About this role
Requisition Details and Talent Acquisition Contact
REQ ID: 148319 - Michelle Thabethe
Location: Sandton
Cluster: GMCA - VIBE
Closing date: 27 October 2026
Job Family
Investment Banking
## Career Stream
Advisory
## Leadership Pipeline
Manage Self: Professional
## Job Purpose
Accountable for an integrated Corporate Wear and Brand Shop ecosystem that delivers against business requirements while strengthening employee experience, brand consistency, supplier performance, and the sustainable, future-fit expression of the Nedbank brand.
Responsible for the strategic operationalisation, performance and continuous evolution of Nedbank’s Corporate Wear and Brand Shop portfolios. The role ensures that people, suppliers, products, and service delivery collectively enable a consistent, inclusive, commercially responsible and future-fit expression of the Nedbank brand across employee clothing and branded merchandise.
Key Outcomes
• Effective execution of the Corporate Wear and Brand Shop strategies across the Group.
• Consistent application of Nedbank Corporate Identity principles - as it related to clothing, apparel, and branded merchandise.
• A Corporate Wear offering and Brand Shop experience that strengthens employee experience, inclusivity, brand alignment, and a unified Nedbank image.
• High-performing supplier relationships supported by effective governance, performance management, and quarterly Value Team engagements.
• Corporate Wear Managers enabled to achieve agreed business plans, service levels and portfolio objectives.
• Future-fit clothing and merchandise solutions informed by business needs, industry developments, and changing employee requirements.
• Effective procurement and supplier value-chain management that protects continuity, quality, value, and the Nedbank brand.
Key Accountabilities
Strategy Execution and Portfolio Management
• Enable and drive the strategic objectives for Corporate Wear and Brand Shop services across the Group, translating strategic priorities into operational plans and measurable outcomes that strengthen Nedbank’s Employer Brand and Brand Experience.
• Lead the operational performance of the Corporate Wear and Brand Shop portfolios, ensuring effective service delivery, governance, commercial discipline, and continuous improvement.
• Drive the ongoing evolution of clothing, apparel, and merchandise offerings to ensure they remain relevant to Nedbank’s business, employees and brand ambitions.
Brand and Product Enablement
• Ensure Corporate Wear, clothing designs, merchandise, and related products appropriately translate Nedbank Corporate Identity principles into tangible brand applications.
• Ensure Corporate Wear contributes to an inclusive and unified employee image, aligned to Nedbank’s Corporate Identity and Employee Value Proposition while recognising the diverse needs of employees and business environments.
• Guide the development and adaptation of apparel and merchandise solutions to maintain a contemporary, relevant, and consistent expression of the Nedbank brand.
• Ensure samples are evaluated, reviewed, and approved by Brand Exco and relevant business, where bespoke and adapted designs are applied.
Supplier and Value-Chain Performance
• Lead Corporate Wear and Brand Shop supplier relationships and performance, ensuring suppliers deliver against agreed service, quality, delivery, commercial and operational requirements.
• Lead Weekly/Monthly operational engagements and Quarterly Value Team engagements between Nedbank and key suppliers to review performance, priorities, risks, opportunities, and required interventions.
• Drive Procurement requirements relating to changes within the supplier value chain, supporting continuity of supply while mitigating operational, commercial and brand risk.
People and Business Enablement
• Provide strategic and operational leadership to Corporate Wear Managers, enabling delivery against agreed business plans, portfolio objectives, and service expectations.
• Establish and continuously strengthen the Corporate Wear and Brand Shop service culture through ongoing engagement with business leadership and key stakeholders.
• Ensure business needs, service challenges and emerging requirements are understood, addressed, and communicated effectively to support a responsive Corporate Wear and Brand Shop service.
Future-Fit Planning and Risk Management
• Lead forward-looking planning informed by developments in the textile, clothing, and garment-production industries to ensure Corporate Wear and Brand Shop approach remains future-fit, practical and appropriate to its operating environment.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the diverse needs of businesses and employees across Nedbank, translating these into relevant product and service solutions.
• Proactively identify and address product, supplier, service, and operational risks that could negatively affect employee experience, Nedbank’s Brand Identity or public brand perception.
Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
3–5 years’ relevant experience, with demonstrated experience in at least two of the following areas:
• Operational or portfolio management
• Retail clothing, apparel, textiles and/or promotional merchandise
• People management and team leadership
• Supplier and vendor management
Key competencies:
• Strong operational and commercial acumen
• Knowledge of retail, apparel, textiles and/or merchandise environments
• Supplier relationship and performance management
• People leadership and stakeholder management
• Strategic planning and execution
• Brand and Corporate Identity application
• Results orientation, problem-solving and sound decision-making
Behavioural Competencies
- Applied Learning
- Building Customer Loyalty
- Communication
- Collaborating
- Decision Making
- Managing Work
- Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
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Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566