GM: Supply Chain Pricing and Analytics at Nando's

Job Description    

Accountable for reporting and management of the pricing and analytics function with Nandos SA supply chain, to enable and support insight and analytics to key stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements    

• BCom degree or equivalent NQF level 7 qualification in Finance/ Statistics/ Economics/ Supply Chain Management
• Driver’s License and Own vehicle 
• 4 – 7 years experience as a Head of Financial/Business Analytics or Customer Insight Manager, in relevant industry

Knowledge

• Knowledge of corporate reporting (Advanced)
• Knowledge of a financial reporting software packages i.e. SAP/Sage (Advanced)
• Financial modelling skills (Advanced)
• Microsoft Office skills (Advanced)

Presentation preparation skills (Advanced)

• Analytical Skills (Advanced)
• Planning skills (Advanced)
• Strategic thinking (Advanced)
• Process Management (Advanced)
• Oral and written skills (Intermediate) 

Duties and Responsibilities    

Operations and Financial Modelling (Pricing)

• Maintain a financial model that allows for the provision of cost and income estimates within levels of certainty and effective monitoring, forecasting and control of the financial limits of the department
• Maintain and develop departmental dashboards, manually as well as part of automated system reporting
• Provide insights to business to address operational issues
• Build relationships with key stakeholders in order to gather category requirements and specifications from departments and category experts
• Participate in modelling long-term and medium-term scenarios as needed by the department
• Ensure Supply Chain governance
• Oversee the management of My Inventory database
• Support the completion of the Logistics and Category plans
• Conduct ad-hoc analyses of projects
• Oversee filing and safeguarding of records within area of responsibility and back up all data captured on management systems
• Provide relevant support to internal stakeholders
• Participate in various projects on an ad-hoc basis, such as relevant analysis and other strategic recommendations

Data Analysis

• Conduct data analysis and provide business analysis support to the Supply Chain department
• Proactively identify business trends through analysis of Supply Chain data
• Capture data accurately and regularly onto the Supply Chain database to facilitate access to reliable data and reporting for trend analysis and decision making

Perform general data maintenance  

• Record Management, Reporting and Presentation
• Develop and distribute reports on relevant data and information to management teams to enable reliable business decision-making
• Develop standard reporting packs and dashboards focusing on delivering insights that support business decisions
• Generate financial reports in conjunction with the Head of Logistics and Head of Commercial/Procurement
• Create high quality, professional presentations for Senior Management positions
• Manage business intelligence system to provide management reports to key stakeholders

People Management

• Actively manage the performance and potential of the pricing specialist, providing coaching, mentorship and leadership to support problem solving, assess productivity and recommend changes where required
• Create an engaged and motivated workforce by establishing an environment that fosters collaboration through effective communication, trust, enjoyment, wellbeing, learning and development