Open Vacancies at Woolworths

Job description

Key Competencies

• Plan and implement visual marketing material to ensure the effective launch of promotions and special events in the allocated area in conjunction with the commercial departments
• Communicate marketing material for promotions to department staff
• Create visual displays in line with the visual manual, in-store booklet and beautiful VM booklets to maximize sales
• Monitor current customer profiles and observe customers to influence visual displays and feedback changes or trends in allocated area
• Manage the distribution and implementation of ticketing and décor in allocated area
• Manage and maintain all visual equipment for allocated area
• Provide input to the planning to improve the general ambiance of the sore and implement accordingly
• People management – staffing, performance management, training & development, employee relatio

Qualifications and Technical knowledge and skills:

• Grade 12 or equivalent NQF level
• Diploma/Degree or relevant qualification will be advantageous
• 2 years visual experience in a retail environment
• Retail and supervisory experience will be advantageous
• Ability to perform manual and technical tasks
• Spatial, dimensional and proportional orientation
• Colour distinction and coordination
• Visual discernment

Behavioural competencies

Essential

• Decisiveness
• Action orientation
• Team leadership and building talent
• Presenting and communicating information
• Creating and innovating
• Planning and organizing
• Attention to detail
• Following instructions and procedures

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Job description

• Give input to and implement Biltong, Ostrich & Venison departmental and supplier strategies.
• Establish a commercially viable product range strategy and manage the implementation thereof.
• Manage open book costing models and promotional funding and Category Growth Funds.
• Develop good working relationships with suppliers and other key stakeholders.
• Review internal Woolworths’ performance data (sales, profit, market share, market size etc.) for the department and make comparisons against competition ito range, price, promotions and product development
• Identify and prioritise the key commercial strategies and accompanying quantifiable goals and KPI’s for the department in line with category operating plan
• Ensure internal and external colleagues understand and work to deliver the department category plan
• Review department performance versus Department Scorecards on a regular basis and inform key stakeholders
• Manage financial accountabilities; margins (including strategic buy-in opportunities in consultation with Merchandise Planning), incentives, settlement discounts, departmental charges, sample account, buyer losses, etc.
• Negotiate price, promotional price and new lines, taking into account price tiering / product positioning and financial targets
• Integrate with Sales Management to draw up and implement Promotional Calendar. Plan and implement promotional strategies and ensure supplier delivery
• Establish category price position while applying an understanding of customer price perception, impacts on KVIs, and of competitor pricing
• Availability: Manage short- and long-term availability per category and per supplier
• Give input to Category and Supplier strategies and end-to-end sourcing of raw material
• Develop and implement pricing strategies
• Give input to the planning and forecasting of products and ranges
• Build and manage relationships with a diverse range of suppliers
• Liaise with marketing, sales management and space planning to maximise sales and promotions in stores
• Liaise with distribution regarding Supply Chain issues
• Monitor and react to industry and international trends
• Monitor order fill and product static

Minimum requirements

• Relevant commercial degree / diploma
• Minimum of 3 years buying experience in the perishable industry
• Proven experience in managing a Foods/FMCG department
• Procurement experience within a retail, FMCG environment or meat industry experience – knowledge of store operations, customer profiles, locations & competitors
• Proven sourcing and supplier management experience
• Proven ability to provide tactical input and deliver the category operating plan
• Strong integrator and the ability to work in a matrix structure with proven leadership skills
• Strong negotiation and financial management skills
• Proven ability to deliver the following category KPIs (ie. market share, sales growth, margin, ROS, availability)
• Understanding of Supply Chain processes and principles
• In depth understanding and application of Woolworths’ quality standards
• Technical understanding of the Meat category is advantageous
• Understanding of factors influencing a product’s cost and selling prices
• Proactive & Innovative with a continuous improvement mindset
• Strong customer and retail orientation - sound business and financial acumen
• Entrepreneurial – ability to initiate and implement innovative and viable business ideas and to accept accountability for the outcome
• Team player with understanding of diversity
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal

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KEY OUTCOMES

• Provide exceptional customer service to internal and external customers
• Recruit, select, manage and develop people to meet competence requirements
• Participate in team to ensure achievement of department and store goals
• Manage implementation and integration of new initiatives to achieve project goals
• Participate in general store operational duties
• Supervise and coach staff to meet competence requirements
• Job specific responsibilities as per Job Profile (dependant on position)

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Passion for the Customer – establish lifelong relationships with our customers
• Passion for Retail and Selling
• Living the Brand’: Personal leadership and attitude to work i.e. ‘the difference’   
• Versatile communication skills
• Proven team leadership skills
• Action and results orientated
• Assertive and proactive
• Problem solving and decision making skills
• Computer Literacy skills
• Commercial acumen and numeracy
• Attention to detail
• Creative and innovative and keeps up to date on retail trends

Minimum requirements

• Entry Requirement: Grade 11 or NQF3 completed, and Grade 12 will be advantageous
• Retail and or Business Management Diploma would be advantages
• 2-5 years role experience as a Foods Department Manager in Retail
• Retail experience highly advantages 
• Team Management would be advantages
• Leadership and Management experience would be advantageous
• Ability to work shifts that meet operational requirements

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Job description

• Understand, analyse , evaluate and document BI requirements from business, including
  • Analytical processes and the KPIs/measures related to these processes.
  • Functional design of BI solution (reports and dashboards).
• Document and refine BI technical requirements w.r.t.
  • Data modelling requirements (reporting and business dimensions).
  • Source-to-target mappings.
• Ensuring solutions satisfies business analytic needs and functional requirements.
• Work closely with the BI Data Architect(s) and Data Modeller(s) to design and implement BI solutions.
• Performs functional testing and data validation of reports and other BI deliverables before presenting to Business Users.
• Assist business during user acceptance testing.
• Provide input for BI user training.
• Help business during BI implementations and immediately after “go-live”.
• Provide input to Data Governance and BI Quality Assurance initiatives.
• Remain current with BI industry trends, particularly around BI tools and technologies.
• Establish effective and collaborative partnerships with other BI teams and relevant IT teams (Business Process Analysts, BI source systems)

Minimum requirements
FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

• High attention to detail coupled with high accuracy.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Possess analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Delivery and solution focused.
• Results driven.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Knowledge of Business Analysis techniques and methodologies.
• Knowledge of BI and Data Warehouse environments and best practices.
• Good general understanding of the retail industry and business processes.
• Able to work within the framework of the BI methodology.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

• Relevant 3 year tertiary or NQF aligned qualification
• Business-related qualification, FTI or similar BA qualification will be advantageous

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

•  A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Business Analysis related role and a minimum of 3 years’ experience a BI Business Analyst role.
• BI Business Analysis, data design and systems analysis experience in a BI environment
• Experience in Data Lake/Warehouse implementations, preferably both on premise and in the cloud.
• Proficient in SQL.
• AWS certification will be advantageous.
• Experience in the retail industry will be advantageous.