OUR ORGANIZATION
Puratos’s journey began in 1919, just over a hundred years ago. What started as a father and son operation, evolved into a successful international business. Our company now offers a full range of cutting-edge services and ingredients to customers in the bakery, patisserie, and chocolate industry worldwide.
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To coach and mentor new recruits and all the colleagues within the department
Train customer bakers on the Company’s products
Present finished goods – to a minimum of ten people – and sell concept solutions
Work with the sales team to build and grow the business
Plan and execute daily and weekly bakery production, and implement thereof at store level
Build relationships with customers
Give technical advice
Facilitate and train groups of people (maximum of 25 people) and be able to control and facilitate the group(s)
Create new innovative products from existing and newly developed products
Perform under pressure during shows, presentations and store openings
Present to different calibre of people (management, in-house staff, bakers)
Calculate, teach and implement costings at store level
Apply skills by putting recipes together using baker percentage
Perform other duties as per operational requirements.
PROFILE
Grade 12
Driver’s License
Minimum of 8 years as a baker and confectioner, of which at least 3 years was in a supervisory role (managerial role advantageous); B2B is an advantage; food sector (FMCG market) is an advantage.
Computer literacy: MS Office suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
Knowledge of basic arithmetic – must be able to calculate, teach and implement costings at store level, and apply skills.
Over and above normal working hours, occasional overtime is required.
Strong presentation and facilitation skills
Language: English is a prerequisite - ability to read and write; additional language(s) an advantage.
Written comprehension – the ability to read and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Good personality, hardworking, teamwork, service orientated, creative, innovative, trustworthy, open to learn from feedback.