Truworths Buyer Training Programme


Advertiser: Truworths
Location: Cape Town

Location: Cape Town

Overview: A Trainee Buyer lives, breathes, eats and sleeps fashion. As part of a dynamic buying and planning team at our Cape Town Head Office you will be trained to take on the challenge of giving our customers the look they want.

A tertiary qualification in fashion design (or a related qualification or experience) plus creative flair, a commercial eye, excellent organisational ability, well developed interpersonal skills and an absolute passion for fashion are essentials for success in this career.

Key Responsibilities:
- Creative and conceptual input
- Product design and construction
- Combine trend information with commercial awareness
- Constant product analysis
- Optimising relationships with suppliers

Key Requirements:
- Creative qualification
- Preferably fashion degree / diploma

*Please attach all Further Education and Tertiary Education results with your application.

Closing date: Not indicated in advert

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.