Johannes Nkwana
Senior Branch Manager
Soshanguve
Summary
Retail Branch Manager directing perishable and service departments with a focus on supplier negotiation, handling 3–5 supplier pricing or availability discussions per week, 31+ weekly promotional pricing updates, stock availability, and waste control. Sends 16+ operational reports per month while keeping ranges correct for customers. Improves trading consistency through disciplined ordering, stocktake control, and pricing checks before store opening.
Overview
3
3
Languages
16
16
Certifications
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Branch Manager
Boxer Superstore
02.2017 - 01.2026
- Reference: Edoh Banda
- Position:Regional Manager
- Contacts:0791225377
Fresh Manager/ Assistant Store Manager
Cambridge Food
01.2012 - 01.2017
- Ordering and receiving of all perishable and service department stock according to the rate of sales
- Managed wastage and shrinkage to optimize inventory levels
- Ensure all products are placed according to the rate of sales
- Ensure all products have correct GPs and pricing are right
- Handling customers complaints and Queries
- Maintaining the standard of hygien and Cleanliness
- Opening and closing of store
- Ensured timely completion of weekly stock takes for service department
- Making sure that range and stock is right for all service department for the customers
- Merchandising and presentation of the whole service department and perishable
- Liaised with suppliers on promotions, pricing, and stock availability to enhance product offerings
- Doing stuff scheduling with the heads of the service departments
- Ensure all invoices are processed and graved daily
- All claims are finalized
- Ensure cash-ups are in order and money is dropped before going home on store closing and in the morning is collected by cash-in-transit
- Ensure promotional schedule is done
- And promotion is loaded, prices are correct before store opening in the morning
- Sending daily, weekly, monthly report to the ROM (Regional Operation Manager)
- Reference: Warren Van Wyk (HR Manager) Tel 084 818 6445 / 011 479 5600; Vincent Mugeri (Branch Manager) Tel 082 800 8036 / 011 875 9948
- Reason for leaving: Joined the Boxer group as Branch Manager
Departmental manager and fresh manager
Alex Super spar
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Managing the Butchery, Fruits and Veg, Bakery take-aways and Perishable
- Ordering of Stocks of all the service departments including Perishable
- Controlling wastage and shrinkage
- Conducting the weekly stocktaking for all service department
- Making sure suppliers do deliver according to their schedule and time
- Handling customers complaints and Queries
- Outsource staff training
- Reference: Amos Lekwatsipa Tel 011 887 2775/ 082 973 4842; James Zwane Tel 011 887 2775/078 452 4068
Branch Manager
Meat and Chicken Butchery
01.2001 - 01.2007
- Ordering of stock & Controlling Sales
- Cashing up tills
- Receiving of stock and doing weekly Stocktake
- Opening and closing the store
- Ensure all orders are made according to the product rate of sale
- Doing the Store Scheduling according to the need of the business
- Management of wastage and shrinkage
- Sending daily weekly and monthly report to my regional operation executive
- Making sure the range is right and available on time for customers
- Dealing/ communicating with suppliers and making deals for good prices for the company
- Controlling wastage and shrinkage
- Conducting the weekly stocktaking for all service department
- Making sure suppliers do deliver according to their schedule and time
- Handling customers complaints and Queries
- Outsource staff training
- Reason for Leaving: Resigned and joined Spar group
- Contacted Johannes Langeni at 011 905 4347 or 0694941674 for inquiries.
Branch Manager
Ratanama Butchery
01.1995 - 01.2001
- Ordering of stock & Controlling Sales
- Cashing up tills
- Receiving of stock and doing weekly Stocktake
- Opening and closing the store
- Ensure all orders are according to the product rate of sale
- Doing the Store Scheduling according to the need of the business
- Management of wastage and shrinkage
- Reason for Leaving: Moved to another branch(Meat and chicken)
- Reference: Esther Matome Tel (012) 799 6115/072 356 5124
Education
High School Diploma -
Mfanle High School
North WestSkills
Stock ordering
Stocktaking
Cash-up balancing
Wastage control
Shrinkage control
Store scheduling
Supplier liaison
Customer complaint handling
Staff training
Merchandising & display
Point-of-sale systems
Microsoft Excel
Inventory management software
Loss prevention procedures
Sales forecasting
Budget management
Performance reporting
Vendor contract management
Training program development
Payroll administration
Food safety certification
Retail management certification
Certification
Senior Certificate / Senior Sertifikaat
Training
- Discipline & Performance Management
- Food Hygiene for Food Handlers Course
- Arch & SOP course in Receiving & Returns
- Bakery Management
PERSONAL DETAILS
- Surname: Nkwana
- First Names: Johannes
- Date of Birth: 10 December 1975
- Id Number: 751210 5832 080
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Married
- Home Language: Venda
- Other languages: English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Tsonga and N.Sotho
- Health Status: Excellent
- Dependants: 3
- Driver’s License: Code 10 (C1)
CONTACT DETAILS
- Residential & Postal Address: 913 Block T, Soshanguve 0152
- Contact Number: 060 702 7372 / 0739660104
Timeline
Branch Manager
Boxer Superstore
02.2017 - 01.2026
Fresh Manager/ Assistant Store Manager
Cambridge Food
01.2012 - 01.2017
Departmental manager and fresh manager
Alex Super spar
01.2007 - 01.2012
Branch Manager
Meat and Chicken Butchery
01.2001 - 01.2007
Branch Manager
Ratanama Butchery
01.1995 - 01.2001
High School Diploma -
Mfanle High School