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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.

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