Pep – Mid-Level Vacancies

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Organisational Development Practitioner

Reference Number

PEP-1344

Description

PURPOSE OF THE JOB 

To provide comprehensive organisation, culture & leadership development and change management solutions to support and optimise the strategic direction of PEP.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Content Design and Development
• Coordination, Facilitation and Implementation of OD Initiatives
• Monitoring and evaluation of OD interventions (before, during and after)
• Design and Implement culture and leadership development, as well as team development interventions
• Facilitation of  Change Management interventions
• Budgeting and Reporting
• Coaching and Team Building
• Relationship Management
• Ad hoc responsibilities

Requirements

JOB INCUMBENT REQUIREMENTS 

• Degree in Organisational and Industrial  Psychology / Social Sciences
• Minimum of 3 years experience  in Organisational Development / Learning & Development
• Knowledge in company culture, employee engagement and change management
• Proficient in GSuite
• Facilitation /Presentation Skills
• Knowledge of surveys
• Knowledge of the development of team interventions applying appropriate methodologies
• Knowledge of learning methodologies (incl. facilitation; questioning skills; simulations, online, role play, etc.)
• Competencies: Planning, Presenting, Listening skills, Organisational sensitivity, Initiative, Service-oriented, Analysing and forming opinions, Helicopter view

Project Manager

Reference Number

PEP-1343

Description

Purpose of the job 

The Project manager will be primarily responsible for planning, executing and monitoring projects.  Collaborating and providing feedback to all stakeholders to ensure project deliverables are met. Additionally they will be responsible for managing project budgets to ensure the financial viability of projects.

Key Responsibilities 

• Project management 
• Ensure project deliverables are of a high quality
• Effective Stakeholder Management
• Manages performance of project teams
• Creates and maintains Comprehensive Project Documentation

Requirements

Job Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualification (e.g. IT; Commercial ; Computer Science). 
• Project management qualification/training (e.g. PMBOK, Prince2 or similar) 
• Professional project management certification (e.g. PMP) will be an advantage 
• 5 years project management experience 
• Retail experience will be an advantage 
• Proven track record of medium to large scale projects 
• Experience leading cross functional project teams 


Technical Skills

• Project management methodology (e.g., Agile, Waterfall).
• Project management software (e.g. Asana, Jira, Trello etc.).
• Data analysis and reporting.
• Budgeting and financial management.
• Communication and collaboration tools (eg Google Suite products).
• Understanding of Marketing Teams and Advanced Analytics Teams and associated IT infrastructure
• Knowledge and understanding of POPIA

Soft Skills

• Leadership and communication.
• Problem-solving and critical thinking.
• Time management and organization.
• Negotiation and conflict resolution.
• Interpersonal skills and teamwork.
• Adaptability and resilience.
• Analytical thinker
• Process driven
• Good presentation skills


• Competencies: Negotiation, Decisiveness, Directing, Results orientated, Structuring, Team building, Vitality, Analysing and forming opinions 

Regional People Support Manager PEPCell Zimbali

Reference Number

PEP-1327

Description

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To implement the PEP People Support strategy in the defined region, through the effective management of the people support function.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

●       Recruitment and Selection 

●       Industrial Relations

●       Personnel Administration

●       Maintain Sikhula KunYe culture

●       Personnel policies and procedures

●       Succession Planning

●       Training and Development

●       Operational support to line management

Requirements

SKILLS REQUIRED

●       Sound interpersonal skills – building and maintaining culture.

●       Logical reasoning, negotiation, and ability to influence.

●       Service orientation; Coaching; Learning orientation. Planning and Organising

●       Control and change problem assessment; Decision making; Business acumen; 

●       Analytical ability and proactive problem-solving. Openness and passion

●       Team player with the ability to operate independently.

●       Ability to work under pressure and to operate in set routines according to a specific work method. 

JOB INCUMBENT REQUIREMENTS

●       Grade 12 with a relevant Honours degree within the HR Discipline

●       At least 5 years’ experience within a generalist HR Role

●       Retail knowledge and experience will be an advantage

●       Computer Literate (G. Suite) 

●       Valid Code 8 manual drivers license and willingness to undertake extensive traveling 

Closing Date: 18 September 2024

Internal Development Pool Candidates will be given preference.

PEP strives for equal opportunity in terms of its employment equity guidelines.

If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date of this position, please regard yourapplication as being unsuccessful.

Systems Analyst (eCommerce)

Reference Number

PEP-1311

Description

Purpose of the job

To ensure E-commerce systems and business processes incorporate industry standards and best practices; and to provide business process and technology support to users.

Key Responsibilities

• Project delivery with focus on initiatives to help PEP implement an end to end ecommerce solution
• Understand and draft the ask of the BRD and translate to Functional Requirements Document (FRD), engage and facilitate questions with business owners to resolve, to get to FRD
• Receive and suggest System Improvement (SI)/Project from the Business and gather business requirements from Users (business owners) / Business requirements and needs will be facilitated
• Discusses specifications with PIT or 3’rd party in order to ensure correct understanding of business need
• Provide a Support service to the business to assist with any system queries/problem (technical and non-technical)
• Training /Knowledge acquisition and transfer within the team and business
• Ad Hoc queries and tasks

Requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• A Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Information Systems
• Years experience in a similar role 3 + years
• Experience with online shopping solutions (Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento), payment gateway (Peach
• Payment, PayU), ERP Solutions, logistics of e-comm, online, VAS services , dark store setup will be     advantageous

• Experience working in a Test Driven Environment
• SQL, JIRA
• Google Cloud Platform 
• Integration languages 
• Analytics, Qlikview, PowerBI, Looker
• Apply agile or waterfall methodology to take a BRD to a FRD level
• Project exposure to implement and design solution in business
• Facilitate training sessions/presentations
• Above average computer literacy – MS Office & MS Project
• Project management skills 
• Presentation and facilitation skills 
• Hands on experience with software development and documentation
• Able to explain technical details 
• Solid information of business systems 
• Able to take responsibility and be self motivated
• Able to develop ideas and share them clearly (in non-technical terms when required)
• Able to explain solution trade-offs (in non-technical terms when required)
• Able to work within a team
• Analytical mindset and good problem-solving skills.
• Will respond in a supportive,  patient and friendly / approachable manner (passionate)
• Can support more than one process business in a system or one process over more than 1 system
• Be able to configure on application back end or front end (not develop)

• A curious self-starter who takes initiative, investigates problems, see possibilities and takes action
• Above average computer literacy –  MS office Suite
• Competencies: Performing under pressure, Listening skills, Service oriented, Initiative, Innovating, Helicopter view.

If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date of this position, please regard your application as being unsuccessful.  

PEP strives for equal opportunity in terms of its employment equity guidelines.

Relief Business Analyst

Reference Number

PEP-957

Description

Purpose of the job

As a business analyst, you will play a significant role within the business by acting as the interface between the various Business Stakeholders, Systems Team, Pepkor IT and other information technology suppliers. You will be the vehicle through which optimal business processes and underlying system functionality is developed in order to execute business strategy.

You will achieve this through elicitation and analysis of business requirements, processes and systems. You will have the opportunity to diagnose problems, identify solutions, propose improvements and execute action plans. You will be required to apply industry standards and best practices to define and manage the scope of projects and to meet objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Discover & document Business processes to enable Continuous Improvement
• Manage & determine business requirements to enable processes through systems
• Document Test Cases to enable thorough testing of System configuration
• Training/Knowledge transfer
• Project Management
• Testing and validating System configuration
• Governing business processes and SOP’s
• Ad hoc responsibilities 

Requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Retail Buying experience
• In Depth understanding of retail processes
• Experience participating in cross-functional projects
• Project management skills 
• Presentation and communication skills 
• A logical and systematic approach to problem-solving.
• Competencies required: Attention to detail, agile, adaptable, quick learner, innovator, resilient,  organised, good listener, big picture thinking, strategic

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All the best with your applications.