Current Opportunities at AFGRI Equipment

Description

• To manage essential stock and loading processes.

Requirements

Minimum requirements

• Grade 12 qualification.
• At least 2 years of relevant experience in warehouse management or a similar role.

Key Performance Areas

• Oversee effective stock control, ensuring accuracy and availability of packing materials.
• Manage the packing of products, adhering to company and customer specifications.
• Lead and manage warehouse staff, ensuring productivity and adherence to schedules.
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment, following strict housekeeping standards.
• Ensure timely and efficient loading of vehicles, complying with FIFO (First-In-First-Out) principles.
• Handle all invoicing, documentation, and returns in line with company protocols.

Technical Knowledge and Competencies

• Oversee effective stock control, ensuring accuracy and availability of packing materials.
• Manage the packing of products, adhering to company and customer specifications.
• Lead and manage warehouse staff, ensuring productivity and adherence to schedules.
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment, following strict housekeeping standards.
• Ensure timely and efficient loading of vehicles, complying with FIFO (First-In-First-Out) principles.
• Handle all invoicing, documentation, and returns in line with company protocols.

Behavioural Competencies

• Strong team player with the ability to work collaboratively.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Assertive and able to make decisions under pressure.
• Results-oriented with a focus on meeting deadlines.
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
   

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Description

• The incumbent will be responsible for managing the daily operations of the depot to ensure operational efficiency and the achievement of operational targets.

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree/National Diploma in Management or Business Administration or equivalent qualification
• 5 years administration experience in a manufacturing/FMCG environment
• Experience in an animal feeds environment will be an advantage

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Manage operational assets including stock, vehicles, consumables, maintenance requirements of vehicles and stock.
• Responsible for budgeting, forecasting revenue, and profitability and ensuring prescribed financial processes are implemented and adhered to.
• Manage delivery costs, plan and ensure effective delivery and distribution stock.
• Build and maintain sound relationships with internal and extern clients and ensure that client queries and complaints are resolved timeously
• Manage bulk deliveries from Eloff factory that needs to be bagged off in 10, 40 or 50kg bags with recons per batch.
• Detailed recon on FIFO on bagged product with stapelkaart per product. No expired stock.
• Ensure minimum stock level is kept at all times. Update list every 3 months & quantities with TA’s.
• Detailed recon of rework per product. Must be split per product group, mash and pellets to go back to Eloff factory for rework
• Optimum utilization of bag offline & reduce downtime.
• Manage optimum utilization of delivery vehicles.
• Manage waste generation and stock losses.
• Do job observations per activity & change if need be.
• Overall responsibility for ensuring compliance with and maintaining health and safety standards in line with legislative requirements and company policy.
• Manage employee key performance areas, identify training and development requirements, and ensure fair disciplinary action to address deviations.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Stress and crisis management
• Numerical skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Computer literacy, highly competent in Excel
• Must have planning, organizing and prioritizing skills

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Assertive
• Self-starter who is positively motivated
• Must be diligent and innovative
• Be a Team Player,
• Good communication abilities
• Attention to detail
   

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Description

• The role is responsible for the end-to-end process of raw materials on-site.

Requirements
REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION/TRAINING    

• Grade 12  
• A relevant tertiary qualification

REQUIRED MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE            

• Minimum 5 years work experience in a similar position and industry
• Raw material stock control and stock management experience
• Animal Feed Manufacturing will be an added advantage

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS         

• Maintain FIFO
• Ensure uninterrupted supply of raw materials to production
• Managing stock lead days within set parameters
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders
• Timeously resolve supplier complaints
• Limit stock losses to a minimum and explain stock deviations
• Ensure timeous and accurate reporting
• Conduct effective and regular stock takes
• Maintain internal controls and procedures and ensure compliance.
• Ensure accurate and timeous planning and recording of stock and capturing of all stock intakes accurately (GRVs)
• Ensure timeous reporting of stock claims
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Production Manager
• Adhere to all safety regulation policies, procedures and notices and ensures monthly health and safety reports are done
• Obtain V-number and MSD (Safety Data Sheet) for raw materials before a request is sent to Master Data for loading.
• Ensure that allocated work is clean and complete cleaning register

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE/ COMPETENCIES        

• Strong administration and organizational skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent computer skills (MS Excel, MS Word, SAP and Outlook as a minimum)
• High level of personal and professional integrity
• Ability to multi-skill
• Proficiency in English and one other official language
• Numerical acumen and attention to detail
• Ability to handle stress

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES 

• Motivated and positive
• Precise and accurate
• Proactive and innovative

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Description

• Responsible for cost-effective feed formulation, raw material, and final product quality management on site as well as overseeing the quality management system on-site, technical support to procurement and sales departments.

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS    

• BSc. Agric (Animal Science) and/or MSc. Agric in Animal Nutrition Science
• Experience will be an added advantage 

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS        

• Maintain raw material and product matrices and determine quotations for raw material costs
• Communicate and coordinate the cost impact of raw material restrictions
• Manage feed risk data for the mill as well as the 
• Manage quality-related corrective and preventative actions and non-conformances
• Identify and investigate current and alternative raw material opportunities
• Management of laboratory staff
• Management of the Quality Management System, including overseeing internal and external audits

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE/ COMPETENCIES          

• Sound technical knowledge of Animal Nutrition Science
• Feed Formulation experience will be an advantage
• Administration Principles
• Management Principles

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Positive
• Innovative
• Team Player
• Self-starter, Diligent
• Result Driven
• Assertive

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Description

• AFGRI Farmer Development (AFD) invites suitable candidates to apply for the 2025 Learnership Programme.
• The successful candidates will be placed at our Vasfontein Farm in Pretoria North.
• This is a twelve (12) month Learnership Programme aimed at facilitating the training of successful learners in Farming with Crops and Animals. Whilst the programme is not exclusively limited to individuals from previously disadvantaged communities, AFGRI Farmer Development encourages historically disadvantaged individuals to apply. Successful candidates shall undergo on-the-job and off-the-job training at our training farm.  The Learners will enter into a contract with AFD and be placed at our Vastfontein Training Farm in Pretoria North for the duration of the learnership. Learners will have an opportunity to gain all-round work experience by fulfilling various duties and responsibilities aligned with the programme on the farm. They will work with a cross-functional team to complete the programme and contribute to project work in support of the teams.

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Must be a South African citizen.
• Must have a Grade 12 or equivalent qualification.
• Preference will be given to women and people with disability.
• Must be unemployed.

DURATION OF THE PROGRAMME

• Successful candidates will enter into a twelve (12) month fixed-term contract with AFGRI Farmer Development and be placed at our Vasfontein Farm, for the duration of the programme.

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Description

• Ensure all administrative processes are updated and followed as per requirements.

Requirements

REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION/TRAINING    

• Grade 12

REQUIRED MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE            

• 3 years relevant administrative experience

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS         

• Handle all employee-related matters and correspondence for the branch.
• Check all documents received and direct them to the relevant working area.
• Oversee stock counting and investigate stock variances
• Run the price analysis report.
• Collect and process petty cash where applicable.
• Handle the cash control account and reconcile cash and make bank deposits.
• Report on all abnormal administrative situations.
• Ensure all filing is done timeously.
• Ensure compliance with the AFGRI control matrix (AFGRI policies and procedures).
• Assist the Branch Manager with administrative functions during his/her absence.
• Complete IOD reports.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE/ COMPETENCIES          

• Good verbal and written communication
• Computer literacy (MS Office)
• Good customer service

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES 

• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Willing to work additional hours when needed
• Stress management
• Customer orientation
• Disciplined
• Cooperation
• Interpersonal skills