Openings at Xylem Inc.

RESPONSIBILITIES - Driver 

• All driving duties
• Operating and maintaining vehicles with a focus on safety and customer courtesy.
• Performing daily pre-trip and post-trip vehicle inspections.
• Inspect vehicle for safety, fuel, oil, and water before departure.
• Maintain accurate, up to date records on logbook before and after trips and prepare accident and incident report as and when necessary.
• Keep vehicle clean inside and outside.
• Reads and interprets maps and driving directions to plan the most efficient route service for customers.
• Knowledge of applicable laws, rules, and regulations of South African Roads.
• Perform any other duties as directed and instructed by supervisor and/or manager.  

RESPONSIBILITIES- General Assistance in the warehouse 

• Adhere to correct process flow & work instructions.
• Assist dispatch with picking of stock ordered.
• Assist receiving with checking and binning of stock received.
• Ensure stock accuracy is always maintained.
• Ensure cycle counts are conducted as per schedule.
• Participate in Stock taking when required.
• Maintain a neat and orderly environment within the overall warehouse.
• Adhering to Safety Regulations 
• Conduct operations in a safe manner as per safety standards.
• Ensure that safety checks on lifting equipment are done before operating.
• Report any unsafe working conditions and incidents to your Team Lead.

REQUIREMENTS 

• Completed Matric.
• Code 14 Driver’s License with PDP for at least two years.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a Driver within similar environment.
• Minimum of 2 years warehouse environment experience.
• Maintain and possess a safe driving record.
• Good command in English.

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SCOPE:  

• Support the Africa Price Lead with price development and data management activities.
• Assist with analysing price metrics to ensure and maintain compliance with price strategies.
• Develop tools and Standard Operating Procedures that will optimize our price actions.
• Initiates continuous improvement projects that will optimize and simplify the price process.
• Investigate price and margin leakage and waste.
• Support company high impact culture through demonstration and living the vision and values.

RESPONSIBILITIES  

Data Management  

• Develop and modify data infrastructure to accelerate data processing, analysis, and reporting.
• Developing standards of operation related to the data of each family group of a product.
• Assist Price Decision Maker (PDM), Finance and / or Master Data Controller with maintenance and correction of price & master data on ERP and / or other price tools.
• Assist and coordinate with Product Managers to ensure availability of up-to-date price list of products.

Pricing  

• Involved in the price increase activities by analysing price changes to customers based on the IPL changes by GC.
• Support during preparation of Customer pricelists & tools for each region and brand along with continues update and coordination of master data.
• Preparation and evaluation of Internal CQM sheets to the sales support and tendering departments for products and spare parts.
• Supports other departments (Product managers, sales, finance, and sales support teams) in concerns related to pricing and data, i.e. price communication, competitor analyses and market trends, etc.
• Address issues and concerns raised by team members relating to pricing suggestions.

REQUIREMENTS  

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience working in similar capacity / experience in finance and analytics strongly preferred.
• Advanced Excel experience essential.
• SAP/ Power PI experience will be an added advantage.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES  

• Ability to analyse, interpret, and organize substantial amounts of data, able to sit in front of computer screen for prolonged periods of time.
• Meticulous – the ability to pay close attention to detail while remaining accurate is crucial in the analysis of large collections of data. (accuracy and diligence)
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to work towards meeting multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Interest and knowledge about the industry, including competitors and market trends.

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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

Key Relationships:

• External:  NA
• Internal:  Xylem Finance and Operations Organizations
• 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