{"id":36292,"date":"2026-05-20T16:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/graduate-placement-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:02:47","slug":"graduate-placement-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/graduate-placement-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Placement Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Ackermans we help our graduates find their feet and future direction. Energetic, ambitious, and qualified young graduates can look forward to a phenomenal learning experience.<\/p>\n<p>Hands-on experience in a thriving retail business will give you the opportunity to:<\/p>\n<p>\tBe exposed to the Retail industry<br \/>\n\tExplore your interests and gain working knowledge of future career possibilities.<br \/>\n\tDevelop your work ethic and corporate brand.<br \/>\n\tBuild relationships that will stand your future in good stead.<br \/>\n\tFill your toolkit with skills to equip you for your career.<\/p>\n<p>Based on your qualification and department you are interested in, you have the opportunity to gain exposure to in the following functional areas:<\/p>\n<p>\tData &amp; Technology: Data Analytics, Systems (Based in Kuils River)<br \/>\n\tOperations Support: Systems, CAD (Based in Kuils River)<br \/>\n\tBuying (Based in Kuils River)<br \/>\n\tCommercial (Based in Kuils River)<br \/>\n\tPlanning (Based in Kuils River)<br \/>\n\tMarketing: 1x Advertising (Financial Services &amp; Cellular) and 1x Creative Studio (Based in Kuils River)<br \/>\n\tHuman Resources: HR Information Systems, Training &amp; Development, Recruitment, Culture (Based in Kuils River)<\/p>\n<p>Successful Attributes<\/p>\n<p>\tAn assertive self-starter with the ability to work well within a team.<br \/>\n\tGood organizational and planning abilities<br \/>\n\tExcellent communication skills<br \/>\n\tSound administrative skills<br \/>\n\tFlexible and tenacious with the ability to thrive under pressure.<br \/>\n\tGood learning orientation<\/p>\n<p>Qualification and level of experience required<\/p>\n<p>\tA completed qualification relevant to the placement you are applying for.<br \/>\n\tNo prior full time work experience in your field of study.<\/p>\n<p>T&amp;C\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>\tSouth African citizenship<br \/>\n\tOn site (Ackermans Support Centre: Cape Town)<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website ( http:\/\/www.ackermans.co.za\/ ) or<\/p>\n<p>careers.ackermans.co.za<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/careers.ackermans.co.za","_company_name":"Ackermans","_company_website":"http:\/\/www.ackermans.co.za\/","_company_tagline":"The Ackermans story goes back as far as 1916, when Gus Ackerman opened the first store in Wynberg in Cape Town. His vision for the store was to create a place where customers could find great products at fantastic prices, which is exactly what Ackermans became. Ackermans was, subsequently, bought... read more by the Pepkor Group in 1986. Today, there are more than 850 Ackermans stores in 5 countries, making us a leading value fashion retailer for the whole family \u2013 continuously setting the standard for value and affordability. With a wide selection of fashion for ladies, kids, babies, and men, as well as homeware, cellular, and key financial products, we\u2019ll keep bringing value to your life every day. Our purpose at Ackermans is: Bringing Value to Life, and it lies at the heart of everything we do, whether it\u2019s to the lives of our customers and employees, or to the wider community and value retailing as a whole. The secret to our success is simple \u2013 people. Hiring people who love what they do, and giving them every opportunity to shine. In fact, at Ackermans we\u2019re so committed to this philosophy that we\u2019ve named our staff members Phadimas \u2013 which means \u2018shine\u2019 in Northern Sotho. Every day, each of our employees is encouraged to shine, reach for the stars and take each other, and the Ackermans brand, to new heights of achievement and success. We firmly believe that the future of our company rests in the hands of the people we employ. As such, every new Ackermans Phadima is put through a rigorous selection process and chosen with the greatest of care. This process ensures that each new Phadima is a perfect fit for our company culture, and will thrive in our environment of encouragement, motivation and inspiration. If you feel that this is an environment that you could succeed in, we\u2019d love for you to join us. View our current vacancies, and we could soon be welcoming you on-board as our newest Ackermans Phadima 4 Produksie St, Kuilsriver Industrial Cape Town 7580","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[15],"job-types":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-36292","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-western-cape","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/36292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=36292"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=36292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}