Job Openings at Xylem Inc.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

Provides materials, equipment, and supplies by directing receiving, warehousing, and distribution services; supervising staff.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.
• Complies with  state and local warehousing, material handling, and shipping requirements by studying existing and new legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
• Safeguards warehouse operations and contents by establishing and monitoring security procedures and protocols.
• Controls inventory levels by conducting physical counts; reconciling with data storage system.
• Maintains physical condition of warehouse by planning and implementing new design layouts; inspecting equipment; issuing work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement.
• Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Completes warehouse operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results.
• Maintains warehouse staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Maintains warehouse staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by reviewing professional publications; establishing personal network.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

REQUIREMENTS

• 3 to 5 years experience in Middle Management and/or Warehousing Management
• Tertiary qualification in Warehousing/Purchasing/Procurement or equivalent
• Must have own car and drivers’ licence (Code 10)
• Sound knowledge in a Warehousing environment.
• Experience using Scala
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft package, Internet)
• Good people skills.
• Self driven, ambitious and motivated.
• Be 100% focused on customer service.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Supervision,
• Developing Budgets,
• Safety Management, Developing Standards,
• Managing Processes, Surveillance Skills, Inventory Control,
• Reporting Skills,
• Analyzing Information ,
• Equipment Maintenance,
• Good Judgment

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PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The role is a member of the Integrated Supply Chain Finance Team for Africa. It is a dynamic team that supports all aspects of the operations activities for South and North Africa businesses. The team performes and supports Costing Processes, Inventory Management and Control, Budget and Forecast Processes of Manufacturing Businesses, Business Partnering of Operations Functions and SIOP strategy.

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and highly motivated professional capable of working in a fast paced environment while collaborating with various business stakeholders in administering the day-to-day operation of Xylem’s Global Finance program.   

Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Standard Cost calculations and system updates for Manufacturing Businesses in South Africa and Algeria.
• Performs Costing and Inventory Controlling tasks as well as supports Stock Count Processes for all South Africa and Algeria entities.
• Performs Excess and Obsolete and slow moving inventory provisions calculations for South Africa and Algeria entities and provides insights to Supply Chain teams to manage them proactively.
• Performs Operations Scorecard metrics calculations like Direct and Indirect Inflation, Productivity, Savings and Economic ppv for South Africa and Algeria entities.
• Supports Operations KPIs calculations like Productivity, Efficiency and Utilization for the manufacturing businesses in South Africa and Algeria.
• Supports month end closure tasks and processes by ensuring the compliance to US GAAP and documentation availability as per Sarbanes-Oxley guidelines.
• Performs Actual Standard Cost and Margin Analysis by customer and by product to provide insight to stakeholders
• Supports ISCF Manager to prepare monthly Operations Business Review reporting packs for South Africa with various financial reporting and analysis, forecasts, budgets, and variance analysis for P&L and Working Capital
• Validates monthly XGP and CI saving actuals, provides excellent business partnering to Procurement and Supply Chain teams to achieve the saving targets.
• Assist with ad hoc tasks and requests from business as needed.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Comply with Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct
• Establish a positive & collaborative atmosphere in the company.

Key Competencies:

• Cost Accounting and Product Costing (Standard Cost)
• Data Analysis
• Problem Solving Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Inspiring accountability
• Cross-boundary collaboration
• Communication Skills

Qualifications: Education, Experience, Skills, Abilities, License/Certification:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field or equivalent
• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• SAP Knowledge is must
• One Stream Knowledge preferable
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Fluent in English
• Experience in US GAAP and SOX
• Strong Technical Accounting Skills
• Ability to adapt to change quickly
• Ability to communicate well with others

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Job Summary:

The Engineering team is seeking for a Sales Support Manager who is passionate about proposal generation and management. In our business generating a proposal to our customers satisfaction is the key to securing business.

Success in this role requires pedantic affiliation to accuracy, structure, detail and an ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

The Sales Support team partners closely with the Sales team and the Product Management team as a bridge for strategy implementation. The Sales Support team is a high performing team proficient in product knowledge and engineering expertise. The knowledge width spans across the entire product portfolio, they are vertical market specialists and have deep understanding of commercial and contractual terms.

The Sales Support Manager will lead and harmonize the team to support the regional Sales strategy and the business growth strategy. Your leadership is required to take the team forward in; technical expertise; new and innovative ways to achieve the goals and objectives, with customer satisfaction as the key motivation.

Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:

• Implement strategies to elevate the team’s engineering and product competencies as well as the enhancement of their understanding of the various vertical markets.
• Enable the team to handle tenders from both direct and indirect sales channels with efficiency and effectiveness.
• Strengthen the team to effectively manage tender/bids process and facilitate specific bid strategies (commercial & technical).
• Facilitate seamless support for the sales team throughout the entire pre-sales journey,
• Ensure timely and professional assistance for customers through the pre-sales (quote or tender/bid) phase, thereby enhancing overall customer satisfaction.
• Management the effective and efficient implementation of Selection/Configuration/Pricing/Quotation tools.
• Generate dashboards of the key metrics that indicate the team performance, market sector performance, profile of proposals, hit rate, etc.
• Develop and manage the pre-sales autonomy of our partners and distributors to ensure they are able to address enquiries from their customers and markets with minimal support from the Sales Support team.
• Capture Voice of Customer (VoC) to discover key customer challenges and insights including that from their target end markets, to drive the continuous improvement in the pre-sales process.
• Develop and document differentiated value propositions and collateral for sales/service/rental offerings that allow Sales teams to strongly advocate for Xylem solutions.
• Manage discount structures as per the Delegation of Authority (DoA) and market boundaries as the Cross Boundary Business (CBB) policy.
• Enforce Xylem compliance rules and regulations to the pre-sales process
• Continuous Improvement - Identify opportunities to improve ways of working to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of tools, knowledge and expertise in the team and to increase value to the customer.
• Identify and understand areas for customer satisfaction improvement, influence stakeholders and implement measures to drive improvement.
• Implement defined metrics, processes and best practices in improving service quality to customers (response time, quality of response, accuracy of proposal, etc).
• Stronger leadership required to build and maintain a high performing team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Engineering (Preferably mechanical or chemical).
• A minimum of 5-7 years’ experience in engineering (equipment selection), Sales or Sales Support/Internal Sales.

Core Competencies

• Strong leadership, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Strong competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English).

Advantageous Skills

• Experience using Pricing tools (Pricing & Quotation)
• Salesforce experience
• Operational knowledge or understanding of iScala and SAP
• Fluency in a second language (French or Afrikaans)

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The successful candidate will be responsible for, but not limited to the following duties:

• Act as a brand ambassador for Xylem’s Lifecycle Service Department. The person is required to contribute to the Rental Departments performance and sustainability by engaging energetically in the following tasks.  The list is not exhaustive and may be amended from time to time.  
• Present the departments value proposition to the market.
• Conduct market research and development with a view to grow rental revenues.  
• Market development in Public Utilities, SOE’s and Industrial sectors.
• Build long term relationships with key customers.
• Contribute to the running of, and moral of the team.

Requirements

• Matric (Grade 12) or equivalent
• Technical qualification
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience and exposure in the pump industry.
• Minimum of 5 years technical customer facing sales experience, preferably in a solutions-based Rental and Aftermarket position.
• Able to size pumping equipment based on site conditions and installation type.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills
• Be able to work in a team environment.
• Result orientated, whilst still being committed to fulfilling the requirements of Xylem’s QA and ESH programs.
• Passionate about continuous improvement and service excellence.
• Extensive knowledge of pumps, pumping systems, and preventative maintenance practices.
• Must have a high level of technical competence and be results-driven. Preference will be given to candidates with a technical qualification.
• Must have an open mind with clear business acumen in assessing any risks and business decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to influence across disciplines.
• Fluent in English both spoken and written.
• Competent in the MS-Office suite of products.

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PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The successful candidate will be responsible for, but not limited to the following duties:

• Act as a brand ambassador for Xylem Lifecycle Service and generate sales in the following areas. The list is not exhaustive and may be amended from time to time.  
• Rental
• Repairs and maintenance – workshop / field service
• Maintenance contracts
• Application optimization
• Site surveys and audits

Requirements

• Matric (Grade 12)
• Technical qualification / trade
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the pump industry
• Minimum of 5 years technical customer facing sales experience, preferably in a solutions-based Rental and Aftermarket position
• The position is based in Richards Bay.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills
• Be able to work in a team environment.
• Result orientated, whilst still being committed to fulfilling the requirements of Xylem’s QA and ESH programs.
• Passionate about continuous improvement and service excellence.
• Extensive knowledge of pumps, pumping systems and preventative maintenance practices.
• Must have a high level of technical competence and be results-driven. Preference will be given to candidates with a technical qualification.
• Must have an open mind with clear business acumen in assessing any risks and business decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to influence across disciplines.
• Fluent in English both spoken and written.
• Competent in the MS-Office suite of products.