Junior Supply Chain Planning Analyst

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Junior Supply Chain Planning Analyst to join our team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people to join us. We offer market-related benefits, a great work environment and a promise that you won't get bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

The successful candidate will possess a passion for data, planning, forecasting and supply chain optimization. Candidates should have a balance between exceptional analytical skills (understanding the relevance of data in effective decision making) and the ability to interpret analysis output (what does it mean and how can it be used to solve real business problems).

The position reports into the Supply Chain Planning Manager and has no direct reports.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage a portion of replenishment planning for a portfolio of products for daily ordering
• Identify ideal fulfilment models for products within departments and divisions based on sales plans, etc.
• Stakeholder to respective Retail team for the responsible portfolio
• Monitor replenishment frequencies, order cycles effective for the portfolio etc.
• Assist with divisional stock balancing across the Distribution Centres for Replenishment portfolio
• Weekly reporting & analysis for portfolio on supplier OOS & portfolio availability
• Operation resolution on daily issues within the portfolio
• On-going alignment with other departments on stock cover and related issues
• Management of Availability KPI for respective Portfolio
• Operational management of planning tool
• Systems testing of Planning tool

Attributes:

• Creative and practical problem-solving skills. Solution-oriented.
• Fast learner and ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast paced environment
• Good communications skills with the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.
• Strong prioritisation & organisational skills
• Systems thinker with the ability to understand and break down complex problems and relationships
• Understanding of basic Supply Chain networks and modelling preferred
• Attention to detail with a curious mind
• Keen interest in data with the ability to apply in context
• Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated; critical thinker
• High proficiency with analysis, BI and modelling tools
• Proficiency with data manipulation tools such as Excel, SQL, Power BI or Knime is advantageous
• Comfortable with change and excellent team player

Qualifications and Experience:

• BCom / BTech / NDip (Commercial, Engineering or similar degree)
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in Supply Chain, analytics, or planning in relevant industries.
• High level of proficiency with MS Office packages with proven advanced proficiency in Excel
• Experience in the retail industry is beneficial
• com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
• We are short on ego and high on output.
• We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all.
• We love what we do and what we are creating.

We seek to Employ an Extraordinary Mind who:

• is respectful but forthright
• is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
• is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
• is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
• is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
• is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
• is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
• is curious and challenge the status quo
• is innovative and enjoys iteration
• is collaborative
• will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com
• thinks like an owner of the business
• is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind, so come and join us!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference