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Good learning environment
High pressure environment, adding stores with implementation and achievement of HR goals and objectives. Work closely with store management, ER, CoE and senior management in achievement of company goals. I have learned a lot about retail operations, such as implementation of promotions, importance of sap system in managing staff, ordering of store goods, and impact of customer service on success of any store. I enjoy with interacting with the multidisciplinary team in retail during new store openings and understanding the role each member of the team plays in ensuring a successful store opening.. The most challenging aspect of the job is maintaining a healthy work life balance. Retail requires long hours and working under pressure.
Pros: Opportunities for promotion into senior management are few as the structure gets flat, the higher you go
Cons: Long working hours, in a high pressure environment
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Excellent learning curve
Pro Food free coffee, pie juice ConsA typical day at work consisted of: Receipt of stock according to Company Procedures using Backdoor Scanning and SAP;- Processing of wastage, write-offs, Returns, reports on SAP; Administration – handling of documents; - Housekeeping –clearing of stock I learned and gained experience of the Receiving process and Supply chain. My co-workers were supportive Receiving hours
Pros: Benefits, free lunch
Cons: Long working hours
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Excellent place of work to learn alot
Great company to work for, long working hours. Life balance sucks, ability to learn alot. Gain alot of experience aLloyd around in all departments. Knowledge of how a business is run.
Pros: Great company to prosper
Cons: Long working hours
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Great opportunity for learning
Usually busy chasing timelines Fun and a friendly environment, working with different people with different personalities sometimes posed it's challenges
Pros: Exposure, all-round
Cons: tight timelines
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Excellent learning curve
I like working as team, merchandising, discussing turnover and competing amongst each other turnover per section range, working with them helps me to know them better like showing them how to relay what where it's a challenging job you need to do all alone satisfy customers, your leaders explaining why you didn't make turnover daily, large rage of stock and make sure every stock at the warehouse is at the floor. Managing everything exception reports admin deal with suppliers it's a lot of things.
Pros: I need to see myself getting promote and learn more
Cons: Retail needs bodies it's not a problem when the company needs me I will be there
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Excellent learning curve
In life we need to grow face challenges and learn things about life at large. I feel it's been long at the company I'm in I need to go out and learn something new. By doing that it give me chance to learn new things on the new laws of other retail because I love serving customers. I can be a good asset in your company using the wide knowledge I've got and your trainings about your company will help me. Team work is a key good customer service is a bonus work with people is good you learn to know them better.
Pros: I need to see myself getting promote and learn more
Cons: Retail needs bodies it's not a problem when the company needs me I will be there
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Learning curve,gaining experience
Preparing products from scratch,merchandising of products,helping different kinds of customers.Learning respect and confidence such as eye contact and smiling while communicating with anyone colleague or customer.
Pros: Training skills,education opportunities
Cons: Long hours, night shift
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Manage a team of 8to 10 staff. Responsible for stock take. GP. Waste control . Discipline staff.
The company put butcher managers in a box. We do not have authority to decide what our customers need. We are not allowed to order our meat direct from the supplier.
Pros: Promotion to Team Leader
Cons: Working for a local store is not good. We get treated different from the corporate stores. Do not get the perks and the salaries that the corporate mangers get
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Enlargement of individual capacity
Pick n Pay is a great place to work and to get experience because I was exposed to different levels food technology. From R&D to quality assurance & control from manufacturing to plate. What challeng me the most was R&D because I get to come up with new products that are of quality and ensure cost control, ensuring a balance between the 2 can be a challenge. The community of Pick n Pay is more of a family and there is always something to learn from co-workers.
Pros: Great place to learn
Cons: No room for promotion
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