Pick n Pay

Associate System Support Engineer

Kenilworth - Cape Town Full time

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

To provide (1st level) I&T system support within the Customer systems department and deal with day-to-day operational challenges and work directly with team members across the business to effectively and efficiently deliver I&T services

  • IT diploma/certification
  • 1 year experience in system support
  • Computer literate: MS Office
  • Exposure to an IT customer service environment
  • Understanding of IT Infrastructure, POS systems and general store processes (e.g. cashier, supervisor, back office reporting) is advantageous
  • POS Systems
  • Operating systems
  • Retail store processes
  • Nagios
  • ITIL

Key Responsibilities
  • Monitoring of the POS estate
  • Monitor the status of the various POS equipment in the PnP estate and report/resolve all issues/defects found within agreed timelines
  • Proactively report any incident trends or risk factors occurring in the estate to mitigate them
  • Incident management - attend to all incidents which are assigned to the team and resolve them within SLA
  • Reduce call volumes by improving and streamlining processes
  • Communicate promptly and clearly to all stakeholders relating to the incident
  • Customer service approach with courtesy follow up communications
  • Attention to detail in incident updates and actions carried out
  • Reach daily target regarding incident closure volumes
  • Knowledge Management & Transfer
  • Document training material and share with team members in order to upskill and create awareness
  • Stay abreast of any new developments and current knowledge base within the team
  • Share ideas and communicate any new incidents that would potentially have high impact to the team in regularly scheduled meetings
  • Upskill yourself and team members about the systems and applications pertaining to your area and beyond
  • Vendor Interactions
  • Maintain good vendor relationships
  • Ensure that vendors are attending to incidents timeously and follow up often in order to resolve them efficiently

Competencies

  • People Orientation
  • Attention to detail
  • Patience
  • Team Player
  • Absorb Pressure positively
  • Problem solving ability
  • Customer Service
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Communication Skills, analytical and presentation skills

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

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