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HIRING CAREGIVERS FOR FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS & SURROUNDING AREAS

Addus HomeCare is hiring immediately for Personal Care Aides. This rewarding, entry-level position provides consistent, flexible full-time/part-time hours to accommodate your personal needs, while providing a great career with a growing, innovative industry leader.

If you have a drive to help others, and you are looking for a meaningful, fulfilling, independent career with an organization that encourages and supports your contribution, we invite you to join our team.

Personal Care Aides Perks

• Healthcare benefits
• Flexible schedule
• Direct deposit
  
  

• Assist with personal care
• Provide occasional house cleaning, laundry, and assist with meal preparation
• Transport client to appointments and daily errands
  
  

• Able to pass a criminal background check
• Reliable transportation
• Reliable, energetic, self-motivated and well-organized
• 2 references (1 professional, 1 personal)
  
  

• Seniority level Entry level

• Employment type Part-time

• Job function Health Care Provider
• Industries Hospitals and Health Care

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Clicks is on the hunt for a Demand Planner. This role will be based at Clicks Head Office, Cape Town. Kindly note this in an on-site position.The purpose of this role is to ensure effective demand and statistical forecasting for assigned categories in order to drive profitability through increased sales, improved margins, and working capital productivity.

• To ensure the accurate and effective creation and management of statistical, promotional, event and total forecasts using provided systems and tools for all new and existing product ranges
• To recognize and reconcile forecast exceptions to track and manage sales against forecast and validate forecast for OTB management
• To determine causal factors impacting forecasts and respond appropriately, (weather, moving events, promotions etc.)
• To ensure effective stakeholder management and engagement in order to determine trends, identify new products, evaluate risks and determine inventory and replenishment requirements
• To generate and deliver accurate and timely management reports and maintain key metrics against goals in order to analyze forecast performance and ensure forecast accuracy and inventory optimization
• To effectively analyze post promotional and event data to determine opportunities, improve future forecasts, and act as necessary for inventory disposition
• To effectively lead and prepare for the consensus forecast meetings with key stakeholders in order to enhance key insights and decisions taken
• To ensure that the history data cleansing process is followed in order to improve sales history
• To ensure the effective execution of the range review process and decision making in order to assist the Category Team to determine optimal range
• To look for opportunities to maximize sales potential and support the Category team to develop Category Operating Plans and other initiatives to achieve sales, margin and stock targets

• FMCG, Supply Chain and Logistics
• Data analysis models
• Ability to understand and fine tune algorithms for optimal forecast performance
• Execution of the new stores / lines / products process using required commercial acumen
• Understanding of customer needs and wants, trends, competitive environment and market share

• Financial planning models and methodologies
• Deep understanding of the consistent management and planning of the supplier base performance metrics, promotional planning cycle, product lifecycle, supply chain optimization for their products, business analysis and reporting

• Causal factor determination and event driven adjustments
• Deep analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to build relationships and drive consensus and collaboration across functional groups
• Business math acumen and analysis to comprehend financial information and reporting to make business decisions
• Forecasting consumer trends and buying habits 9 – 24 months in the future
• Complex decision making based on statistics, trends and opinions
• Presentation skills with focus being on oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency on MS Office Excel, Word, Outlook and Power Point, spreadsheets, databases
• Complex Problem solving
• Retail mathematical calculations (e.g. variance to last year, percent of total, turn, Open-to-Buy and sales per square foot)
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills

• Strong planning and buying experience with solid understanding of financial and statistical analysis of both
• 2-4 years’ experience with distributions requirement planning and other supply chain processes such as demand planning, production planning, scheduling and transportation
• 1-2 years planning and executing projects involving multiple groups across an organization desirable
• Experience with retail buying or logistics preferred
• Supply chain software knowledge advantageous

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Math, Decision Science, Business, related area or equivalent experience

• Deciding and Initiating Action
• Persuading and Influencing
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Analysing
• Planning and Organising
• Adapting and Responding to Change
• Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking

Clicks is on the hunt for a Demand Planner. This role will be based at Clicks Head Office, Cape Town. Kindly note this in an on-site position.The purpose of this role is to ensure effective demand and statistical forecasting for assigned categories in order to drive profitability through increased sales, improved margins, and working capital productivity.

• To ensure the accurate and effective creation and management of statistical, promotional, event and total forecasts using provided systems and tools for all new and existing product ranges
• To recognize and reconcile forecast exceptions to track and manage sales against forecast and validate forecast for OTB management
• To determine causal factors impacting forecasts and respond appropriately, (weather, moving events, promotions etc.)
• To ensure effective stakeholder management and engagement in order to determine trends, identify new products, evaluate risks and determine inventory and replenishment requirements
• To generate and deliver accurate and timely management reports and maintain key metrics against goals in order to analyze forecast performance and ensure forecast accuracy and inventory optimization
• To effectively analyze post promotional and event data to determine opportunities, improve future forecasts, and act as necessary for inventory disposition
• To effectively lead and prepare for the consensus forecast meetings with key stakeholders in order to enhance key insights and decisions taken
• To ensure that the history data cleansing process is followed in order to improve sales history
• To ensure the effective execution of the range review process and decision making in order to assist the Category Team to determine optimal range
• To look for opportunities to maximize sales potential and support the Category team to develop Category Operating Plans and other initiatives to achieve sales, margin and stock targets

• FMCG, Supply Chain and Logistics
• Data analysis models
• Ability to understand and fine tune algorithms for optimal forecast performance
• Execution of the new stores / lines / products process using required commercial acumen
• Understanding of customer needs and wants, trends, competitive environment and market share

• Financial planning models and methodologies
• Deep understanding of the consistent management and planning of the supplier base performance metrics, promotional planning cycle, product lifecycle, supply chain optimization for their products, business analysis and reporting

• Causal factor determination and event driven adjustments
• Deep analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to build relationships and drive consensus and collaboration across functional groups
• Business math acumen and analysis to comprehend financial information and reporting to make business decisions
• Forecasting consumer trends and buying habits 9 – 24 months in the future
• Complex decision making based on statistics, trends and opinions
• Presentation skills with focus being on oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency on MS Office Excel, Word, Outlook and Power Point, spreadsheets, databases
• Complex Problem solving
• Retail mathematical calculations (e.g. variance to last year, percent of total, turn, Open-to-Buy and sales per square foot)
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills

• Strong planning and buying experience with solid understanding of financial and statistical analysis of both
• 2-4 years’ experience with distributions requirement planning and other supply chain processes such as demand planning, production planning, scheduling and transportation
• 1-2 years planning and executing projects involving multiple groups across an organization desirable
• Experience with retail buying or logistics preferred
• Supply chain software knowledge advantageous

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Math, Decision Science, Business, related area or equivalent experience

• Deciding and Initiating Action
• Persuading and Influencing
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Analysing
• Planning and Organising
• Adapting and Responding to Change
• Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking

Clicks is looking to recruit a Senior Demand Planner. The purpose of this role is to ensure effective demand and statistical forecasting for assigned categories in order to drive profitability through increased sales, improved margins, and working capital productivity.

1. To be accountable for forecast accuracy within the allocated categories.
2. To be accountable for optimized inventory levels within the allocated categories and minimum order quantity within the allocated categories.
3. To partner with the Category Managers on the development of pre-season sales, markdown, margin, and inventory plans.
4. To analyze and propose to the merchandising department top line shifts in the assortment investment at the category level.
5. At the category level monitor projections, inventory flow and seasonal sell-off plans as well as validate monthly forecast for open to buy management.
6. To recognize and reconcile forecast exceptions to track and manage sales against forecast and validate forecast for OTB management.
7. To determine causal factors impacting forecasts and respond appropriately (weather, moving events, promotions etc.).
8. To ensure effective stakeholder management and engagement in order to determine trends, identify new products, evaluate risks and determine inventory and replenishment requirements.
9. To generate and deliver accurate and timely management reports and maintain key metrics against goals in order to analyze forecast performance and ensure forecast accuracy and inventory optimization.
10. To effectively analyze post promotional and event data to determine opportunities and improve future forecasts.
11. To effectively lead and prepare for the consensus forecast meetings with key stakeholders in order to enhance key insights and decisions taken.
12. To ensure the effective execution of the range review process and decision making in order to assist the Category Team to determine optimal range.

1. Retail / FMCG Demand Forecasting, Supply Chain and Logistics.
2. Ability to understand and fine tune algorithms for optimal forecast performance.
3. Execution of the new stores / lines / products process using required commercial acumen.
4. Understanding of the consistent management and planning of the supplier base performance metrics, promotional planning cycle, product lifecycle, supply chain optimization for their products, business analysis and reporting.
5. Financial planning models and methodologies.
6. Understanding of customer needs and wants, trends, competitive environment and market share.

1. Deep analytical skills.
2. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to build relationships and drive consensus and collaboration across functional groups.
3. Business math acumen and analysis to comprehend financial information and reporting to make business decisions.
4. Forecasting consumer trends and buying habits 9 – 24 months in the future.
5. Complex decision making based on statistics, trends and opinions.
6. Presentation skills with focus being on oral and written communication skills.
7. Proficiency on MS Office Excel, Word, Outlook and Power Point, spreadsheets, databases.
8. Complex problem solving.
9. Retail financial & mathematical calculations (e.g. variance to last year, percent of total, turn, Open-to-Buy).
10. Strong negotiating and influencing skills.
11. Strong planning and buying experience with solid understanding of financial and statistical analysis of both.
12. 5 years’ experience in Demand Planning in a retail / FMCG environment.
13. Distributions requirement planning and other supply chain processes such as production planning, scheduling and transportation.
14. 2 - 4 years planning and executing projects. Experience with retail buying or logistics preferred.
15. Supply chain software knowledge (BY / EP) advantageous.

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Math, Decision Science, Marketing, Business, related area or equivalent experience.

• Leading & Deciding
• Supporting and Cooperating
• Interacting and Presenting
• Analyzing and Interpreting
• Creating and Conceptualizing
• Organizing and Executing

Clicks is looking to recruit a Senior Demand Planner. The purpose of this role is to ensure effective demand and statistical forecasting for assigned categories in order to drive profitability through increased sales, improved margins, and working capital productivity.

1. To be accountable for forecast accuracy within the allocated categories.
2. To be accountable for optimized inventory levels within the allocated categories and minimum order quantity within the allocated categories.
3. To partner with the Category Managers on the development of pre-season sales, markdown, margin, and inventory plans.
4. To analyze and propose to the merchandising department top line shifts in the assortment investment at the category level.
5. At the category level monitor projections, inventory flow and seasonal sell-off plans as well as validate monthly forecast for open to buy management.
6. To recognize and reconcile forecast exceptions to track and manage sales against forecast and validate forecast for OTB management.
7. To determine causal factors impacting forecasts and respond appropriately (weather, moving events, promotions etc.).
8. To ensure effective stakeholder management and engagement in order to determine trends, identify new products, evaluate risks and determine inventory and replenishment requirements.
9. To generate and deliver accurate and timely management reports and maintain key metrics against goals in order to analyze forecast performance and ensure forecast accuracy and inventory optimization.
10. To effectively analyze post promotional and event data to determine opportunities and improve future forecasts.
11. To effectively lead and prepare for the consensus forecast meetings with key stakeholders in order to enhance key insights and decisions taken.
12. To ensure the effective execution of the range review process and decision making in order to assist the Category Team to determine optimal range.

1. Retail / FMCG Demand Forecasting, Supply Chain and Logistics.
2. Ability to understand and fine tune algorithms for optimal forecast performance.
3. Execution of the new stores / lines / products process using required commercial acumen.
4. Understanding of the consistent management and planning of the supplier base performance metrics, promotional planning cycle, product lifecycle, supply chain optimization for their products, business analysis and reporting.
5. Financial planning models and methodologies.
6. Understanding of customer needs and wants, trends, competitive environment and market share.

1. Deep analytical skills.
2. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to build relationships and drive consensus and collaboration across functional groups.
3. Business math acumen and analysis to comprehend financial information and reporting to make business decisions.
4. Forecasting consumer trends and buying habits 9 – 24 months in the future.
5. Complex decision making based on statistics, trends and opinions.
6. Presentation skills with focus being on oral and written communication skills.
7. Proficiency on MS Office Excel, Word, Outlook and Power Point, spreadsheets, databases.
8. Complex problem solving.
9. Retail financial & mathematical calculations (e.g. variance to last year, percent of total, turn, Open-to-Buy).
10. Strong negotiating and influencing skills.
11. Strong planning and buying experience with solid understanding of financial and statistical analysis of both.
12. 5 years’ experience in Demand Planning in a retail / FMCG environment.
13. Distributions requirement planning and other supply chain processes such as production planning, scheduling and transportation.
14. 2 - 4 years planning and executing projects. Experience with retail buying or logistics preferred.
15. Supply chain software knowledge (BY / EP) advantageous.

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Math, Decision Science, Marketing, Business, related area or equivalent experience.

• Leading & Deciding
• Supporting and Cooperating
• Interacting and Presenting
• Analyzing and Interpreting
• Creating and Conceptualizing
• Organizing and Executing

As a Product Developer in a world-class food retailer, you will execute our customer-centric product strategy. Your key focus will be to develop and deliver innovative commercially viable product solutions that are anchored in quality and sustainability. You will guide and motivate teams and key stakeholders, to collaboratively deliver a customer-centric product strategy.

Integrate and implement product strategy into development plans for the relevant department(s):

• Understand the retail competitor market & customer need states to meet and exceed expectations.
• Apply customer & trends insights into product development briefs for suppliers.

Drive and maintain a world-class sustainable product and packaging standard and framework:

• Integrate with Central Quality & Suppliers to conduct and analyse comparative and directional benchmarking and translate outcomes into product plans where applicable.
• Display a clear understanding of the science (aesthetics, sensorial elements, safety aspects) of the relevant category, while keeping abreast and implementing new advancements where relevant.

Inspire and influence the product teams and key stakeholders to deliver industry leadership positions:

• Collaboratively and inclusively integrate with key stakeholders in achieving key product development milestones, ensuring a commercial and sustainability lens is considered at all times.
• Timeously achieve milestones by consistently encouraging and aligning quality outputs.

Amplify and embody an environment of creativity, growth, knowledge and empowerment:

• Demonstrate a strong work ethic and commitment to quality, setting a high standard for the team to follow.
• Understand and actively share culinary and technical product knowledge with suppliers, matrix, and PD teams.

Drive, integrate, and own product development processes and supporting systems:

• Ensure alignment and integration with the Packaging Support Specialist to ensure packaging is considered throughout the development process.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of how relevant and effective FMCG products are developed from conceptualisation to post-launch on shelf, including production processes within our supplier base.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Relevant Degree/ Diploma/ Qualification (Diploma in Cosmetics will be advantageous)
• 3-5 years’ experience in FMCG/Toiletries, Face & Body (Personal Care) would be advantageous
• Minimum 1-year experience in Product development, Retail, FMCG brand management or hospitality essential.
• Experience of working cross functionally or within a matrix organization.
• Courses & experience within the field of brand management, product ranging, and development.
• Demonstrate strategic intent and holistic approach.
• Commercial Acumen
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Customer Centric
• Confident and Passionate Ambassador
• Product Expertise in gifting
• Retail & Related Industry Knowledge
• Willingness to travel locally and internationally.

“As a proud South African brand, Woolworths is committed to transformation. Meeting our employment equity goals will be taken into account in our recruitment decisions.”

Associate

Full-time

Product Management, Design, and Production

Retail

• A tertiary qualification is preferred but not essential for the role.
• Previous Key Account Manager / sales experience having sold chemical raw materials into the personal care or homecare, or related industries is preferred for the role.
• The company is happy to consider a sales or Key Accounts Manager for the role who has sold any chemical raw material products for this role.
• The successful candidate must be a strong team player with the ability to build and foster relationships.
• Must have good business acumen with good analytical and synthesis skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills is essential.
• Computer literacy is essential with good working knowledge of Microsoft packages.

• Managing key accounts and developing new business on a national basis within the personal care and homecare industries maximizing profitability, controlling working capital, growing portfolio and achieving budgetary objectives.
• Developing and implementing key account plans and strategies to ensure sales targets and objectives are on target.
• Developing a transverse relationship with the customer and ensuring strategic alignment.
• Establishing and achieving monthly and annual budgets, based on customer information and forecasts and preparing annual budgets for senior management.
• Identify new business opportunities by leveraging the full potential of the companys product and services portfolio.
• Identifying customer needs and driving opportunities in agreement with the commercial business strategy and the market in order to increase customer profitability for sustainable and profitable mutual growth.
• Driving and deploying operational and strategic plans jointly with the customer and the internal organisation.
• Ensuring timeous and correct delivery of products to customers.
• Effectively implementing price increases and maintaining monthly / quarterly price lists for customers.

• A tertiary qualification is preferred but not essential for the role.
• Previous key account manager / sales experience having sold chemical raw materials into the personal care or homecare, or pharma industries is essential for the role.
• The successful candidate must be a strong team player with the ability to build and foster relationships.
• Must have good business acumen with good analytical and synthesis skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills is essential.
• Computer literacy is essential with good working knowledge of Microsoft Packages.

• Managing key accounts and developing new business on a national basis within the personal care and homecare and pharma industries maximizing profitability, controlling working capital, growing portfolio and achieving budgetary objectives.
• Developing and implementing key account plans and strategies to ensure sales targets and objectives are on target.
• Developing a transverse relationship with the customer and ensuring strategic alignment.
• Establishing and achieving monthly and annual budgets, based on customer information and forecasts and preparing annual budgets for senior management.
• Identify new business opportunities by leveraging the full potential of the companys product and services portfolio.
• Identifying customer needs and driving opportunities in agreement with the commercial business strategy and the market in order to increase customer profitability for sustainable and profitable mutual growth.
• Driving and deploying operational and strategic plans jointly with the customer and the internal organisation.
• Ensuring timeous and correct delivery of products to customers.
• Effectively implementing price increases and maintaining monthly / quarterly price lists for customers.

Listing reference: click_018990

Listing status: Under Review

Apply by: 23 January 2025

Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade

Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

Clicks Group

To develop and execute the category strategy in order to achieve and exceed the category financial targets through rapidly accelerating category depth, strengthen pricing strategy and driving private label and exclusive Brands thereby creating product differentiation and innovation to increase market share and profitability.

• Develop and implement a category plan for specific product ranges to ensure reduced cost of goods, optimise contract terms and increase income, assume responsibility of budget and revenue for category.
• Negotiate favourable trading terms and promotional spend (co-op), actively cultivate, develop and maintain vendor relationships and partnerships to ensure vendor performance and first to market with new product launches.
• Maintain relationships with existing suppliers and source new suppliers for future product lines.
• Implement a plan that will achieve the Clicks' value proposition through price and promotion whilst achieving promotional sales targets.
• Translate the operating and financial plans into a balanced product assortment and visual on-shelf display to meet the customer’s needs.
• Support the sourcing and development of private label products and exclusive brands thereby creating product differentiation, innovation and brand loyalty that will increase market share and profitability.
• Regularly review performance indicators, such as sales, margin and promo quantification, keeping the business updated on financial performance versus market and plan.
• Conduct range reviews, analyse consumer buying patterns, predict future trends and stay abreast with competitor activity.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, including marketing and Clubcard to ensure effective delivery of the operating plan.
• Support both the Merchandise and Graduate Development Programme by playing an active role in facilitating training sessions to embed sound procurement principles and commercial awareness.

• Procurement and Supply Chain
• Business Objectives and Strategies
• Business Processes
• Retail Management
• Market trends and competitor analysis
• Understanding of supplier co-op negotiations and trading terms
• Financial planning and budgets

• Strong Financial/Business acumen with a merchant mindset
• Planning and organisational skills
• Ability to build strong supplier relationships
• Competency in all computer packages, i.e. Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint
• Verbal and written communication
• Problem solving and analytical thinking
• Strategic thinking and decision making
• Project management
• Training facilitation

• 4-6 years Category Management experience
• 2-3 years People Management experience
• Managing objectives
• Experience with local and global supplier networks

• B Degree or Diploma in Retail, Purchasing Management or similar (Essential)

All positions will be filled in accordance with our Employment Equity plan. We also encourage people with disabilities to apply.