Multi-brand Southern African retailer with finance and insurance arms
Pepkor Lifestyle operates a portfolio of six retail brands across furniture, electronics, and home goods in Southern Africa, backed by in-house consumer finance and insurance. The tech stack reveals enterprise-grade retail infrastructure (SAP, Adobe Commerce, Snowflake, Redshift) paired with emerging CDP adoption (Amperity) and logistics optimization—reflecting a shift toward unified customer data and supply-chain efficiency. Sales-dominated hiring (120 roles) with concentrated eCommerce and compliance projects signals growth execution against inventory and profitability headwinds.
Notable leadership hires: E-Commerce Lead
Pepkor Lifestyle is a public company headquartered in Sandton, South Africa, serving price-conscious consumers across Southern Africa through six retail brands (Incredible, HiFiCorp, Rochester, Bradlows, Russells, Sleepmasters) in furniture, electronics, and appliances. The company operates integrated retail, consumer finance (Connect Financial Solutions), and insurance (Abacus Insurance) divisions. With 10,001+ employees and active operations across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Eswatini, and the United States, Pepkor runs a complex supply chain spanning inventory management, eCommerce fulfillment, and multi-channel customer engagement.
Pepkor runs SAP for ERP and ABAP development, Adobe Commerce for eCommerce, Snowflake and Redshift for data warehousing, Amperity for customer data, AWS and GCP for cloud, plus SAS for analytics. Project activity includes Magento integration and WMS for logistics.
Yes. Active engineering roles number 10, with 194 total open positions across the company. Sales roles (120) dominate hiring, followed by operations (31), logistics (6), and data (5). Most positions are junior to mid-level.
Pepkor actively recruits across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and Eswatini in Southern Africa, plus the United States and Ireland internationally.
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