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The Shoprite Group of Companies, comprising several iconic brands, is the largest retailer in Africa. It started out as a group of eight grocery stores in 1979, and has grown into a technologically-advanced, continent-wide business selling items from food, liquor and medicine, to concert tickets and furniture. Today the Group is at the forefront of retail...
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Purpose of the Job
The purpose of this role is to competently write, modify, refactor, debug, troubleshoot and test new or existing systems of medium to high complexity and scale, ensuring that the code functions reliably and optimally according to Shoprite programming standards. The role works alongside the Programming team and requires specialised knowledge of programming concepts and languages to use patterns, libraries, frameworks, and processes for critical activities throughout the entire lifecycle of a solution. The role requires a solid understanding of programming concepts, frameworks, and languages to enable optimal delivery of code.
Job Objectives
Configure and create technical components and services required to deliver within required business features and frameworks
- Analyse and understand business requirements on medium to high complexity projects in the context of the current business environment in conjunction with Product Manager, Business Analysts and Solution Architects.
- Complete deliverables and develop and maintain documentation according to agreed plan throughout the software development life cycle on medium to high complexity projects and maintain source base. Understand and confirm system requirements with Systems Analyst and document accordingly.
- Create conceptual, logical, and physical solutions and write clean, scalable code on medium to high complexity projects using appropriate coding techniques, methodologies, and programming languages.
- Provide specialist technical input and identifying suitable coding solution(s) and alternatives according to organisational frameworks, development principles, and quality compliance standards and criteria that address business needs/stakeholders’ requirements, solution delivery and operations areas.
- Coordinate requirements with systems designer and other developers.
- Work within the frameworks of both waterfall SDLC and Agile (SCRUM) methodologies.
- Work independently to deliver optimal and reliable solutions and functionalities, create, and test software prototypes and develop client displays and user interfaces on medium to high complexity projects, in line with Shoprite standards.
- Work within and guide junior programmers to work within the frameworks of both waterfall SDLC and Agile (SCRUM) methodologies.
Deliver development projects and changes and manage the release process
- Provide specialist technical knowledge and advice to team, IT, and internal stakeholders.?
- Partner with stakeholders across multiple projects to ensure clear understanding of program and project goals and needs and execute on delivery requirements.?Actively participate in the success of the deployment and follow through until the production stage is reached.
- Ensure successful deployment through the respective quality gates, perform code reviews and QA changes as requested, detect critical deficiencies and recommend improvements.
- Identify, prioritise, and proactively mitigate project risks.
- Perform and guide unit testing of developed programs and functions.
- Set up and maintain technical infrastructure.
- Execute coding according to industry best practice.
Provide teams with technical input and advice and deliver continuous improvement by keeping up to date with relevant technology
- Provide specialist technical support to the development team, IT, and the business (external and internal stakeholders).?
- Research and actively share insights and information with relevant stakeholders and team to inform collaborative efforts and continuous improvement.
- Work within organisational frameworks, processes and best practices.
- Stay updated on the latest research and developments in programming and adjacent fields to ensure the latest technology, techniques and methods are always applied.?
Qualifications
- Diploma /Degree in Information Systems / B.Sc. Computer Science (or similar) - (essential)
- Associate Certification in cloud technologies - (essential)
Experience
- +4 years’ experience as a Programmer – (essential).
- Diverse and progressive experience in general software development.
- Experience of working on projects within the Software Development Life Cycle – (essential)
- Demonstrable practical knowledge and experience within Cloud- (essential).
- Experience in a retail environment - (desirable)
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Key Performance Areas include:
- Stock control
- Dispensing (under the supervision of a pharmacist)
- Administration
- Housekeeping
- Frontshop service
Qualifications
Essential:
- Qualified as a Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant.
- Registered as a Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant with the South African pharmacy council.
Experience
- Two years+ experience working in a similar role.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Customer service orientated
- Dispensing knowledge
- Knowledge of dispensing systems and ordering systems
Desirable:
- Knowledge of Retail/ FMCG operations
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Purpose of the Job
We're searching for a Pharmacy Manager to join our team at Medirite Lenasia! In this role, you will be tasked with leading a team and ensuring that the pharmacy operates seamlessly and efficiently.
Job Objectives
INDIVIDUAL
OPERATING RESULTS ACHIEVED THROUGH DELEGATED TASKS
- Pharmacy administration
- Housekeeping
- Stock control
- Customer service
- Sales
- Compliance
- Marketing campaigns
MANAGEMENT
- Operational work planning.
- Priority setting and scheduling of staff.
- Operational performance monitoring.
- People and enabling capacity management/Resourcing.
- Manage cross-functional relationships e.g. with Prescribers, Suppliers, Head Office, Store manager, and Cash office.
- Resolve escalated operational issues.
- Budget management.
LEADERSHIP
- Developing and tutoring staff, interns, and assistants.
- Motivate and discipline the team.
Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelor of Pharmacy degree/ equivalent qualification.
- Registered as a pharmacist at the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC).
Desirable
Experience
- Experience in managing staff.
- Experience working in a retail pharmacy environment.
Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of Retail operations.
- Knowledge of dispensing systems and ordering systems.
- Knowledgeable with regard to pharmacy legislation.
- Knowledge of financial management principles and systems.
- Computer literacy – MS Office skills.
- Unisolv experience.
- Marconi experience (advantageous).
- Effective conflict management skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and customer-centric skills.
- Excellent organizing and planning skills.
- High level of attention to detail.
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Purpose of the Job
The purpose of the Executive 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).
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Purpose of the Job
To assist the pharmacist with dispensing and performing pharmacy-related administrative duties at our Medirite Butterworth branch.
Key Performance Areas include:
- Stock control
- Dispensing (under the supervision of a pharmacist)
- Administration
- Housekeeping
- Frontshop service
Qualifications
Essential:
- Qualified as a Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant.
- Registered as a Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant with the South African pharmacy council.
Experience
- Two years+ experience working in a similar role.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential:
- Customer service orientated
- Dispensing knowledge
- Knowledge of dispensing systems and ordering systems
Desirable:
- Knowledge of Retail/ FMCG operations
go to method of application »
Purpose of the Job
To assist the pharmacist with dispensing and performing pharmacy-related administrative duties at our Medirite Butterworth branch.
Key Performance Areas include:
- Stock control
- Dispensing (under the supervision of a pharmacist)
- Administration
- Housekeeping
- Frontshop service
Qualifications
Essential:
- Qualified as a Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant.
- Registered as a Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant with the South African pharmacy council.
Experience
- Two years+ experience working in a similar role.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential:
- Customer service orientated
- Dispensing knowledge
- Knowledge of dispensing systems and ordering systems
Desirable:
- Knowledge of Retail/ FMCG operations
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Role Purpose
The purpose of the Data Analyst role is to leverage Shoprite’s rich data assets to provide actionable trends and insights that enable business to make sound decisions. The role works collaboratively in a cross-functional, agile team, executing a variety of complex data analytics projects, including modelling, and framing of business scenarios to solve analytical problems, performing experimental design approaches to validate findings or test hypotheses, depicting, and presenting the rationale of findings in easy-to-understand terms for business and providing consolidated business reports and dashboards. The Data Analyst is a critical thinker who applies their technical, analytical and communication skills to infer meaning from data and translate these in a concise, cohesive, and engaging story.
Role Description
- Work with business stakeholders to understand and correctly frame analysis requirements, hypotheses and questions and propose fit-for-purpose data led solutions.
- Work with business, technology and development teams and agree on the right data and application of the right analytical techniques to produce the right business insights.
- Write complex business requirements/modifications to transform data into common and graphical formats, reports, and dashboards.
- Scope, design, build and publish comprehensive and compelling dashboards, reports and analytical findings including insightful observations, commentary, and recommendations to optimise or increase the effectiveness of initiatives.
- Support with complex data related queries from business stakeholders, helping to resolve issues or enable understanding and integration of findings to unlock key insights.
- Validate datasets and reports and proactively resolve any data or metric related issues.
- Evaluate the accuracy of data sources and data gathering techniques and ensure data quality and integrity is maintained.
- Maintain documentation, user guides or training material, ensuring the same language and definitions are applied.
- Guide and support new and emerging data analysts with new and complex projects.
- Collaborate across teams and functions to fully leverage data and enable transformative insights that drive sound business decisions.
- Stay updated on developments in data analytics and adjacent fields to ensure the latest techniques and methods are applied.
- Stay updated on product and consumer trends to provide valuable insights to the buying community
Specific Inputs
- Weekly tracking of deranged stock to aggressively drive reduction of deranged stock
- Identify & track high promotional OOS (out of stock) items daily during promotion period to minimize high OOS percentages
- Create and maintain OOS dashboard to highlight items with a consistent high OOS
- Develop reporting structures for trend analysis on high OOS/lost sales categories and articles
- Develop and maintain comparative analysis on sales growth (i.e. impact of inflation)
- Summary of Core Minimum Assortment (CMA) in-stock % to drive high in-stock levels
- Provide weekly and monthly Category Growth feedback
- Summary of deranged stock performance per division (trend) and buyer
- Monthly overview PowerPoint presentation of outliers, suggestions & recommendations.
- Compile reporting and feedback for the monthly executive meeting
- Report on Price surveys and highlight gaps and opportunities on pricing, consolidate and track with buying
- Post promotional performance analysis
- Analyse market share data to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and present buying with findings and insightful observations
- Mine available data through xtra savings and Rex platforms to present buyers with compelling findings and insights
- Analyse and present buying with ranging gaps and opportunities
- Measure and report on buying key objectives and metrics
- Measure and report on key customer data to provide buying with valuable insights on basket growths and customer migration within store universe and within categories
Qualifications
- Degree or Diploma in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems / or Degree in commerce with a focus in (Accounting/Economics/Financial Management/Business management) – (essential).
Experience
- +2 years’ experience working as part of a progressive operational data team, ideally in a similar role, with proven experience developing analytics products and working with large data sets, distilling it down and shaping it in a way that informs operational improvements and decision-making – (essential).
- Working knowledge of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Excel, Power Query in Excel, Tableau, MS Power BI, Structured Query Language (SQL) – (essential).
- Experience applying analytical formula, modelling and trend forecasting of multiple data sources across systems – (essential).
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Purpose of the Job
To work within our team, helping to build out, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot our infrastructure. He/she must be equipped and able to work in a complex, dynamic, and rapidly expanding environment.
Job Objectives
- Design, prototype and build new infrastructure as per requirements
- Perform day to day support coverage of Systems
- Partner and collaborate with other IT engineers as necessary
- Manage deployments change management from environment to environment
- Evaluate the existing systems and provide the technical direction for continuous improvement
- Mentor and give support to junior system engineers
- To maintain integration endpoints in the environments (e.g., Stores)
- To manage installations, upgrades, maintenance
- To perform special requests in active environment on request
- To perform 2nd and 3rd level support
- To perform root-cause-analysis in integration system
- To timeously manage & resolve assigned incidents and requests
- Maintain and setup user accounts and access controls
- Maintain systems and infrastructure security for data safety
- Maintain backup, disaster recovery and redundancy strategies
- Maintain High Availability, Clustering and XA configuration
- Liaise with various internal IT engineers to provide support or perform new implementations and troubleshooting.
- Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
- Participate in internal and external business units' new solution implementations
- Participate and provide implementation feedback to IT Engineers, developers, and architects
- To effectively manage deployment changes, including the necessary documentation, into the DEV, INT, QA & PROD environments
- Ensure proper change control channels have been adhered to
- Manage and maintain the synchronization of all integration environments
- To provide Support to Developers, Business users and external vendors during testing
- To deploy and maintain integration solutions
- Identify redundant systems and processes within the department
- Participate in the solution design and implementation of continuous improvement of integration solutions.
- Monitor and test integration solutions performance for potential bottlenecks, identify viable solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes
- Write and maintain custom scripts to automate & increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks
- Participate in the individual development of junior system engineers
- Provide support for the development path to junior engineers
- Participate in individual development path to improve internal training
Qualifications
- Matriculation
- IT-related tertiary qualification
- Certified IBM WebSphere MQ administrator
- Linux or Windows certification
- ITIL
- DevOps
Experience
- Working with IBM ACE, MQ, including CP4I capabilities or other similar technology stacks
- Working with SQL databases
- Production and standby support
- Custom scripting
- Installation, configuration, testing and maintaining operating systems, application software and system management tools
- Incident management
- DevOps duties
- Mentoring
- Programming skills (any language)
Knowledge and Skills
- SQL Databases (MS SQL, MySQL)
- REG. NO. 1929/001817/07 (PTY) LTD
- SDLC
- Agile Methodologies (SCRUM, LEAN, Kanban, SAFE)
- System Administration (Microsoft/Linux)
- Process engineering
- Scripting
- Production Infrastructure Support
- Production Application Systems Support
- Virtualization
- LAN and WAN
- Infrastructure Security (Active Directory, Firewall, File/Folder Permissions, OS user management,
- Access Control List, TLS certificates)
- Managing DHCP, DNS, FTP, SFTP, HTTP & HTTPS
- Familiar with the TCP/IP v4 and v6 protocol, SNMP, SMTP, ICMP
- Enterprise Integration Patterns
- Stress-management skills
- Conflict management skills
- Problem Solving
- Incident Management
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