Ackermans
Avinash George is an experienced operations leader currently serving as the General Manager of Operations at Ackermans since July 2022. Prior to this role, Avinash held various positions at Clicks Group from November 2018 to July 2022, including Operations Manager for Pharmacy and Retail, and was a member of the Clicks Group Transformation Forum. Avinash's earlier experience includes management roles at Edcon from March 2012 to November 2018 and a Learning and Development Manager position at Shoprite/Checkers Group from March 2008 to February 2012. Additionally, Avinash has experience in human resources and education, having worked as an HR Consultant and part-time lecturer at Nelson Mandela University. Avinash holds a Senior Manager Development Programme degree in Strategy from Stellenbosch Business School and a B-Tech in Human Resource Management from Nelson Mandela University. Further professional development includes ongoing education at Assessment College of SA and Team Consultants.
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Ackermans
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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 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 – 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’ll 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’s 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 – people. Hiring people who love what they do, and giving them every opportunity to shine. In fact, at Ackermans we’re so committed to this philosophy that we’ve named our staff members Phadimas – which means ‘shine’ 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’d love for you to join us. View our current vacancies, and we could soon be welcoming you on-board as our newest Ackermans Phadima!