Woolworths Vacancies

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REAL ESATE MANAGER ( ROA – REST OF AFRICA )

Listing reference: woolw_001301

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 2 September 2025

Position summary

Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade

Job category: Other: Engineering, Technical, Production and Manufacturing

Location: Western Cape

Contract: Permanent

EE position: Yes

Introduction

To Identify and maintain profitable and sustainable trading locations. Manage our current portfolio and focus on unlocking value through effective deal negotiations to deliver future growth across the African Continent.

Job description

Retail Space Acquisition & Leasing:

• Lead negotiations for retail store leases, renewals, and expansions across various locations in Africa to drive store growth plan
• Identify, evaluate, and secure retail properties that align with the brand’s growth strategy and customer base.

·      Negotiate lease terms, rental rates, and other conditions to maximize profitability and operational flexibility

Deal Structuring & Negotiations:

• Structure and negotiate leases, rental agreements, and other retail-related real estate deals that align with business objectives.

·      Develop strong relationships with landlords, brokers, and other key stakeholders to negotiate optimal agreements (new sites and existing buildings)

·     Structure deals for closure and relocations by analysing and implementing existing lease agreements.

• Identify underperforming properties and recommend strategies for lease renegotiations, terminations, or relocations.

Market Research & Site Selection:

• Conduct thorough market research to identify new retail opportunities, emerging markets, and high-potential locations for store openings or relocations.
• Analyze demographic trends, foot traffic, competitor positioning, and other factors to ensure the selection of prime retail locations.
• Evaluate potential locations based on key performance indicators (KPIs) such as location, accessibility, customer traffic, and rental rates.

Financial Analysis & Budgeting:

• Prepare and analyze financial models to assess the feasibility of retail space acquisitions and leasing deals, including rent-to-revenue ratios and ROI.
• Develop budgets and forecasts for real estate transactions and track the performance of retail properties.

·        Ensure that all real estate decisions align with the overall business strategy and financial goals.

·        Assist in collating information to analyse and calculate rental and deal structuring for extensions and refurbishments.

Risk Management & Compliance:

• Ensure that all real estate transactions comply with regulations, as well as company policies.
• Identify and mitigate risks associated with market conditions, lease terms, and property ownership.

·        Manage disputes or issues related to lease agreements, maintenance, or property management.

·        Resolve and/or refer real estate maintenance and technical issues on day-to-day basis.

Stakeholder Relationship Management:

·        Build and maintain strong relationships with landlords, developers, brokers, and other real estate professionals, including the business areas ( Food, Fashion, Beauty, Home and Divisional/Regional operational teams).

·        Work closely with senior management to review and evaluate retail space performance and opportunities for value creation

·        Network and build relationships with the property professionals/stakeholders to create awareness of Woolworths’ requirements.

·        Liaison with landlords on property issues including maintenance

Minimum requirements

• Relevant degree or Diploma.
• 8-10 years relevant experience in Retail Property and Development within Africa
• Previous proven experience in retail real estate, with a focus on leasing, deal structuring across Africa
• Comprehensive knowledge and deep understanding of the various African countries
• Ability to navigate the real estate sector in a diverse African continent.
• Understand the general real estate trends and the specific cultural, economic, and legal factors that influence property markets in these countries
• Proven experience negotiating complex retail leases, with a strong ability to close deals that align with business objectives.
• In-depth experience in negotiating retail leases and acquisitions, understanding of retail market dynamics, and familiarity with commercial real estate within Africa
• Knowledge of retail locations and general shopping centre layouts across Africa
• Ability to analyse financial data, market trends, and site performance to make informed real estate decisions.
• Experience managing multiple real estate projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in financial modelling, budgeting, and forecasting, with a strong understanding of key financial metrics (e.g., rent-to-sales ratio, occupancy cost, ROI).
• Excellent communication skills – verbal, written and presentation skills
• Thinking and influencing strategically and commercially
• Must be able to travel

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ACCOUNTANT III: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (18 Month Contract)

Listing reference: woolw_001299

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 5 September 2025

Position summary

Industry: Auditing/Accounting

Job category: Financial Accounting

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Fixed Term Contract

Remuneration: Market-related

EE position: No

Introduction

To provide the business with accurate recording, processing, monitoring, and reporting of all Now Now, W-Café, Uber Eats, and Mr D customer accounts. To monitor current procedures and the full reporting relating to these customers.

Job description

·       Understand the accounting process of the accounts receivables transactions into the customer subledger accounts.

·       To reconcile the Now Now, W-Café, Mr D and Uber Eats customers transactions to the payments received.

·       Preparation of monthly reconciliations.

·       Recover debt from these customers within the agreed payment terms.

·       Identify unprocessed customer payments and timeously apply cash accurately to the customer accounts.

·       Identify and resolve payment queries timeously.

·       Ensure that all sales invoices are raised to the customer account weekly, based on the amounts extracted from the customer’s portal.

·       Ensure that the accounts receivable customer and accounts payable supplier accounts net off to zero by processing weekly CADS.

·       Reconciliation of POS sales to aggregator sales monthly.

·       Ensure all customer monthly processing has been completed and payments allocated before weekly and monthly accounts receivable close.

·       Review all manual billing instructions for completeness and accuracy.

·        Ensure the timeous escalation of queries or system failures with the relevant business unit stakeholders.

·       Ad hoc Reporting as requested by management.

·       Monitor current systems and controls related to accounts receivable to ensure compliance with procedures.

·       Establish SLA with key stakeholders / customers.

·       Prepare monthly operational reports.

Minimum requirements

Technical skills:

• Relevant Financial qualification – B Comm or equivalent.
• Relevant Financial qualification environment.
• Sound understanding of IFRS, accounting processes and internal controls.
• Deadline driven.
•  Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strategic and proactive approach to problem solving.
• Proven competence in Excel and Oracle financial systems.

Behavioural skills:

• Personal Effectiveness
• Team leadership
• Passion for the brand and customer
• Connecting people
• Delivering high performance
• Having an accounting mind-set
• Making insightful business decisions
• Driving quality
• Planning and organizing

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FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ACCOUNTANT

Listing reference: woolw_001302

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 3 September 2025

Position summary

Industry: Auditing/Accounting

Job category: Financial Accounting

Location: Western Cape

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market-related

EE position: No

Introduction

To support the Finance business unit with the objective of producing effective, reliable and timely financial performance management information that is aligned with the company wide financial goals and balanced scorecard. To ensure that there is financial integrity across the financial planning and reporting systems for management and financial reporting and to provide input into financial design to ensure that the finance objectives, in particular, control objectives are achieved.

Job description

·       Ensuring the financial data integrity of the reporting environment across the various financial reporting systems

·       Have a keen eye and passion for process improvement and reconciliation as we build the future in OneStream

·       Ensuring the non-financial and statistical data integrity, received from multiple business sources

·       Managing the financial data integrity checking process and providing resolution

·       Supports the month-end reporting period close process through:

o    the segmental allocation reporting process (actuals, forecasts and budgets)

o    Branch profitability and key statistical reporting

·       Supports the annual and quarterly financial planning process through budget loads and financial system checks

·       Co-ordination and integration with ITS to facilitate financial systems requests, data integrity and issue resolution

·       Workshop complex processes with cross-functional stakeholders to understand and communicate finance’s business requirement across multiple departments/divisions

·       Responsible for the design, development and testing of enterprise-wide financial information delivery

·       Ensuring that finance processes are incorporated into the design and documentation of cross-functional business processes, in particular:

o    Master Data requirements

o    Business Rules

o    Control requirements

o    Reporting requirements

·       Preparing adhoc business requirement specifications for new reporting standards and business initiatives, and project managing financial process system enhancements and resolution of system defects.

·        Developing effective and efficient testing plans, the co-ordination of testing and the evaluation of test results for all system upgrades, patches and system improvements.

·       Supports the build of complex business models to provide information to key stakeholders around forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, branch profitability, segmental analysis, balance scorecard and ad-hoc reporting by developing and maintaining cube views, dashboards and reports for internal stakeholders.

·       Continuously identify opportunities to improve and streamline finance system processes across the finance community

·       Analysing process changes, risks and impacts and facilitating communication thereof

·       Responsible for feedback on status reporting, issues and risks

·       Co-ordinate the development of training material and reviewing thereof and provide training

·       Pro-active involvement in resolving implementation issues and supporting the processes until systems have stabilized

Minimum requirements

·       Financial Accounting Diploma/Degree

·       3 years’ experience within a systems accounting role that included exposure to Process Design

·       System implementation

·       EPM Systems- OneStream advantageous

·       Project management

·       Financial process design

·       Process change

·       System Audit

·       Personal effectiveness and time management to be able to deliver to strict deadlines

·       Excellent numerical, analytical and interpretive ability with a passion for business analytics to be:

·       Able to develop and produce clear financial management information

·       Able to develop and use financial reporting models

·       Excellent level of computer literacy with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

·       Excellent level of financial system literacy with Oracle, Hyperion, with training to be provided for Onstream

·       High attention to detail and accuracy

·       Excellent verbal and written communication skills

·       Strategic and proactive approach to problem solving

·       Relationship management skills

·       Change management skills

·       Decision-making ability

·       Business acumen

·       Business Analytical and Process Design experience

·       System testing and implementation experience

·       Understanding of project management tasks

·       Sound general IT knowledge and understanding of systems analyst skills

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MACRO FLOOR PLANNER (12 MONTHS CONTRACT)

Listing reference: woolw_001297

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 1 September 2025

Position summary

Industry: FMCG & Supply Management

Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Temporary

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

Introduction

Develop floor plans based on space-performance elasticity measures, optimized category assortments by format/ customer/ size clusters at store level, by the appropriately proportioned allocation of space as well as the layout, positioning and adjacency of display groups and planograms. Create Macro layout based on blueprint models as well as individual store architecture and performance. Maintain and update floor plans for all their trading stores for all changes.

Job description

• Have a firm understanding of each store’s profile and performance – will be responsible for ensuring the most optimal proportioned planogram(s) are chosen within the required space/fixture positioning for each store. 
• Be the first point of contact within the Space Team for stores with requests to change space. Effectively apply retail knowledge on any store changes and communicate this change both internally and externally. Whilst being able to rationalise decision making to those that are impacted.
• Carry out store visits across relevant regions, completing macro-space-accuracy surveys when required. Store visits can be conducted virtually if need be.
• Manage and control the successful macro space implementation of programmes such as New Stores / Mods / Trials, Store Optimisation, Assortment Optimization Category and Equipment Replacement roll outs.
• Accurate management of floor plan download dates and in so enabling timeous store catalogue and stock movement timelines with relevant stakeholders.
• Manage and drive Critical Path activities within the Floor Planning team and ensure delivery of accurate Floor Plans at all times ensuring team have clear expectations.
• Create and implement macro blueprint models per role of store and implement resultant Macro layouts at store level.
• Analyse space to sales performance using the Floor planning tools such as the ‘foods space calculator’ in combination with blueprints, providing recommendations to influence buying / allocation decisions with the Merchants / Planning & Allocation teams.
• Responsibilities include working with Merchandise Managers, Display Planners and respective cross functional partners, using JDA Floor planning software and company applications, and performing space analysis and interpreting data.
• Provide information on space and layouts as required by the business.
• Project management understanding desirable, required to work with project coordinator and project manager.​

Minimum requirements

• 6-8 years space planning, category management or similar experience
• 2-4 years relevant retail management experience in FMCG
• Store experience advantageous
• Planning experience advantageous
• Advanced Excel skills for management reporting purposes
• Experience in retail layout, display and equipment types
• Understanding of space, range and merchandising processes at stores
• Knowledge of JDA Floor Planning and CAD software an advantage 
• CAD experience is desirable and advantageous
• Puzzle building ability, conceptual and spatial understanding and application
• Willingness and ability to travel
• Driver’s License advantageous
• Retail Space & Display Management, the understanding of the Geo, Macro, Micro space parameters and ability to analyse, interpret and optimise KPI’s relevant to space  
• Range & Catalogue Management, the understanding of range construction, analysis and performance 
• Merchandising Process Integration, the understanding of store processes and resultant impact of decisions
• Communication skills, the ability to integrate with key stakeholders at all levels
• Project management skills advantageous
• Must be conscientious and detail oriented, analytically minded, able to interpret and gather data, be a strong critical thinker and have a high computer and technical aptitude
• Comfortable constructing presentations and ability to present information to a wide range of audiences
• Must be a fully committed, proactive Team Player that strives to effectively get the job done, always closing the loop.

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Store Planner

Listing reference: woolw_001229

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 31 August 2025

Position summary

Industry: FMCG & Supply Management

Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

EE position: No

Introduction

Assist and support the Planner with administrative tasks and analysis required to deliver optimum availability and profitable stock investments.

Job description

Develop and Execute Channel Plan
• Develop cross plan per centralised grading parameters in line with critical path. 
Ensure exceptions are executed as agreed with Central Planning. 
• Ensure New Stores are stocked to plan – in line with Location brief and critical 
path.
• Conduct Post seasonal analysis with regards to size, store and product 
performance and identify exceptions to inform grading exceptions (move to 
data analysis).
• Maintain On the Dot parameter tool timeously to inform agreed stock 
parameters and optimised sales.

Develop and Execute Allocations
• Prioritise allocations based on trading, monthly launches and monthly intake 
forecast.
• Monitor and analyse store performance against plan and provide accurate and 
timeous information to optimise decision making.
• Capture and update sizing ratios in RMS and sizing tool.
• Create size profile & size ratios for each product to optimise allocations and 
future orders.

Data analysis & reporting
• Analyse store performance and provide accurate and timeous information to 
optimise business decision making. 
• Conduct grade analysis and present findings to planner and central planning 
team for action.
• Check In-season exceptions and suggest possible resolution to planner or 
action where appropriate. For example – availability, size profile including on 
order ratio. 
• Assist stores in resolving any queries relating to stock.

Minimum requirements

•         Relevant retail/ business qualification
•         2 years retail experience( minimum)
•         Numerical, analytical and interpretive ability
•         Analytical capability (core skill, non-negotiable)
•         Efficient and accurate attention to detail
•         Commercial understanding and a merchant mind set
•         Good working knowledge of computer software, with intermediate to advanced working experience on Excel and Cognos reporting skills
•         Assertive, effective communication and interpersonal skills
•         Action orientated and deadline driven
•         Problem solving ability
•         Ability to use own initiative and be proactive
•         Ability to work independently and decision making-ability
•         Excellent planning and organising skills
•         Customer Service Orientation
•         Self-starter with the ability to work independently with confidence

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FINANCE ASSISTANT II: NON-TRADE PAYABLES

Listing reference: woolw_001300

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 5 September 2025

Position summary

Industry: Auditing/Accounting

Job category: Financial Accounting

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market-related

EE position: No

Introduction

To manage non-trade supplier accounts and administer payments.

Job description

·       Investigate all unmatched invoices and credit notes received

·       Resolve quantity and cost price differences between PO and Invoice

·       Check supplier statements to prelim payment register

·       Identify suppliers not due for payment and any adjustments

·       Check remittances and attach supporting documentation to send to suppliers

·       Perform monthly supplier reconciliations

·       Follow-up all queries

·       Prepare credit/debit adjustments

·       Escalate issues and communicate to the Manager any non-adherence to procedures and controls. 

·       Identify and communicate any bottlenecks and late documentation

Minimum requirements

Technical Skills:

• Diploma in Accounting (6 month / intermediate stage) or equivalent
• Basic Accounting / Reconciliation experience
• Computer literacy – Oracle, PO system, Excel
• High problem solving ability and experience

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

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