Career Opportunities at Spur Corporation

Minimum Requirements    

• National Certificate
• Executive Secretary/Office administration or similar
• 5  years’ experience

SKILLS

• Microsoft Office - full suite
• Advance excel skills - working with complex formulas
• Working with office systems (various operations, accounting, and reporting systems)
• Managing and resolve conflict through difficult and crucial conversations

ATTRIBUTES 

• Deciding and initiating action
• Working with people
• Adhering to principles and values
• Writing and Reporting
• Applying Expertise and Technology
• Learning and Researching
• Planning and Organising
• Following Instructions and Procedures
• Adapting and Responding to Change
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks                        

Duties and Responsibilities    
FINANCE

• Conduct approved purchasing and placing of orders i.e. office supplies and uniforms
• Verifying and reconciliation of all invoices and expenses in line with budgets
• Approval of invoices - where applicable - for payment
• Verify all expense claims for accuracy and approval - against proof of payment and reconciliation with card statements
• Ensure the timeous submission of expense claims for reimbursement
• Purchase and ordering of smalls within budget (items for office use)
• Reconciliation and management of petty cash

CUSTOMER

• Ensure Franchisees and Customers are received and answered in an appropriate, friendly and professional manner
• Ensure that franchisee queries are immediately dealt with, directed to the right parties and monitored for resolution
• Ensure Customer complaints are immediately dealt with, directed to the right parties and monitored for resolution
• Ensure a quick turnaround on responded and reverting to Franchisees and Customers queries and complaints
• Report on Franchisee and/or Customer complaints not resolved

INTERNAL PROCESSES

• Conducting Divisional Operations administration and providing general operations team support
• Calendar coordination for the operations leadership team
• Provide administrative assistance and support and work closely with brand manager and marketing on projects
• Control and distribute product and operations manuals
• Coordinate meetings and event logistics - calendar coordination, invitations, arranging venues, agendas, room set-up etc
• Executing on Travel arrangements for the operations team
• Handling functional and personal team queries and refer where necessary
• Providing assistance on extranet
• Gathering information for presentation and management reporting
• Assist with the collection of signatures for all legal documentation required (resolutions, agreements, NDA's and MOU's)
• Compiling of files and documents
• Attend to vehicle service maintenance and booking of services PEOPLE
• Secretarial duties
• Dictaphone typing and delivery of accurate documents
• Switchboard and reception relief duties
• Screening and responding to emails and other communication
• Receiving and screening of visitors
• Operations reporting
• Gathering information and Produce KPI and regional reports
• Conduct Food cost, ratio analyses, pilot sales, discounts, Mr delivery reports, and halaal review and report
• Main meal loading and analyses of spend per head comparison reports
• Liaising and relationship building with all divisions across the business and with Franchisees

Closing Date: 22nd, July 2022

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Minimum Requirements    

• Tertiary education, preferably in Food Technology
• 5 years of experience with a minimum of 2 years in NPD
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel)
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Experience in HACCP and FSSC 22000, with audit experience
• Experience an knowledge in local labelling regulations
• Strong Admin and analytical ability
• The ability to work independently and part of a team
• Good communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Goal Orientated
• Creative problem solver who thrives when presented a challenge
• Exceptional project management skills
• Understand trends and maintains good industry knowledge

Duties and Responsibilities    
General QA

• Maintain operational QC standards on production floor
• Ensure all food safety Controls are in place
• Spot checks on production recipes to ensure compliance to recipes
• Oversee all QA audits including our food safety systems audit (HACCP)
• Manage all lab work into accuracy, appropriateness, and completeness
• Oversee and report on Adhoc projects
• Help develop & document procedures to manage overall efficiencies.
• Able to work across multiple brands concurrently.

General NPD

• Competitor and customer insights analysis through monthly reporting.
• Help develop & document procedures to manage overall efficiencies.
• Help re engineer sauces in collaboration with executives.
• Develop product from concept to final product.
• Help and manage all factory trials.
• Keeps up to date with best practices in writing, social media, search marketing and business/industry trends.

Corporation – General Requirements

• Strict adherence to company philosophy/mission statement/sales goals
• Carrying out any reasonable request or instruction made by your line manager or any other employee senior to yourself.  Discuss with your line manager so as to ensure you understand who is senior to you                      
• Assisting in any official company function or business as may be required from time to time irrespective of the day or time or venue at which such function or business takes place, provided such request is reasonable                             
• Attending all meetings and training programmes, irrespective of the time and day, which you may be instructed to be present at, provided such request is reasonable    
• Projecting a hospitable, respectful, polite, friendly and warm attitude to all employees and customers.
• Maintaining good communication skills with fellow employees, management, stakeholders and customers at all times.                             
• Displaying a strong “team-player” approach, showing patience and respect for fellow members of staff.                            
• Reporting expeditiously all complaints, compliments, accidents, fire, theft, loss, damage and any other irregularities to your line manager                            
• Always maintaining high standards of general cleanliness, hygiene and safety in accordance with Spur Corporation’s standards and other requirements as detailed in the HR Manual.                                  

Closing Date: 14th, July 2022