Woolworths Vacancies Apply Before 24 May
1. Store Planner
Listing reference: woolw_001132 | Listing status: Online | Apply by: 2 May 2025 |
Location: Western Cape | 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.
2. Accounts Receivable Accountant II
Listing reference: woolw_001170 |Listing status: Online | Apply by: 1 May 2025 |
Location: Cape Town | Contract: Permanent | EE position: No |
Introduction
To deliver all the required accounting general ledger reconciliations and controls to ensure effective and accurate reporting of accounts receivables.
Job description
· Manage Transactional recording and risk on a weekly basis
· Ensure all journals are accurately processed to mitigate risk.
· Ensure that the provision for doubtful debts is maintained monthly.
· Ensure that GL Reconciliations are completed timeously and reviewed, and all issues are promptly highlighted.
· Ensure that the subledger reconciliation is performed weekly.
· Ensure that the subledger closing takes place weekly.
· Manage ED Loan portfolio by providing support to the ED loan team in terms of providing financial information as requested and to ensure loans are accurately reflected.
· Ensure that the interest on ED Loan customers is processed timeously
· Maintain Debtors master data by ensuring that all new customer applications are complete and existing customer information is updated in Oracle.
· Ensure all existing new leases for property are accurately maintained per the existing lease agreement and all new lease templates are created in Property manager module in Oracle.
· Prepare monthly reporting packs and commentary within the specified deadlines.
· Responsible for liaising with the external and internal auditors when required.
· Ensure monthly intercompany billings are processed timeously.
Minimum requirements
Qualification and Experience
· Relevant Financial qualification – B Comm or equivalent
· 4 years’ experience in Central Finance 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 customers
· Connecting people
· Delivering high performance
· Having an accounting mind-set
· Making insightful business decisions
· Driving quality
· Planning and organizing..
3. SITE SUPPORT MANAGER
Listing reference: woolw_001176 | Listing status: Online | Apply by: 1 May 2025 | Location: Gauteng | Contract: Permanent |Remuneration: MARKET RELATED | EE position: No |
Introduction
Are you interested in a Site Support Manager career in Woolworths Supply Chain and Logistics?
Job description
Main Purpose
- To cost effectively manage all site support services to ensure the effective running of the site.
- Key Responsibilities
- Execution of one-year operating plan that optimize site support.
- Control one year budget to deliver plan.
- Manager the delivery of site support operational service levels
- Management of all site support contracts through SLA’s
- Manage corporate governance requirements including financial controls, business continuity plans and legal compliance.
- Effectively use INVOCOM’s to ensure the involvement of all employees in improving operational excellence.
- Contribute to Continuity Planning and ensure adequate contingencies are in place.
- Build, develop and entrench a high-performance culture within the Supply Chain Site services team by providing leadership, guidance, support and hands-on coaching to the managers and staff.
- Manage the EE targets, integrated performance management, talent management, succession planning, reward and recognition and employee relations in line with business requirements.
- Manage and adhere to UPN policies and procedures and corporate governance principles.
- Conduct benchmarking and implement continuous improvement projects.
- Demonstrate effective leadership aligned to the Woolworths Values to ensure delivery of the Supply Chain Strategy.
Key Competencies
- Commercial background
- Project management
- Tendering and contract management
- OHASA management and Environmental management
- Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail
- Able to work flexible hours in line with the business requirements
- Ability to analyse and interpret financial and performance indicators at a detailed level.
- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the business measures and targets relating to own role
- In depth knowledge of relevant Health and Safety legislation
- Ability to quickly develop a knowledge and understanding of the suppliers’, customer and service provider business and demonstrates a passion for customer delivery
- Demonstrates an understanding of the impact of own role on service delivery to internal and external customers
- Customer Service mindset
- Have an understanding of relevant legislation
- Knowledge of Performance Management Systems
- Knowledge of Employee Relations procedures
Minimum requirements
OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS
What theoretical knowledge (e.g. degree / diploma) does the job require?
- Knowledge of Employee Relations procedures
- Matric and a Qualification in Health & Safey, Facilities Management or related Diploma/Degree
- Electrical and/or Mechanical N4 Certificate is essential
- Trade Test (Red Seal) Qualification/Millwright is essential
- Project Management
What experience (e.g. previous exposure) does the job require?
- 3-5 years’ working experience in quality assurance interventions, contract management, including relevant legal requirements
- 5 years’ working experience as a Millwright which includes the following:
- Planned maintenance
- Air Conditioning and Refrigeration experience
- Siemens PLC exposure and experience is advantageous
- Management Experience..
4. PLANNER: PROTEIN AND DAIRY
Listing reference: woolw_001165 | Listing status: Online | Apply by: 2 May 2025 | Location: Western Cape | Contract: Permanent | Remuneration: MARKET RELATED | EE position: No |
Introduction
Maximise trading opportunities by providing accurate forecasts of customer demand through management by exception, optimising inventory management through the supply chain and store catalogues within defined parameters.
Job description
- Optimise the continuous availability of product in the department to meet customer demand
- Contribute to the department plan with a specific focus on planning objectives and requirements
- Develop and manage the department plan in line with planning principles to ensure Food Range (depth & breadth of range) delivers availability, sales and profitable growth
- Communicate and ensure adherence to all key objectives and priorities from the Category Operating Plan to the department teams
- Assist department team to prioritise objectives and resources to deliver operating plan, both from a product and people perspective
- Define, set and monitor product flow models and integrate with Supply Chain and cross functional team to ensure delivery of the department plans
- Contribute to the Category Scorecards to ensure stretch budgets and targets are set for the department
- Review department performance against Department Scorecards
- Integrate with team to set and achieve operational KPI’s – Sales, waste, availability, and financial accountable contribution of the Foods Department.
- Set, monitor and deliver inventory plans and achieve all inventory targets (sales, service levels, stock cover, forecast accuracy, waste cost %, availability) in line with customer availability objectives for the Category Operating Plan
- Provide input and influence the replenishment processes and key inventory levers
- Complete the analysis of historical performance to feedback to trading team with regards to opportunities and risks and that these are considered in the development of future plans
- Participate and influence in all department reviews by ensuring that the Planning KPI’s analysis is ready for the reviews
- Minimise waste and write offs of product.
- Support the team from a planning perspective to actively ensure that GBJ projects are successful.
- Build key relationships with suppliers and stores to drive effective process management within the category.
- Contribute to the development of an integrated category/development plan that delivers a product range that in turn delivers profitable growth, whilst being mindful of planning principles.
Minimum requirements
- Good understanding of stores, customer and product profiles, and their relationship to range/ catalogue and space planning PLANNER: PROTEIN AND DAIRY
- Preferably B.Com Degree/Commercial qualification
- Ideally 3 – 5 years planning/commercial experience planning
- Understanding of the respective category is advantageous
- Good computer literacy, with an above average grasp of all office applications
- Must have good knowledge of supply chain operations i.e. Suppliers , DC, Stores and understands the supply chain concepts and values
- Very good analytical and numerical ability
- Very good planning and organisational abilityVery good business acumen, judgement and problem-solving skills
- Very good team player, demonstrates integration skills in all interactions
- Ability to deliver good results under stressful situations.
- Proven ability to effectively use a statistical forecasting tool
- Proven ability to evaluate availability and waste metrics and implement integrated solutions that deliver category profitability targets
- Good understanding of supply chains/ inventory management systems and their processes (e.g. LDE forecasting), order management
