Business/Supply Chain Analyst

Johannesburg, South Africa

Transnova is looking to recruit highly motivated and ambitious individuals who would like to work at one of the fastest growing companies in the supply chain technology sector. Candidates will be strongly mathematically literate, with the ability to communicate well and think on their feet. Experience in data handling and transformation is also highly desirable.

To understand and document client requirements and formulate creative yet practical solutions to these requirements.
Review and validate data, build and validate models, run scenarios, and assist in the preparation of client presentations.
Provide structured and creative analysis to identify performance improvement opportunities.
Fully document solutions approach, data sources and transformations, assumptions and constraints.
Assist the client to implement and control business improvement solutions developed.

Qualification in Industrial or Mechanical engineering, Statistics, Actuarial Science or Operations Research.
Good people skills and the ability to work and manage your time independently.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Experience with BI / dashboard development technologies (Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, QlikView etc.) would be an added advantage.

Be able to rapidly diagnose customer challenges and represent potential solutions.
Uphold our brand values and have a customer-centric approach - obsessed with meeting and exceeding customer needs.
A flexible approach, attention to detail and a total quality focus.
Thrive under pressure and be accountable for all tasks assigned to them.
Work with autonomy and independence whilst building strong long-term relationships with key contacts and stakeholders.
See themselves as innovative self-starters – proactive, highly motivated, determined and keen to succeed.

About Transnova

Transnova is an independent logistics advisory, technology and managed services firm established in 2012 with staff of over 100 supply chain professionals. Our main area of expertise lies in the design, implementation, operations and / or transfer of 4PL solutions or Logistics Control Towers.