Operational Optimisation Analyst

2 weeks ago


Brackenfell, South Africa Shoprite Group Full time

**Purpose of the Job**:
This is a super exciting opportunity to shape our Usave optimisation thinking as we endeavour to better understand, plan and partner with our customers to meet their needs and build their trust. We are a small but highly energetic and resilient team. This role is involved in every facet of the business and plays a central coordinating function - it is a wonderful opportunity for maximum exposure to all facets of retail within this dynamic segment. The purpose of the role is to work alongside the finance function, our Usave channel and business stakeholders, to build the operational analyst capability enabling Usave to forecast more accurately, respond more efficiently and devise practical stock management strategies that maximise Usave’s commercial opportunities. If you are a retail fundi and feel passionate about commercial solutions that offer more than just routine logistics and operational thinking, then we would like to hear from you to discuss how you can take the lead in optimising available data. Optimisation in Usave is all about integrating data with financial forecasting models to create new opportunities. The optimisation framework applies local demand and pricing strategies to redirect stock, sales, and marketing efforts to support and leverage new opportunities. These efforts should result in a reduction of financial losses by managing bulk stock, overstocks, slow moving stock, aging, expiring and dead stock.

**Job Objectives**:

- and longer-term planning roadmaps that prepare the DC and stores for any changes or new ways of working. Work with the local teams to obtain input and support the local teams with urgent operational execution to ensure that timelines are met and required conditions for stock movement are fulfilled. Monitor all planning and execution activities - provide performance reports and input to reports and presentations that communicate the analysis undertaken, planning activities derived from the analysis, costing models applied and outcome of execution. Work cross-functionally and actively participate in open and honest team discussions. Maintain alignment across the Usave team during analysis, planning and execution and remain tightly aligned with the core and local teams. Take accountability for developing and releasing quality implementation plans and options and the enhancement of Usave’s analysis and planning capability - ensure that you continuously develop your own knowledge and skills and coach others where relevant. Support the leadership team with various activities - learn on the job and grow within the environment - self-starter.

**Qualifications**:
Commercial Degree or equivalent, specifically in the area of financially orientated data analytics within the operational planning context - (essential).**
Experience**:
2+ years experience in a FMCG Retail channel environment with great practical experiences and exposures in all facets of retail ideally in a fast paced, highly pressurised, and cost sensitive environment - (essential).**
Knowledge and Skills**:
Demonstrable exposure to finance function / finops environment with specific reference to delivering in accordance with the established financial processes, systems, and reporting requirements, established by the finance function - (essential). SAP - (highly beneficial). Tableau and SQL - (highly beneficial). Microsoft O365 - (essential).**
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