JD Group is recruiting for the 2023 Graduate Internship Programme 2023
Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
This program’s major goal is to develop young, motivated, and high-performing graduates who will bring their potential to the organisation.
We are looking for young, vibrant and passionate graduates to be employed on a 12 month Wholesale & Retail SETA funded learnership.
These individuals will play an exciting role in our growth journey while growing their careers in the JD Group – one of South Africa’s largest wholesale and retail group.
Job Description
The primary aim of this opportunity is to develop young, motivated and high performing graduates who will infuse their talent into the organization.
The graduates will be given structured learning and workplace experience.
Key Responsibilities (but not limited to):
- Required to attend all on-boarding / induction programmes and meetings which provide information about different functions of the company
- Execute duties as required, under the supervision of senior employees
- Perform research and document trends within the various functions of the company such as for instance new technology that can be implemented, best practices, etc.
- Visit different locations / stores in order to get hands on working experience
- Make presentations on the basis of which he or she may be evaluate
*Applicants should not have participated in any SETA programme before
We require graduates with the following qualifications:
- Marketing Management degree
- Business Management / Business Administration degree
- Human Resource Management/Industrial Psychology degree
- B Com Financial Management
- B Com Law / Economics
- Digital Marketing relevant degree
- BSc / B Com Software Engineering
- IT Project Administration / Project Management degree
- IT information systems / Business information Technology degree
- Graduates from TVET Colleges and HET Institution within the retail and retail sector
To be successful in our organisation, the following abilities and competencies are required:
- Ability to learn quickly
- Innovative thinking and creativity
- Resilience and adaptability
- Ability to take initiative
- Critically analyse information and use judgement to make decisions
- Ability to work well independently as well as in a team environment
- Ability to build and maintain working relationships
- High standard of work ethic
- Good presentation skills as well as having strong written and verbal communication
- The understanding and ability to enhance customer services
JD Group provides value-conscious mass-market customers in Southern Africa the opportunity and means to create a comfortable lifestyle, through its diversified retail and consumer finance businesses.
We are a differentiated and diversified retailer of Furniture, Household appliances, Consumer electronic and technology goods. In addition, we are a leading consumer finance business providing innovative financial services focusing on JD Group’s retail customer base.
JD Group is proud to be part of Pepkor Holdings Limited. Pepkor and JD Group share similar values, such as delivering value to the African consumer.
