Senior Specialist SCP Optimisation: Kenilworth - Pick n Pay

The Senior Specialist: SCP Optimisation is responsible for identifying, driving an implementing operational and value chain improvement opportunities within the operational fresh supply chain planning environment. The role works alongside operational teams to identify opportunities to improve and standardise ways of work and also ensure the effective implementation of enhancements with the lowest business risk. The role works with cross-functional teams and project manages identified projects to ensure the delivery of solutions within agreed timelines.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

• Prioritise projects based on the biggest impact/benefit on operational KPIs
• Manage project scope, deliverables stakeholders and timelines and ensure delivery of tasks within agreed due dates
• Measure project implementation and adoption rates
• Stay abreast of the latest developments and best practices in the industry and test new systems and new system functionality
• Manage the implementation of new developments and systems in the Supply Chain planning space

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Business process analysis and optimisation

• Focus on business process improvement and standardisation within the operational environment
• Design and create tools and processes that will improve operational execution and save time
• Work with the Supply Chain planning teams to define business requirements for tested, finalised and prioritised systems or reporting solutions
• Design system and off-system solutions for business processes
• Take ownership of automated system or reporting solution development, training and implementation
• Understand the current reporting system and design or enhance reports as required by the operational team and facilitate their development with BI

Manage IT Development Cycle

• Align business requirements to business strategic drivers
• Prioritise business requirements and maintain a development roadmap signed off by the operational team
• Communicate the business requirements to IT in the form of a business requirement document. (BRD)
• Perform user acceptance testing on IT solutions and sign off solutions on behalf of a business
• Create a rollout or pilot plan for the implementation of the new development that included stakeholder communications, training and identified and managed risks to the business
• Post-implementation report on the key success factors of the development

Stakeholder Engagement

• Work alongside operational teams to define operational challenges and propose improvement initiatives to address these
• Work alongside operational teams to create user-friendly solutions that will improve operational execution and save time
• Ensure the effective implementation of enhancements, using methods with the lowest business risk

Minimum requirements

• Bachelors degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Quantitative management or a related field
• 2 - 3 years of Supply Chain Planning Product Owner, Continuous Improvements and/or Project Management experience

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Competencies

• Analysis
• Conceptual Thinking
• Judgement & Decision Making
• Drive
• Flexibility
• Networking & Liaison
• Organisational Awareness
• Influencing

Operational Experience

• Have a strategic mindset
• Understanding the business strategy and how it is executed within operational teams
• Analytical and Investigative nature
• Understand the impact of IT, Logistics, Commercial and other stakeholders’ strategies on the Supply Chain Planning operations