Assistant Branch Manager – VKB Retail, Louis Trichardt
Introduction
VKB Agriculture (Pty) Ltd is a dynamic agricultural company in the Northeast Free State with interests in Limpopo. This organization, which strives towards healthy and modern business practices offers employees the opportunity to utilize and develop their knowledge and skills in a competitive work environment. We offer you the opportunity to establish yourself within a professional, corporate environment in the countryside.
The VKB Group
is a modern, dynamic and leading agricultural enterprise that has for the past 100 years, constantly focused on progressively managing solutions for the changing and various needs of agricultural producers and related stakeholders. Its head office is in Reitz, approximately 200km south of Johannesburg.
The VKB Group as a top agricultural company, proudly boasts an extended network of industries that manages as many as possible of the commodities that are produced within its service region.
Today the VKB Group can be esteemed to be a “house of brands” with a unique composition of brands of companies and products that makes the group one of the leaders in the agricultural environment.
The group is also one of the prominent job suppliers in the Eastern Free State and Limpopo that employs approximately 6 000 people. The group forms the cornerstone of the rural economy in the Free State and as part of good social citizenship it increasingly invests in initiatives and infrastructure to the benefit of the communities in which it trades.
At the VKB Group we are constantly seeking fresh thinking, people empathy, integrity, self-confidence and a great business head employee with a positive attitude as the most essential characteristic. Then we mix these qualities with passion and care to produce the best calibre employees for the VKB Group.
Core values are what support our vision, shape our culture and reflect what the VKB Group values. They are the essence of the Group’s identity.
Job Description
Expanding and growth of the business unit in order to reach the strategic goals of the VKB Group.
Requirements
- Grade 12 or NQF4
- Relevant tertiary qualification will serve as recommendation
- 3 Years previous experience in the agricultural retail industry
- Continuously adding value to the industry through reaching the organisations’ strategic and operational goals
- Willing to work afterhours when required
- Computer literate in the MS Office Package
- Willing to undergo continuous training
Duties and Responsibilities
- Financial management of business unit
- Stock management including merchandising, management of stock levels, ordering, claims and stock taking
- Personnel management including mentoring of staff
- General management to ensure all VKB Policies are applied
- Excellent customer service including dealing with queries and complaints
- Ability to be creative in striving to continuously exceed goals and targets
- Ensure business unit comply with all relevant legislation
Skills
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
- Negotiation skills
- Marketing skills
- Ability to establish and maintain long term business relationships
- Business Acumen
- Ability to work independently
- Conflict Management
- Personal Resilience
- Communication skills
- Mentoring
- Teamwork
Other Information
- The company can expire jobs at any time at their own discretion.
- VKB Group and/or its subsidiary companies will use any personal data collected through the job opportunities section of this website for recruitment purposes only and, should your application be successful, for purposes connected with your employment.
- VKB Group is an equal opportunity employer. VKB Group’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process aligned to VKB Group’s Employment Equity & Transformation Strategy. VKB Group actively supports the recruitment of People with Disabilities
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