Trending Jobs at TFG (The Foschini Group)

Key Responsibilities:

• Collecting and analyzing data from various sources to identify trends, patterns, and correlations that will support business growth
• Creating and maintaining reports and central dashboards to support data-driven decision-making
• Collaborating with stakeholders to establish business goals, metrics, and requirements and then translate these specifics into business analysis solutions
• Conducting data quality checks while ensuring data integrity and accuracy across all spectrums before implementing findings
• Developing reports, visualizations, and presentations to communicate strategic findings and presenting these insights as recommendations to key stakeholders to aid business decisions
• Identifying opportunities for process improvements and optimization based on data insights

Qualifications and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree (or Master’s degree) in a field such as [data analytics, statistics, business administration, mathematics, computer science, data science] or a related discipline is preferred
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in data analysis, information technology, or a related field of data management
• Work experience with programming languages and tools such as [SQL, Python, R] and highly proficient in Excel 
• Experience using data visualization tools such as [Tableau, Power BI, QlikView] to create compelling visualizations and reports
• Knowledge/Experience handling business intelligence tools such as [Microsoft Power BI, Oracle Business Intelligence, IBM Cognos] to extract and analyze data
• Commitment to continuous learning and willingness to stay updated on emerging industry trends, business processes, technologies, and methodologies in the data field

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Key Responsibilities:

• Tradecloud management and alignment with business strategy
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather and document business requirements.
• Analyze business needs, processes, and systems to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications for IT teams and ensure that the design and implementation of solutions meet business needs.
• Conduct process mapping and identify areas of inefficiency or opportunities for optimization. Recommend solutions to improve processes, workflows, and performance.
• Analyze data and reports to support business decisions and provide insights and recommendations based on data findings.
• Create user stories, test cases, and other documentation to guide development and testing phases.
• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and IT teams.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, translating technical jargon into understandable terms.
• Coordinate testing efforts to validate that solutions meet business requirements and assist in the creation of user acceptance testing (UAT) scripts and ensure UAT is carried out successfully.
• Support the organization in adapting to new systems, processes, and tools through change management practices and assisting with training and documentation for end-users.
• Assist in managing project timelines, resources, and deliverables, monitoring progress and ensuring that projects stay on track and meet deadlines.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, engineering, or related field or Diploma in Business Analysis.
• Experience: At least 5-7 years of proven experience as a Business Analyst or similar role, ideally in the Supply Chain and Retail industry

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Responsibilities:

• Driving turnover to ensure achievement of targets
• Controlling expenses
• Managing stock losses to ensure shrinkage is in line with the Company standard
• People management, including recruitment, development of staff, employee relations, performance management
• Executing in-store merchandising strategy and standards
• Ensure customer satisfaction by executing our customer service strategy and fulfilling the demands of our customers

Requirements:

• Figure and admin orientated
• Organised and thorough
• An excellent leader and business manager
• Profit and turnover driven
• Able to manage risk within the store
• Excellent customer service orientation
• Have the ability to learn quickly
• A relevant qualification would be advantageous

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Responsibilities:  

• Being an ambassador for our brand and offering amazing customer experience. 
• Exceed customer expectations by identifying and providing them with the best possible solutions. 
• Actively keeping track of sales performance against target. 
• Selling a diverse product range and keeping up to date with the latest décor and fashion trends. 
• Searching out opportunities for making new sales. 
• Assist with replenishing of stock to ensure the store is ready for our customers at all times. 

Qualifications & Experience: 

• Grade 12 (Matric) 

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Key Responsibilities:

Design and Implementation:

• Develop and implement BPC solutions to meet business requirements.
• Integrate BPC with SAP ECC FI modules.
• Customize BPC applications to support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation processes.
• System Configuration: Make necessary adjustments and configurations to the SAP/BPC system based on user requirements and business needs.

Support and Maintenance:

• Provide ongoing user support and maintenance for BPC applications.
• Ensure data integrity and accuracy in BPC reports and dashboards.
• Troubleshooting: Investigate, analyze, and solve software problems including BPC and ECC integration, often acting as a liaison between the business functions and the technical team.

Business Analysis:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements.
• Translate business needs into technical specifications and solutions.
• Conduct workshops and training sessions for end-users.

Project Management:

• Manage project timelines, deliverables, and resources.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery.
• Prepare project documentation, including design specifications, test plans, and user manuals.

Period-End Closing Support:

• Budget and Forecasting Activities: Preparation of data for Budget and Forecasting cycles and user support during the cycle. 

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or a related field.
• SAP certification in BPC and/or ECC is a plus.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in SAP BPC implementation and support.
• Strong knowledge of SAP ECC modules (FI/CO).
• Proven experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation processes.

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Key Responsibilities:

Real-Time Workforce Optimisation

• Responsible for a multiple portfolio of store staff short-term and real-time scheduling needs, clocks, and business requirements monitoring, in which the incumbent needs to manage and check that stores receive optimal and efficient staff schedules in line with cost, budgets, and customer experience/retail operational requirements.
• Constantly communicates with business managers and updates the schedules for short-term people and business needs changes.

Reporting and Analysis

• Generate weekly reports on Unpaid Grace impact on employees' pay, OT1.5, OT2, and OT2TAFW impact to identify problematic stores, areas, regions, or brands.
• Track and report Budget vs. Cost vs. Actuals on a weekly basis.

Timesheet and Schedule Adherence

• Monitor real-time reporting for timesheets, UAR, and Schedule Adherence.
• Provide scheduling inputs related to trading hours, skills, and keyholders, identifying trends and sharing them with the WFM Scheduling Analyst.
• Provide feedback to the WFM Analyst based on observed scheduling trends and issues.

System Support and Maintenance

• Provide real-time support for line managers, addressing WFM-related queries.
• Conduct real-time monitoring, incident logging, and product support, managing background jobs (e.g., creating jobs for automated store processes and verifying system parameters).

Compliance and Adherence Monitoring

• Conduct real-time reporting, monitoring, and tracking of WFM compliance, focusing on adherence and trend analysis in both short-term and real-time.
• Serve as WFM’s first response team in real-time, actively monitoring stores' clocks.

Qualifications and Experience:

• A tertiary qualification in Math, Statistics, Commerce, or Information Technology (BSc, BCom, or equivalent)
• Minimum 1 year of experience in a similar Workforce Management role
• Proficiency in WFM tools (scheduling, forecasting, and real-time management)
• Advanced MS Office skills, particularly in database analysis and problem-solving
• Experience with systems such as Aspect (Alvaria), Genesis, Dayforce, Kronos, or Total IX

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Key Responsibilities:

• Take direct responsibility for the profitability of the store by ensuring the set targets are met.
• Ensure staff are taught correct sales procedure and have a good knowledge of the product.
• Maintain a high level of customer service.
• Assist customers and provide information.
• Ensure complaints from customers are resolved quickly.
• Inform staff of new lines and any changes to the prices
• Manage staff rosters.
• Coordinate and conduct stock takes.
• Keep and analyze records of sales figures and financial transactions, inclusive of filing.
• Implement and oversee security procedures.
• Manage staff when necessary.

Qualification and Experience:

• Matric
• 3 - 5 years’ experience in Furniture Retail environment, 2 of which must be in a Managerial/Supervisory role
• Must have a minimum average of R300 000+ in personal sales
• Must have successfully proven sales track record no less than 6months
• Industrial Relations experience
• Planning, organizational and time management ability
• Good knowledge of Sales Techniques
• Computer literate 

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Responsibilities:  

• Assisting the Store manager with Stock take & store administration 
• Monitor and analyse stock movement within the store 
• Implement risk management procedures, which mitigate stock losses and Shrinkage. 
• Ensure compliance of all administration, systems and reporting procedures 
• Extracting store report to analyse store turnover and stock performance 
• Understand and present information to Store manager 
• Organise and maintain in store filing systems 
• Monitor and controller cash or transactional activities to ensure process is followed 
• Uphold in store safety and security procedures.
• Process Customer transactions via active retail system (POS) 
• Identifying Customer needs through professional engagement and communication. 
• Establish Customer loyalty, by promoting cash reward programs. 
• Take initiative to improve Customer experience and satisfaction. 
• Adhere to visual Merchandising principles and follow housekeeping procedures 
• Continuously take on opportunities to develop your own selling skills and product knowledge. 
• Work within a team to meet sales target and implement store objectives. 

Qualifications and Experience: 

• A Grade 12 qualification 
• A minimum of 3 years retail or admin experience 
• Remain in sync with the latest fashion trends 
• A passion for excellent Customer services and sales environment  

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Key Responsibilities

• Analyse existing systems and processes, identifying areas for improvement and implementing solutions that optimize production output. 
• Analyse business processes and develop methodologies that automate routine tasks through existing user interfaces.
• Create smart workflows, integrating tasks performed by Work Study Analysts and machines.
• Ensure all processes are documented and that there is understanding of these processes across the team.
• Assess current technology and equipment used in the manufacturing process, identifying opportunities for further development and optimization.
• Work closely with the Work Study Analysts to ensure accurate measurement of production sequences and timing and optimizing the workflow. 
• Ensure that Work Study Analysts are effectively training supervisors on measuring and improving production processes. 
• Lead skill transfer initiatives across the team.
• Provide informal training or coaching to the team to enable them to improve performance and fulfil personal potential.
• Oversee the implementation of occupational health and safety policies and procedures to ensure compliance. 
• Leadership and Direction: Communicate the local action plan; explain how this relates to the function's strategy and action plan and to the broader organization's mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.

Qualification and Experience 

• Degree in Industrial Engineering, Work Study, Production or clothing management 
• 5+ years Clothing manufacturing with technical clothing experience.
• Job related experience in a similar manufacturing environment
• Colourbelt in 5S is advantageous
• Experience in lean methodology is advantageous

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Key Responsibilities:

Cost savings and improved GP: 

• Build meaningful and strategic relationships with key mills 
• Achieve percentage reduction in fabric costs compared to previous periods through negotiations and sourcing strategies by sourcing direct 
• Improve cost per unit of fabric sourced over time using market benchmarks. 

Quality Assurance: 

• Ensure that fabric shipments meet the Company’s quality percentage tolerance standards
• Report to the Company and resolve any quality standards not being met.

Improved Supplier Performance: 

• Manage the Company’s supplier on-time delivery rate
• Identify and quantify the Company’s onboarded suppliers and reliable suppliers 
• Document supplier performance in writing via Microsoft Excel or such other data management program required by the Company. 

Lead Time Reduction: 

• Improve average lead time over specified periods set by the Company from order placement to delivery targeting. 

Sourcing Efficiency:

• Identify and vet new fabric sources ensuring best quality sourced from most reputable and cost-effective partners 
• Sourcing of natural- and synthetic fill, Bedroom textiles, Bathroom textiles, home furnishing textiles and potentially upholstery textiles in future

Sustainability: 

• Ensure that a percentage of the Company’s fabric is sourced from sustainable and/or ecofriendly sources and are following environmental and social responsibility standards. 

Inventory Management and waste reduction:

• Reduce fabric overstock and stockouts.
• Monitor accuracy of fabric inventory levels. 

Market Trend Analysis:

• Analyse the frequency and accuracy of market trend reports
• Implement market insights, product performance data and Trend information into the Company’s sourcing strategies. 

Risk Management:

• Identify and quantify any supply chain disruptions.
• Document the impact thereof in line with the Company’s implementation plan & strategy to mitigate risk. 

Compliance and Certification: 

• Ensure that the Company’s suppliers comply with industry standards and certifications and pass all audits against the Company without major issues.
• Rectify and report to the Company any identified non-compliance with industry standards not being met. 

Qualifications and Experience:

• Diploma, Graduate Degree, or Post Graduate Degree 
• Have experience in Fabric sourcing and manufacturing (5+ years essential) 
• Integral understanding of the fabric critical path from various sources internationally and locally and how that integrates with manufacturing and Retail buying timelines
• A good working knowledge of the current computer software packages (knowledge of Excel, Word & E-mail would be preferable). 

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Responsibilities:  

• The ability to support the store management team to provide outstanding leadership to the store team. 
• Ensures the team executes operational excellence through a customer centric mindset. 
• Generating high levels of motivation and commitment within the store. 
• Allocate time effectively; handle multiple tasks and completing priorities. 
• Provide input and manage merchandise and visual principles. 
• Drive performance through the store KPI’s (e.g. turnover, rewards, new accounts, visuals. etc). 

Qualification: 

• A Matric certificate. 

Skills: 

• Minimum 3 years retail experience with a minimum of 1 year store leadership experience. 
• High flexibility and ability to adapt to different customers and situations. 
• A high sense of urgency with demonstrated ability to work independently. 
• High flexibility and ability to adapt to different customers. 
• An outstanding leadership, interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business. 
• Ensure customer satisfaction by executing our customer service strategy and fulfilling the demands of our customers. 
• Strategic Sales Planning 
• Managing the Sales Process 
• Customer Value Management 

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Key Responsibilities: 

• Work within a team to meet sales targets and implement store objectives
• Ensure compliance of all administration, systems and reporting procedures
• Daily cashing up 
• Extracting store repots to analyse turnover and stock performance
• Financial Administration functions
• Stock Control
• Give full assistance to any customer queries 
• Organise and maintain in store filing system 
• Process customer transactions 
• Establish Customer loyalty by promoting cash reward programs
• Uphold store safety and security procedures (Health and Safety)
• Monitor and controller cash or transactional activities to ensure process is followed 
• Understand and present information to store manager 
• Ensure compliance of all administration , system and reporting procedures 

Qualification and Experience: 

•  Matric or equivalent 
•  Must be able to balance daily banking 
•  1 - 2 years’ experience handling cash management 
•  Keep up to date with daily, weekly, monthly administration 
•  Must have excellent customer communication skills 
•  Serve as an information clerk for any telephonic queries 
•  Must give assistance to weekly stock checks 
•  Computer literate 
• Must be able to work under pressure 
• Friendly, motivated and calm