Intermediate Test Analyst (Planning and Merchandising) at Shoprite Group of Companies

Purpose of the Job    

• To perform functional and non-functional testing for the implementation of:
• Successful business solutions (new and changed applications / functionality), Defect fixes,
• System enhancements,
• End-to-end, systems integration and regression testing,
• Regression testing (this will be for changes to systems or business products) and fixes for incidents,
• Non-functional testing such as performance-related and security-related testing.

This role identifies and defines the required test scenarios and/or test cases, coordinates the execution of testing inclusive of functional hand-over points, monitors detailed testing progress and results in each test cycle and evaluates the overall quality. The test analyst verifies and validates that the intended solution meets stated requirements, expected outcomes and specifications that guided its design and development, and that they work as expected. Testing includes integration to non-SAP, external systems.
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Job Category    

• IT

Job Objectives    

• Test Planning.
• Test scenario and/or test case preparation, construction and review.
• Test prerequisites compilation (dependencies, access, environment, data).
• Test execution, recording and defect logging.
• Maintain testing that conforms to the TCoE quality standards framework with a high level of accuracy.
• Test status updates and reporting.
• Test closure activities.

Qualifications    

• Formal Education Grade 12
• Diploma or Degree qualified (IT or related technical)
• Formal software testing training (e.g. ISTQB, ISEB)
• Specific: SAP Materials Management (MM) Certification or working experience

Experience    

• Manual testing experience
• SQL experience
• Test Tools experience (ALM QC, Jira, etc).
• Testing in a Retail sector
• SAP Integration with external systems such as BambooRose, B2B, MQ
• SAP Materials Management (MM)experience
• JDA Forecasting, ASR, AWR experience.

SAP Purchasing / Materials Management (Decent understanding of SAP purchasing modules is required with experience in the testing of SAP Local and Import Procurement. Experience in Stores and Distribution Centre procurement processes.)
SAP Retail & Purchasing cross-functional experience
SAPIRT330 Planning Purchasing and Merchandise Distribution OR SAPIRT Function Overview in SAP for Retail
SAP Master Data Management
SAP Stores, Distribution Centre and Retail cross-functional experience

SAP Warehouse Management and Logistics
Understanding of WM processes in SAP.
Configuration of SAP WM or EWM module.
Integration of different modules with MM (i.e. MM/SD)
Any other modules would be advantageous
Prior SAP (integrated) implementation experience.

SAP Stores Knowledge
Decent understanding of SAP Store modules is required
with experience in the testing of SAP POS.
Experience in Front-end Fiori application.

SAP HANA knowledge
Experience working on HANA would be advantageous
Understand how to find tables, view data in those tables
Understand how to find views, validate the output of a view, troubleshoot data in the view.

Testing in an Agile environment
SAP GTS experience
Automated testing tool experience

• Experience of testing using test management tools such as ALM/QC
• Experience in HPE Unified Functional Testing (UFT), Neoload & Load Runner.
• Experience of testing using an automated test tool such as QC and QTP/Selenium/UFT or any other.
• Thorough knowledge of structured test methods and processes.
• Proven experience of testing complex user interfaces.
• Excellent understanding of testing concepts and the role of QA within Agile development methodology / Scrum management techniques.
• Specification of functional / non-functional test data requirements.
• Solution Manager experience - SOLMAN CHARM.

Knowledge and Skills    

• Proven experience in test requirement extraction, test preparation, execution and reporting.
• Proven experience of static testing, functional testing, system testing, end-to-end scenario testing, integration testing, regression
• testing and non-functional testing.
• Ability to apply different test design and execution techniques.
• Preparation of Data templates for various test objects.
• Integration testing with other SAP modules and external systems.
• Go-live preparation and post Go-live support.
• Root Cause Analysis of Production failure test-comebacks.

Work Requests (WRs)

• Preparing test scenarios and data for testing of WRs.
• Testing WRs and preparing test results.
• Integration with internal and external services and systems, such as:
• B2B
• ASR
• AWR
• GTS
• Trade Terms
• TradeCloud
• BambooRose
• POS Retalix
• POS DM (CAR)
• POS Integration Management (PIMS)
• Sales Central (Datarite)
• INFOR
• WMS
• SAP COR3 Retail Business Warehouse (BWRetail)
• Enterprise ETL and Data Quality Management (SAP Data
• Services)
• JDA Demand Forecasting