Description:
Join the dynamic team at Agrimark Operations Ltd, a growth-focused business and subsidiary of KAL Group Ltd, which is proudly listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Spanning over 100 locations across South Africa and a growing ecommerce presence, Agrimark Operations Ltd with its retail branches and specialist brands offer high-quality farming supplies, solutions, and a broad range of retail products to a diverse customer base that share the same love of the land, sense of community, and can-do attitude.
Job Specification
Reporting to the Managing Director, the incumbent will play an important role in driving sales growth, achieving revenue targets, and ensuring exceptional customer service across all retail locations within our Agrimark Urban Region.
Minimum Requirements
- Relevant Tertiary Qualification (Business Administration, Commerce, Accounting, or related field)
- 6 Years related experience at a managerial level and a proven track record in retail operations of which at least 3 years should be at a regional (area) or multi-store level
- Ability to effectively communicate and/or negotiate with high level of proficiency
- Proficiency in using software for data analysis, inventory management, and other business applications
The GOLD business imperatives displayed below are to be used as key indicators in sourcing competent candidates for this critical role. Growth
- Ability to execute in a diverse environment by building a deep understanding of the Agrimark Retail Portfolio - understanding of key customer needs and requirements, business data analysis, processes, and scenario modelling
- Approach work with an entrepreneurial spirit, promoting business interests, identifying, and capitalizing on business opportunities
- Overseeing operations in different locations within a given region and ensuring that all branches perform at optimum levels. Setting and achieving sales targets, developing, and implementing sales strategies, analysing sales data, and forecasting future sales
- Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, maintain branch controls
- Maintain proper stock management, i.e., stock controls and reconciliations to ensure optimal product availability
- Compliance with internal company policies, procedures, processes, and external regulations
- Ability to lead a high impact team and collaborate with different stakeholders
- Building trusting relations and inspire relations amongst the internal and external stakeholders. and serving as the link of communication between key customers and internal teams
- Driving automation/optimization of the Agrismart & ERP systems - reporting functional management information
- Develop consumer-facing content across a variety of segments to publicize the company's products & brands
The incumbent would need to have t he ability to progress and add continuous incremental value – having impact.
- Dealing with complexity
- Sound pragmatic judgement
- Self-awareness
- Achievement orientation
You will have an opportunity to grow your career and thrive in an accelerating performance environment that values resilience and customer service, and embraces communication, alignment, and relationships. We are committed to providing our employees with opportunities within the KAL Group Ltd to take on new challenges.
If this excites you, learn more about Agrimark Operations Ltd and KAL Group Ltd here: www.kalgroup.co.za/careers/life-at-kal-group
Candidates who are not contacted within 14 working days of the closing date can accept that their application was unsuccessful. Agrimark Operations Ltd applies the principles of equal employment in line with our company’s Employment Equity objectives. Please note that in order to consider your application or interest, KAL Group Ltd will have to process your personal information and that such processing will be subject to the KAL Group HR Processing notice which can be accessed by viewing it on the KAL Group Ltd website under the following hyperlink: https://www.kalgroup.co.za/legal/
Requirements:
- Relevant Tertiary Qualification (Business Administration, Commerce, Accounting, or related field)
- 6 Years related experience at a managerial level and a proven track record in retail operations of which at least 3 years should be at a regional (area) or multi-store level
- Ability to effectively communicate and/or negotiate with high level of proficiency
- Proficiency in using software for data analysis, inventory management, and other business applications
- Ability to execute in a diverse environment by building a deep understanding of the Agrimark Retail Portfolio - understanding of key customer needs and requirements, business data analysis, processes, and scenario modelling
- Approach work with an entrepreneurial spirit, promoting business interests, identifying, and capitalizing on business opportunities
- Overseeing operations in different locations within a given region and ensuring that all branches perform at optimum levels. Setting and achieving sales targets, developing, and implementing sales strategies, analysing sales data, and forecasting future sales
- Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, maintain branch controls
- Maintain proper stock management, i.e., stock controls and reconciliations to ensure optimal product availability
- Compliance with internal company policies, procedures, processes, and external regulations
- Ability to lead a high impact team and collaborate with different stakeholders
- Building trusting relations and inspire relations amongst the internal and external stakeholders. and serving as the link of communication between key customers and internal teams
- Driving automation/optimization of the Agrismart & ERP systems - reporting functional management information
- Develop consumer-facing content across a variety of segments to publicize the company's products & brands
- Dealing with complexity
- Sound pragmatic judgement
- Self-awareness
- Achievement orientation
30 May 2025;
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