Basement Assistant

Description:

This role assists with all the basement related activities: receiving and dispatching of goods, maintenance of the retail storage area and grounds, and ensuring that all correct procedures are followed.

This position will be based in Castle Gate, Pretoria.

Main Responsibilities:

• Receiving and dispatching of goods, quality checking deliveries to ensure damage free and that correct paperwork is adhered to. Notifying manager of any problems.
• Movement of furniture/ Homeware items to and from floor,
• Ensure all products are loaded and handled correctly minimizing breakages
• Ensure products are packaged correctly at all times, recycling packaging where possible.
• Assisting customers load goods, ensuring client inspects and signs for goods and sending POD’s back to inventory department on a weekly basis.
• Housekeeping/ maintenance of basement and surrounding grounds, ensuring that everything is neat, tidy and rubbish is regularly removed. Must adhere to security measures (e.g., keep basement doors locked etc).
• Keeping any trolleys, ladders in good working to be kept in good working order.
• Assist Merchandiser manage Homeware and collections cages, packing everything neatly.
• General maintenance work when required either by the merchandiser or the store manager (putting up picture frames/artwork, hanging lights, moving settings, painting etc)
• Maintain tools and notify supervisor when replenishment of wall plugs, lightbulbs, drill bits, paint etc are required.
• Assist store staff as required. Assist in other related tasks as requested by supervisor.
• Ensure compliance to all Health & Safety requirements
• Ensure product knowledge is up to date

Technical Skills and Behavioural Competencies:

• Grade 12
• Good command of the English language
• Physically fit
• Strong computer literacy
• Good handyman/ electrical skills.
• Previous background and experience in similar role.
• Show initiative and have ability to work with limited supervision
• Be a team player
• Be motivated and committed to the job at hand
• Good attendance and good communication skills
• Willing to go the extra mile to ensure job is completed

Requirements:

• Receiving and dispatching of goods, quality checking deliveries to ensure damage free and that correct paperwork is adhered to. Notifying manager of any problems.
• Movement of furniture/ Homeware items to and from floor,
• Ensure all products are loaded and handled correctly minimizing breakages
• Ensure products are packaged correctly at all times, recycling packaging where possible.
• Assisting customers load goods, ensuring client inspects and signs for goods and sending POD’s back to inventory department on a weekly basis.
• Housekeeping/ maintenance of basement and surrounding grounds, ensuring that everything is neat, tidy and rubbish is regularly removed. Must adhere to security measures (e.g., keep basement doors locked etc).
• Keeping any trolleys, ladders in good working to be kept in good working order.
• Assist Merchandiser manage Homeware and collections cages, packing everything neatly.
• General maintenance work when required either by the merchandiser or the store manager (putting up picture frames/artwork, hanging lights, moving settings, painting etc)
• Maintain tools and notify supervisor when replenishment of wall plugs, lightbulbs, drill bits, paint etc are required.
• Assist store staff as required. Assist in other related tasks as requested by supervisor.
• Ensure compliance to all Health & Safety requirements
• Ensure product knowledge is up to date

• Grade 12
• Good command of the English language
• Physically fit
• Strong computer literacy
• Good handyman/ electrical skills.
• Previous background and experience in similar role.
• Show initiative and have ability to work with limited supervision
• Be a team player
• Be motivated and committed to the job at hand
• Good attendance and good communication skills
• Willing to go the extra mile to ensure job is completed