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AFGRI Equipment is your supplier of choice when looking at Agricultural equipment and services. AFGRI Equipment is the pre-eminent Agricultural, Golf, and Turf equipment retailer in Africa and Western Australia. AFGRI Equipment offers the worlds leading equipment brands and backs these brands with a business as good as the products we sell. We specialize in precision agriculture and utilize a myriad of technologies to better integrate your farm into your farm of the future.
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Description
This role’s responsibility is to design, develop and maintain data-based solutions including ensuring that the operationalization of data pipelines and data stores are high-performing, efficient, organized, and reliable, given a set of business requirements and constraints.
The Data Engineer will build and maintain secure and compliant data processing pipelines by using different tools and techniques, and maintain various data services and frameworks to store and produce cleansed and enhanced datasets for analysis. This includes data store design using different architecture patterns based on business requirements.
The incumbent will help identify and troubleshoot operational and data quality issues and design, implement, monitor, and optimize data platforms to meet the data pipelines. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (internal and external) to ensure effective implementation, set-up, utilization and governance of the enterprise data platform across the organization.
This role contributes to the complete data function for data analytics, business intelligence, and advanced analytics. It requires a strong business focus, and the individual understands the strategy and direction of the business but focuses on how to underpin that with data.
Requirements
REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION/TRAINING
- BCom or Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology / Computer Science / Engineering (IT) or similar
- Data Engineering tools (Azure Data Engineer) certification will be an added advantage
- ITIL or COBIT certification will be an added advantage
REQUIRED MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE
- 2 – 4 years of working experience in an IT environment
- Experience in working on IT enterprise Azure-based data solutions
- Experience with Python and SQL
- Experience in gathering requirements and transitioning them to designs and outcomes
- Experience working in the Agri sector will be an advantage
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
- Ensure scalability of solutions
- Continuously improve business data environment design and efficiencies
- Deliver business benefits from advanced analytics
- Ensure the managed data (business intelligence) is fit for purpose relative to customer needs
- Design and develop end-to-end data solutions on the Data platform, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Collaborate with data architects, data analysts, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements, define data models, and implement data integration solutions.
- Implement data pipelines, data lakes, and data warehouses using.
- Develop and maintain ETL/ELT processes to extract, transform, and load data from various sources into Azure data platforms.
- Design and optimize data schemas, tables, and indexes for efficient data storage and retrieval.
- Perform data profiling, data cleansing, and data quality assessments to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
- Develop and implement data security and privacy measures, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations (e.g., POPIA).
- Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines, identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks, data inconsistencies, and system issues.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD pipelines and ensure smooth deployment and release management of data solutions.
- Stay up to date with the latest data technologies, trends, and best practices, and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE / COMPETENCIES
- Microsoft Azure Data suite
- Data and Business intelligence enablement knowledge
- Business intelligence rendering tools
- Working knowledge of Project Management Tools
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- IT Security would be an added advantage
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
- Analytical ability
- Attention to detail
- Ability to tie together technologies and architectures to address requirements
- Planning and organizing
- Strong communication skills
- Teamwork
- Change Agent
- Work under pressure
- Assertiveness
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Description
As a Data Analyst, you will be responsible for data models, analysing, and interpreting data to provide valuable insights and drive informed business decisions. The Data Analyst designs, create and deploy enterprise-scale data analytics solutions.
The Data Analysts’ responsibility is to clean and transform data, design and build enterprise data models and incorporate advanced analytic capabilities. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (internal and external) to ensure effective implementation, set-up, utilisation and governance of the enterprise data platform across the organization.
This role contributes to the complete data function for data analytics, business intelligence, and advanced analytics, and requires a strong business focus, and the individual understands the strategy and direction of the business but focuses on how to underpin that with data.
Requirements
REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION/TRAINING
- BCom or Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology / Computer Science / Engineering (IT) or similar
- Data analysis tools (Azure Enterprise Data Analyst) certification will be an added advantage
- ITIL or COBIT certification will be an added advantage
REQUIRED MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE
- 2 – 4 years of working experience in an IT environment
- Experience in working on IT enterprise Azure-based data solutions
- Experience with Power BI, Power Query, T-SQL and visualizing
- Experience in gathering requirements and transitioning them to designs and outcomes
- Experience working in the Agri sector will be an advantage
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
- Contribute to the overall business strategy through data
- Collaborate with IT stakeholders in the business to achieve strategic alignment regarding data-related matters.
- Ensure scalability of solutions
- Continuously improve business data environment design and efficiencies
- Deliver business benefits from advanced analytics
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their data needs, define requirements, and identify key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive business goals.
- Design and develop data models, data pipelines, and ETL processes using for example Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and other Azure services.
- Collect, cleanse, and transform data from various sources into usable formats for analysis and reporting.
- Create and maintain reports, dashboards, and visualizations using Power BI or other Azure analytics tools to present data-driven insights to stakeholders.
- Perform in-depth data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and correlations, and provide recommendations for process improvements and optimization.
- Develop and implement data governance and data quality frameworks to ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of data.
- Monitor and optimize Azure resources and services to ensure efficient data storage, processing, and retrieval.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in Azure services, tools, and best practices, and evaluate their potential impact on the organization's data strategy.
- Collaborate with data engineers and IT teams to troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues.
- Stay up to date with the latest data technologies, trends, and best practices, and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE / COMPETENCIES
- Microsoft Azure Data suite
- Data and Business intelligence enablement knowledge
- Business intelligence rendering tools
- Working knowledge of Project Management Tools
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Report writing skills
- IT Security would be an added advantage
- People change management skills
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
- Excellent Analytical skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to tie together technologies and architectures to address requirements
- Planning and organizing
- Strong communication skills
- Teamwork
- Change Agent
- Work under pressure
- Assertiveness
- Interpersonal skills
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Description
Provide over-the-counter sales and administration functions of parts stock
Requirements
REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION/TRAINING
REQUIRED MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE
- 5 years parts sales experience
- John Deere parts experience will be an advantage
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
- Ensure stable availability of stock by ordering stock in line with branch procedure.
- Conduct regular stock counting and stocktaking.
- Responsible for stock control and stock rotation of old stock and new stock.
- Build and maintain good relationships with internal and external clients.
- Identify and timeously resolve customer queries and complaints.
- Ensure accurate cash balancing.
- Ensure that payments of accounts are timeously processed and collect payments by accepting cash, credit cards, etc.
- Process sales and returns in accordance with the established procedures.
- Ensure compliance with risk and safety legislation requirements.
- Ensure that stock is kept in a safe condition
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE/ COMPETENCIES
- Product Knowledge
- Computer Literacy (MS Office)
- Good customer services
- Good communication
- Valid Driver's Licence
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
- Accuracy
- Neat and presentable
- Customer orientation
- Punctual
- Basic selling power
- Good conduct
- Learning ability
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Description
Ensure all administrative processes are updated and followed as per requirements.
Requirements
REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION/TRAINING
REQUIRED MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE
- 3 years relevant administrative experience
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
- Handle all employee-related matters and correspondence for the branch.
- Check all documents received and direct them to the relevant working area.
- Oversee stock counting and investigate stock variances
- Run the price analysis report.
- Collect and process petty cash where applicable.
- Handle the cash control account and reconcile cash and make bank deposits.
- Report on all abnormal administrative situations.
- Ensure all filing is done timeously.
- Ensure compliance with the AFGRI control matrix (AFGRI policies and procedures).
- Assist the Branch Manager with administrative functions during his/her absence.
- Complete IOD reports.
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE/ COMPETENCIES
- Good verbal and written communication
- Computer literacy (MS Office)
- Good customer service
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Willing to work additional hours when needed
- Stress management
- Customer orientation
- Disciplined
- Cooperation
- Interpersonal skills
- Fluent in Afrikaans and English read & write
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