Woolworths Vacancies

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REGIONAL MANAGER: PROTEIN COUNTERS – BUTCHERY AND SEAFOOD

Listing reference: woolw_000980

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 6 November 2024

Position summary

Industry: FMCG & Supply Management

Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Gauteng

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

Introduction

To manage our Joint Venture partners who run our service counters being Butchery Counters & Seafood Counters to ensure a world class butchery & seafood product offering with exceptional customer service in our Woolworths stores within the Gauteng Region. To provide leadership and direction to maximise sales and minimise losses through outstanding customer care (including technical product knowledge) within designated departments, while contributing to the overall performance of our Protein Counters, ensuring chain store image and disciplines are adhered to in the Gauteng Region

Job description

• Drive sales and ensure product availability by working with internal and external parties
• Identify lost opportunities.
• Be able to travel as required between Gauteng & Cape Town & KZN Regions to benchmark protein service counters & improve ways of working with stores & Joint Venture partners.
• Assist and resolve all issues being experienced by our Joint Venture partners in running the Butchery & Seafood service departments.
• Co-ordinate all service counter in-store promotions
• Ensure the right product reaches the right stores timeously
• Liaise with prepacked Meat & Seafood departments on the planning and implementation of like-for-like matching promotions between counters and prepacked product ranges.
• Lead the opening of all new service counters.
• Develop relationships with store management to ensure integration between Woolworths & Joint Venture partners.
• Develop regional store structure for the butchery and seafood service counters.
• Monitor and report via Comp Shops on competitors’ activities with regard to price of products, etc.
• Develop Service Level Agreements with our Joint Venture partners
• Update and maintain operational manuals

Minimum requirements

• Ability to drive our mission to become the iconic Butchery and Seafood Counter destination by offering our customers a fantastic fresh market experience with best butchery and seafood, quality standards, innovation, and service.
• Meat & Seafood Product knowledge including meat & seafood legislation.
• Customer obsessed & orientation.
• Strong leadership skills to lead WW Regional Managers & Joint Venture Suppliers & WW Divisional & WW Stores teams to execute our strategy.
• Relevant commercial / retail qualification
• 3-5 years of commercial / retail / butchery / fresh meat and seafood production experience, including cutting skills
• A valid (code 08) driver’s license is essential and able to travel nationally across South Africa to manage our Protein Counters nationally.
• Networking, presentation and integration skills
• Basic financial management skills with understanding factors influencing a product cost & value
• Knowledge of store operations, customer profiles, locations and competitors
• Understanding of Foods Supply Chain principles and processes
• Understanding of supplier operations
• Entrepreneurial
• Analytical skills – ability to analyze financial figures and interpret trends
• Planning / forecasting skills – ability to forecast events and plan for them in detail
• Quality / high standard mindset
• Innovation / continuous improvement mindset
• Strong project driving skills.
• Passion for food
• Team player
• Computer literacy
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)

Finance Assistant II – Treasury

Listing reference: woolw_000990

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 14 November 2024

Position summary

Industry: Financial Services

Job category: Bookkeeping

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

EE position: No

Introduction

Manage the timeous processing of banking information into Recon Assist. Provide support to stores and bank in this regard.

Job description

·       Ensure all automated bank worksheets have been updated in ReconAssist daily.

·       Liaise with the bank (cash centres) regarding outstanding worksheets and resolve issues which arise including exception management.

·       Monitor and resolve queries on SMC.

·       Ensure that all store cash management are closed weekly.

·       Ensure that all stores float and bag report is completed daily.

·       Authorize float requisitions.

·       Prepare, distribute and follow up on the Float and Rebank diagnostic reports.

·       Advise G4S and SBSA regarding the opening & closing stores.

·       Prepare Float GL bank recons and related journals.

·       Process journals for relevant recons

·       Assist stores with any Standard Bank and G4s (CIT) queries.

·       Perform ad-hoc administration duties.

Minimum requirements

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

·       Basic Accounting certificate and 1-year relevant industry experience

·       Computer literacy – Excel

·       Sound understanding of Accounting Systems eg, ReconAssist, Oracle

·       Basic understanding of accounting practices

·       Strong attention to detail

·       Analytical and problem-solving skills

·       Store background an advantage

BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS:

• Personal Effectiveness
• Passion for the brand and customers
• Thinking strategically and commercially
• Leading Transformation
• Connecting people
• Delivering high performance
• Having a merchant mindset
• Making insightful business decisions
• Driving quality
• Planning and organising

TECHNICAL SPECIALIST II

Listing reference: woolw_000984

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 7 November 2024

Position summary

Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade

Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

Introduction

To ensure the enablement and delivery of innovative technology based digital solutions in order to satisfy business and IT requirements. Operationalize world class services to ensure Woolworths business systems are operating cost effectively and efficiently.

Job description

• Ensure effective Stakeholder Management to reduce risk

o   Communicate progress, status, events, planned activities and issues to all relevant parties.

o   Communicate technical decisions, discoveries, practices, processes, knowledge and information.

• Deliver New Technologies in support of business strategic objectives

o   Conduct the necessary research and development to deliver innovative solutions in line with both IT and Business strategies

o   Test new technologies derived from approved business cases and manage implementation where appropriate, i.e., Software.

o   Keep abreast of non-technical factors that have a direct bearing on technological decisions such as budget constraints and business objectives by establishing business contacts and doing appropriate fact finding to ensure delivery within Time, Scope and Budget.

o   Understand and keep abreast of the Woolworths IT technical infrastructure by using the appropriate internal sources of information

• Maintain Technologies to enable to operational stability

o   Perform the administration of technical solutions according to the agreed plans and processes and propose continuous enhancements to these processes where applicable.

o   Ensure set standards implemented and adhered in support of a healthy and stable environment

o   Maintain and analyze internal records of problem causes and resolutions, identify recurring problems and modify the resolution actions to prevent recurrence.

• Provide thought leadership to ensure best delivery of industry practice

o   Ensure that team members, management and other staff members working in related areas of technical concern are informed on all relevant technical decisions, discoveries, practices, processes, knowledge and information for effective delivery.

o   Ensure that sustainability and impact of the administration of technical solutions are understood and taken into account when technical solutions are proposed.

• Deliver Solutions and Support Complex and Diverse technologies and Platforms

o   Be a subject matter expert of multiple technologies and platforms

o   Investigate and remediate complex problems directly and indirectly linked to your area of responsibility

• Manage tasks within a team to ensure effective and quality delivery

o   Keep Track of tasks and identify risks and challenges that could compromise delivery.

o   Be an ambassador of the team and be capable of playing the role of liaison between customer, EUC and Infrastructure.

Minimum requirements

• Grade 12 and relevant degree/diploma (3 years)
• 3 years relevant experience (preferable experienced broadly across multiple areas of IT)

Additional Criteria

• Thorough knowledge of Woolworths business systems
• Extensive knowledge of all mainstream IT technologies
• Ability to apply emerging technologies to business solutions
• Thorough working knowledge of technologies used at Woolworths
• Knowledge of Woolworths IT landscape, including systemic understanding of key business linkages and dependencies
• Is aware of and responsive to internal and external events and influences on the technical landscape
• Looks beyond symptoms to uncover root causes of problems to be solved
• Presents problem analysis and a recommended solution rather than just identifying and describing the problem itself
• Demonstrates a results-oriented mindset in planning and implementing activities/projects
• Monitors and tracks progress to ensure delivery of all planned commitments, and keeps the appropriate people informed
• Listens attentively and checks understanding of the message being received.
• Prepares clear, well-structured presentations using a variety of tools and techniques.
• Discusses issues and exchanges information with partners to identify areas of mutual interest and benefit.
• Genuinely cultivates personal bonds with colleagues in order to enhance performance throughout the organisation.
• Anticipates change and continuously remains prepared for change
• Demonstrates resourcefulness in acquiring necessary knowledge, skills and competencies to adapt to change.
• Hands-on technology experience (including, but not limited to)
  • Microsoft (including OS, SCCM, O365 etc) 
  • Anti-virus 
  • Mobile Computers (traditionally known as Scanners) 
  • Point of Sale 
  • Printing
  • Digital eco-system
    • Connectivity 
    • End User Devices 
    • Shared Applications 
  • Project management skills
  • Relevant business/retail knowledge 
  • Communicating, reporting and influencing  
  • Solutions focused and systemic thinker. 
  • Ability to plan and prioritize.

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All the best with your applications.