Overview of salaries statistics of the profession "Product Manager in Western Cape"

Have you worked in the packaging industry environment managing orders on a large range of products? Our National client based in Montague Gardens requires your organisational and client liaison skills to join their highly successful team working 07.30 – 17.00 Monday to Friday.Experience working on SAGE highly advantageous.Requirements:Matric and minimum three years admin, data order processing experienceAbility to liaise confidently with clients telephonically in a fast-paced environmentExcellent attention to detailAbility to build solid client relationshipsComputer literateHours: 07:30 – 17:00Duties and Responsibilities:Reporting to the Branch ManagerAssisting customers with orders inbound and outboundInvoicing of orders and sending for paymentReceiving and actioning orders via emailProcessing customer orders and back orders dailyIncreasing customer spend by discussing specials and promoting new product linesLiaising with internal departments with queries on ordersInforming customers if they have ordered out of stock items by offering alternativesKeeping customers updated if they are waiting for arrival of stock itemsAssisting with client enquiries or complaintsAssisting with any additional projects or requirements within the department

Are you a dynamic Sales Administrator who can manage in a pressurised environment? As a Sales Administrator, you will play a crucial role in supporting their sales team and ensuring smooth operations within the business based in Montagu Gardens.Your responsibilities will include managing customer inquiries, processing orders, coordinating deliveries, and providing exceptional customer service.Working Hours: 07.30 – 17.00 Monday to Friday.Requirements:Matric and minimum three years admin, data order processing experienceAbility to liaise confidently with clients telephonically in a fast-paced environmentExcellent attention to detailAbility to build solid client relationshipsComputer literateHours: 07:30 – 17:00Duties and Responsibilities:Reporting to the Branch ManagerAssisting customers with orders inbound and outboundInvoicing of orders and sending for paymentReceiving and actioning orders via emailProcessing customer orders and back orders dailyIncreasing customer spend by discussing specials and promoting new product linesLiaising with internal departments with queries on ordersInforming customers if they have ordered out of stock items by offering alternativesKeeping customers updated if they are waiting for arrival of stock itemsAssisting with client enquiries or complaintsAssisting with any additional projects or requirements within the department

Do you have a successful track record in a senior accounting role involving management accounting and project management overseeing a range of commercial activities in a manufacturing/production organisation for an International organisation?Our International Client requires your costing experience to operate at a group level of responsibility leveraging costing, accounting, and commercial expertise to evaluate group performance and identify opportunities for business improvement.This is a critical commercial function integrating pricing, costs, efficiencies and profitability!Minimum Requirements:Matric, Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related fieldStrong management accountant skills, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a senior accounting role for a manufacturing business, including prior experience in activity-based costingExcellent project management skills & experience managing complex projectsAdvanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modellingProven experience in tender management and preparation, demonstrating great attention to detail and accuracy in all tasks and deliverablesGood practical business and financial decision-making skillsAbility to multitask and prioritise tasks effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environmentIT proficiency in Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and PowerPointWillingness to develop a deep understanding of our product offeringExcellent organisational skills to meet goals and set priorities, including the ability to work under pressure and in new environmentsAbility to deal with operations across the globe in different languages with different cultures and time zonesStrong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally and lead a small teamDuties and Responsibilities:Team Management: Lead and manage and provide guidance for a team of two to ensure objectives are met effectively.Tender Management: Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail in coordinating and completing global tenders for apparel retailers.Cost Management:Ensure the upkeep of essential input cost metrics across all production facilities.Validate adherence to Group frameworks for overhead cost allocation across all global operations.Update raw material costs, labour, and overhead recovery rates annually based on approved expense budgets and capacity plans for all production facilities.Quarterly review of performance against the recovery rates, based on actual quarter-end results, to evaluate the necessity for recovery rate adjustments.Oversee the preparation of quarterly cost driver schedules, encompassing both macro and local economic impacts, to be presented for:Incorporation into all bi-annual and annual contract price adjustments.Consideration by senior management in Group forecasting.Project Management:Manage RFID and Variable Data programme roll-outs, ensuring successful implementation and timely delivery.Manage the development and deployment of new costing modules across the group.Financial Analysis:Ensure tender award pricing is adhered to in respective supply regions, with any deviations falling within specified mandates.Estimate Forward Exchange Contract requirements for RFID inlay purchases on a quarterly basis.

National Commercial Underwriting Manager with minimum 8 years’ commercial underwriting and 5 years’ management experience within a Brokerage environment, required to manage the underwriting function across provinces, for a National Brokerage based in Cape Town City Bowl.Minimum requirements:Matric/Grade 12 or equivalentRE5 essentialFAIS compliant – Credits and/or full qualification essentialMinimum 8 years commercial underwriting experience requiredMinimum 5 years’ experience in a management role requiredExperience in a Broker environment essentialDuties and Responsibilities:Ensure the underwriting admin practices adhere to regulatory framework and practicesProvide commercial lines advise to internal and external stakeholdersLiaison between clients and internal servicing teamsKeep abreast of product and services available to market and competitor movementsMeet compliance underwriting practicesService complaints and escalationsEnsure SLA’s are metQuality Audits and take corrective actionCompile and distribute reportsAssist with design and implementation of training material for SOP’sAdhere to company mandatesLiaise with Insurers re product development matters

Do you have the commercial experience in developing, planning and implementing strategies to promote growth, coupled with the finance costing expertise working in a manufacturing environment?Our International client requires your senior experience with activity based costing, leveraging costing, integrating product pricing, accounting, and commercial functions interacting with clients entities in 16 countries.Requirements:Matric, Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related fieldStrong management accountant skills, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a senior accounting role for a manufacturing business, including prior experience in activity-based costingExcellent project management skills & experience managing complex projectsAdvanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modellingProven experience in tender management and preparation, demonstrating great attention to detail and accuracy in all tasks and deliverablesGood practical business and financial decision-making skillsAbility to multitask and prioritise tasks effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environmentIT proficiency in Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and PowerPointWillingness to develop a deep understanding of our product offeringExcellent organisational skills to meet goals and set priorities, including the ability to work under pressure and in new environmentsAbility to deal with operations across the globe in different languages with different cultures and time zonesStrong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally and lead a small teamDuties and Responsibilities:Team Management: Lead and manage and provide guidance for a team of two to ensure objectives are met effectively.Tender Management: Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail in coordinating and completing global tenders for apparel retailers.Cost Management:Ensure the upkeep of essential input cost metrics across all production facilities.Validate adherence to Group frameworks for overhead cost allocation across all global operations.Update raw material costs, labour, and overhead recovery rates annually based on approved expense budgets and capacity plans for all production facilities.Quarterly review of performance against the recovery rates, based on actual quarter-end results, to evaluate the necessity for recovery rate adjustments.Oversee the preparation of quarterly cost driver schedules, encompassing both macro and local economic impacts, to be presented for:Incorporation into all bi-annual and annual contract price adjustments.Consideration by senior management in Group forecasting.Project Management:Manage RFID and Variable Data programme roll-outs, ensuring successful implementation and timely delivery.Manage the development and deployment of new costing modules across the group.Financial Analysis:Ensure tender award pricing is adhered to in respective supply regions, with any deviations falling within specified mandates.Estimate Forward Exchange Contract requirements for RFID inlay purchases on a quarterly basis.

A Company that specialises in Manufacturing abrasive Products is looking for an experienced External Sales Representatives to expand sales and oversee current clients in the Western Cape.You will need to grow and manage existing customers and seek out new opportunities constantly with both stand-alone and chain accounts within your established region.R15 000 per month + R8 500 Car AllowanceFuel Card, Laptop and Cell phoneAdditional benefits after 3 monthsMinimum Requirements:A Technical Qualification and/or 3+ years proven sales experience in a technical fieldMust have a valid driver’s licenceMust be willing to travel.Knowledge of the abrasive industry would be an advantageExcellent Communication Skills, both Verbal and WrittenStrong Negotiation SkillsMust be MS Office literate (Intermediate to Advanced)CRM Management, Call Planning and Sales Reporting.Resilient, resourceful personality/character.Conflict management.Strong business acumen.Entrepreneurial flair with excellent time management skillsDuties and Responsibilities:Take full accountability for the achievement of revenue streams, profitability and volume growth and other key performance areas / indicators for direct accounts in the portfolioMinimising and management of potential channel conflict, with the ultimate goal of eliminating conflict in this channelDevelop processes to measure, track, report and communicate account performance in order to ensure specific focus, and utilising these processes to monitor trends, achievements and performance against targetsDevelop reporting and monitoring mechanisms highlighting and market movements to Sales and ManagementPenetrating competitor marketsPerform cost-benefit and needs analysis on existing and potential customers as part of the sales processConduct cold calling at new / potential customers along with a focused growth strategy at the existing customers in the allocated sales areaAnalyse market potentials, track sales and status reportsMeet and exceed sales budgets (volume & revenue)Establish, promote and maintain positive business and customer relationshipsEnsure adherence to company policy and procedures while maintaining integrity and sound business practicesServicing and further development of existing customer baseParticipation / representation at open days / trade shows with the ability to conduct physical product demonstrationsComply with the company’s planning, reporting and customer management structures as determined by managementAdherence to the company price list and discount structures as determined by managementMaintain and develop existing and new customers through planned individual account support, and liaison with internal order-processing staffEnsure effective customer satisfaction and after sales carePerform internal and customer facing presentationsLiaise with internal office to produce client proposals and manage the delivery and follow up of such with the clientAttend monthly sales meetings and one-on-ones with the Sales ManagerSeeking out new opportunities constantly with both stand-alone and chain accounts within established regionCommunicating new service and product opportunities, feedback, special developments, or information collected during field activity to the Sales ManagerCoordinating with company staff to achieve the work required in closing up salesProvide weekly feedback relating to lost sales and back ordersSubmit monthly call planners by the last week of the month for the month aheadDaily update of CRM with visit information and telephone callsShall provide a plan for their sales area annually, showing the following information, Sales per customer in the previous year, Sales extrapolated for the current year, Sales plan for the next year,Target customersAny other duty which may be assigned to you from time-to-time

DESCRIPTIONAmazon's mission is to be earth's most customer-centric company. We work towards a single goal: to ensure the best experience for our customers. To achieve this, Amazon Payment Operations is looking for a Program Manager who will work with Internal Payments, and external banking partners (Schemes, Banks, acquirers etc.) for increasing payment acceptance. The principle responsibility of this PM is to influence internal, and external stakeholders for increasing payment success rate. To do so, this role monitors and analyzes payment success rates across the payment network and supports internal product, and tech teams for driving improvements. This role is vital for fostering partnerships with external stakeholders; top banks, acquirers, and schemes, and generates insights by specific BIN/Card Type/ Payment brand with the single objective of increasing payment success rate, thereby driving business value. This PM will also assess third party payment partners and manage the operational relationship with them, thereby advocating for improved customer experience, and system availability. Key job responsibilitiesPartnership Program Manager will create a joint roadmap with Payment Partners in South Africa for a) increasing payment acceptance and b) fund flow as per agreed SLA(s). This role is required to serve as a hands-on analyst, resolving escalations and managing Payments' partners and internal clients. He /She will combine a strategic mindset with a masterful analytics ability at advocating and delivering cross-functional change to improve experience for our customers. The ideal candidate is a motivated self-starter that can work independently in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with limited supervision. He or she must be a fast learner, who can quickly absorb the nuances of Amazon's varied payment offerings, as well as the behavior of Amazon's internal systems. He or she will be analytical in their decision-making, with a demonstrated ability to drive issues to completion. Experience in the payments industry or prepaid card industry is preferred.This position will be based in Cape Town, South Africa.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Cape Town, ZAFBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years in payments or program management experience driving medium to large sized projects.- 3+ years of relevant program or project management experience with a proven track record in working with internal, external, tech and non-tech stakeholders to deliver meaningful business outcome.- Excellent critical thinking and judgement. Ability to think strategically while staying on top of tactical execution.- Experience managing external relationships with schemes (VISA/MasterCard) and Banks.- Must have data-driven decision-making and deep dive skills, including Excel and SQL.- Experience identifying and resolving complex issues, will take initiative even under ambiguous circumstances. Solid sense of accountability and sound personal judgement.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- MBA or Master's degree in computer science.- Experience in financial services, eCommerce, technology, and/or customer service operations- Superior analytical and quantitative skills; experience using data and metrics to test theories, confirm assumptions, and measure success.Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.

DESCRIPTIONHow often have you had an opportunity to be a founding member of a team that is tasked with solving a huge business problem through innovative technology? If you want to join innovative team that is making history and breaking new ground for Amazon in Sub Saharan Africa, this is the place for you. For millions of customers worldwide, the Amazon name is synonymous with delivery – and the Delivery Experience (DEX) team provides those customers with innovative ways to get what they want and need, enabling the choices they make on every order, every day. We combine customer impact with retail invention, solving huge technical challenges along the way. We are looking for a Sr. Program Management leader to be part of a startup product team innovating end-to-end shopping experiences. You'll be responsible for the designing, implementing, and maintaining high impact processes and supporting teams, that helps us deliver on our customer promise seamlessly.Key job responsibilities- Define and deliver important programs with broad cross-functional and cross-organizational business impact - Lead the design of the solution, implementation, and delivery of a highly complicated cross-functional project in a new business area - Bring strong, data-driven business and strategic judgment to decisions - Invent, evolve, improve, and simplify processes and technology requirements (when appropriate). - Develop business and process requirements, prioritize needs, and manage milestones and overall roadmap. - Create buy-in for the vision both internally and with key external partners - Approach complex business problems, aligning divergent stakeholder teams to a common plan We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Cape Town, ZAFBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of program or project management experience- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership- Bachelor's degree- Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy, definition and end to end product deliveryPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- 2+ years of driving process improvements experience- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teamsAmazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.

DESCRIPTIONHow often have you had an opportunity to be a founding member of a team that is tasked with solving a huge business problem through innovative technology? If you want to join innovative team that is making history and breaking new ground for Amazon in Sub Saharan Africa, this is the place for you. We are looking for a data-driven leader, willing to think big and invent & simplify, as we continue to experiment with innovative ways to scale our growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. As the Sr. Program Manager for Retail Operations & Initiatives (RO&I), you will have an opportunity to help develop local e-commerce and delight customers with the expansion of Amazon’s world-class selection. You will partner with business, operations, and technology teams across the business to drive new initiatives aimed at eliminating, automating, or streamlining process that will unlock scale. This is a highly visible cross-functional role that interacts regularly with senior leaders across several teams and requires thought leadership in shaping sustainable growth strategies.Key job responsibilities- Developing the vision and strategy for new Amazon initiatives that will help to scale growth in Sub-Saharan Africa- Collaborating with partner teams to define and implement automated solutions that scale- Gathering and analyzing data to uncover opportunities to further improve the experience- Driving thought leadership, leading cross-functional projects, and owning the communication to senior leaders on highly strategic initiatives We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Cape Town, ZAFBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of program or project management experience- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership- Bachelor's degree- Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy, definition and end to end product deliveryPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- 2+ years of driving process improvements experience- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teamsAmazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.

DESCRIPTIONAmazon strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform. Amazon Gift Cards is a key 1P payment product to drive Amazon flywheel and serve gift needs of customers. Additionally, Amazon strives to be the preferred gifting destination by offering a wider gift card selection. We are looking for a customer-obsessed, process-driven, dynamic and self-directed Category Program Manager to build and grow the Amazon Gift Cards and third party Gift Cards business in South Africa across Online or Offline channels. The candidate will launch new products, programs, features and drive adoption for the Gift Cards in South Africa.The candidate will be responsible in working with non-tech and tech stakeholders to enhance the product CX via customer insights, manage product compliance by working with legal and risk teams, resolve customer issuers with CS team, perform data deep dives to generate insights and recommendations, manage inventory and selection, report business metrics and drive Gift Cards adoption. Since our environment at Amazon is fast-paced and complex, it requires a candidate who is flexible, pays attention to detail and is able to deal with ambiguity. The candidate should also have excellent interpersonal skills.This position will be based in Cape Town, South AfricaKey job responsibilities(i) Support product/feature launches: Support the launch of onsite GC products in ZA, starting with eGC followed by incremental features for B2B and B&M channel. This will extend to supporting launch of third party Gift Cards and experiences. Also collaborate with marketing team to drive adoption.(ii) Addressing customer issues: Resolve customer issues by working with CS team. Also, enhance product CX and search experience onsite via insights from customer contacts and (iii) Compliance: Manage Gift Cards product compliance by working with legal and risk teams (iv) Insights: Perform data deep dives to generate customer and product insights/recommendations (v) Selection management: Manage Inventory, themes, occasions and brands of Gift Cards across online and offline channels.(vi) Reporting: Report business metrics weekly/monthly/quarterly basis to leadership We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Cape Town, ZAFBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of program or project management experience- 4+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience- 4+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience- Bachelor's degree- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvementsPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience- 3+ years of driving process improvements experience- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules- 3+ years of defining and executing against program timeline & requirements experienceAmazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.