Current Vacancies at Prostaff Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Minimum requirements for the role:

• A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field is essential.
• Minimum 1-3 years’ experience within a data science environment, preferably with mining and mineral processing experience.
• Must have experience with Microsoft Power BI, relational and time scale databases.
• Must have experience in programming (C#, C++, Python, Java or R) and in database query languages (SQL, PostgreSQL).
• Have experience in using cloud services, preferably certified in Azure or AWS.
• Have knowledge of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence concepts algorithms and their application.
• Must have the skill to translate the visualisations into meaningful actions processes and efficiencies.
• Must have the ability to articulate technical and/or other required information to relevant clients.
• Must have the ability to create comprehensive and meaningful dashboards.
• Must have the ability to analyse large data sets and to write comprehensive reports.
• Must have excellent technical aptitude and have a creative approach for new ideas.
• Knowledge in plant signals and systems modelling and interpretation.
• Basic understanding of web technology stack (front-end and back-end) is beneficial.
• Knowledge of deployment of Machine Learning algorithms is beneficial.
• Must have own transport and valid driver’s license.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Managing the complete functional specification and documentation for remote monitoring system.
• Assisting with development of scope of work and provided minimum data requirements to implement remote monitoring systems at new clients.
• Developing hybrid data processing and storage system (have capacity for local processing of raw data on site and transmission of compressed files to cloud for additional processing).
• Managing the complete launch of monitoring system with modular approach for services (would expect the person to be involved in the launch of the product to get direct feedback from users).
• Integrating data between the on-site monitoring systems and the ERP system to provide insights on logistics and service improvements for the company.
• Developing maintenance scheduling module using data from ERP system and calibrating the developed system with the client to ensure better accuracy.
• Customization and adaptation of developed modules to client-specific data where necessary.
• Using analytical, statistical and programming skills to collect, analyse and interpret large datasets for a wide range of different clients and different equipment depending on each client’s needs.
• Maintaining and improving existing dashboards and developed data insights.
• Delivering data outcomes from analysis to technical and business intelligence insights, to Predictive to Advanced ML and AI outcomes.
• Collaborating with clients to ensure comprehensive and accurate understanding of their requirements and devise effective resolutions through innovative data solutions or data/statistical methodologies.
• Reporting of findings and recommendations to client where the outcome remains relevant to the client.
• Influencing and having direct conversations with client through quantitative mechanisms.
• Managing, building and/or improving on the reporting, analytics and data exploration capabilities.
• Collaborating with the company’s employees from different departments to improve data analysis and insights.

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Minimum requirements for the role: 

• A Mechanical Engineering qualification (or similar technical qualification).
• Minimum of 4 years Engineering experience in a similar environment.
• Process and Materials Handling design experience is essential.
• Structural design experience advantageous.
• Must have knowledge and experience with CAD.
• FEA Analysis experience advantageous.
• Basic software development skills preferable.
• Must have excellent technical knowledge.
• Have excellent written communication and presentation skills.
• Possess good commercial awareness.
• Have good problem-solving skills and a creative approach for new ideas.
• Be able to work autonomously with minimal supervision.
• Be agile and solution driven.
• Be able to prototype quickly.
• Must be data driven.
• Must be able to prioritize and plan effectively.
• Start-Up experience advantageous.
• Own transport / valid driver’s license.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Promoting the development of our technologies and increasing the general knowledge level within the company.
• Developing creative ways to streamline company processes and increase internal efficiency.
• Continually developing and improving support models for customer support and service centre.
• Developing new technology and products.
• Working with the PR, marketing, and sales departments to establish a go-to-market strategy.
• Conducting test work and determining the suitability of available equipment to the client’s requirements.
• Producing technical reports and specifications in connection with any test work performed.
• Assisting the customer in understanding the demands of the material and the implications of machine selection on upstream and downstream processes.
• Creating product definitions tailored according to clients’ needs.
• Creating and registering items and bills of materials in the relevant information system to allow for the procurement of machines/spares/equipment.
• Commissioning new equipment to meet the company’s and the clients operating requirements.
• Assisting in ensuring that any manufactured components are manufactured to the highest levels, by means of accurate drawings, technical descriptions, quality requirement lists etc. as well as interaction with the supplier and relevant procurement representative.
• Liaising with customers through the relevant customer support consultant to develop an understanding of the customers’ needs.
• Conducting investigations into equipment failures and any customer operational concerns.
• Conducting system audits of customer sites to determine system efficiency and assist in plant optimisation.
• Producing technical reports detailing any failure investigations as well as audits/optimisation exercises.
• Managing engineering processes (ECP’s, drawing requests, QIR’s etc.)
• Administering the engineering system (Network data, machine register, manuals, IPC’s etc.)
• Assisting in ensuring component drawings and QRLs are accurate and drawn to the company’s requirements.

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Minimum requirements for the role: 

• A BCom Accounting degree is essential.
• A completed CIMA preferred.
• Have 5-7 years of experience in a similar role.
• Must have ERP system experience, MS Office with solid Excel skills and PowerBi.
• IFRS standards knowledge is preferable.
• Be able to work effectively within a team, whilst balancing own priorities.
• Be flexible and responsive to changes in the business that impact financial processes and reporting.
• Have strong information monitoring and analytical skills.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Weekly forecasting of sales / cost of sales / margin / overheads & EBIT.
• Cashflow forecasting and variance analysis.
• Forecasting project closures / ppt’s / cost and margins.
• Income statements, balance sheet and cash flow statements.
• Compiling and submission of the annual budget.
• Contract budgeting – actual vs. planned cost with variance analysis.
• Analysis of contract cost.
• Capex budget against cost.
• Manpower budget vs. actual.
• Reviewing of revenue and cost centre variances.
• Accounting of hours and recovery analysis.
• Actual vs. planned with variance analysis.
• Project cashflows actual against budget.
• Performing trend analysis and actively evaluating project cost and schedule performance.
• Reviewing cost centre cost and advising cost centre managers on improvements.
• Monitoring major cost and highlighting cost savings on expense accounts where necessary.
• Working closely with key stakeholders to identify project risks and leading the cost and schedule contingency management process for assigned projects.
• Tender reviewing.
• Developing controls systems and procedures.
• Applying, processing and adhering to reporting requirements to SARB, Tax and DTI Incentives.
• Negotiating facilities ensuring company liability is maintained regards to Bank limits and Guarantees.
• Developing dashboards to communicate cost and schedule performance in real time.
• Providing monthly management reports.
• Managing project control audits with regards to policies, procedures, and systems.
• Assisting with the audit packs and accounts reconciliations and queries.
• Reviewing analysis and reporting on the proposed new systems.
• Participating in the business process, development and design and implementation – Member of steering committee.
• Reviewing present financial policies and procedures.
• Following strict procedures and processes dictated by ISO processes and company procedures.
• Developing accounting procedures to improve process and controls where necessary.
• Reporting and accounting as per regulatory and legal requirements.
• Ensuring adequate control measures are in place in terms of security, confidentiality and documentation.
• Monitoring business transaction, claim liability and legal rights and obligations.
• Reviewing Insurance agreements and ensuring insurance is in place.
• New vehicle documentation, insurance and vehicle tracking devices.
• Ensuring all exchange risks are covered in terms of the Company’s policies.
• Setting credit limits for every debtor and reviewing debtors’ applications.
• Setting weekly collection targets.
• Reporting on overdue debtors and action steps required.
• Reviewing of all debtors’ limits.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• Financial accounting or bookkeeping or related qualification is essential.
• 3-5 years’ experience having worked in a bookkeeping role is essential.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office with excellent Excel skills.
• Previous experience having worked on Accpac or a related accounting package is essential.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Performing and preparing the full bookkeeping function up to Trial Balance.
• Processing and balancing Cashbooks.
• Reconciling of control accounts and balancing of accounts.
• Managing bank reconciliation.
• Controlling of petty cash.
• Managing the payments of foreign creditors.
• Managing the reconciliation of foreign creditors.
• Handling of invoices.
• Updating of various spreadsheets.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• A BPharm degree is essential for the role.
• The company is happy to look at employing a BPharm graduate with no experience or a Junior Responsible Pharmacist for the role.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills at all levels.
• Good planning and execution skills.
• Must have excellent Microsoft Office and Excel skills.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Working closely and assisting the Senior Regulatory Manager to ensure that high standards of pharmaceutical care are in accordance with good practice and other legal requirements.
• Assisting with ensuring compliance with statutory/regulatory requirements of the various authorities in South Africa and related authorities in other African countries where products are sold.
• Assisting with the managing and compilation of dossiers/technical files for registration applications of new products in South Africa and related authorities in other African countries.
• Maintaining existing dossiers/technical files, as per global and local health authority requirements. Submission and follow-up of all product registration amendments.
• Assisting with managing the quality control and assurance of all products.
• Assisting with the investigation and reporting on customer complaints.
• Assisting with the investigating and reporting of defective/rejected products.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• Previous experience having worked in an internal sales or customer services administration role is essential for the role.
• Previous experience having worked within the pharmaceutical or chemical or any related industries wherein you are supplying raw materials to a manufacturing company is preferred for the role but is not essential.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills at all levels.
• Must be service-orientated and have commercial drive.
• Good planning and execution skills.
• Must have excellent Microsoft Office and Excel skills.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Supporting the external key accounts and senior management with regard to customer queries and orders.
• Quoting prospective customers across all product ranges and providing product information where needed.
• Receiving and processing orders and liaising with clients to ensure delivery and collection expectations for customers are met.
• Monitoring stock levels to meet customer’s needs.
• Assisting with the processing of quotes and monthly pricing when needed.
• Following up with customers with regards to previous day's deliveries to ensure customer service and on-time in full deliveries.
• Communicating with customers with regard to order status and stock availability.
• Ensuring that all customer complaints, issues and queries reach a successful and appropriate conclusion, including account queries.
• Ensuring external sales are kept informed of any developments relevant to their accounts.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• A pharmaceutical or biochemistry or chemistry or a related qualification is preferred but not essential for the role.
• Previous experience having worked in a key account or a senior sales role selling pharmaceutical raw material active ingredients into the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry is preferred but not essential for the role.
• The company is happy to look at any strong chemical raw material salespeople from any chemical or related industries who are calling on the manufacturing industry for the role.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Managing large key account customers within the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry supplying them with a range of speciality pharmaceutical raw material ingredients within Cape Town, Durban and PE regions.
• Establishing and maintaining strong business relationships with new and existing customers.
• Conducting customer visits with suppliers when international suppliers visit the country.
• Establishing and achieving monthly and annual budgets, based on customer information and forecasts as well as assisting in the preparation of annual budgets for senior management.
• Regularly reviewing market trends and surveys and aligning key account strategies accordingly.
• Identifying and developing new business opportunities as well as increasing margins and profits within the assigned area.
• Keeping abreast of sales information and the company’s product offerings.
• Providing technical support on speciality raw material ingredients to customers in order to grow customer confidence and customer relationships.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• Previous experience having worked within an internal sales or related role capturing invoices and orders and having liaised with customers is essential for the role.
• Previous experience having worked within the chemical manufacturing or distribution or related industries is preferred but not essential.
• Previous experience having worked on Pastel Evolution is preferred.
• Basic Excel experience is essential.
• The company will consider a person who has worked in a financial administration role for this position.  

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Liaising with customers telephonically regarding chemicals ordered and pricing.
• Capturing and processing orders as well as doing invoicing.
• Assisting with stock counts when required to do so.
• Working closely with sales staff and management regarding customer queries.
• Liaising with the warehouse and distribution in terms of products being delivered to customers and stock availability.
• Handling customer complaints, issues and account queries.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• A tertiary qualification is preferred for the role.
• Strong marketing and strategic senior sales management experience understanding and relating to the retail markets is essential.
• The successful candidate must have negotiated deals with retailers, like Shoprite and Woolworths etc and must understand the retail business.
• Previous manufacturing exposure is an advantage.
• Previous experience having worked in a GM / MD role within the flexible packaging manufacturing industry is preferred for the role but is not essential.
• The successful candidate must be driven and strategic in terms of growing the market share and expanding the business into various other markets.
• The company is also happy to employ a GM / MD who has run a non-food FMCG manufacturing business and who understands and is familiar with the retail markets.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• High degree of professionalism and conduct at all times.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Managing and overseeing the manufacturing of flexible plastics packaging as well as the marketing and sales of the product into the retail markets on a national basis. 
• Strategically managing and overseeing sales and operations budgets and targets, implementing and regularly reviewing improvements to business processes.
• Managing and overseeing all budgeting and costs in alignment with budget targets.
• Managing and driving maximum operational efficiency of the sales and operations teams to drive performance.
• Ensuring that optimum manufacturing processes, sales and commercial structures are in place and managed efficiently.
• Integrating with other functional areas within the business to drive optimum performance for the flexible packaging markets.
• Managing, driving and executing sales, manufacturing operations and business objectives and strategies of the company.
• Managing and overseeing market share according to the company’s strategy.
• Managing and overseeing new market requirements and business opportunities.
• Managing and overseeing all contracts and agreements with customers, distributors and suppliers in alignment with the company’s strategy.

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Minimum requirements for the role: 

• Relevant qualification is essential.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience on Sage 300 People Payroll.
• ESS administration experience.
• Strong Excel skills: V-lookups, Formulas, Reporting.
• Must be able to work under pressure, deadline driven and able to work independently.
• Attention to detail is a must.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Changing yearly tax tables.
• Capturing and deducting of loans.
• Medical aid recon and linking employees.
• Monthly third-party payments.
• Managing the clocking system (extracting hours and timesheets).
• Adding of new employees on Sage.
• Adding the new employees and linking supervisor to their department.
• Creating of dummy payslips.
• Capturing of leave.
• Calculating wage and salary yearly increments (Import into Sage).
• Calculating leave pay and leave bonus for wages and salaries.
• Loading payments on the bank.
• Compiling salaries and wages monthly/weekly reports: definition list; payroll register; recon totals; remuneration list; general ledgers (weekly/monthly); salary cost; leave provision; basic variance; loans; Vat report.
• Printing/releasing weekly wages payslips and monthly salary payslips.
• Capital alliance, garnishees and extract recons.
• ESS administration and support.
• Monthly EMP201 payments and recon.
• EMP501 submission and recon.
• UIF declaration monthly submission.
• Stats SA (quarterly).
• WCA.
• Budget forecast.
• Analysis for actual and budget.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• A tertiary qualification in marketing or a related qualification is preferred.
• Previous experience having worked in digital marketing is essential.
• Excellent working knowledge in social media, SEO, display, web analytics and marketing automation is preferred.
• Must have experience with leading and managing SEO/SEM, marketing database, email, social media and/or display advertising campaigns as well as website analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics etc).
• Experience in setting up and optimizing Google AdWords campaigns is preferred.
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development and constraints is preferred.
• Must be highly creative with experience in identifying target audiences and devising digital campaigns that engage, inform and motivate.
• Must have a strong grasp of current traditional and digital marketing tools.
• Must understand consumer insights and how to use data to extract insights.
• Must have the ability to work independently.
• Must be up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in online marketing and measurement.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Improving consumer digital marketing experience as well as providing new and innovative approaches to the digital marketing and customer engagement strategy through the identification of new channels, tracking and media opportunities  
• Plan and implement brand-aligned digital marketing campaigns (for consumers), including web, SEO/SEM, database, email, social media and display advertising.
• Liaising with the global marketing team for guidelines and policies to ensure brand alignment globally.
• Directing social media strategy across all digital channels.
• Measuring and reporting the performance of all digital marketing campaigns, identifying trends and insights, and correcting/optimising spend and performance based on the insights.
• Improving digital capability and strategy across the business.
• Brainstorming new and creative growth strategies.
• Collaborating with internal teams to create landing pages and optimising user experience.
• Utilising strong analytical ability to evaluate end-to-end customer experience across multiple channels and customer touch points.
• Collaborating with agencies and other vendor partners.
• Bringing new and innovative approaches to the digital marketing and customer engagement strategy through the identification of new channels, tracking and media opportunities.
• Driving strategy and content creation and management of various social media platforms.
• Growing digital communications and social media engagement.
• Providing strategic guidance for digital media planning across paid and earned platforms, and supporting regional demand generation programs through execution.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• A tertiary qualification in a science qualification or related is preferred but not essential.
• Previous experience working in a Senior Product Manager role within a distribution chemical or related paints and coatings or construction or plastic raw material market is essential for this role.
• Previous product management experience having managed overseas suppliers for a distribution chemical and related business supplying manufacturers is essential.
• Previous successful experience in a Matrix organization.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Leading and supporting the development of strategies for the distribution business, to grow and maximize their business.
• Managing and driving the development of an efficient, effective, sustainable, compliant and profitable distribution business.
• Supporting the management of key global principals, as well as bringing on new international principals to ensure principal satisfaction, growing and maximizing the business.
• Developing and maintaining sustainable and profitable business within the speciality paints and coatings as well as construction and plastic raw materials markets.
• Obtaining and maintaining all information needed for sustainability to assess and ensure product regulation compliance.
• Ensuring stock availability and controlling working capital with supply chain management.
• Appointing new distributorships for the company.
• Researching and identifying potential new principals and prioritising those to target in line with the company’s business objectives and strategy.
• Coordinating and supporting the sales team with the introduction of new principals into other countries and regions.
• Managing product launches and withdrawals alongside the sales team.
• Monitoring business performance and margins.
• Communicating business development strategies for the principal’s products.
• Ensuring regular meetings and reviews with principals.
• Negotiating purchase prices and terms with international principals.
• Managing, coordinating and supporting all distribution business-related contracts and ensuring compliance.
• Coordinating new and renewal of contracts with principals.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• A BSc or BAgric degree or diploma or related qualification is preferred but not essential.
• The successful candidate must be passionate about agriculture.
• Previous experience managing distributors or agents is preferred but not essential.
• Previous experience having worked as an Agronomist or related role within the fertilizer, agrochemical or related agricultural markets is preferred but not essential.
• Previous experience having worked with citrus, avocados and macadamias etc is preferred but not essential.
• The company is happy to train the right person on their product range.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Managing customers, developing new business, conducting trials, technically supporting farmers and agents in the region, building lasting relationships and providing product training to sales staff and or distributors/agents within the Limpopo region.  
• Providing technical training and distributor support.
• Creating and conducting marketing trials and activities to influence and support sales of various products, seeds and crop solutions.
• Planning and presenting technical training sessions to agents and growers.
• Managing forecasts and planning models to ensure continuous product supply.
• Developing strategic marketing strategies for the region.
• Developing and implementing in-field product demonstrations.
• Investigating, capturing and communicating aspects of key crop production.
• Identifying key crop, product and market opportunities and threats from competitors.
• Keeping abreast of market, trade and competitor activities in order to revise strategies to meet changing requirements.
• Building and retaining strong customer relationships with farmers and agents.
• Ensuring strategy plans are in line with various agents promoting and developing the product range in the region.
• Visiting farmers yearly with agents and distributors.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• The successful candidate must be a Chartered Accountant.
• Previous experience having worked in a senior financial management role is essential.  
• Previous experience having worked in a Financial Director role is preferred.
• Previous experience operating at an EXCO level is preferred.
• Previous operational senior financial management experience having worked within the agricultural, manufacturing, distribution or related industries is preferred.
• Must have a solid understanding of IFRS reporting.
• Must have a hands-on approach to the role and the business.
• Previous exposure to risk management experience is essential.
• Must be able to handle pressure, take ownership and accountability and drive good commercial outcomes with the managing executive team.
• Must have a good business acumen and a general knowledge of business operations outside of the finance sphere.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Managing and overseeing all financial, it and HR aspects of the business as well as assisting the CEO in terms of the operations of the company.
• Assist the MD in developing strategic financial and operational direction with key milestones and targets for the company.
• Providing accurate financial reports and interpreting financial information.
• Monitoring and interpreting cash flows and predicting future trends.
• Developing financial management controls to minimise financial risks.
• Managing budgets, forecasts and net working capital projects.
• Liaising with external auditors and internal auditors.
• Measuring and achieving the prescribed EBITDA.
• Interpreting the company's financial results to management and recommending improvements.
• Reviewing company bottlenecks and recommending changes to improve the overall level of company throughput.
• Managing cash flow and forecasting including measuring the budgeted cash flow vs actual cash flow and ensuring excess cash is managed accordingly.
• Managing and driving all financial reporting.
• Assisting in the sales annual budgets and compiling of the annual reports.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• A BSc or similar degree in Microbiology or Biotechnology or related qualification is essential for this role. (Must have Microbiology to 3rd year or post grad studies) 
• Previous experience (2-3yrs Min) having worked in a micro laboratory working in a research environment working in the agricultural industry is preferred for the role. 
• Knowledge of microbial nitrogen fixation and on rhizobial inoculant production and formulation is preferred.
• Knowledge on GLP, GMP and GDP is preferred but not essential.
• The successful candidate must have the ability to conduct relevant analytical procedures in accordance with recognised methods.
• The successful candidate must have strong analytical ability and ability to interpret results.
• The successful candidate must be organised and results driven as well as have good communication and teamwork skills.
• Previous experience conducting research into inoculants, etc. is preferred.
• Previous experience working on plant analysis is preferred.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Implementing ongoing improvements of fermentation processes, growth medium and product formulation within the microbiology laboratory.
• Testing compatibility of produced inoculants with other agriculture products.
• Determining the survival rate of inoculants on seed and improving on survival.
• Ensuring that all laboratory equipment is calibrated and that laboratories follow GLP guidelines.
• Ensuring that the fungal culture collection is maintained.
• Staying up to date with new developments in the biopesticide field.
• Training of Agents with respect to current and new biological products as well as fungal factory staff on general microbiology and on procedures to avoid contamination.
• Liaising with Farmers and Agents to determine needs and markets for biological products.
• Optimising process of wet harvesting and drying in fluidised bed dryers.
• Building up extensive scientific knowledge regarding all aspect of  specific Bacterial species and its use as a bio-insecticide.
• Building up extensive scientific knowledge regarding Trichoderma and its effect on plant growth and pathogen control.
• Discovering and isolating new trichoderma isolates from various soil and plant samples and screening for pathogen suppression and plant growth promoting capabilities.
• Building up extensive scientific knowledge regarding all aspect of bacillus and its use as a foliar bio-fungicide.
• Isolating new bacillus isolates and screening for pathogen suppression.
• Building up extensive scientific knowledge regarding Lilacinum and its effect on plant growth and nematode control.
• Discovering and isolating new Lilacinum isolates from soil and nematode samples and screening for nematode suppression and plant growth promoting capabilities.
• Building up extensive scientific knowledge regarding other bacterial and fungal strains that can be used as bio-nematicides.
• Performing laboratory, greenhouse and field efficacy testing of current and isolating strains as well as comparative analysis with current products on the market.
• Improving current fermentation technologies e.g. reactor box design, growth medium, inoculum strength and composition, growth requirements, improvement of spore viability etc.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• A BSc or similar degree in Microbiology or Biotechnology or related qualification is essential for this role. (Must have Microbiology to 3rd year or post grad studies) 
• Previous experience (2-3yrs Min) having worked in a micro laboratory working in a research environment working in the agricultural industry is preferred for the role. 
• Knowledge of microbial nitrogen fixation and on rhizobial inoculant production and formulation is preferred.
• Knowledge on GLP, GMP and GDP is preferred but not essential.
• The successful candidate must have the ability to conduct relevant analytical procedures in accordance with recognised methods.
• The successful candidate must have strong analytical ability and ability to interpret results.
• The successful candidate must be organised and results driven as well as have good communication and teamwork skills.
• Previous experience conducting research into inoculants, etc. is preferred.
• Previous experience working on plant analysis is preferred.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Implementing ongoing improvements of fermentation processes, growth medium and product formulation within the microbiology laboratory.
• Testing compatibility of produced inoculants with other agriculture products.
• Determining the survival rate of inoculants on seed and improving on survival.
• Ensuring that all laboratory equipment is calibrated and that laboratories follow GLP guidelines.
• Ensuring that the fungal culture collection is maintained.
• Staying up to date with new developments in the biopesticide field.
• Training of Agents with respect to current and new biological products as well as fungal factory staff on general microbiology and on procedures to avoid contamination.
• Liaising with Farmers and Agents to determine needs and markets for biological products.
• Optimising process of wet harvesting and drying in fluidised bed dryers.
• Building up extensive scientific knowledge regarding all aspect of  specific Bacterial species and its use as a bio-insecticide.
• Building up extensive scientific knowledge regarding Trichoderma and its effect on plant growth and pathogen control.
• Discovering and isolating new trichoderma isolates from various soil and plant samples and screening for pathogen suppression and plant growth promoting capabilities.
• Building up extensive scientific knowledge regarding all aspect of bacillus and its use as a foliar bio-fungicide.
• Isolating new bacillus isolates and screening for pathogen suppression.
• Building up extensive scientific knowledge regarding Lilacinum and its effect on plant growth and nematode control.
• Discovering and isolating new Lilacinum isolates from soil and nematode samples and screening for nematode suppression and plant growth promoting capabilities.
• Building up extensive scientific knowledge regarding other bacterial and fungal strains that can be used as bio-nematicides.
• Performing laboratory, greenhouse and field efficacy testing of current and isolating strains as well as comparative analysis with current products on the market.
• Improving current fermentation technologies e.g. reactor box design, growth medium, inoculum strength and composition, growth requirements, improvement of spore viability etc.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• Previous sales experience having sold diesel or bulk gases or solvents into the wholesale, retail and industrial markets is preferred but not essential for the role.
• The successful candidate must be a strong team player with the ability to build and foster relationships.
• Must have a good business acumen with good communication and people skills.
• Computer literacy is essential with good working knowledge of Microsoft packages.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

•  Developing new business and maintaining existing clients within the diesel, bulk gas and solvents markets.
• Developing and implementing key account plans and strategies to ensure sales targets and objectives are on target.
• Establishing and achieving monthly and annual budgets, based on customer information and forecasts and preparing annual budgets for senior management.
• Identify new business opportunities by leveraging the full potential of the company’s product and services portfolio.
• Driving and deploying operational and strategic plans jointly with the customer and the internal organisation.
• Establishing and maintaining strong business relationships with new and existing customers.
• Ensuring timeous and correct delivery of goods to customers.
• Coordinating customer and innovation projects and tracking smart process execution in cooperation with other departments.
• Effectively implementing price increases and maintaining monthly/quarterly price lists for customers.

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Minimum requirements for the role:

• A tertiary qualification in instrumentation or electronics or a related engineering or commercial qualification is preferred.
• A tertiary qualification in supply chain or procurement or related qualification is required for the role.
• The successful candidate must ideally have a CIPS / APICS related qualification.
• Previous experience having worked with suppliers and conducting supplier evaluations will be an advantage.
• Previous experience having procured internationally is essential.
• Must have previous experience having procured metrology or related process Instrumentation/equipment is essential for the role. 
• Must have previous experience having worked within a procurement role procuring water meters/instrumentation or engineering or related equipment is essential.
• Must be proficient in SAP ERP including MRP and master data or related.
• Must have a thorough understanding of sourcing methodologies.
• Must have strong negotiation skills.
• A proficiency in Microsoft Office, and knowledge in ISCALA will be an advantage.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Procuring and sourcing water metrology/process control instrumentation products internationally and locally for the public utility, industrial, agricultural, residential and commercial building services markets.
• Developing and maintaining approved suppliers for each category.
• Developing mitigation plans for single-source spending.
• Identifying risks in a supply chain and managing programs to mitigate such risks.
• Identifying and onboarding suppliers as per procurement policy.
• Coordinating closely with internal stakeholders to execute purchase orders to vendors and following up on delivery schedules, with a constructive order management approach.
• Analysing inventory reports and monitoring the inventory replenishment process.
• Planning and executing logistics (road, ocean and air).
• Conducting and tracking key supplier performance, maintaining long-lasting relationships and partnerships with existing suppliers.
• Executing and driving supplier sustainability projects and reports to support responsible sourcing.
• Defining and executing sourcing plans in accordance with strategic sourcing methodology in launching and processes for direct and indirect procurement.
• Negotiating price, quantity, payment terms, warranties, and delivery schedules with suppliers.