Description

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited is recruiting a Cosmetics Consultant for its Thatchfield store in Pretoria.

The successful candidate will promote and sell cosmetics, fragrances and beauty products while providing consistent and professional customer service.

Responsibilities

• Promote and sell Dis-Chem cosmetics and beauty products.
• Provide customers with a high level of care and service.
• Assist customers with product information and recommendations.
• Demonstrate products through makeovers.
• Conduct cosmetics demonstrations.
• Participate in spray promotions and other promotional activities.
• Escalate serious or unresolved customer complaints to the manager.
• Manage stock levels according to Dis-Chem procedures.
• Report short, damaged and expired stock to the manager.
• Ensure stock is rotated correctly.
• Ensure merchandising displays are attractive and properly maintained.
• Work towards department, brand and vendor sales targets.
• Help maximise store income.
• Maintain current knowledge of products and brands.
• Stay informed about developments in the retail industry.
• Manage cosmetics, fragrance and beauty-house promotions.
• Manage salon appointments.
• Review and understand stock reports.
• Complete assigned duties according to the task schedule.
• Follow Dis-Chem policies and procedures.
• Follow standard operating procedures.
• Comply with health and safety rules and regulations.

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Requirements

• Grade 12 or Matric.
• Previous retail experience as a sales consultant.
• Computer literacy.
• Strong written and verbal command of English.
• Willingness and ability to work retail hours.
• A valid driver’s licence.
• Own reliable transport.
• South African citizenship.
• Clear credit and criminal records.

The following will be advantageous:

• Cosmetics experience.
• Fragrance experience.
• Beauty-industry experience.
• Experience with promotions and personal selling.
• Experience working towards sales targets.
• Customer-liaison experience.
• Product knowledge.
• Previous sales or promotional training.
• Stock-management experience.
• Experience managing expired and damaged stock.
• Knowledge of stock-rotation procedures.
• Ability to communicate in more than one language.

Skills & Competencies

• Customer-service skills.
• Selling skills.
• Product-demonstration skills.
• Communication skills.
• Teamwork.
• Computer literacy.
• Ability to understand stock reports.
• Ability to understand sales targets and commission calculations.
• Ability to follow a task schedule.
• Product knowledge.
• Customer-liaison skills.
• Merchandising skills.
• Stock-management skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work towards targets.
• Ability to handle customer complaints professionally.

Other

Employment Type: Permanent

Division: Cosmetics Category

Functional Area: Sales

Industry: Retail

Experience Level: Entry level

Location: Thatchfield, Pretoria, Gauteng

Salary: Market-related

Benefits:

• Medical aid.
• Provident fund.
• Staff account.

Only successful applicants will be contacted. Applicants who are not contacted within two weeks after the closing date should consider their applications unsuccessful.