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Dis-Chem Pharmacies has an opportunity available for a Trainee Manager for their Gqeberha stores in the Eastern Cape. You will learn overall store operations under the direction and supervision of a store manager, performing a wide range of retail operational duties under the general guidance and support of an experienced individual. Applications close on 31 December 2026.
About the company and the work
Dis-Chem Pharmacies is one of South Africa’s leading pharmacy and retail groups, operating stores that combine pharmacy, health, beauty and FMCG ranges. Dis-Chem is an equal opportunity employer, and its approved Employment Equity Plan and targets are taken into account in its appointments. As a Trainee Manager you will work across every part of the store, building the skills needed to run a retail operation.
Role details and duties
The trainee will assist across inventory management, including the processing of items such as goods in transit, cycle counts and physical counts, and ensuring efficient stock flow to the sales floor, and will participate in managing shrinkage. On the sales floor and in receiving, you will assist with planning, implementing and maintaining promotional stock displays in FMCG, health and beauty areas, with labelling, pricing and layout standards, with goods receiving duties guided by standard operating procedures, and with transaction integrity for incoming goods and outgoing returns, including reconciliation of daily packs. You will assist with achieving set store sales targets, partner with heads of departments to ensure targets are met, support promotions, coordinate with other stores, maintain awareness of market trends and customer initiatives, and support management in setting profit and sales objectives and proposing strategies. In point of sale operations and finance, you will assist with daily cash-ups and reconciliation packs, scheduling the point-of-sale area, monitoring store expenses and stock adjustments, analysing financial income statements, controlling expense items, supporting transaction integrity, ensuring branch transaction accuracy, improving cashier service levels and productivity, controlling overtime and casual spend, signing off and investigating run ends, and assisting with internal and external audits. You will also assist with customer service, including addressing complaints promptly, keeping the customer request system operational, encouraging loyalty signups and giving customers feedback on queries and complaints, and with HR process support, including people administration, leave management and scheduling, workforce management system transactions, HR policy implementation and training feedback. Finally, you will follow the trainee programme itself: participating in meetings, workshops and learning opportunities, completing assigned tasks for on-the-job learning, completing all required learning programmes and assessments to be deemed competent, and keeping your Portfolio of Evidence filed, up to date and signed off.
Requirements
Applicants need Grade 12 / Matric and a minimum of 1 to 2 years’ experience in store retail management disciplines, including but not limited to stock management, cash, reporting, expense control and customer service. Computer literacy in MS Office is required, along with willingness and ability to work retail hours, a valid driver’s licence and own reliable transport. A diploma in Financial / Admin or a relevant three-year diploma is advantageous. Competencies sought include sound knowledge of retail store management disciplines with retail admin experience, the ability to analyse simple to semi-complex situations and make informed decisions, following guidelines and standards, communicating effectively with all types of people, managing emotions and conflict, and being detail-oriented and organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines. Special conditions of employment are willingness and ability to work retail hours, local travelling with a valid driver’s licence and own reliable transport, South African citizenship, and clear credit and criminal records. Remuneration and benefits are a market-related salary, medical aid, provident fund and a staff account.
Where to find and apply safely
This vacancy is advertised on Careers24 by Dis-Chem Pharmacies, and the Apply button on this page links directly to that original advert. Apply only through the original listing, and never pay anyone who promises you this job or asks for a fee to secure an interview. Genuine recruiters do not charge job seekers for applications.
Practical tips
Lead with your store retail experience: describe the stock, cash, reporting and expense control work you have done, and name the store areas you supported. Show your MS Office literacy and your willingness to work retail hours, and mention any Financial or Admin diploma. Highlight examples of handling customer complaints, supporting cash-ups and working to sales targets, since these are core parts of the trainee role.
How the process works
Click the Apply button on this page to reach the original Careers24 advert, where you can submit your application before the closing date of 31 December 2026. The advert’s reference is 209821, so keep that number handy when applying. Only successful applicants will be contacted, and if you have not been contacted within two weeks after the closing date, consider your application unsuccessful.
Important information
This post is for information only and is not the employer. All details above come from the original advert, including the Gqeberha stores in the Eastern Cape. Dis-Chem advertises separate Trainee Manager vacancies for other stores, including KuGompo City in East London and the North Coast, which are advertised separately.
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