Jobs at Woolworths

Introduction

• To deliver exceptional customer service by providing a professional hairdressing service

Job description

• Assist with hairstyling in the Hair Salon
• Provide general assistance in the Hair Salon i.e. cleaning & shampooing
• Must be able to offer customers additional product offerings
• Must demonstrate product knowledge and be able to highlight features and benefits of products available
• Maintain house keeping standards in accordance to audit requirements
• Assist with ad hoc administration and payments      

Minimum requirements

• Passion for brand and customer
• Good verbal communication
• Driving Quality – Set high standards for quality and customer service that define “the difference”
• Team Player – able to work well with others to meet team goals
• Personal Effectiveness – remaining calm, objective and self-controlled under pressure
• Flexibility
• Grade 12 or equivalent NQF level
• 3-year Hairdressing Diploma
• Proven extensive Hair Salon experience with the most modern techniques
• Skilled in blow-drying of all types of hair
• Skilled in foil highlights, colour techniques, relaxers and cutting
• Knowledge of hair salon products
• Basic Computer Literacy skills

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Introduction

• Develop and implement the WEdit Visual Merchandising (VM) strategy across all WEdit stores, leveraging best-in-class retail industry practices and international trends. Ensure brand consistency across the WEdit portfolio by balancing commercial imperatives with creative excellence. This role plays a critical role in shaping brand perception and optimising in-store experiences.

Job description
Strategic VM Execution:

• ​Strategy Development: Design and implement the WEdit VM strategy in partnership with the GM WEdit, translating global insights and VM trends into localised execution strategies that align with customer expectations and the overall brand identity and vision. 
• Concept and Innovation Development: Identify and implement new VM techniques/ technologies and sustainable practices to enhance in-store experiences. Pilot innovative display concepts and assess their commercial impact before full-scale rollout
• Seasonal Planning: Develop seasonal execution plans that translate the strategy into actionable store-level initiatives.
• Corporate Integration and collaboration: Connect with Woolworths Brand VM teams and strategies and incorporate relevant elements into WEdit-specific strategies. 
• Partner with cross-functional teams (buying, planning, marketing) to ensure seamless integration between product strategy and VM execution
• Leverage digital tools / solutions: that support efficient and effective VM execution
• Execution Oversight: Cascade the VM strategy to all store teams, ensuring seamless and accurate implementation across the portfolio.
• Budget Management: Manage the VM financial budget, ensuring accurate reconciliation of accounts and timely reporting.

Leadership and Team Development

• ​Inspirational Leadership: Foster an environment of accountability, creativity, innovation, and continuous learning within the VM function.
• Team Training: Provide training and upskilling for store teams to ensure effective execution of VM strategies.
• Stakeholder Relationships: Build and nurture strong relationships with stakeholders to enhance collaboration and support for VM initiatives.
• Performance Management: Oversee the Individual Performance Management (IPM) process, ensuring alignment with WEdit objectives.
• Process Refinement: Adapt corporate processes to meet the bespoke needs of WEdit.

Minimum requirements

• ​At least 8 years of Visual Merchandising experience, ideally within small-box retail.
• Proven leadership ability to inspire and manage teams effectively.
• Strong commercial acumen and creative vision.
• A relevant business-related tertiary qualification is advantageous.

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Introduction

• At Woolies we are on a mission to maintain and develop a high-performing cybersecurity function in support of a complex business undergoing digital transformation. We are looking for a senior leader in the cybersecurity team to take responsibility for cybersecurity architecture and engineering across Woolworths South Africa. This role leads a small technical team that designs, maintains and enhances the security technology stack with a zero-trust philosophy, supporting the key principles of ‘security by design and default’, and leverages modern technology and AI capabilities. This function enables security and technology teams through both change and operations. This is a highly technical role that reports to the CISO and requires demonstrable experience in security design, engineering and threat modelling.

Job description
PEOPLE

• Enhancing cyber intellectual capital: Leadership and management of the cybersecurity architecture and engineering team covering talent development and performance management.
• Building culture and teaming: Management of internal partnerships for execution, including context setting, skills transfer, and up-skilling.
• Management of key external security partner and service relationships.

PROCESS - ARCHITECTURE

• Maintain the cybersecurity architecture covering the current and future technology landscape. Identify solutions to enhance our architecture (e.g. improve visibility, reduce noise, automate or consolidate).
• Contribute to Business Case formulation with the relevant security input – advisory, standards and security patterns.
• Support proactive threat modelling with other cyber and technology stakeholders.
• Own cybersecurity Enterprise Architecture (EA) principles and drive adoption through EA and across the business.
• Make security architectural information easily accessible and self-service to support scale, speed and security by design.
• Proactively identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and provide required changes or enhancements. Document these as relevant for re-use.
• Remain aware of global security industry trends and translate these into meaningful contributions to the cybersecurity strategy, principles and ways of working.

PROCESS – SECURITY ENGINEERING

• Take responsibility for the cybersecurity technology landscape across Woolworths.
• Lead a small team of engineers to improve cyber technology in support of the SOC and Business Enablement capabilities with a focus on continual identification of threats and validation of controls, and in support of key principles such as visibility, coverage and quality.
• Enhance technology solutions to automate and streamline operations.
• Take responsibility for the infrastructure of identified cybersecurity tools – maintain, enhance, secure and upgrade where relevant.
• Work with the SOC to configure (including coding and scripting) SOC tools and alerts.

PROCESS - BOTH

• Contribute to the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of Cyber and Information Security Policies, Standards, Procedures and Guidelines.
• Manage forecasts and budgets.

CUSTOMER

• Understand Cyber, IT and Business strategies and contribute to the creation and delivery of the annual cybersecurity roadmap and execution with a specific focus on security architecture and engineering disciplines.
• Plan and prioritize projects and workload to deliver to the roadmap.
• Provide updates, context and feedback to relevant stakeholders.

Minimum requirements

• 12 years relevant experience in the cyber and information security discipline.
• 5 years experience in security engineering.
• 2 years experience in security architecture.
• 2 years experience in people leadership.
• 4-year IT qualification.
• Demonstrable experience in leading a specialised cybersecurity team within a large environment.
• Experience with security operations tools, frameworks, practices, and processes.
• Industry certifications (e.g. Palo, Google, AWS, Qualys).
• Resiliency, determination, and pragmatism.
• May be required to assist outside of working hours.

ADDITIONAL CRITERIA

• Experience in programming and scripting is highly advantageous.
• Experience in building and maturing SOC capabilities is advantageous.
• Experience in cloud security architecture and technologies.
• Experience with automation and ML/AI capabilities.
• Practical experience with adversarial frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.

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Introduction

• Provide and maintain a high-quality, productive, sustainable, employer of choice Head Office campus experience and environment

Job description

• Implement and communicate the Occupational Health and Safety Act (35 of 1993).
• Set policy on types of furniture and equipment used within the workplace ensuring that it is ergonomically sound
• Conduct asset management for furniture in the Head Office Campus.
• Keep abreast of latest national and international trends in office design, space management, furniture and equipment in the marketplace.
• Ensure that all essential services are provided for and meet the needs of internal clients in accordance with set standards.
• Develop, implement and maintain a facilities management strategy that will result in a high quality, productive, sustainable employer of choice environment.
• Develop and negotiate a set policy for space management for the various groups in HO
• Liaise with Group Heads regarding future and current space requirements and analyse requirements.
• Ensure equitable distribution of office space and the timeous implementation of office moves.
• Define and set policy regarding standards in the workplace and ensure that policy is implemented and standards are communicated and maintained.
• Ensure that overall maintenance of all building is carried out to regularly and that all buildings aesthetically acceptable
• Proactively maintain all mechanical items in the campus and plan capital replacement schedules of derelict equipment
• Manage inventory levels for facilities.
• Achieve BEE service provider targets.
• Compile revenue, expense and capex budgets for facilities and ensure delivery against revenue and expense targets.
• Research and implement cost effective means of reducing and containing expenses in Capex expenditure.
• Lead and develop facilities team and key service providers.
• Develop industry collaboration and drive continuous improvement through benchmarking.
• Ensure Building Management System is operated and functions optimally

Minimum requirements

• Communication & Integration skills
• Planning & Organising
• Commercial & financial acumen
• Personal effectiveness
• Thinking strategically & commercially
• Drive Quality
• Connecting People
• Make insightful business decisions
• Negotiation skills (suppliers & contractors)
• Planning and organising
• Commerce qualification at diploma/degree level
• Build environment qualification
• 8 years facilities management experience

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Introduction

• To develop, operationalise & successfully integrate the category selling solutions, initiatives and merchandising strategies for an enhanced customer shopping experience in order to optimise sales and profit growth. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, analysing market trends, and ensuring that our products are presented in a way that maximizes their appeal and availability to customers.

Job description

• Develop and Operationalise category selling solutions, for effective in-store and channel execution
• Effectively support the rollout and delivery of the category initiatives/projects from inception to completion
• Develop and operationalise tactical selling solutions to optimise seasonal trade performance through the effective translation & enablement of the ILF 
• Lead, develop and deliver world class category merchandising by implementing category space principles on shelf and on promotional displays

Minimum requirements

• 3-year bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field, or equivalent.
• 3 years’ experience in merchandising management, effective in-store, channel and planogram execution.
• Minimum 3 years Liquor industry knowledge and experience advantageous.
• Skilled in planning and executing merchandising projects within deadlines.
• Customer centric, understanding of customer behaviour and preferences.
• Solid grasp of merchandising management principles, and reporting.
• Experience working cross-functionally.
• Retail Space and Display Management
• Able to provide input into Range and Catalogue Management
• Strong resilience and an ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Exceptional problem-solving ability and strong solution orientation.
• Highly entrepreneurial, and passionate about the Liquor category.
• Able to travel nationally.