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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

Area Manager (Retail) - Western Cape at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R Undisclosed
  • Permanent Senior position
  • Cape Town
  • Posted 28 Oct 2026 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Expires in 30 days
  • Job 2646672 - Ref 878000025985638
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About the position

We are looking for a retail leader with a track record of driving sales and developing teams. The role is suited to someone with clothing-sector experience who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can make a measurable impact on store performance.


The successful candidate will lead a group of stores, with a focus on sales, profitability, people development and operational standards.




RequirementsKey Responsibilities


  • Lead, coach and develop store managers to achieve sales, profitability and operational targets.
  • Conduct store visits, assess performance and implement improvements.
  • Recruit, hire and train new store managers.
  • Analyse sales data, control costs and optimise inventory.
  • Drive visual merchandising, stock accuracy and shrinkage control.
  • Monitor KPIs and implement corrective action where targets are missed.
  • Foster a culture of excellence, discipline and teamwork across the stores.
  • Ensure compliance with company policies, customer-service standards and health and safety requirements.
  • Build strong relationships with store teams and support functions.
  • Represent the business professionally in all store and regional interactions.
 


Key Requirements


  • 5–10 years of retail experience. Clothing-sector experience is an advantage.
  • Grade 12 qualification. A tertiary qualification is advantageous.
  • Proven people-management and store-leadership experience.
  • A sales-driven mindset with experience managing profitability and stock.
  • Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • High level of self-motivation, determination and integrity.
  • Own reliable car and willingness to travel across the required area.



Advantageous


  • Experience managing multiple stores or a region.
  • Exposure to recruitment, training and performance management.
  • Experience with stock control, merchandising and loss prevention.


Desired Skills:

  • people-management
  • store-leadership
  • sales-driven
  • stock management
  • stores management

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

About The Employer:


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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

About the agency

Dedicated to the recruitment of IT professionals Sabenza iT is a South African registered business focusing on Finance, Engineering, SAP and general iT recruitment. We have over 18 years' experience in recruiting in South Africa, Australia, Europe, South America and Asia and have worked with a number of large companies offering the best service. We at Sabenza iT understands the changing market and we mold our services around each of our client's needs to offer a personal service. Sabenza iT has forged strong relationships with both Clients and Consultants by ensuring both parties get the most out of every placement. Our Head Office is based in South Africa and we have a satellite office in the UK so that we can keep in contact with expats who may consider returning to South Africa and so that we can offer our services globally for Consultants looking to go to South Africa and Consultants who are looking for opportunities abroad. We at Sabenza recognize the difference it makes to maintain good client relationships and we are keeping our client base niche and manageable in order to give the best service possible. We have gained a good reputation in the market place and have built a very large network and database of consultants that we draw from for each role. We are able to send applications within 24 hours of receiving a role profile or spec. We use one of the best Database software tools available to keep our database up to date and very fast to search. Sabenza iT does not only use job-sites, we headhunt and we use our network to find our clients the right Candidates. We have a strong Facebook presence and we have over 12,000 LinkedIn connections. For further information, please visit our website www.sabenzait.co.za or call me at any time on Tel: 0330040131.

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