Value Delivery Senior Analyst at Woolworths

Introduction

To facilitate all data related aspects of the onboarding of new suppliers to the Cost of Goods Management way of working.

Job description

• Facilitate all data related aspects of the onboarding process for new suppliers
• Own the Woolworths relationship with the designated data SME at each supplier during onboarding
• Guide the buyer team and supplier through the data requirements & purpose/intent during initial engagements.
• Assess supplier data availability and samples, workshop observations & agree scope, content, frequency etc with buyer & supplier.
• Document conversion rules used per supplier (i.e. BOM quantity conversions, yield alignment, import exchange rates, matching of costs into cost build buckets etc.).
• Sign off sample BOM conversion with buyer & supplier
• Transition supplier to ‘BAU’ & facilitate handover of responsibilities
• Brief in all learnings and decisions taken during onboarding which are related to a supplier’s data to the Value Delivery Support Specialist & Master Data Administrator.
• Work with the Support Specialists to set up each new file and pre-populate it for the relevant department/supplier intersect.
• Conduct initial trainings on file use and capturing, demo for and support the buyer & supplier with initial file use.
• Review the completed file on first submission and hand over to the Support Specialist to take forward.
• Transition supplier to 'BAU’ and ensure a smooth handover. 

Minimum requirements

• Relevant commercial degree/diploma.
• Minimum of 3 years Business Analysis experience, preferably across multiple disciplines/domains.
• Strong Excel capability (VLOOKUP’s, tables, power query links, intermediate mathematical formulas, conditional formatting, validations, pivots & slicers, graphs etc.).
• Experience with facilitation & training, coordinating and conducting of demonstrations, workshops, review sessions etc.
• Proven experience engaging with multi-level stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• Able to critically analyse an unfamiliar dataset against a required standard and identify true gaps, overlaps, options to convert & areas for confirmation/query.
• Working knowledge of relevant methodology and tools e.g. Process modelling tools, project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile etc.).
• Prior experience with data integration, particularly between separate organisations.
• Prior experience in manufacturing preferred, particularly specs, BOMs, and procurement.
• Prior experience with raw materials and/or packaging preferred.
• Self-organising & proactive, able to drive own progress along pre-set process steps with SLAs.

COMPETENCIES:

• Attention to Detail 
• Completes tasks with a meticulous attention to detail.
• Delivers work consistently achieves a high level of accuracy.
• Designs quality checks for own work according to a good understanding of the expected deliverable and where errors might occur, carries out these quality checks on own work consistently.
• Actively engages peers to support with a secondary review to ensure quality on critical elements.
• Handles areas of ambiguity by proactively involving peers & seniors for clarity, to avoid reworks resulting from misinterpretation.