Pick n Pay Vacancies

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1. Digital Transformation Analyst
2. Trainee Accountant
3. Associate Functional Consultant
4. Supply Chain Planner

Digital Transformation Analyst

The Digital Transformation Reporting Accountant (Digital accountant), reporting to the Digital Transformation Lead, will be responsible for supporting and delivering the streamlining and automation of the reporting landscape across the Pick n Pay Group. The Digital accountant is responsible for identifying opportunities to improve reporting processes, digitise reports (management accounts, budgets and forecasts) in a way that creates value for the stakeholders, working closely with the Group’s IT teams as well as core business finance functions.

This role will help to implement a new and ambitious digital roadmap within the organization through the delivery of a strategic digital programme of change, with scope to make positive changes to our processes and ways of working.

Finance related discipline / CA (SA), with IT / computer science advantageous

1-3 years post-qualification experience and proven track record in the implementation of Digitisation Initiatives and Streamlining

Strong understanding of financial systems and reporting tools

1-3 years Retail industry knowledge

Technology knowledge, e.g. SharePoint, Power BI, Power automate, Tableau, Excel/VBA advantageous

Drive digital transformation initiatives across the organisation, leveraging technology to enhance business strategy and processes by;

• Deep diving into the finance processes within the Group’s business units to identify streamlining and automation requirements
• Identify opportunities for improvement of data accessibility, limiting manual processes, adopting best-practice, and ensuring alignment across the organisation
• Unlocking value from reporting systems and improving customer experience

Digitisation of management reports, planning and forecasting processes and the underlying processes supporting these functions.

Ability to translate and document the finance related digital needs of the business.

Create structured end-to-end roadmaps for implementation, including milestones and dependencies, and ensure cohesive stakeholder management across the business.

Be part of the project team, implementing new digital tools and platforms including the overall change management process of communication, adoption and support of these new technologies.

Manage the governance of the finance master data hierarchies (profit centre and general ledger), access control and system packages.

Perform impact analysis on reports for master data changes, testing and implementing reports.

Document and drive the alignment of finance data definitions and data sets to be agreed with internal stakeholders (example, sales, gross margin).

Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, facilitating innovation and transformation across the organisation.

Promote a culture of continuous improvement.

COMPETENCIES:

Business Acumen

Strong communication skills (written & verbal) and ability to convey complex technical concepts in a simple and understandable manner

Strong leadership and interpersonal skills – must have the ability to manage and influence teams, even when they do not report to him / her, conflict resolution skills, collaboration

Highly motivated, results orientated and self-directed individual

Ability to plan, effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment

Process improvement

CLOSING DATE: 17 MAY 2024

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!

Trainee Accountant

The purpose of this position is to ensure that company policies and procedures are adhered with regards to the processing of all Property Finance related documentation for South Africa Corporate and Franchise Stores, Supply Chain, Botswana, Eswatini and Lesotho.

Diploma or Degree in Accounting related studies

2 – 3 Years proven experience in a n accounting environment,

SAP Finance knowledge
Computer literacy in MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
 

Competencies:

Attention to detail
Accurate, thorough and methodical
Conscientious (by the book)
Sense of urgency
Ability to handle routine work
Excellent communication skills, and ability to lead a team
Excellent people management skills
Ability to work under pressure
Excellent query resolution skills (ability to resolve second level queries)
Continuous and consistent professionalism in all aspects of work

Ensure that company policies and procedures are adhered to in terms of General Ledger Accounting, Processing of Expense Payments, and over-seeing and assisting with Rental Payments and supervision of the rental team
Review Property Vendor Statements to ensure invoice and rental queries are timeously and adequately resolved
Post invoices / credit memo’s prepared by the Rental Team
Inspect key documents i.e. invoices and contract to ensure that the correct authorizing official has signed off the document(s) and that the correct ledger account and cost centers are used.

Liaising with key players i.e. Chief Accountant, General Managers and Development Managers, to resolve supplier queries and other internal departmental queries and requests.
Prepare monthly management account packs and conduct an analysis of ledger accounts to explain unusual variances.
Improve operating efficiencies of the department by addressing risk factors and cited improvement areas for better performance (audit report items etc); which includes the training of staff
Process monthly accruals and journals
Create Expense Purchase Orders
Process the adhoc tenant installation (TI) invoices to Landlords
Prepare the Annual Turnover Calculation and Certificate

Conduct on-going annual Rates Verification
Assist the Accountant with annual budgets on rates and turnover rent calculations
Assist with ad hoc duties as outlined by management

CLOSING DATE: 09 MAY 2024

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!

Associate Functional Consultant

Provide functional SAP BW support for customer requests (issues, problems and enhancements) within agreed schedules through analysis, configuration, testing and training of system modules.

Diploma in IT or relevant Degree

1 to 3 years’ SAP BW experience

Exposure to a customer service environment

Understanding of SAP ECC data structures, interfaces to SAP BW and non-SAP system integration

Understanding of Retail is advantageous

Competencies:

Self-driven, curious, passionate, problem-solver (root causes), detailed, accurate, responsible/ accountable and a team player who absorbs pressure positively

Communication, relationship-building, influencing, analytical, consulting, training and presenting.

Expected to be able to support and enhance SAP BW and cross-skill into other BI technologies.

Provide first and second line incident support to the business by analysing and clarifying the issue and resolving issues within the agreed operational and service level agreement (OLA/SLA) and communicating effectively to business users and colleagues.

Map and trace data from system to system in order to solve any given business or system problems.

Ensure all support knowledge for resolving incidents and service requests are up-to-date.

Establish the root cause of repeated incidents and recommend resolutions or procedural process changes to relevant stakeholders.

Share resolution knowledge and experience with team.

Escalate issues timeously to the BI Support Team Lead for support when a solution is not forthcoming.

Ensure business compliance to processes and procedures.

Actively monitor processes (e.g. daily batch jobs in the system, LFL setup and other operational activities).

Perform overnight standby.

Ensure alignment across SAP modules and any non-SAP systems.

Ensure consistency, completeness and clarity of own deliverables, and their acceptance by business stakeholders and BI colleagues.

Assist other team members whenever necessary.

Be prepared to cross-skill into other BI technologies (e.g. BOBJ, BPC, IS, DS, DL, Snowflake).

CLOSING DATE: 09 MAY 2024

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!

Supply Chain Planner

Ensure the effective execution of the flow of stock through the value chain in order to achieve sales growth, availability, waste, working capital and reducing distribution costs. Integrate with cross functional stakeholders to understand strategies and targets and translate this into qualitative forecasts, sales plans and vendor orders.

BCom Logistics/Degree in Quantitative Analytics/Operational Research/Industrial Engineering/Applied Mathematics (RPL)

SQL (Structured Query Language), Power BI and Access advantageous

2 years Retail, Supply Chain or Planning experience and/or at least 1 year PnP-specific experience

COMPETENCIES:

Analysis

Conceptual Thinking

Data Accuracy & Attention to Detail

Judgement & Decision Making

Drive

Flexibility

Positive, willing attitude

Networking/Liaison

Organisational Awareness

Influencing

Verbal & Written Communication

Business Insights

Environmental Scanning

Prioritising Tasks

Monitoring

Sales Plan

Create sales plan:

Create weekly sales plans for assigned categories using the module document and Standardised T-4 planning process.
Consolidate all inputs required to plan for promotions, cannibalization, events, seasonal/weather/price changes, and plan accordingly.
Use annualization trend reports to understand previous year sales base compared to current year and identify trade opportunities where there are gaps.
Use standardised planning and reporting tools for accurate sales planning and execution
Understanding the business sales plans and strategy and base your category forecast on these plans.
Plan for upcoming promotions by extracting upcoming promotional information from the Adnote tool and adhering to the relevant T – 5 Promotional planning processes.
Create a sales and execution plan for new article and seasonal launches.
Plan for store specific nuances i.e. changing trends, revamps, new stores and for store specific events communicated by the Store Execution Team

Follow the DILO & Rhythm document as set and communicated by your line manager

Incorporate historical forecast accuracy into future planning process and numbers to drive more accurate sales planning and forecasting.

Liaise with business on the sales plan:

Follow a set weekly rhythm with commercial teams to understand sales strategies and agree on forecast values at T-3
Share weekly sales plan with divisional teams and distribute agreed sales forecast numbers at T-2.
Escalate significant differences between sales targets, commercial sales plan and the retail sales forecast.

Operational Execution

Sales Plan Execution:

Load forecast DIFs in SAP to ensure the system forecast reflects your category sales plan and promotional forecast.
Follow processes and methods communicated by line management to ensure all forecast uploads are accurate.

Ensure replenishment parameters are set correctly to reflect the sales plan and forecast accurately.
Revise min display rules on a regular basis to ensure optimized min display settings.
Ensure in-week forecast profiles are set correctly to accurately reflect in-week sales demand of stores and articles. Ensure that shelf life is set correctly in SAP for lines linked to assigned category.
Ensure replenishment master data fields are set correctly for accurate and correct execution of system replenishment.

T-Action and Monitoring:

Make use of available standardized reports and tools for daily execution and monitoring of orders and sales plans.
Monitor orders daily to ensure order trends reflect sales plan and in-week forecast distribution.
Track sales, waste, working capital and availability KPIs daily to ensure sales plans are executed correctly.
Monitor sales vs forecast and adjust sales plans accordingly to ensure forecast and replenishment parameters reflect customer demand.
Work through daily and weekly KPI exceptions (available on the story board report for fresh categories) and take action as per guidance provided by your line manager.
Highlight and escalate any KPI or operational risks identified and work with your line manager to resolve identified issues.
Understand root cause on high returns and implement solutions that will proactively reduce/avoid returns.
Execute New article and/or seasonal launches in adherence with the launch process.
Manage DC stock holding on bulk lines and take responsibility for the ordering process and maintaining target stock levels in all DC’s.
Execute the ordering of imports stock according to the plan set by line management.
Execute end to end promo planning process, by engaging with stakeholders and adhering to the T-5 promotional process.
Analyse the New & Revamp store report and take action on poor availability lines.
Resolve specific availability, sales growth or waste issues escalated by regions or the Store Execution Team (SET).
Execute the Own-brand strategy set by line management.

Revise previous week:

Revise previous week performance and incorporate into planning processes for current and upcoming weeks.
Report on any post promo overstocks and escalate articles and stores requiring further action to avoid waste.
Make use of standardised reports to tools to understand the root cause of low availability and implement solutions to proactively reduce/avoid out of stocks. Escalate root causes that is not within the control of the supply chain planning department.
Make use of standardised reports to tools to understand the root cause of waste and implement solutions to proactively reduce/avoid excessive waste. Escalate root causes that is not within the control of the supply chain planning department.
Escalate store stock accuracy issues to line management.

Category Profitability

Provide input on promo & pricing strategies based on category performance and annualization
Provide input on range based on sales, waste and profitability
Support maximized deal price purchases by ordering more stock for promo lines during the deal price period. Only for lines where applicable Identify opportunities to increase category profitability by using a profit levers tool or something similar
Support Vendor Growth Hurdles and strategic Buy-ins (Category Profitability) by executing the plan provided by the planning line manager.
Understand the elements that contribute to improved category GP and work with commercial teams to achieve set targets.
Work with commercial and store teams to plan for the effective ordering and execution of service counter/in-store departments.
Work with commercial and logistics teams to implement ways of work that will drive increased franchisee buy-in participation.

Stakeholder Engagement

Build & maintain good working relationship with all stakeholders

Internal Stakeholders:

Collaborate with required internal stakeholders to create accurate and realistic sales plans that reflect business, category and promotional strategies.
Follow the commercial integration rhythm as set by your line manager.
Communicate sales plans to the SCP DC volume management team to ensure accurate DC volume planning and execution
Work closely with the technical team to ensure the accurate maintenance of shelf life in SAP. Ensure all quality related issues are incorporated into sales plans.
Communicate with the SET on store specific issues and accompany them on store visits – 1 per quarter
Work with New Product Development teams to ensure the timeous execution of new product launches.

External Stakeholders:

Share promotional forecast with vendors as set out in the T-4 promo planning process.
Work with vendors and commercial to understand the root cause of poor strike rate and work on solutions to proactively avoid strike rate issues.

Liaise with vendors following a formalized Vendor Collaboration process. Act as vendor champion as and when required.

Self-Management and Teamwork

Contribute to a positive, constructive working environment.
Share insights with peers on improved ways of work and utilisation of reports, tools and processes.

Ensure effective (clear and concise) communication with line manager, peers and stakeholders
Calm self and others during stressful times and keep a positive attitude.
Maintain positive working relationships with team members by building trust and treating them with respect.
Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate effective self-management.
Contribute to an encouraging and motivating working environment.
Adhere to Pick n Pay values.

Value Chain Costs

Have a good understanding of value chain cost and income components and the role planning plays to influence these levers.
Ensure order patterns of assigned categories conform to the required in-week order distribution set for each DC.
Identify and escalate inefficient pack sizes

Implement mixed lugs as and when required
Provide input in vendor-specific projects & improvements that contribute to value chain efficiencies.
Execute vendor collaboration and efficiency plans as set out by the planning manager.
Execute operational plans communicated by line manager to maximize DC Margin.
Assist with the centralization of vendors into PnP DCs.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!

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All the best with your applications.