Job description

Vacancy

Specialist: sales optimisation and analytics

The University of Stellenbosch Business School Executive Development (Pty) Ltd, more commonly referred to as USB-ED, is a private company offering leadership and management development (short course) programmes across Africa for both corporates and individuals. USB-ED has a full-time position for a specialist: sales optimisation and analytics reporting to the head of sales. The successful candidate will be based in Bellville (Cape Town). The appointee will be part of a dynamic team, delivering a high-quality sales service to clients, the company and society.

Role purpose:

Reporting to the head of sales, the purpose of the specialist role is to provide specialist support (including administrative support) in respect of programme budget management (with a strong focus on revenue sustainability) to the department in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures. The appointee will be accountable for sales performance optimisation through analytical application, forecasting and reporting on all sales channels and prospective alternative commercial models.

Responsibilities:

Key performance areas include but not limited to:

• Sales and revenue planning
• Forecasting and sales performance metrics
• Sales and financial management reporting
• Sales dashboards
• Monthly reporting
• Contract/budgeting control and planning

Qualifications required:

• Finance/commerce/statistical degree

Experience and skills:

• At least five years’ experience working with analytics and strategic reporting in the service industry
• Working knowledge of detailed budgets and budgeting processes
• Pricing formulation and negotiation
• Should have interacted with different management levels in an organisation

Competencies:

• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Confidence and decisiveness
• Problem analysis and problem solving
• Negotiation skills
• Accuracy
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent attention to detail and presentation skills
• Demonstrated experience with a CRM system and sales tools
• Learning-oriented and focused on working with teams

Commencement of duties: 1 July 2018

Closing date: 4 May 2018

Application: To apply, please submit your CV to Rochall Daniels on

moc.de-bsu@tnemtiurcer

.

Note: USB-ED is committed to equality, employment equity, and diversity. In accordance with the employment equity plan of USB-ED and its employment equity goals and targets, preference may be given, but is not limited, to candidates from under-represented designated groups. The job advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/relevant information as criteria for short-listing.

USB-ED reserves the right not to make an appointment

Requirements

Experience and Skills:

• At least five years’ experience working with analytics and strategic reporting in the service industry
• Working knowledge of detailed budgets and budgeting processes
• Pricing formulation and negotiation
• Should have interacted with different management levels in an organisation

Posted on 20 Apr 15:35

Environment:

A leading petrochemical company seeks the expertise of a highly skilled senior architecture specialist (applications) to join its team. The successful incumbent should have an NQF Level seven degree or advanced diploma in computer science, information science, computer engineering, information technology, engineering, commerce or other related fields with eight years application architecture experience.

Duties:

• Provision of application architecture frameworks, principles, patterns, roadmaps and governance:
  • Create and maintain the overall application architecture and related governance by developing and applying architectural frameworks, principles, patterns, policies and governance models to ensure applications are used optimally to automate business processes and functions effectively.
• Evaluation, selection and design of the application related components of projects and other initiatives lead:
  • Oversee application architecture quality by ensuring projects and other initiatives enabled by application products and services follow application architecture and governance frameworks, principles, patterns and best practices to maintain design quality standards, ensure that applications are shared and leveraged optimally and prevent unnecessary time, effort and cost impacts associated with duplication, complexity and inefficient use of applications across the organization.
• Application portfolio building and maintenance:
  • Establish and oversee the application portfolio by identifying, updating, categorizing, reviewing and publishing the current inventory of application products and services for the use of stakeholders and to enable effective reporting and analytics on applications to support decision making and planning.
• Lead the analysis of application requirements and make recommendations:
  • Oversee application requirements gathering and analysis by coaching and guiding solution architecture and system specialists on analysis and design tasks related to specific solutions and making design recommendations to maintain an optimised, cost-efficient and functionally effective application architecture across the organisation.

Requirements:

Minimum qualification, accreditation and experience:

• NQF Level seven degree or advanced diploma in computer science, information science, computer engineering, information technology, engineering, commerce or other related fields Architecture Certification e.g. TOGAF
• Eight years of application architecture experience including design, analysis and implementation of complex solutions with five years in project management or leading design and implementation initiatives

Advantageous qualification, accreditation and experience:

• Honours/Postgraduate Diploma.
• Certification in specific applications e.g. SAP, Microsoft
• Application development and workflow products e.g. SharePoint, Service now, .Net
• Microsoft and/or SAP applications.
• Enterprise Content Management systems e.g. SharePoint and OpenText
• Application development methodologies e.g. Agile, Scrum, waterfall.

While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.

Comments:

When applying for jobs, ensure that you have the minimum job requirements. Only SA Citizens will be considered for this role. If you are not in the mentioned location of any of the jobs, please note your relocation plans in all applications for jobs and correspondence. Please e-mail a word copy of your CV to taryn@datafin.com and mention the reference numbers of the jobs.

Posted on 20 Apr 14:32

Seeking dynamic business partners to join a unique international sales and marketing management company.

Do you have a vision of owning your own company?

We have generated a unique fraternity of business leaders that have created a very successful career for themselves in the sales and marketing industry, together with the tools and training materials that we provide.

No startup capital needed as our company provides you with all the resources needed to start and own your own franchise in sales and marketing within our organisation.

We are seeking individuals who are serious about growth and developing strong business acumen.

Apply via email with your resume.

Requirements:

• Strong leadership skills,
• Professional
• Fluency in writing verbal communication skills
• Six to 12 months of leadership experience
• Valid South African ID
• Senior matric certificate, 
• Degree/diploma – (not compulsory)
• Great people skills.

Posted on 19 Apr 16:18