Job Opportunities at Engen

Purpose of the Job

• To prepare the financial accounting activities for Group companies in accordance with IFRS to ensure valid, accurate and complete accounting records.

Who You Are:

• You are a financial accountant – you strive to produce timely accurate reporting.
• You keep up to date with changes to all accounting standards.
• You have built capability in others before (formally and informally –through training, feedback and other means) and you enjoy seeing others succeed.
• You enjoy analyzing financial data and seek to understand processes and reasons for variances.
• You have a strong sense of ethics and pay attention to detail.

What You’ll Have Done Before:
Baseline:

• CA (SA) accreditation
• Latest International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Knowledge
• Caseware experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Finance function

Advantageous:

• SAP ERP experience
• Management experience
• Exciting Challenges You Might Face in the Role:
• Responsible for implementation of new IFRS standards.
• Accounting for leases in terms of IFRS 16.
• Explain to business the impact of the new standards on financial results.
• Predicting impact of standards in the planning process.

What You’ll be doing:

• Review of general ledger monthly and provide feedback to corporate accountants where required.
• Work with business to understand account balances and ensure validity and accuracy.
• Perform quarterly and year end reporting procedures.
• Responsible for segment of business planning - Balance Sheet.
• Work closely with company auditors to complete company audits in a timely manner.

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Purpose of the Job

• Gather, collate, interpret and provide management with key financial information on the performance of Engen, to support management strategic decision-making process.

Who You Are:

•     You are dynamic thinker with a high aptitude for learning
•     You have built credibility within your organization and amongst your peers
•     You are an expert at interpretation and execution of strategic objectives
•     You have excellent communication and negotiation skills
•     You have a detailed understanding of data and why its accuracy is key
•     You have a reputation for being insightful and operating with integrity
•     You have excellent analytical skills with focus on detailed work
•     You can meet deadlines and excel under pressure
•     You plan well, are organised and have excellent time management.

What you’ll have done before:
Baseline:

•     NQF Level 7 (Degree in Finance/Accounting)
•     Minimum 5 years’ experience in Finance
•     Analytical experience demonstrating strong commercial and financial acumen 
•     Advanced Excel knowledge
•     SAP Knowledge

Advantageous:

•     CIMA
•     Experience in SAP environment (CO, FI, BI, BPC)

Exciting Challenges you might face in the role:

•     Working with people of various levels, both in the organisation and in the broader business environment.
•     Operating effectively in an ever-changing, dynamic and agile business.
•     Providing input to innovative reporting solutions within the working capital focus areas.

What you’ll be doing:
ONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND VARIANCE ANALYSIS:

•     Prepare monthly management report and presentation content for Executive team (MC, Board and Senior Management), in which business unit performance is analysed, explained and graphically presented.
•     Manage reporting on Engen's highest liquid assets debtors, inventory, creditors and the entire cash cycle to provide insights to net working capital

GROUP WORKING CAPITAL REPORTING, DASHBOARDS & PERFORMANCE TRACKING:

•     Develop and maintain timely and accurate analytical reports and dashboards for measuring and tracking business performance across the Group, with particular focus on working capital management reporting
•     Regular production and distribution of standardised Management Information supporting financial and sales performance, leveraging available information / data across systems to deliver business value add
•     Assist in maintaining the consolidated global reporting dashboard inclusive of KPI's and other measurable metrics
•     Own and build upon the working capital models used for results explanations

BUSINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT:

•     Undertake special projects and ad-hoc analysis as needed
•     Administer database information and develop effective queries to mine data
•     Drive continuous improvement in working capital insights

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Who You Are

•     You are an open communicator
•     You are able to build relationships with stakeholders
•     You have the ability to analyze data
•     You are organized and task orientated
•     You have a basic understanding of project management
•     You have a reputation for integrity
•     You can successfully hold crucial conversations

What You Have Done Before
Baseline:

•     NQF Level 7 (Degree in Consumer Science or Culinary)
•     5 years’ experience in Product Development within  Retail/ FMCG industry
•     Experience in coordinating engagements with internal and external stakeholders
   

Exciting Challenges You Might Face

•     Applies knowledge in a challenging marketplace to advance the organisation’s profitability goals
•     Supporting the strategy of the Retail Convenience
•     Being responsible for multiple projects and having the ability to multi-task
•     Engaging with stakeholders at every level within this role
•     Seeing projects to completion
   

What You Will Be Doing

NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PLAN

•     Identify, analyze and interpret lifestyle, retail and food trends to establish a product development plan that delivers strategic innovation, profitable sales growth and the category operating plan.
•     Manage and implement the product development process and integration of various roles and functions within selected category to ensure that product ranges are delivered in line with agreed product development plan and category operating plan whilst adhering to brand values

STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION

•     Develop and maintain sustainable, mutually beneficial long-term relationships with suppliers to deliver category strategy
•     Integrate with cross functional team in commercial, technology, planning, sales management & marketing to execute operating plan and key initiatives.
•     Manage & drive supplier partnership to execute operating plan and grow category and gain market share.

PACKAGING DEVELOPMENT & EXECUTION

•     Initiate and manage design brief and packaging development for the range, ensuring the design briefs communicate customer facing messages and tier of product to deliver effective packaging in line with product development plan and category operating plan.
•     Ensure packaging is fit for purpose, customer friendly and effective in communicating use, key selling features and preparation & storage

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES

•     Adopt a customer facing way of working and gain understanding of various customer segments through research and customer focus groups to ensure a product development plan that drives innovation & customer satisfaction in different segments and customer tiers
•     Set and continuously improve the quality standards of the product ranges within a product tier, through local and international benchmarking.

CUSTOMER KNOWLEDGE NEEDS

•     Ensure and interpret customer knowledge & understanding of lifestyle, needs, price perception, value perception and satisfaction through analyzing data, customer research & market trends, industry networking, and filter this through to a product strategy that results in category growth and that profit targets are met.

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Who You Are

•     You are dynamic thinker with a high aptitude for learning.
•     You have built credibility within your organization and amongst your peers.
•     You are an expert at implementation and execution of strategic objectives.
•     You are passionate about retail and selling.
•     You have excellent communication and negotiation skills.
•     You have a reputation for being insightful and operating with integrity.
   

What You Have Done Before

•     8 years Category buying management experience within the FMCG environment.
•     NQF level 7 (Retail or Business-related degree)
•     Experience sourcing the following products (Groceries and Non Foods)
•     Understanding of food services/QSR/Hospitality industry and product categories prevalent in the South African retail landscape.
•     Deep knowledge of retail principles with in-depth understanding of category management.
•     Entrepreneurial - ability to initiate and co-create innovative and viable business plans.
•     Highly efficient in the use of analytical and financial applications.
•     Proven ability to co-ordinate and delivering the category operating plan.
•     Proven sourcing and stakeholder management experience and knowledge of store operations, customer profiles, locations & competitors.
•     Strong negotiation and financial management skills.
•     Proven ability to deliver category financial indicators.
•     Strong customer and retail orientation - sound business acumen; commercial awareness; good judgment; emotional resilience.
•     Knowledge and understanding of Supply Chain concepts, processes and systems.
   

Exciting Challenges You Might Face

•     Immerse yourself in various aspects of the organisation
•     Influencing the strategic direction of Engen convenience business
•     Operate effectively in an ever-changing, dynamic and agile business
   

What You Will Be Doing
COMMERCIAL STRATEGY:

•     Develop and Drive the Commercial strategy & manage key strategic supplier relationships 
•     Design and develop new customer acquisition strategies with Trade planning and Marketing by analysing and interpreting market and competitor strategies 

STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT: 

•     Manage relations with internal customers, contractors/service providers and external stakeholders such as agencies and dealer councils 
•     Develop & drive compliance to HSEQ policies/procedures related to Groceries and Non-Foods via the implementation throughout the company and the dealer network, via agreed policies, procedures, and practices 
•     Develop and contract the Heads of Agreement with all Groceries and Non-Foods Manufacturers, Suppliers to ensure the protection of the companies legal and reputational risk.
•     Develop Standard Operating Practices, policy and procedure for all Groceries and Non-Foods categories in line with Food compliance protocols 

PRODUCT PROCUREMENT AND SOURCING: 

•     Develop and Drive an in -house solution for Groceries and Non-Foods Pre-packaged foods by developing Engen Private Label 
•     Optimize the distribution network and manage the distribution partners and relationships by ensuring all Risk, Governance and Compliance protocols are in place through the implementation of Heads of Agreements.
•     Drive the development of Engen owned Food standard operating practices to ensure the achievement of the prescribed standards of Food production

 MERCHANDISE PLANNING AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN:

•     Develop the Convenience Category Management Capability including market insight, business partnering, negotiation, on-going supplier management and governance.
•     Develop and implement the Best in Class Store Operations solutions for the network 
   

TRADE PLANNING:

•     Develop and drive the Trade Promotion Planning and Marketing strategies for Groceries and Non-Foods by understanding customer’s needs, creating the attractiveness of deals, and ensuring the marketing and promotional media delivers the required returns. 
•     Drive the achievement of increased customer spend, number of items purchased and basket size by creating campaigns and promotional offers to attract and retain customers. 

      PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY: 

•     Develop an in conjunction with the Head of Product development and food Technology, the Groceries and Non-Foods to meet the demands of the Convenience          customer 
•     Development of Engen Private Label Brand in Groceries and Non-Foods in building strategic supplier relationships 
•      Develop the Company’s capability to manage Food technology within the manufacturing and product development areas 

      FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT:

•     Develop and Drive the forecast of annual budget requirement of Income and sales for Groceries and Non-Foods sub departments 
•     Develop and Drive the successful implementation of the Groceries and Non-Foods sub departments OPEX plan 
•     Develop and Drive the successful implementation of the Annual Capex requirements for Groceries and Non-Foods sub departments.

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Who You Are

•     You are dynamic thinker with a high aptitude for learning.
•     You have built credibility within your organization and amongst your peers.
•     You are an expert at implementation and execution of strategic objectives.
•     You are passionate about retail and inventory
•     You have excellent communication and negotiation skills.
•     You have a reputation for being insightful and operating with integrity.
   

What You Have Done Before

•     8 years Category buying management experience within the FMCG environment.
•     NQF Level 6 (Diploma in Retail/ Supply Chain/ Sciences/ Technology)
•     5 years experience in Inventory & Replenishment Planning (within Buying, Supply Chain & Inventory Management)

Advantageous

•     Inventory Optimization/ Supermarket/ Food Retailing experience at Specialist level
   

Exciting Challenges You Might Face

•     Immerse yourself in various aspects of the organisation
•     Influencing the strategic direction of Engen convenience business
•     Operate effectively in an ever-changing, dynamic and agile business
   

What You Will Doing
PURCHASE ORDER MANAGEMENT & AMENDMENTS

•     Develop and amend/ confirm recommended purchase orders through effective communication with relevant stakeholders and taking into consideration the necessary logistics  
•     Ensure effective management of stock levels based on stock cover targets 
•     Confirm inter-regional inventory transfers as required and supplier delivery time slots where necessary (peak season)
•     Create action emergency purchase orders and/or purchase order amendments based on business rules and to ensure efficient business operations

INVENTORY DATA MANAGEMENT: 

•     Load replenishment data for new products to ensure efficient business operations
•     Update replenishment data as required (normal trading/ special events) e.g. units per tray, delivery patterns, lead times, stock cover

INVENTORY OPTIMISATION & ANALYSIS

•     Receive all queries related to product e.g. stockouts, overstocks
•     Perform initial analysis on queries, identifying obvious causes of problems (forecasts, shorts, BOH errors, inaccurate data, mis-picks, DC issues)

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT & COLLABORATION

•     Develop sustainable relationship with relevant teams and ensure communicated issues of shorts/ replenishment are resolved
•     Collaborate with teams to determine risks and the root cause and recommend possible solutions
•     Collaborate with relevant teams & suppliers to ensure inventory issues and challenges (changes in delivery patterns) are always resolved with feedback & corrective actions where necessary to ensure availability of stock and to determine best solution(s) to any short-term problems
   

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Purpose of the Job

• To provide SAP Retail system knowledge and expertise to develop promotion campaigns and ensure the accuracy and timeliness with the creation and management of promotions data to enable the execution of campaigns to drive sales and income targets for the non-fuel business at Retail sites.

Who you are:

• You are highly knowledgeable and skilled in promotions data management using SAP Retail and other related SAP Systems.
• You are recognized as a person of integrity and considered as highly reliable and trustworthy.
• You have a strong customer focus and an exemplary work ethic.
• You have built credibility amongst your peers and leadership and have a proven record in delivering and adding value to business.
• You have a high aptitude for trouble shooting and problem solving.
• You are able to work with minimum supervision and seen as action orientated.
• You are passionate about operational excellence and recognized for your effort in improving business processes and systems on a continuous basis.
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

What you will have done before:

Baseline:

• NQF level 6 (Diploma in Data Analysis/ Information Systems/ Finance/ Supply Chain/ Commerce or equivalent)
• 3 years’ experience in managing data in SAP.
• Data Analysis experience.
• You have knowledge of the FMCG business and promotions management.
• Highly knowledgeable of FMCG business operation, including processes and systems to support the business operation. 
• Strong data analysis skills to facilitate root cause analysis and solving of data related issues.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work well with extended front-line and support teams for the management of promotions data.  
• Action orientated and able to effectively prioritize and execute tasks.

Advantageous:

• Certified (SAP IS-Retail/ Master Data Management/ Data Analytics)
• Practical and hand-on knowledge and skills in SAP POS DM and SAP BI systems.
• Certified in Data Analytics with advanced to expert level data analysis expertise.
• Served as focal point for system support and administration.

What you will be doing:
Promotions Data Planning

•  Assist Trade & Optimization, Strategic Partnerships, and Category Management teams with the development of promotional campaigns. 
• Provide systems knowledge and expertise to ensure promotion campaigns can be accommodated and driven from the SAP Retail and Winbranch POS systems.
• Assist the Trade & Optimization team with a review of timelines for promotion cycles and optimization of plans to leverage optimal efficiencies and effectiveness of meeting targets.   

Promotions Data Management

• Assume full responsibility for promotion data in SAP Retail by verifying and processing promotions in the SAP Retail system.
•  Ensure accuracy and timeous update of promotions data to ensure campaigns are executed successfully at Retail Sites as per promotion cycle timelines.
• Perform comprehensive testing of promotions with precision and accuracy in SAP Retail and the Winbranch Test System in accordance with a checklist to prevent erroneous data and the consequential impact of dealer and customer dissatisfaction. 
•  Liaise with Category Management, Partnerships, and Technical Support to address action that may be required to correct promotions data. Assess impact of corrections before initiating corrective action in SAP Retail.

System Support

• Provide subject matter expertise on system changes and enhancements. Provide custodianship on promotions data functionality in SAP and test all system changes and before its productionised.
• Serve as subject-matter expert on promotions data in SAP Retail by consulting with Category Management, Partnerships, and IT Support on enhancements and changes required in SAP Retail and Winbranch to ensure optimal usage of the systems to support promotional campaigns.
• Document and initiate changes that may be required in SAP Retail and/or Winbranch to enhance system capability and functionality to manage data for promotions.
• Perform user acceptance testing and sign-off of on system changes.

Stakeholder Relations

• Work closely with Category Managers and Strategic Partnerships to ensure proactive and optimal management of promotions data. 
• Support the POS Specialist with the management of sales data exception errors that may result from data anomalies in promotions data.
• Work closely with the Retail Master Data Specialist to ensure the category and product master data in SAP Retail is aligned with the needs of promotional campaigns.
• Share systems knowledge and expertise with stakeholders to improve institutional knowledge and understanding of promotions data management.

Promotion Analytics and Reporting

• Analyse sales data received from Retail sites for promotions and report lost opportunity and risks arising from the late acceptance of promotions at Retail sites. Initiate corrective action with stakeholders to ensure promotions data is processed more timeously.   
• Produce monthly reports to assess the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of data for each promotion period.

Continuous Improvement

• Use formal and informal methods to ensure the continuous enhancement of checklists, processes, systems, and data that is used to manage promotion data.
• Perform root cause analysis to minimise defects in promotions data.
•  Plan improvements and ensure stakeholders are aligned on tasks and objectives to enable the expected outcome of improvements. 
• Ensure performance improvement initiatives are tracked and sustained with the use of control plans.

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Who You Are

•  You are a seasoned property professional
•  You are an expert negotiator
•  You have excellent interpersonal skills
•  You have a reputation for closing the deals
•  You have excellent contract management skills
•  You have experience in managing budgets and project expenditure
•  You have a capacity for attention to detail
•  You can multitask effectively and manage a multitude of projects at the same time
•  You are a “self- starter” and can manage time effectively
   

What You Have Done Before

•  At least 5 years in commercial negotiations or project management related experience with five of these linked to the petroleum or similar sector
•  NQF level 7 (Degree/Advanced Diploma in Commerce, Law or related field or 15 years of relevant experience (Commercial property development, commercial negotiations, contract management and procurement in relevant industries)
•  Deep knowledge of finance, budgeting forecasting, contracting and business analysis techniques
•  Experience working with project evaluation tools
•  Proven track record of success in a property environment
•  Strong ability to multitask

Advantageous:

•  Post-graduate qualification in the legal/town planning or construction field
•  Ability to work successfully in an ever-changing environment and navigate ambiguity
•  Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure and deliver
   

Exciting Challenges You Might Face

•  Applies knowledge of the regulatory requirements in the market place to advance the organisation’s financial goals
•  Driving the business to achieve targets and goals as dictated
•  Creating an efficient and effective contact network of internal and external professionals
•  Effectively managing multiple projects simultaneously
•  Operate effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear
   

What You Will Be Doing

•  Proactively looking for means & opportunities to secure the Engen Property network
•  Using your strong negotiating skills to ensure the best returns are achieved
•  Managing the existing site network and ensuring security of tenure is maintained

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Purpose of the Job

• To drive the execution of transactional sourcing and end-to-end order-to-pay process in line with Procurement processes and policies to ensure the delivery of business requirements and performance.

Who You Are:

• You are Driven, focused, adaptable, reliable and loyal
• You have built experience in buying and purchasing
• You are an expert at Procurement end to end buying process
• You are passionate about Delivering quality and value
• You have excellent Teamwork, Tendering (RFI, RFQ, RFP), negotiations, procure to pay, procurement compliance and data management skills
• You have a reputation for High work performance and teamwork

What you'll have done before:

• NQF Level 6 (Diploma/Advanced Certificate in Finance/ Supply Chain or related)
• 3 years of Procurement experience including procure-to-pay processes;
• Knowledge of Procurement processes, systems and policies;
• Experience in Procurement buying and Procurement SAP System.

Advantageous:

• CIPS Certificate. 
• Post-graduate qualification in Finance/Supply Chain Ability to work successfully in an ever-changing environment and navigate ambiguity
• Demonstrated ability to deliver quality and value
• Advanced Procurement skill or desire to acquire same
• Exciting challenges you might face in the role:
• Applies knowledge of the indirect procurement in the oil industry marketplace to advance the organisation’s financial goals
• Driving the Cost savings and efficient procuring
• Creates value impact to the bottom-line of the organisation
• Effectively executes and delivers under pressure
• Operate effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear

What you'll be doing:

• Execute procure-to-pay processes less than or equal to R2M by implement transactional sourcing and supporting the supplier’s selection process and quotations and support the negotiation process for transactional sourcing to ensure delivery of business needs.  Perform non-strategic sourcing categories through preparation of documents (RFI, RFQ, RFP) and perform bidding process and create & manage contracts to ensure delivery of business needs; 
• Monitor process and compliance for transactional PO’s and contracts through management of contract compliance including ownership of open and post facto purchase orders and performing procurement processes to ensure PO' s are complete for execution.
•  Manage data and provide accurate information and reports through analysing and reporting on all procurement transactions to ensure performance and delivery against set targets and to ensure data integrity.