Fresh Jobs at Woolworths

Introduction

• Plan, co-ordinate and effectively communicate trading activities for the Africa division and post these event/s, to provide detailed analysis to ensure continuous learning & improvement. In conjunction with category planning, set and agree (parallel planned) promotional forecasts, and ensure effective execution of promotional policy.

Job description

• Consolidate submissions for consideration towards trading activity
• Support the execution and implementation of the Integrated Launch Framework (ILF) and aligning it to Trade activity
• Develop strong & productive relationships across Africa commercial teams and marketing
• Work with the Africa commercial teams to ensure accurate and timely input into the Trading Plan and Face of Foods.
• Continuously review submissions to ensure alignment to promotional KPI’s.
• Competitor tracking, analysis and reporting (Customer insights and Promo & Pricing strategy).
• To continuously look for easier ways to work and efficiencies.
• Accurate validation of promotional information in line with agreed promotional processes
• Adherence and delivery of the agreed Trade Plan, Face of Foods and promotional ticketing
• Implement promotional and ILF processes accurately and timeously to ensure 100% promotional activation
• Work with the Africa commercial teams to help them develop a trading plan that will help them achieve their sales and profit budgets

Minimum requirements

• Retail / Business Management diploma/degree or equivalent
• Retail / Commercial or Marketing experience(3yrs) preferably within the rest of Africa market
• Project Planning and management (2yrs)
• Good understanding of Project Management logic & Methodologies
• Ability to analyse and interpret financial indicators and can set and manage promotional budgets
• Able to conduct promotional cost benefit analysis and to understand causes of problems and develop workable solutions
• Able to gather, analyse and assess relevant information of past, current or future events, trends or situations and to make informed business decisions
• High degree of commercial awareness and is able to make the links between product quality, pricing, profit and customer value
• Able to produce promotional ticketing for each trading phase to support the Africa trade plan
• Able to implement the promotional ticketing process accurately and timeously to ensure 100% promotional activation
• Fully computer literate i.e. advanced Excel, data mining, spreadsheet analysis as well Adobe InDesign
• Effective influencing / assertive communication skills
• Experience in working within Africa markets is highly advantageous

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Introduction

• Analyse and model the profitability and commercial impact of proposed pricing in order to advise and equip the buying teams to define and execute against the Foods pricing strategy. As an integral member of both the Central Trade Optimisation and Buying matrix teams, you will be a custodian for the Foods Pricing Strategy and the single point of contact for pricing, customer and market data and insights to and from the buying teams. To ensure all decisions make commercial sense, you will have a solid understanding of our products and our business. Work across all areas of the Foods business to ensure that all aspects of the pricing strategy are understood, documented and modelled correctly. Make recommendations, with supporting analysis and a commercially sound case for change, to present to Buying Managers and Foods Leadership for final decision making.

Job description

• Advise and equip buying teams to leverage pricing, market and customer analytics to shift customer perception on Price and grow their categories.
• Integrate Price and market share analytics into the Foods Category Assessment Process
• Integrate Price and market share analytics into the Foods Value Delivery Process.
• Track Price execution and report against defined commercial case/s for category or food-wide Pricing shifts.
• Work closely with the Value Delivery, Category Assessment and Buying teams to build and track commercial cases, in support of Price, Category Assessment and Value Delivery initiatives. 
• Build capabilities of buying and matrix teams to leverage pricing and promotions tools and methodologies.
• Competitor tracking, analysis and reporting (NPD, Market share, Customer insights, Promo and Pricing strategy).
• Advance the development of analytical methods, commercial reporting and advisory capabilities within our Foods Business, building this critical strategic capability to position us for sustainable future growth.
• Develop and sustain mutually beneficial stakeholder relationships.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Economics, or Mathematics, or equivalent educational qualification
• Minimum 5 years Data analysis experience
• Minimum 5 years Retail experience
• High degree of commercial awareness and is able to make the links between product quality, pricing, profit and customer value.
• Highly numerate and structured with a strong analytical mind.
• Ability to shape creative, tactical and practical solutions to complex problems.
• Able to analyse complex data, select and shape a story leveraging key data insights to create a Commercially sound case for change, in order to make recommendations that support the Foods Price strategy, minimise risk and drive financial KPI’s.
• Able to work to demanding timescales whilst maintaining high standards.
• Advanced Excel skills with demonstrated experience in financial modelling.
• Able to liaise at all levels to proactively resolve issues and contributes positively to working together to achieve desired outcomes.
• The ability to understand retail market share data and translate this with trends into creative business strategies that are customer centric.
• Experience working within a client delivery and matrix team structure advantageous.
• Qliksense experience beneficial
• Pricing specialists experience beneficial
• Advanced MS suite proficiency – Microsoft and Excel

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Introduction

• Passion for baking, Creative, flair, high standards of quality, and high attention to detail… does this describe you? This great opportunity could be your next… As a Product Developer in a world-class food retailer, you will execute our customer-centric product strategy for Ambient Cakes. Your key focus will be to develop and deliver innovative commercially viable product solutions that are anchored in quality and sustainability that will influence the way our nation eats. You will guide and motivate teams and key stakeholders, to collaboratively deliver a customer-centric product strategy.

Job description
Integrate and implement product strategy into development plans for the relevant department(s):

• Understand the retail competitor market & customer need states to meet and exceed expectations.
• Apply customer & trends insights into product development briefs for suppliers.
• Drive and maintain a world-class sustainable product and packaging standard and framework:
• Integrate with Central Quality & Suppliers to conduct and analyse comparative and directional benchmarking and translate outcomes into product plans where applicable.
• Display a clear understanding of the science (cooking, cooking processes, growing programs, aesthetics, sensorial elements, safety aspects) of the relevant category, while keeping abreast and implementing new advancements where relevant.
• Inspire and influence the product teams and key stakeholders to deliver industry leadership positions:
• Collaboratively and inclusively integrate with key stakeholders in achieving key product development milestones, ensuring a commercial and sustainability lens is considered at all times.
• Timeously achieve milestones by consistently encouraging and aligning quality outputs
• Amplify and embody an environment of creativity, growth, knowledge and empowerment:
• Demonstrate a strong work ethic and commitment to quality, setting a high standard for the team to follow.
• Understand and actively share culinary and technical product knowledge with suppliers, matrix, and PD teams.
• Drive, integrate, and own product development processes and supporting systems:
• Ensure alignment and integration with the Packaging Support Specialist to ensure packaging is considered throughout the development process.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of how delicious products are developed from conceptualisation to post-launch on shelf, including production processes within our supplier base.

Minimum requirements

• Relevant Degree/ Diploma/ Qualification in Food and Consumer Science, Chef, Horticulture, or Food Technology/ Science.
• 3-5 years’ experience in the food industry or relevant industry experience.
• Minimum 1-year experience in Food product development, Retail, FMCG brand management or hospitality essential.
• Experience of working cross functionally or within a matrix organization.
• Courses & experience within the field of brand management, product ranging, and development.
• Demonstrate strategic intent and holistic approach.
• Commercial Acumen
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Customer Centric
• Project Management skills
• Confident and Passionate Ambassador
• Product Expertise in gifting
• Innovation Mindset
• Retail & Related Industry Knowledge
• Data Intelligence skills
• Willingness to travel locally and internationally
   

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Introduction

• Responsible for facilitating and defining business requirements and ensuring translation into effective business solutions

Job description

• Develop  a Business Analysis Approach in project execution or investigation
• Understand project context to determine applicable BPA approach
• Lead the definition and review of business processes
• Understand current business processes and define future business processes
• Document future business process/es
• Facilitate Business requirements workshops or sessions to elicit and define system requirements
• Plan and execute business requirements elicitation sessions/workshops
• Develop Business Requirement Specifications
• Participate in solution design workshops
• Develop Functional Requirement Specifications
• Provide input to System Requirement Specification and other Technical oriented documents
• Contribute in development of testing and training materials
• Document test scenarios and review test cases
• Assist testing capability in ensuring that new system meet requirements
• Coordinate and lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Minimum requirements

• Relevant 3 year Information Technology or business-related qualification
• 3 - 5 years Business/Process Analysis experience, preferably across multiple disciplines/domains
• Working knowledge of relevant methodology and tools e.g. Process modelling tools, project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile etc.)

ADDITIONAL CRITERIA

• Proven experience in leading solution design workshops
• Expert knowledge in delivering typical Business Analysis Artefacts
• Faculty Training Institute Business Analysis qualification advantageous
• General understanding of Retail Merchandising and / or Supply Chain & Logistics will be advantageous
• Experience of Agile methodologies and frameworks including Scrum and Kanban and of the Business Analyst role within agile frameworks
• Experience in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) implementation(s) will be advantageous
• Proven experience of stakeholder relationship management and influencing skills, demonstrating success in facilitating collaboration, influencing, communicating and negotiating at all levels
• Expertise and extensive experience in process modelling, gap analysis and requirements engineering with the delivery of appropriate artefacts to progress development and achieve business objectives
• The ability to interact and work collaboratively within a team as well as the ability to run with a piece of work autonomously where required
• Ability to research technology-related concepts, trends and best practices, and apply findings
• Synthesises data from different sources to identify trends
• Presents problem analysis and a recommended solution rather than just identifying and describing the problem itself
• Demonstrates a results-oriented mindset in planning and implementing activities/projects
• Anticipates potential obstacles and their impact on the accomplishment of goals and timelines and propose/ take corrective action where required
• Listens attentively and checks understanding of the message being received.
• Prepares written reports and briefs and communicates ideas clearly.
• Speaks fluently in team meetings when presenting information.
• Convinces others by identifying benefits for all; looks for ways to increase the value of the partnership for all parties.
• Genuinely cultivates personal bonds with colleagues in order to enhance performance throughout the organisation.
• Adjusts to work effectively within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures
• Anticipates change and continuously remains prepared for change

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Introduction

• To assist the Business Unit Financial Manager/Senior Profit Analyst with providing the business with a sound system of performance management that is aligned with the achievement of company wide financial goals and balanced scorecard. To optimize the ongoing and sustainable profit performance of the decision by providing the necessary decision-making framework and support

Job description

• Assist the Business Unit Financial Manager / Senior Profit Analyst with month end reporting.  Variances to budget and last year are analysed and recommendations are made to correct or improve Foods profitability.
• Assist the Business Unit Financial Manager / Senior Profit Analyst with effective planning in the form of an annual budget which is regularly updated with a forecast. Liaise with the BU stakeholders to provide accurate, consolidated budgets and forecasts for the BU.
• Budget & forecast variances are analysed and recommendations are made to correct or improve Foods profitability. 
• Assist the Business Unit Financial Manager / Senior Profit Analyst with in-depth analysis which is performed on key financial risk / opportunity areas in the business. The financial levers are understood and communicated to the business together with clear recommendations.
• Assist the Business Unit Financial Manager / Senior Profit Analyst with expense reports and variance analyses on BU cost centres.  Identify cost management opportunities – processes or expenses - for ensuring a sound return for shareholders and make recommendations on how these should be dealt with.
• Prepare and maintain / update performance scorecards on a monthly basis.
• Assist the Business Unit Financial Manager / Senior Profit Analyst with reviewing business initiatives to ensure that they meet the required returns.  Support is provided to the BU to present these cases to the Investment Committee. Implementation is reviewed to ensure delivery of benefits.
• Positive feedback from Foods Trading Head and the Trading team that there has been an effective contribution to financial performance. 
• Play an effective role in the Finance team to ensure the combined delivery of the Finance Strategy.
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• Able to develop and use financial models and to define key profit drivers.
• Able to explain financial models to line management.
• Able to use models for ongoing Business Unit performance assessment and management.
• Able to develop and produce clear financial management information.
• Able to analyze financial information and make clear recommendations for improvement.
• Able to inspire and motivate others around them
• Able to effectively use latest decision support technologies (e.g. Hyperion, Cognos, Excel)

Minimum requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

• Relevant Financial qualification – B Comm or similar articles / experience.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• B Comm or similar articles -  >1 years experience within a retail (or similar) environment
• B Comm or similar -  3 years’ experience within a retail (or similar) environment