Current Jobs at The Building Company – 23 February, 2026
Job Description
The Building Company is the Southern African operations building material division of Pepkor. The Building Company’s retail activities expand to 171 outlets throughout Southern Africa. Our branches are located in major centres in South Africa, Namibia, Swaziland and Botswana, and are managed as either corporate, joint venture or franchise stores. Our brand…
Description
- Customers service
- Maintain Stock Levels
- Run Reports daily
- Following up on quotations
- Attend to Customer Requirements
- Setting monthly Targets
- Conducting Weekly and Monthly meetings
- Setting Annual budget and Sales targets
- Ensuring that Non- stock items are quoted
- Credit limits adherence
- Completion of Credit applications
- Training of Sales Consultants
- Resolve Credit Queries
- Filing of Legal documents
- Perform Ad hoc administrative duties
- Provide Information to Finance
- Setting sales targets for team
- Credit Limits Adherence
- Liaising with Dispatch Department
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Valid Driver’s License
- 6 months Kerridge knowledge
- 2 years sales experience (incl. supervision experience as advantageous)
Description
- Manage Profitability: To ensure continuity, growth, and profitability of the Store through the management of costs and the maximization of sales turnover and returns. Identifies new business opportunities, take calculated risks; and generate innovative and creative ideas for implementing new business opportunities and maximising sales
- Planning and Budgeting: Together with the Operations Executive and Regional Operations Manager, interpret the business objectives into an Operating Plan for the Store.
- Procurement, stock control and merchandising: To ensure that the inward logistics of the Store run smoothly, products are purchased in line with The Building Company procurement policies and procedures, stock levels are kept at optimal levels and stock losses are controlled.
- Maintain Stock variances: Maintenance of optimal stock levels
- Financial Management: Ensures that the Store budget is compiled in line with the agreed upon operating plans and adhered to. (Ensure that all financial processes are monitored and controlled in line with best practices and company procedures).
- Customer Service: Ensure that customer complaints are dealt with in an effective manner and resolved. Promotions, advertising, and all public relations must be co-ordinated for the store in order to enhance the Brand’s market share in line with all company procedures.
- Accountable for day-to-day operations: Accountability for the day-to-day operations, administration, customer sales and service and overall management and control of the branch employees.
- Operational analysis: Analyses of operational information leading to the diagnosis of problems and/or success areas in the business. Enhancing all successes and raising and resolving all problem areas with the Operations Management Support Team.
- People Management: Inspire, motivate, guide, develop and manage, and lead employees in order to meet the store’s objectives. Apply all company policies and procedures and best practice principles in order to maintain a harmonious labour environment.
- Legislative compliance and corporate governance: Ensure legal compliance with all legislation relating to the operation of the business and that appropriate action is taken in respect of all legal matters.
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Preferably a commerce bachelor’s degree / or equivalent experience
- Preferably Financial or Management diploma
- 5-10 years retail experience
- Minimum of 3 years in a junior-mid level management position
- Previous industry related experience
- Financial acumen
- Inwards and Outwards Logistics/Procurement skills
- Merchandising principles
- Preferably have knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Act
Description
- Checking reports
- Check cost of Stock-outs
- Manage Supplier returns
- Keep Cycle Counter up to date
- Validate stock variances
- Negative Stock clearance
- Maintain Bin Locations
- Investigate bad risk stock
- Stock take
- Run no stock, no demand report
- Run Deletion reports
- Ensure Existing Stock are binned
- Monitor stock performance
- Provide Variance Data to Operator
- Providing the Operator with stock variance data for the 8 weeks cycle every month
Requirements
- Grade 12
- 3 years stock control experience, alternatively
- Certificate in Retailing (NQF 5), or
- Certificate in Retail Operations Management (NQF 5)
- if no certificate then at least 3 of the following skills programmes
- Explain the factors that impact on the bottom line of a W&R unit
- Supervise implementation of loss control measures
- Supervise stock counts
- Replenish stock in a retail business
- Manage stock holding procedure in a wholesale and retail outlet
- Pick stock in a distribution centre
- Move, pack and maintain stock
- Receive stock into a distribution centre
- Count stock for a stock-take
- Dispatch stock from a distribution centre
Description
- Customer/Client service
- Build product awareness
- Identify new business opportunities
- Client Queries Resolution
- Maintain Product Knowledge
- Keeping up with Industry trends and Competitors
- Manage client relationships
- Manage Sales efficiencies
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in a sales, marketing, and field
- Relevant industry knowledge and experience
- Relevant tertiary qualification in a sales, marketing, and/or technical field will be advantageous
- Must have a valid driver’s license
Description
- Provide customers with orders
- Assist with loading and offloading of Vehicles
- Pack yard stock items
- Cleaning and Safekeeping of vehicles
- Provide assistance to customers and suppliers
- Complete Wash Bay activities
- Customer Service
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Product knowledge
Description
- Customer service
- Housekeeping
- Postage
- Replenishing of refreshments
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- 2 Years relevant experience
Description
- Payroll Admin
- Employee Relations
- Training Administration
- Recruitment and Induction
- General HR Admin
- Petty Cash and Stationery Management
- Manage Sundry Suppliers
- Customer Service
- Store Vehicles administration
- Plascon point of sale
- Store Queries resolution
- Opening and Closing of the store
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- 3-4 years’ experience in a similar role
- Previous supervisory/management skills required
- Bookkeeping certificate or equivalent administration certificate would be an advantage
- Basic computer skills
Description
- Conducting Cold Calls to new customers
- Attaining monthly Sales Budgets
- Follow up on orders and Quotations
- Resolve customer queries
- Manage Admin function
- Perform Sales and Customer Satisfaction function
- Advice customers
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture\
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Minimum of 5 years’ of selling experience
- Basic computer skills
Description
- Provide customers with orders
- Assist with loading and offloading of Vehicles
- Pack yard stock items
- Cleaning and Safekeeping of vehicles
- Provide assistance to customers and suppliers
- Complete Wash Bay activities
- Customer Service
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Product knowledge
Description
- Maintain Stock levels
- Attend to Customer requirements
- Customer Queries resolution
- Managing the delivery of customer goods
- Manage Admin function
- Orders
- Manage Non-stock items quotations
- Meet Deliveries deadlines
- Customer service
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- 3 year’s retail sales experience, in building/construction environment
Description
- Provide customers with orders
- Assist with loading and offloading of Vehicles
- Pack yard stock items
- Cleaning and Safekeeping of vehicles
- Provide assistance to customers and suppliers
- Complete Wash Bay activities
- Customer Service
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Product knowledge
Description
- Ensuring that the store is binned
- Counting of Locations
- Stock investigations
- Ensure Standards and Protocol adherence
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- 2 years’ related experience
Description
- Greeting the customer
- Ringing up purchases and accepting payments
- Issuing accurate receipts
- Balancing the till
- Public Relations
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Must be proficient in English
- Must be able to work retail hours including weekends and public holidays
- Must be helpful and polite
- Building Material Product knowledge will be an advantage
- 2 – 3 years cashier experience will be an advantage
- Basic computer skills
Description
- Maintain Stock levels
- Attend to Customer requirements
- Customer Queries resolution
- Managing the delivery of customer goods
- Manage Admin function
- Orders
- Manage Non-stock items quotations
- Meet Deliveries deadlines
- Customer service
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- 3 year’s retail sales experience, in building/construction environment
Description
- Greeting the customer
- Ringing up purchases and accepting payments
- Issuing accurate receipts
- Balancing the till
- Public Relations
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Must be proficient in English
- Must be able to work retail hours including weekends and public holidays
- Must be helpful and polite
- Building Material Product knowledge will be an advantage
- 2 – 3 years cashier experience will be an advantage
- Basic computer skills
Description
- Provide customers with orders
- Assist with loading and offloading of Vehicles
- Pack yard stock items
- Cleaning and Safekeeping of vehicles
- Provide assistance to customers and suppliers
- Complete Wash Bay activities
- Customer Service
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Product knowledge
Description
- Manage Switchboard
- Receiving of Incoming Calls
- Message taking
- Greeting visitors and customers
- Handling customer queries/problems
- Maintaining Equipment
- General Administration
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- At least one year’s experience as Receptionist
- Preferably 1-2 years switchboard prior experience
- Basic computer skills
Description
- Document all Stock Items
- Offloading materials
- Goods received verification
- Maintain Safety Procedures
- Customer Service
- Ensure stock rotation
- Loss Control management
- Housekeeping/Health and Safety
- Team Management
- Checking forklifts
- Physically checking stock
- Report any discrepancies
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- 3 years’ relevant experience
- Building Materials product knowledge Recommended Qualifications
- Forklift / Drivers licence
- Multilingual
- Health & safety training
- Relevant system/product knowledge
Description
- Manage Profitability
- Planning and Budgeting
- Procurement, stock control and merchandising
- Maintain Stock variances
- Financial Management
- Customer Service
- Accountable for day-to-day operations
- Operational analysis
- People Management
- Legislative compliance and corporate governance
- To uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Preferably a commerce bachelor’s degree / or equivalent experience
- Preferably Financial or Management diploma
- 5-10 years retail experience
- Minimum of 3 years’ in a junior-mid level management position
- Previous industry related experience
- Financial acumen
- Inwards and Outwards Logistics/Procurement skills
- Merchandising principles
- Preferably have knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Act
Description
- Responsible for the accurate recording, reconciliation and control of fixed assets for the TBCo Group, to ensure compliance with TBCo policy and procedures, support audit process and integrity of the fixed asset ledger..
- Recording of fixed assets and ledger management
- Reconciliation of fixed assets and preparation of movement schedules for accounting and tax purposes
- Control the movement of fixed assets across the group
- Reporting and analysis
- Compliance and risk management
- Projects
- Policies and Procedures
- Uphold and promote the company values and culture
Requirements
- Matric (Grade 12)
- B Compt (Hons) with articles (preferred)
- Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience, preferably managing assets across multiple locations
- Knowledge of IFRS and South African tax legislation relating to fixed assets
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