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South Africa

Team Size: 50This Role ensures that the Development and QA teams have all necessary skills, processes and tools to ensure the best journey to Group Strategy is realized. Focusing on 3 main areas People, Process and Technology. This entails the end to end Information & Operation Technology (I&OT) Dev and QA capability and management across an enterprise . This includes the Development, testing, monitoring and improvement of all projects and products while ensuring the continuous development of innovative solutions. This includes all previous roles and responsibilities mentioned in previous description below.

Durban Area, South Africa

Team Size: 12 Man TeamCreating, implementing and managing all Quality assurance processes, teams, policies and procedures throughout Mr Price Group. Varying from managing international teams, to local with insources testers, to building testing teams within teams that have never had dedicated testers, processes and frameworks.Managing teams across Mobile, and Desktop Platforms. With experience in Oracle ERP, Magento, Azure.• Manages test analysts, coordinators and leads in the support of testing specific programs, projects, and application specific upgrades or maintenance releases.• Responsible for developing enterprise framework for test tools, test plans, testing strategies and test cases. • Plans and ensures goals are met. Responsible for hiring, training, developing and managing staff.• Responsible for overseeing the testing of software and confirmations to the PMO and business of status and outcomes.• Develop and communicate testing strategy to team, stakeholders and partners.• Translate solution details into testing requirements and objectives.• Proactively manage internal and external testing according to project/release scope and time expectations.• Work closely with IT portfolios to understand lifecycle and details of solutions.• Build and maintain relationships with key business partners, stakeholders and external partners to manage workflow, prioritization and performance expectations.• Oversee the team responsible for defining how the enterprise will prepare test plans, business cases, criteria definition, test execution, manage test environments and test data• Has responsibility for development plans, performance reviews and other appropriate HR activities for the team members. • Fully train and upskill internal and external testing team members on all processes, testing techniques and procedures.• Analyses and organises Quality Assurance operations, policies and procedures.

Derivco

Team Size - 15 Man TeamThe primary responsibilities of the test manager are client management, risk management, planning & cost management, team development and continuous improvement of the systems, standards and processes. The Test Manager liaises with the relevant product owner and ensures that the client is fully informed of the state of testing for current and future projects. The Test Manager ensures they are familiar with the roadmap and ensures the Team Leads and Test Engineers are being prepared so that they have the capability and the capacity to execute the testing effectively. The Test Manager (with the assistance of the TMO) also negotiates timelines and deadlines with the client or the client’s representatives (usually the PM). Risk management requires the Test Manager to understand the nature of the clients’ product, and how the components of the product integrate, across (potentially) multiple development teams and projects. He/She needs to understand the relative complexity of the development effort and the complexity in the test effort and ensures that the team has contingencies in place to handle anomalies in the planned testing. Successful risk management entails delivering software with defects reports on time, with no latent defects and managing the clients’ expectations during this time. This implies that the Test Manager is responsible for the quality of the test effort and ensures that testing is planned, optimized and executed in the most efficient, and effective manner.The Test Manager needs to be aware and actively manage the cost of the test effort on a project and product basis.One of the most strategic responsibilities of the Test Manger is the long term development of the test team.Lastly the Test Manager needs to keep reviewing, refining, optimizing and implementing changes within his/her team so that the total capacity, effectiveness and capability of the team is continually grown, extended and developed.

South Africa

Team Size - 5 man teamBehavioral Outputs:• Displays professionalism through word and action • Displays a positive attitude and perspective • Displays behaviors which increase dependability and reliability • Handles pressure confidently and appropriately • Asks for clarification and assistance when appropriate (escalates) • Communicates effectively • Actively seeks to improve and innovates around self and teamTechnical Outputs:• Performs Planning and Preparation• Involves one’s self early in the development process • Performs test focused requirements analysis and design • Accepts projects and coordinates resources as required • Performs test planning • Modifies/Adapts/Re-factors and Finalizes Test Plan as Required• Executes Testing• Performs Test Initialization • Accepts or Rejects Release to Testing • Executes Tests • Completes Test Cycles/Sprints • Identifies and logs defects and software non-conformances in relevant tracking systems • Completes sign-off procedure• Communicates with Stakeholders• Provides Appropriate Feedback • Supports Management/Team/Test Lead • Involves Test Specialist Teams to ensure relevant testing is completed • Performs Test Leadership• Works towards achieving team objectives/deliverables • Adapts to changing situational requirements • Improves skills and capabilities of self and team • Provides reporting as required • Innovates and implements change• Adheres and Optimizes Standards and Processes (e.g. ISO, eCogra)• Follows prescribed standards & processes • Follows prescribed standards, processes and workflow • Ensures documentation and paperwork meets standards • Ensures log books and time sheets are completed • Performs appropriate maintenance of test environments and test banks

South Africa

2nd In Charge of 5 Man TeamThe Software tester is responsible for the planning, execution and completion of software testing and the related and relevant activities (including the creation and maintenance of checklists and documentation) which enable software testing project “sign-offs” to occur. As a special mention, a subset of testing, specifically the identification and logging of defects is seen as a critical task for the Software Testing.

Durban Area, South Africa

2nd In Charge of 12 Man TeamQuality control after deals processed, Verification of salary payslips/bank Statistics in order to identify fraudulent activity. Communicate verdict with DLO/dealer. Use gijima to deal fraud. Capture lean quality errors.

Durban Area, South Africa

2nd In Charge of 3 Man TeamView and route all incoming documentation to the correct department. This included having detailed knowledge in all areas of Vehicle and Asset finance, including the understanding and data capturing and verification of Vehicle, Card and Home divisions.

Durban Area, South Africa

The data processing clerk can have many duties. These duties can range from just updating and correcting contacts or business information spreadsheets to more complicated assignments like taking care of very technical texts. All of these can include the creation of a record of personal information of the clients, vehicle and asset finance applications, proofreading or modifying information.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Retail Management, Nqf 7

Matric, Mathematics And Computer Science

Activities and Societies: AutoCad, Mathematics, Physical Science, Technical Drawing, Afrikaans, English, Computer Science