Applications Open for the Mr Price Foundation JumpStart Professional Retail Programme

Applications Open for the Mr Price Foundation JumpStart Professional Retail Programme. The training is based in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

Build Your Professional Retail Career

Designed by retailers, the Professional Retail Programme (PRP) builds merchants of the future. An eight-month graduate internship, it equips graduates for specialized entry-level roles in the retail world.  Graduates learn the key roles and responsibilities of the retail value chain; and how these add value to business and consumers. The internship is delivered through a cloud-based learning platform and a combination of classroom, self-study and group project work, along with four months of hands-on work experience in selected retail environments.

What Will You Learn?

• Foundational skills
• Introduction to the world of retail
• The macro retail environment
• Strategy
• Retail product development
• Managing trade – support centre
• Managing trade – operations
• Customer engagement
• The retail business system
• Product and pipeline
• The merchandise cycle and achieving results
• Trading for merchants
• Trading for retailers

Basic Requirements

• Must be a South African citizen
• Must be aged between 18-33 years
• Must be unemployed
• Have no criminal record
• Have a diploma or degree, or a final year student, in any of the following:
  • B.Com,
  • Operations Management,
  • Management or Business Management,
  • Business Science,
  • Retail Management,
  • Graphic Design,
  • Fashion Design,
  • Clothing Management
  • Or other retail related qualifications.

How to Apply

Click HERE to begin your application process

Closing Date: Not specified.