
• Strong work ethic, resilience and a hunger to learn will get you through this programme successfully.

Other

If you meet the requirements based on your profile, you could be part of our 12 month Trainee Store Planner Programme or our 12-18 month Product Planner Programme.

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Are you an energetic, ambitious and qualified graduate looking for a practical learning experience in retail? Applications for our Cape Town based graduate opportunities are now open!

At Ackermans we provide our graduates with hands-on behind-the-scenes industry experience, to give them direction and purpose for the future. If your application is successful, you will have you the opportunity to:

• Get paid experience based in CPT
• Kickstart your career in retail
• Work with industry experts
• Gain cross-functional exposure
• Work in a flexible environment
• Explore your interests
• Gain working knowledge of future career possibilities
• Develop your work ethic and corporate brand
• You have the opportunity to be exposed to the following business areas, based on your qualification and department you are interested in:
• Operations: OPS Systems 
• HR: HR Information Systems 

Qualifications

QUALIFICATION AND LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• A completed qualification relevant to the placement you are applying for
• No prior full time work experience in your field of study

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

SUCCESSFUL ATTRIBUTES

• An assertive self-starter with the ability to work well within a team
• Good organisational and planning abilities
• Excellent communication skills
• Sound administrative skills
• Flexible and tenacious with the ability to thrive under pressure
• Good leaning orientation
• Other
• T&C’s
• South African citizenship
• The candidate is based in Cape Town

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Job Advert

Ackermans is searching for our next Top Talent!  Ackermans is South Africa’s beloved household brand for more than 100 years and a leading value retailer whose success is built on a purpose of Bringing Value to Life for our customers, employees and their communities.

Trainees are paid to learn! Working within a team, you will gain exposure within value retail, from design to buying and more. 

We are on the lookout for dynamic individuals who will learn how to design textile and graphic prints for our merchandise in over 900 stores across 5 countries. Expect to be coached by the industry’s best - a group of diverse and dynamic professionals who love what they do, and consider training the next generation of retailers both a passion and serious commitment.

Bring Value to Life for millions of customers each day through your obsession with offering the right product at the right value. This could be your opportunity of a lifetime as an Ackermans 2023 Trainee Textile + Graphic Print Designer.

Qualifications

• A completed 3-year diploma / 4-year degree in Surface Design, Graphic Design, Sculpture Design or similar.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• A minimum of 3 years clothing retail experience gained through working within a head office environment, suppliers/manufacturing, or retail stores
•  You absolutely MUST LOVETextiles/Prints/Graphics and be obsessed with design. Strong work ethic, resilience and a hunger to learn and be the best will get you through this programme successfully.