Junior Projects Officer - Brackenfell at Shoprite Group of Companies

Purpose of the Job    

The purpose of the Junior Projects Officer is to deliver operational enablement services and execution of various operational initiatives and projects across the group. This position supports the leadership team with coordinating activities to gather information, evaluate options and recommend solutions to operational challenges. The role works across the value-chain with a view on products, services, processes, and systems, whilst coordinating projects, conducting research, analysing, and preparing reports or communications to enable business decisions. Other areas of focus may include driving the identification and implementation of process improvements, policies, and procedures, managing relationships with various teams, and serving in an advisory capacity to leadership or other stakeholders. 

Job Objectives    

Service Excellence 

• Ensure that assigned tasks or directives given by the Senior Executive Project Officer/ Executive Project Manager are implemented and followed through. Prepare high-level problem statements, provisional action plans, stakeholder lists, and anticipated timelines in response to briefs and requests from senior leadership. Design, define, develop, and deliver a ‘fix’ plan in collaboration with other stakeholders to identify connections, opportunities or specific aspects requiring remedial action or improvement. 

Recommendations, Reporting and Insights  

• Utilise applicable data driven approaches to support feedback, inputs, insights and recommendations that enable decision making. Utilise data to create and support feasibility models - forecasts, ROI and break-even analysis scenarios etc. Apply data analytics, data visualization, and data modelling techniques and technologies to transform data into valuable insights that drive business and customer value. 

Operational Project Delivery 

• Develop workable short- and long-term informal approaches and outputs to frame the problem statement, identified activities, roles and responsibilities, timeline, and primary milestones for operational ad hoc requests. Take ownership of all engagements, ensuring that discussions points, and stakeholder inputs are captured and incorporated into decision making. Ensure all project and related support deliverables are achieved in line with time, cost and quality criteria. 

Collaboration 

• Identify connections between various areas and leverage functional area capabilities to align, inform and improve outcomes and delivery to our customers. Identify connections between various areas and leverage value chain capabilities (products, services, processes and systems) to align, inform and improve outcomes and delivery to our customers. 

Qualifications    

• Diploma, degree in Finance, Business Science, Information Science, Engineering or equivalent - (preferred). 

Experience    

• +1year experience in an operational project, finance or data analyst capacity within the FMCG, retail sector - (essential). 

Knowledge and Skills    

• Strong proficiency in MS Office 365 with advanced Excel skills – (essential). 
• Exposure to both RSA and Africa operations - (highly beneficial) 
• Strong analytical knowledge, including experience working with analytical models, with a demonstrated ability to extract appropriate data to convey complex information and financial analysis using supporting tables, graphs and other visual representations - (essential).