Month: July 2025

POSITION:           BUYER (C4)

DEPARTMENT:  BUYING

LOCATION:         CAPE TOWN

If your heart beats for fashion and you’re always ahead of the next trend, this job is calling you. As a Buyer at PEP Africa, you’ll drive product strategy from concept to shelf, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders such as Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations and with suppliers, leading product development, and delivering value to our remarkable Customers. This is a high-impact, high-energy role made for someone who doesn’t just follow fashion, but shapes it.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: Formulate a departmental strategy, ensuring a balanced product range that aligns with PEP Africa’s overarching business objectives and strategy. Oversee product development across diverse categories, from conceptualisation to market delivery and sales. Maintain critical path management, quality assurance processes, cost control, margin optimisation, and range equilibrium, all tailored to the preferences of PEP Africa’s customer base. All selected commodities must contribute positively to PEP Africa’s profit margins and price points, in accordance with departmental directives and business strategy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Development of departmental Product and Marketing strategy 
• Range development & sourcing from concept to delivery
• Quality assurance of signed off range based on critical path
• Critical path management 
• Product and sales performance analysis, feedback & problem solving
• OTB (Open to Buy) control and budget management
• Supplier management, control & performance 
• PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) & administrative duties linked to order management
• Product cost management & reporting
• Price and margin management & reporting
• Promotions & Visual Merchandise strategic intent and roll out
• Ad hoc duties and projects as required

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Qualification in Fashion design, Clothing & Textiles or similar
• 3+ years’ experience as a fully-fledged Buyer 
• Computer literacy: Advanced MS Office / GSuite
• Creative, eye for detail and analytical
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and have good people skills
• Willingness to travel extensively to and within Africa, China, UK, USA and Europe
• Comfortable with buying processes & systems
• Able to function independently
• South African citizen

Competencies required: Honesty; Passion & Resourcefulness; Solution orientation; Detail orientation; Planning, Organizing and Control; Service orientation; Stress tolerance; Confidence and decisiveness; Building and maintaining relationships, Ability to function independently and excellent communication skills. 

From selection to shelf, bring our products to life and help shape what our customers love.
Let’s Grow Together!

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POSITION: GRADUATE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY (12 MONTH CONTRACT) 

LOCATION: PEP AFRICA, PAROW INDUSTRIA, CAPE TOWN 

Are you a recent graduate seeking an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in your field of study? Have you aspired to work for one of Africa’s leading retail companies, PEP Africa, known for its amazing culture? Then we are on the hunt for YOU! 

WHO WE ARE: 

PEP Africa is part of the PEPKOR Group and is the largest single brand discount retailer in Africa. Our stores are across four countries: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. We are a customer-focused retailer that sells a wide range of affordable, good quality products for the whole family. 

We have 5 graduate positions available for suitably qualified candidates that meet our requirements. 

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? 

This graduate opportunity provides hands-on experience in the retail industry and offers the chance to learn about the department’s processes and strategies. You’ll apply your knowledge and skills to support overall business objectives, including taking accountability for a specific business project.

WHERE YOU FIT IN: 

HR: Join our HR team and gain hands-on experience in internal communications, employee engagement, and HR activities. You’ll help create engaging content for employee campaigns, support our employer brand through social media, and contribute to learning initiatives that connect and inspire.

MARKETING: Be part of our Marketing team and get involved in turning customer insights into action. You’ll help gather and interpret customer feedback from digital platforms, assist in sharing key findings with the business, and contribute to campaigns that bring our brand to life.

PLANNING: Discover the world of merchandise planning, where data meets decision-making. You’ll support the team with research, process mapping, and reporting, while also contributing to product allocation and inventory planning across stores.

SUPPLY CHAIN: Kickstart your career in this team where you’ll get hands-on experience in both logistics operations and data-driven decision-making. You’ll support import activities, manage key shipment documentation, and help ensure everything runs smoothly and on time. You’ll also work on improving reporting and dashboard automation.

COMMERCIAL: Contribute to this team, the driving force behind growing our financial services. You’ll support the launch of exciting new products, analyse sales trends and customer data, and help develop strategies that bring essential services to our customers.

 OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE: 

• Relevant Diploma or Degree qualification in your field 
• Commute daily to our office in Parow Industria 
• Full-day position, five days a week in office
• Commitment to spending the full 12 months in our employment 
• Proof of excellent academic results 
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Computer literacy: Intermediate (MS Office, Google Suite)
• Candidate will receive a monthly stipend
• SA citizen

Competencies required: Honesty; Passion and Resourcefulness; Detail Orientation; Planning, Organizing and Control; Service Orientation; Self-Motivated; Willingness to Learn; Excellent Communication Skills; Building and Maintaining Relationship and Team Player. 

If you’re ready to embark on an exciting learning adventure together and help our teams shine, we’d love to hear from you! Apply today and Let’s Grow Together! 

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POSITION: FINANCIAL COORDINATOR: TAX & COMPLANCE (C2)

DEPARTMENT: FINANCE

LOCATION:       CAPE TOWN

Are you passionate about compliance and getting the financial details just right? If tax laws and regulatory frameworks make your brain light up, we’d love to welcome you to the PEP Africa family.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: To provide administrative support within the Tax and Compliance function by ensuring monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc compliance, management of company secretarial and tax processes. This role also supports Country Financial Managers across five countries to ensure effective communication and resolution of queries or issues.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• General Compliance

• Liaise with FMs, Pepkor Legal and company secretaries regarding Country Company Secretarial matters 
• Maintain contract register and electronic filing of contracts and checklists
• Maintain licence register and electronic filing of licences
• Obtain quarterly confirmation from country FMs on compliance with relevant laws and regulations

 

• Tax Compliance

• Assist with preparation of supporting schedules for corporate tax submissions
• Assist with responding to and resolving tax queries
• Ensure a proper up to date understanding of the key taxes and relevant regulatory environment regarding all taxes in each country including RSA (including Income Tax, VAT, Stamp Duties, Import Duties, WHT, thin capitalization and transfer pricing)

 

• Tax Accounting and Reporting

• Adhere to strict reporting deadlines in order to deliver on time and to a high quality to all customers and stakeholders
• Assisting with quarterly reporting to Pepkor Group Tax
• Assisting with tax and general audits
• Reviewing tax accounting entries and balance sheet reconciliations

 

• Policies and SOPs

• Ensure maintenance and compliance of policies and SOPs, including Contract Approvals, Approval Framework,Tax reports and submissions
• Regular communication to all role-players to address questions, issues, irregularities etc.

• Ad hoc duties

• Ad hoc duties and involvement in projects as required

 

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Tertiary degree in Accounting / Tax 
• 3+ years relevant experience in a tax or accounting role 
• Experience in liaising with regulators on tax
• Experience in a multinational environment advantageous 
• Knowledge of IFRS, IAS 12, deferred tax will be advantageous.
• Aptitude to work with various currencies
• English communication skills (verbal & written)
• Ability to work in a team and independently
• Computer literacy – Intermediate
• South African Citizen

 

Competencies required: Honesty; Passion & Resourcefulness; Solution orientation; Detail orientation; Planning, Organizing and Control; Service orientation; Stress tolerance; Confidence and decisiveness; Building and maintaining relationships, Ability to function independently and Excellent communication skills. 

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By submitting your application, you are giving PEP Africa implicit consent to the storage and processing of your personal information. PEP Africa strives for equal opportunity in terms of its employment equity guidelines.