Vacant Job Positions at Mr Price Group

JOB DESCRIPTION

Are you ready to be the driving force behind the evolution of our data analytics ecosystem? At Power Fashion, we're on the lookout for a Senior Developer to spearhead the transition from traditional on-premises SQL reporting to cutting-edge cloud technologies like Snowflake and DBT!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and develop robust data models and data solutions: As a Datawarehouse Engineer, you will use your skills in data wizardry and SQL sorcery to create, test, deploy and maintain data models that adapt to the ever-changing needs of our internal business partners. You will also leverage modern tools and platforms like DBT, Snowflake, Tableau, and SQL to drive efficient analytics and data transformation processes.
• Perform complex calculations and data analysis: You will harness the power of advanced SQL queries and DAX and MDX languages to perform complex calculations and data analysis for ELT, data warehousing, and Business Intelligence purposes. You will also respond to ad-hoc data requests with grace, generating custom queries and reports that fuel special initiatives and cater to specific business unit needs.
• Collaborate with cloud engineering teams and business stakeholders: You will work closely with our cloud engineering teams to fine-tune data pipelines for peak performance and scalability. You will also participate in design and testing of various data warehouse technical components and solutions. You will communicate effectively with business stakeholders and provide analysis and issue resolution on business reported concerns.
• Uphold data governance, security, and privacy standards: You will follow industry best practices and internal standards related to data governance, security, and privacy. You will perform ongoing monitoring, automation, and refinement of implemented solutions. You will also provide production support and solve immediate problems to keep databases in production.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Relevant IT qualification
• Certifications (Udemy, LinkedIn Learning courses showing you’re keeping up to date are a huge advantage!)
• 4+ years experience in the following:
  • SQL
  • Data warehousing 
  • Data modelling
  • Cloud-based technologies (eg Snowflake, Azure) advantageous 
  • DBT
  • Report Builder

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JOB DESCRIPTION

An Assistant Manager is accountable for relieving the Store Manager in their absence and assists in maintaining company standards of housekeeping, merchandising, shrinkage control, discipline, and security.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Banking of money 
• Relieve store manager 
• Maintain company standards of housekeeping, merchandising, shrinkage control, discipline, and security 
• Ensure compliance of all company procedures 
• Assist store manager in management of staff
• Ensure front end controls are in place 
• Oversee the cash office 
• Minimize stock loss Customer Service 
• Introduce sales initiatives to reach store targets

QUALIFICATIONS

• Matric / Grade 12 (Mathematics an advantage) or NQF Level 4 
• Previous experience managing people 
• Previous experience managing a department 
• Previous clothing retail experience would be highly advantageous 
• Strong communication skills 
• Strong admin skills 
• Decision maker
• Organizational skills 
• Planning 
• Maintain productivity
• Leadership 
• Enthusiastic
• Ethical and great integrity 
• Honesty 
• Proactive 
• Self-motivated

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JOB DESCRIPTION

An Assistant Manager is accountable for relieving the Store Manager in their absence and assists in maintaining company standards of housekeeping, merchandising, shrinkage control, discipline, and security.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Banking of money 
• Relieve store manager 
• Maintain company standards of housekeeping, merchandising, shrinkage control, discipline, and security 
• Ensure compliance of all company procedures 
• Assist store manager in management of staff
• Ensure front end controls are in place 
• Oversee the cash office 
• Minimize stock loss Customer Service 
• Introduce sales initiatives to reach store targets

QUALIFICATIONS

• Matric / Grade 12 (Mathematics an advantage) or NQF Level 4 
• Previous experience managing people 
• Previous experience managing a department 
• Previous clothing retail experience would be highly advantageous 
• Strong communication skills 
• Strong admin skills 
• Decision maker
• Organizational skills 
• Planning 
• Maintain productivity
• Leadership 
• Enthusiastic
• Ethical and great integrity 
• Honesty 
• Proactive 
• Self-motivated

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JOB DESCRIPTION

• Mr Price Logistics has an exciting opportunity for a Logistics Analyst. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating visibility and extracting meaningful insights from data to assist the business with decision making through identification of various facts and trends.

RESPONSIBILITIES

•  To compile and analyse data to provide insights to Logistics and Supply Chain team in order to influence and make recommendations to relevant stakeholders on any business risk.
• Develop various reports that are run on a regular basis, automate and schedule reports, Monitor and maintain deployed reports.
•  Extracting & processing data (internal systems) to create visibility for informed decision making by relevant stakeholders.
•  Participate in the retrieval, analysis, simplification and representation of complex data.
•  Interpret data using specific methods and technology.
•  Create reports on patterns and trends identified in the business to aid the business in making well-informed decisions.
•  Collecting data from multiple sources including primary, secondary, internal and external sources to generate data for analysis.
•  Spec'ing, building and testing reports and dashboards based on business requirements and presenting to relevant stakeholders.
•  Preparing data for readiness of use, while assessing the quality of the data.
•  Validate data (Financial and Non-financial) and problem solve to ensure data accuracy and drive continuous improvement.
• Involvement in data analytics for improvement projects to enhance and optimise processes.
• Be involved in optimisation projects with the broader logistics team.
• Transform problem statements into data extraction, resulting in meaningful solutions being implemented.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Statistics, Business Management, Supply Chain or similar with a focus on data analytics, business information management.
• 2-3 years’ experience in data analytics, data preparation, visualizaion, quantitative research methods, Tableau report building
• Statistics, Intermediate SQL, Supply Chain & Logistics, Tableau report building
• Basic understanding of Logistics and Supply Chain.

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Maintain a comprehensive IT asset inventory, tracking location and allocation to optimize asset utilization and ensure compliance with IT Asset Management policies.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Accurately maintain the location and movement of IT assets within the IT asset management system        
• Conduct monthly stock takes of all IT assets in storage        
• Ensuring the IT Asset Management policy and procedures are applied correctly in all scenarios        
• Maintaining accurate records of IT peripherals bond stock (small items not recorded in the ITAM system) and submitting requests for new stock orders as needed to maintain adequate stock levels 
• Liaise with vendors to facilitate repairs and replacements of devices under warranty
• Testing of IT assets to ensure they are in full working condition and recommending corrective measures if they are not       
• Facilitating the return of IT assets and peripherals from exiting associates       
• Issuing of IT assets and peripherals to IT Technicians based on open requests in the ITSM system            

QUALIFICATIONS

• NQF level 6 (Diploma course of 1-3 years) 
• 2 - 3 years experience
• Knowledge of intermediate clerical, operational or customer service skills acquired through education, experience or on the job training
• Excel experience advantageous
• Meticulous in record-keeping

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Our Support team consist of passionate techies that have one main thing in common- their passion for great customer service and their epic troubleshooting skills!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain the End User environment, ensuring device compliance and security
• Ensure first time resolution of all Incidents logged via the Service Desk within SLA
• Install software, operating systems and set up equipment for users
• Be proactive and innovative in the End User environment
• Identify trending issues and troubleshoot root causes of common or recurring problems
• Build relationships with users and provide excellent customer service

QUALIFICATIONS

• A reliable personality that can not only support 300+ users comfortably but is also able to build great relationships
• IT Qualification OR MCSE/A+/N+ Certifications
• Being Apple Certified Support would be an advantage
• Valid driver’s license and vehicle
• Able to do rotational after-hours standby

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JOB DESCRIPTION

A Store Manager will lead a team of passionate associates in maximizing store sales/turnover, ensuring the stock loss benchmark is maintained and managing the administration of the store.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promote sales. 
• Manage stock, and control expenses to meet business targets. 
• Achieve and/or exceed the required targets that are set out for the store. 
• Use store resources effectively to maintain the productivity of the store. 
• Encompass a thorough knowledge of stock and management of policies and procedures. 
• Act as the custodian of all company policies and procedures to ensure standards are met. 
• Assume accountability for the management and the training of all staff. 
• Maintaining the company culture by treating staff in a respectful and professional manner. 
• Ensure all interaction with customers results in an above-average customer service level. 
• Monitor the cleanliness and hygiene store and staff accordingly to ensure that it adheres to the relevant laws and company standards. 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Matric / Grade 12, Mathematics an advantage 
• 2 years’ experience in a Retail Store Management or Assistant Store Manager role preferably in a similar retail  environment. 
• Excellent business English, both verbal and written  

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JOB DESCRIPTION

We’re looking for a system analyst whiz to add value to our Finance team!

You’d be involved in our new and enhancement projects in the Finance space, with a focus on our cloud based Dynamics365 finance system. You'll be coming in more as the technical specialist in scoping and defining new projects and business requirements, that would drive the functional design and assist in technical design.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Resolving complex technical and financial issues that the primary support team cannot resolve
• Analyse trends in incidences reported & resolved to provide insights to developers and IT teams on areas of concern or repeated problems within applications or systems
• Document the process applied and resolution used to resolve incidences to maintain a library of knowledge to be shared with support & IT teams
• Proactively review all environments to ensure the mitigation of risks
• Address risks identified by internal and external audit 
• Ensuring compliance with best practice and standards
• Build a sustainable working relationship with customers to ensure good customer service
• Work with both internal and external teams to drive root cause resolution of incidents identified by primary support team
• Develop, enhance and maintain applications that conform to user requirements and specified architectural design
• Work with finance business users, internal technical teams and development partners to deliver effective new solutions and enhancements
• Conduct post implementation monitoring and support for new releases
• Mentor junior associates

QUALIFICATIONS

• You’ve got a financial/accounting background and moved into the tech space
• You’re great at working with people
• You have at least 4 years’ experience working with Dynamics365 or a similar financial system
• You are that natural “go to person” for the team 
• You have a qualification in IT, finance, or business

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JOB DESCRIPTION

• This is a 3-month contract and will be responsible for processing all invoices received for payment and for undertaking the payment of all sundry creditors in an accurate, efficient and timely manner.                                                                                       

RESPONSIBILITIES

Invoices.

• Process invoices and purchase orders.
• Match and batch invoices and delivery notes.
• Follow up on payment of invoices due, by sending bill reminders and contacting clients to ensure that no invoices are long outstanding.

Payments.                        

• Process accounts and incoming payments in order to follow up where payments are missed.
• Prepare sundry creditors payments and ensure suppliers are paid timeously to avoid penalties of missed payments.

BEE Certificates.

• Follow-up on BEE certificates for each service provider to ensure compliance and documentation is available on DAX.

Reconciliations.           

• Reconcile the accounts receivables ledger to ensure that all payments are accounted for and properly posted.
• Prepare reconciliations of amounts owed to each sundry vendor (per the statement received) against the amount owed per DAX to ensure consistency between the two.

Data Capturing.

• Maintain the sundry creditors data base including capturing of new suppliers in DAX.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Grade 12.
• Qualification in Finance (preferred)                                                                         

Experience:

• 2-3 Years' creditors experience 
• Strong MS Excel experience 

Knowledge:

• Microsoft Office.
• Book Keeping Software.
• Accounting Process Knowledge.
• Business Acumen.                                                                                                       
• Retail.
• Oracle