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RCL FOODS is a leading African food producer in South Africa with a market capitalisation of R13 billion and employing more than 20 000 people in operations across South and Southern Africa. We manufacture a wide range of branded and private label food products which we distribute through our own route-to-market supply chain specialist, Vector Logistics. ...
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- The roles will be based in Northern Cape, North West and Eastern Free State respectively and will report to the Regional Sales Manager.
Minimum Requirements
- Post grade 12/Matric qualification management, business administration and/or marketing.
- Valid Code EB driver’s license.
- Computer literacy (MS Office and SAP).
- 3 to 5 years' experience in a marketing and sales function that includes coordinating sales teams and managing complex and/or significant customer relationships.
Knowledge:
- Business principles
- Company economics (supply and demand).
- Sales and marketing principles and methodologies.
- Research methodologies.
- The area market and competitors.
Duties & Responsibilities
Sales Management:
- Develop and execute the area sales strategy as aligned to the regional strategy.
- Generate leads regarding prospective contract opportunities and, together with the Regional sales Manager, drive deal closure.
- Drive the area contribution to strategic and operational target achievement.
- Contribute to accurate area sales (volume and product) forecasting and ensure alignment to and input into the regional and national planning processes.
- Track area competitor activity and performance.
- Develop, implement, and manage area marketing objectives.
- Drive horizontal and vertical growth opportunities.
- Constantly analyse statistics regarding the number of sales made in a given time period, the resulting profits, and the need for new clients and products.
- Coordinate sales team promotional activities across the area.
Customer Relationship Management:
- Maintain and expand the customer base by building and maintaining good.
- relationships with key customers and recognising new customer opportunities.
- Understand key customers’ operations and strategies as well as their requirements and trends.
- Gather area market intelligence on national accounts and key regional accounts.
- Manage and coordinate area resources in line with customer plans in order to achieve strategic objectives (call planners etc).
- Ensure the customer service policy is rigidly implemented and maintained.
- Resolve escalated customer queries and issues professionally and in the best interest of all parties.
Supply Chain and Distribution Management:
- Address area stock availability issues with depots.
- Oversee the area order taking process.
Budget Management:
- Drive the achievement of the area sales budgets in terms of volume.
- Control area sales costs.
Area Team Management:
- Ensure the sales team creates demand pull.
- Plan and schedule team training and monitor impact on performance.
- Organise and direct the area team towards the achievement of its targets and together with the team, identify sales goals, create, and implement strategies, and evaluate performance.
- Accomplish area sales goals by orienting, instructing, assigning, scheduling, counselling, and disciplining staff.
- Address the job expectations of staff.
- Plan, supervise, evaluate job contributions, and provide regular feedback.
- Manage staff leave and general time management issues in line with organisational deliverables and standards.
- Ensure the accurate recording and maintenance of all employee information.
- Manage delivery against talent management action plans.
- Clarify roles and responsibilities for subordinates.
- Complete skills and competency matrices for all subordinates.
- Formulate/update job profiles for all subordinate jobs.
- Coach and mentor subordinates and potential successors.
- Develop and drive the training strategy.
- Develop and drive progression and career paths for subordinates.
Closing Date
2023/06/23
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- This position exists to support the intake of commodities & bulk raw materials needed for production. This must be effectively carried out with minimised disruption to production. Manage the sales of bulk oil, oil cake, by products & waste products and coordinate the loading out process Initiate and manage the vendor application & vendor maintenance process for the Grocery Division.
Minimum Requirements
- Matric.
- A Diploma in Supply Chain (Logistics) and/o Finance or equivalent (or ideally studying towards).
- 3+ years’ experience in administration function role such as in Finance and/or Logistics.
- Supply Chain (Logistics) principles.
- Intermediate computer skills such as MS Office (Excel, Word, Power Point).
- Knowledge of ERP systems such as Flowcentric, Syspro, SAP etc.
- Analytical skills in assessing data and understanding value of information.
Duties & Responsibilities
- To support the intake of commodities & bulk raw materials needed for production
- Analyse daily weigh bridge tickets and action accordingly
- Engage with QA team on commodity and bulk raw materials approvals/rejections and action accordingly
- Communicate weight discrepancies & grading deviations (if any) to suppliers daily via mail in order to get approval for offloading
- Attend to and resolve bookings & booking queries for all relevant commodities & bulk raw materials as and when arises
- Manage the sales of bulk oil, oil cake, by products & waste products and coordinate the loading out process
- Create sales contracts & loading numbers on the system for bulk oil, oil cake, by products & waste products & communicate to relevant customer via email. Do relevant planning and communicate planning to all stakeholders
- Coordinate customer collection / deliveries and book tankers where applicable
- Update and maintain sunflower husk schedule daily and plan out loading of husk accordingly
- Communicate sales contracts to Finance daily
- Update oil cake planning schedule with oil cake contracts secured as communicated by the Commodity Procurement Executive and by monitoring crushing & space available daily
Contracts & Purchase orders
- Compile contracts for relevant commodities & raw materials as per instruction from the Commodity Procurement Executive & update contracts register once contract has been signed by both parties
- Once contracts are approved and signed off by both parties, create pricing workflows on the system and submit for approval, create & link purchase orders on system
- Create monthly purchase orders & TPT numbers for raw materials such as tallow & dripping and communicate to relevant supplier via email for the booking of transport & scheduling of deliveries.
Other
- Preparing and processing of daily silo readings & stock sheet update & circulate to all relevant stakeholders
- Weekend & month end loading communication to all relevant stakeholders
- Update peanut tracker daily with incoming loads information
- Process peanut results sent by the lab & communicate to the relevant supplier/s
- Act as a backup for the Raw Materials Planner
- Create purchase orders on system for transport or any other additional charges for the department on request
- Update and coordinate Tallow and Dripping deliveries daily in line with planned usage and tank capacities
- Initiate and manage the vendor application & vendor maintenance process for the Grocery Division
- Initiate and process Vendor applications
- Initiate and process credit applications on behalf of RCL
- Address & resolve any vendor queries as and when they arise
- Track progress of application and continuously follow up if there are delays
Closing Date
2023/06/23
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- The successful incumbent will provide day-to-day human resource administrative support and contribute to the long-term development of the HR function.
Minimum Requirements
- Diploma in Human Resource Management
- Valid Code EB drivers’ licence
- 2 years experience in a similar environment
- Experience working with SAP
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide all recruitment administration support for A and B Band appointments.
- Ensure all reference and criminal record checks are carried out fully and in a timely manner.
- Announce new appointments.
- Manage the new joiner process from offer letter through to joining instructions and induction.
- Provide HR support and advice to employees and line managers, explaining policies and procedures in a timely and effective manner.
- Handle maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave processes and queries.
- Handle health, safety and IOD processes and queries.
- Administer the performance management system.
- Enter data into the HR system so that accurate records are maintained.
- Provide data for and prepare management information reports.
- Liaise with payroll and distribute the payslips.
- Process medical aid / fund entries and withdrawals.
- Process death and disability claim documents.
- Capture disciplinary records into SAP.
- Administer the recording of absence.
- Administer the recording of vacation leave.
- Administer the probationary review periods.
- Maintain the personnel filing system and safeguard the files and documentation.
- Manage the leave administration process.
- Provide support in investigations for disciplinary and grievance procedures.
- Distribute/disseminate policies and convey related communication.
- Administer employee/study loan and bursary documentation.
- Answer all channelled HR administration-related queries from employees and managers in the business and ensure their resolution in accordance with service standards.
Closing Date
2023/06/27
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Purpose
- To ensure the optimal functioning of the store and excellent customer service to internal customers and to Manage stores staff.
Minimum Requirements
- Diploma or at least one year certificate in Warehouse Management
- 3 years relevant experience in a stores or warehouse environment
- SAP Experience
Duties & Responsibilities
Stores Administration
- Ensure correct and timely capturing of delivery notes and SSR’s by the storeman.
- Provide a full report on all stock outs on a weekly basis.
- Responsible for both Raw material and Packaging & Ingredients stores
- Keep the Protective Clothing file up to date, all items issued to personnel under their control must be recorder.
- Manage Overtime
- Continuously improve processes to increase stores efficiency and reduce cost.
- Investigate stock variances
- Highlight delivery anomalies to the Supply Planner and drive corrective actions.
- Ensure all issues are authorised in terms of the Standard Operating Procedure
- Authorise all time sheets and attendance registers on a daily basis.
- Initiate disciplinary hearings as needed according to Group standard
Deliver internal Customer service by
- Ensure that Storeman renders a professional service to all end users.
- Work co-operatively within and across teams to ensure that service delivery standards are met.
Manage stock by
- Actively review stock levels to prevent stock outs.
- Conduct regular spot checks and ensure that system and actual stock level balance.
- Manage slow moving stock to prevent excess stock.
- Ensure that stock levels are within the min/max limits.
- Ensure that no stock is booked out of the relevant store without the correct authority and paperwork
- Management of weekly cycle counts and monthly stock take
Ensure ISO / HACCP compliance by
- Ensure that housekeeping is done properly.
- All Material Safety Data Sheets Must be maintained according to HACCP/ISO standards
- Ensure HACCP/ISO compliance.
- Warehouse legal compliance
Closing Date
2023/06/19
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Minimum Requirements
- Trade Tested in Millwright or Electrical Engineering, with minimum N4.
- Requirement of 8 years trade experience of which at least 3 years in a supervisory category.
- Excellent understanding of mechanical, refrigeration, and electrical engineering.
- Exchange information in a clear and concise manner (both written and verbal) to senior staff and subordinates.
- Will be required to work overtime and weekend when requested
- Excellent leadership skills
- Thorough understanding of the Labour Relations Act.
- Constantly looking and finding ways to improve plant efficiency and effectiveness.
- Regularly reviews and monitors progress, taking action to reschedule and re-prioritise (must be able to “think on his feet”).
- Understand the full implications of potential problems and minimize their impact.
- Recommend solutions based on rigorous and sound information research.
- Dedication and Loyalty to the company Highly skilled in PLC's
Duties & Responsibilities
Operational Engineering Management
- Drive the daily/weekly maintenance planning process for the plant – prioritizing, scheduling and allocation of tasks to the different disciplines of the engineering
- department, with the assistance of the planner.
- Responsible for health and safety with regards to all equipment and plant to ensure a safe environment to operate and work on for all staff.
- Maintain the integrity of the engineering team and carry out corrective action if and when required.
- Ensure that the required focus is given to all audit requirements and findings.
- Management of the day to day activities and outputs of each discipline of the engineering department.
- Maintain discipline and standards in the area of responsibility.
- Candidate will be appointed as GMR2.1
Maintenance
- Drive sustainable maintenance practices throughout the plant.
- Manage maintenance team and ensure that planned maintenance programmes are implemented to enable optimal asset utilization.
- Ensure that maintenance practices and procurement processes are aligned to business standards Management of all planned maintenance, preventative schedules,
- work requests and breakdowns, with support from a planner and Shift Fitters.
- Ensure that all are working according to safety regulations and ensure the enforcement of food safety requirements.
- Be available on call out and work on weekends or when necessary to ensure optimal performance of the team and effective maintenance of equipment.
- Ensure that the Planner develops a work schedule for all activities to be performed.
- Organizes meetings with engineering staff and prepares inspection reports.
- Performs work inspections and checks for completeness of tasks.
- Determines material, equipment, and supplies to be used.
- Plan and manage weekend maintenance tasks and projects against budget.
- Coordinates daily activities of engineering personnel.
- Ensures the neatness of the buildings and premises.
- Coordinates and manage, inspects, repairs and maintains all plant and equipment and grounds. Plan and manage leave roster of engineering staff.
Repairs and Renovations
- Coordinates renovations of existing facilities and the construction of new facilities.
- Coordinates and inspects major contract work on the electrical, refrigeration, mechanical and plumbing, and other related systems.
- Ensures that the building has adequate heating, lighting, and ventilation and that it is properly cleaned, maintained and in good working condition.
Provide Leadership
- Leads a team of artisans towards meeting the plant engineering strategy and targets – through regular communication and utilization of a full organizational talent management toolset.
- Deliver on agreed succession plans and develop the generation of leaders and specialists, overseeing engineering development programmes and on the job training.
- Manage employee relations and team climate to ensure optimal turnover and retention levels are maintained.
- Drives Employment Equity within the plant engineering team to ensure that diversity is achieved at all levels and that statutory targets and requirements are met.
- Champions training and development of the team utilizing available training opportunities, apprenticeships and on the job training.
Management of Safety Health Environment and Quality (SHEQ)
- Guides the engineering team to ensure that all legislative standards are achieved, and timeous action is taken where required to ensure that there are no areas of noncompliance.
- Follows up on requirements for compliance ensuring that it is continuously maintained and adhered to Measure and manage sustainability practices within area of responsibility.
- Suggest amendments to policies and practices within the operational area of responsibility with the processing engineering manager to ensure that these are kept up to date and are aligned with company objectives and standards.
- Ensure that and documentation required within the Total Quality Management system, is maintained and applied consistently throughout the area of responsibility and any policy and procedure training required highlighted in the training needs analysis and action appropriately.
Safety and Security
- Ensures engineering staff follow safety rules and regulations as per the organization’s safety plan.
- Ensure that security access points to the premises and the BMS system are in good working condition Reporting theft and dangers on the premises.
- Ensures safety equipment is in good working order e.g. fire extinguishers.
- Ensure that security is maintained and escalate any security concerns to the processing engineering and security manager.
Financial Management
- Manage costs to ensure the lowest cost production and the optimal utilisation of assets.
- Report to Plant Engineer on a weekly basis on actual KPIs versus budget and work with the team to address areas of nonconformance or concern proactively and timeously.
- Report on and manage all input costs and manage any over or underspend appropriately to ensure that issue are escalated before significant financial loss occurs.
- Authorizes plant engineering expenses within authority level and monitors spending activity within teams to ensure compliance to financial and ethical standards.
- Implements and encourages cost-cutting initiatives within the team where these do not impact on long term business sustainability.
- Work with the Plant Engineer to allocate spend to areas of high priority within the plant.
- Provide input into CAPEX documentation taking into account return on investment, resourcing and sustainability requirements.
- Manage suppliers and contracts in collaboration with the procurement team to ensure agreed service levels are met, and escalate areas of concern to the Plant Engineer where necessary.
- Manage contractors in collaboration with Project Engineer on a daily basis through engineering foremen to ensure that correct standards of work are delivered and agreed delivery timelines are maintained.
- Ensure that stores team maintains a supply register and inventory of equipment and spares for use by engineering.
Closing Date
2023/06/19
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Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor of Commerce/Economics degree or related Supply Chain National Diploma (eg. SAPICS CPIM) or BEng (Industrial Engineer)
- 2-3 years Supply and or Demand planning experience including depot/stock replenishment and forecasting
- Previous experience on SAP and SAP BW would be an advantage.
- Statistical modelling
- Demand forecasting and Supply Chain tools and principles
- Multiple key performance indicators, inter-relationship, and bottom-line sensitivity.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Strategic Planning
- Sales Analysis
- Base Demand Planning and Forecasting.
- Events/Promotions Forecasting
- Consolidated Demand Forecast and Continuous Improvement
- Innovation Management
- Portfolio Management Sales and Operations Planning
- Master Data and Hierarchy Maintenance
- Project Coordination
- Administration
- Reporting
- Team Coordination
- Make all operational, scheduling and planning decisions that fall within the ambit of responsibility.
- Solve simple and complex coordination and customer service problems quickly and within the ambit of responsibility
- Proactively identify and implement innovations, particularly those that will reduce costs, improve alignment as well as demand and supply increased profitability.
Closing Date
2023/06/14
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Minimum Requirements
- Matric supplemented by an approved apprenticeship programme in industrial refrigeration
- Authorized refrigeration practitioner Cat B Ammonia
- Qualified Artisan Technician in Ammonia and Gas/Refrigeration license or Millwright
- B8 & B6 Gas license
- 7 years of Ammonia inspection and maintenance experience
- Qualified Refrigeration Technician with a valid SARACCA Gas Licence with OTTC Accreditation
- Valid Code EB Driver’s license
Duties & Responsibilities
- Planning of work according to the maintenance plan and schedule and per breakdown.
- Maintenance and repair of all site-related equipment in accordance with the maintenance plan and schedule.
- Render assistance to handymen on faults that cannot be solved on their level of required competence.
- Daily inspection of all work completed on-site including site facilities and buildings.
- Management, training, and development of maintenance handyman and technical assistant.
- The discipline of maintenance handyman and technical assistant under direct control.
- Issue daily job cards and inspect work executed.
- Perform standby duties.
- Experience in piston ammonia compressors overhaul, strip, assemble, pump downs, oil changes etc.
- Experience with screw air compressors( Atlas Copco employees can be advantageous)
- Experience with bottle molding equipment and blow molding preference.
- General electrical and mechanical experience.
- Air-conditioning/ refrigeration and chiller experience.
- Working on cooling towers and circulation pumps.
- Heat exchangers Plate and shell and tube.
- Copper to copper soldering pipe systems and general refrigeration maintenance and installation experience
- Ability to assist at other sites when required.
Closing Date
2023/06/19
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- The role will be based in Tzaneen and report to the Transport Manager. RCL FOODS is looking for an experienced Diesel Mechanic Assistant to perform skilled Mechanical fault finding, repair auto electrical and mechanical faults, assist, diagnose & repair Isuzu faults as per Isuzu fault finding system.
Minimum Requirements
- Grade 12
- Preference will be given to candidates who have a recognized Tertiary Qualification especially in the auto-electrical field
- Attention to detail
- Sound numerical ability
- Strong people orientation
- Good written and verbal communication Accuracy essential
- Strong routine administrative skills
Duties & Responsibilities
- Review all auto electrical repairs due on Fleet to HOD Mechanic
- Review all mechanical repairs due on Fleet to HOD Mechanic
- Assist HOD Mechanic in controlling Transport costs while maintaining the quality standards.
- Assist HOD Mechanic in controlling Transport costs while maintaining the safety standards.
- Be able to assist, diagnose & repair Isuzu faults as per Isuzu fault finding system.
- Be able to check/repair alternators & starters as required.
- Be able to assist, diagnose & repair auto electrical faults on demand.
- Be able to assist, diagnose & repair mechanical faults on demand.
- Review job orders and accordingly establish priorities and service schedules
- Plan and monitor auto electrical component movements to ensure continuous operations.
- Plan equipment &material needs for job card & service orders
- Work with HOD Mechanic to prepare auto electrical jobs & mechanical jobs on time within specification
Closing Date
2023/06/16
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Minimum Requirements
- Understanding of halaal compliance in the manufacturing environment.
- Enforcing and maintaining the halaal protocol in the workplace.
- Strong Islamic education.
- Previous halaal monitoring experience.
- Technical experience would be an advantage.
- Computer literate.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Inspection and monitoring of all delivery vehicles to ensure halaal compliance.
- Recording and compiling of daily reports of all goods received.
- Updating of raw material and supplier list.
- Advise the Halaal Authority of any new product received and get approval.
- Liaise with suppliers and ensure updated halaal certificates for all ingredients are in place.
- Conduct inspections to ensure compliance.
- Filling of documents.
- Reporting of all non-conformances.
- Enforcing GMP’s and hygiene practices in and around the plants.
Closing Date
2023/06/15
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- The incumbent will provide accounting, management and administration support to the Finance and Commercial Teams and ad-hoc projects support to the Sugar Division, and assist with the Tax compliance function ito Income Tax and VAT.
Minimum Requirements
- B.Com Degree with Tax and Accounting as main subjects coupled with at least 3 years’ experience.
- Completed Articles with Income Tax and VAT experience.
- Advanced MS Excel and working experience on SAP is essential.
- In depth knowledge of PowerPoint and Presentations.
- Must be able to identify and implement innovations, particularly those that improve system utilization, financial compliance, and profitability.
- Demonstrated success in managing projects relating to superior performance and continuous improvement.
- The ability to pay attention to detail and accuracy is critical to this position.
- Must be an action-orientated individual, self-starter, assertive and with good communication skills.
- Ability to develop customer service obsession.
- To be considered for appointment, candidate MUST be a South African citizen.
Duties & Responsibilities
To provide accounting, management and administration support to the Finance and Commercial Teams and ad-hoc projects support to the Sugar Division.
- Assist with the Tax compliance function ito Income Tax and VAT.
- Perform financial and commercial finance projects support related to the Sugar business, JV’s and Associates.
- Ensure that assigned and agreed strategic targets are operationalized and achieved.
- Analyse/implement controls and processes.
- Ad hoc functions to support the Finance and Commercial Executives when required.
- Review GL recons and collate information in preparation for Tax and VAT Returns.
- Provide support for Audit queries and finalisation of annual external audit.
- Project assistance for Process Excellence Team.
- Preparation of Commercial and Finance presentations.
- Assist Commercial Finance with preparation and collating of annual insurance declaration and claims information.
- Assist Commercial and Finance with benchmarking when required.
- Assist with Income Tax and VAT audits from SARS and reporting thereof.
- Oversee and coordinate general stock takes including auditors.
- Assistance and action to resolve Internal Audit findings in the Sugar Group.
Closing Date
2023/06/18
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- Our Talent Team is looking for someone To agree and manage the procurement (call off) of all packaging and/or raw materials as per the production plan in order to ensure maximum plant operating efficiency and deliver optimal customer service. Ensure adequate cover for the production plan while at the same timing managing stock levels within Working Capital Targets. Responsible for the management and communication of medium and long-term material forecasts with suppliers and pro-actively identifying and managing any potential supply constraints and risks.
Minimum Requirements
- University Degree / Diploma, Supply Chain qualification
- Planning and functional business process knowledge; FMCG experience
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Relevant SAP experience
Duties & Responsibilities
- Ensure that the production plan set by the production planners can be met timeously by calling off raw and packaging materials in advance
- Stock is to be managed within working capital targets
- Works closely with the production planner, ensuring that where supply constraints exist, these are built into the forward plans. The time period is in weekly buckets, 0 – 104 weeks forward
- Go through all MRP Material Exceptions on SAP on a weekly basis and ensure that all orders are placed within the stipulated lead times
- Ensure that all MRP orders in SAP are based on the latest production plans in SAP
- Work & assist Material Stores to maintain reliable stock accuracy levels
- Meet suppliers on a regular basis to identify and manage possible constraints, up to 104 weeks forwar
- Provide suppliers with a rolling 13 week forward estimate on a weekly basis
- Work with Procurement to manage Supplier On time in Full Scores and Vendor Rating scores (achieved through accurate maintenance of PO’s)
- Ensure the timeous delivery of stocks to site and escalate to Procurement where needed
- Track the Working Capital of packaging and raw materials on a weekly basis
- Continuously check on possible shortages in production and liaise with warehouse and Production Planner on any issues impacting supply
- Liaise with warehouse on overdue deliveries and follow up with suppliers
- Maintain all SAP master data relevant to Materials Planning (incl. MRP screens) for Raw, Packaging and Returnable Materials
- Manage material write-offs at launches, re-launches, SKU rationalisation, VIP projects, working closely with the production planner to ensure that all plans are optimized and run out schedules are accurately maintained
- Compile and issue all relevant reports and information as required
Closing Date
2023/06/14
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- RCL Foods entrusts the Quality and Food Safety Manager to ensure successful management of resources within the food safety and quality department within the division. This includes a chemistry and physical testing laboratory as well as the food safety and customer care departments.
Minimum Requirements
- NDip Food Technology or equivalent qualification
- Lead Auditor
- Min 5 years hands on experience in the management of a Quality and Food Safety Department in the FMCG Food industry including packaging
- Thorough knowledge of FSMS (FSSC 22000, HACCP, ISO 9001)
- Proven experience in providing quality management services in the SA food manufacturing and packaging industry
- Experience in strategy development and execution thereof
- Experience in the management of production quality and food safety in the manner necessary to ensure process efficiency and continuous improvement
- Working knowledge on MSOffice – Excel and Powerpoint
- Ability to manage resources
- Tact and resilience
- Problem solving
Duties & Responsibilities
- Compile management and board reports on the status of quality and food safety in the division
- Lead Customer Complaints and Non-Conformances Intervention plans to reduce customer complaints and waste related to quality
- Report on the quality and food safety aspects that may have an impact on the business.
- Manage the establishment, implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of FSSC 22000 within the division.
- Manage the development and maintenance of food safety culture initiatives
- Manage the establishment, implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of laboratory systems (ISO 17025) that will result in the provision of efficient, cost effective, and accurate results. Management of external micro lab’s activities
- Management of external laboratory activities
- Liaise with the operations team – Processing Managers (Plants), National Procurement Manager – Grocery, R&D and Logistics departments on any quality and food safety concerns related to suppliers, raw material, finished product and processes.
- Approval of new suppliers and new raw materials
- Management of the supplier program including contract packers
- Ensure all retailer requirements are met, t includes but is not limited to Woolworths, YUM (KFC) and Burger King requirements
- Management of retailer visits and audits.
- Management of certification, export and regulatory audits.
- Ensure successful certifications and outcomes in all external audits.
- Management of departmental staff- selection, performance appraisals, mentoring and development.
Closing Date
2023/06/17
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RCL Foods entrusts the Supply Planning Manager to:
- Manage the creation and delivery of both the short term and longer-term business supply plans, up to a 24-month horizon, in order to optimise customer service, maximize profit in terms of product mix, minimise cost (processing, distribution and working capital) and facilitate the overall supply chain delivery of innovation.
- Manage the ordering process of packaging and ingredients, as well as the physical management of the packaging and ingredients stores, and associated stock levels (including stock accuracy and obsolescence). Responsibility includes determining when Finished Goods or raw materials need to be procured either locally or imported to supplement inhouse production. This may also mean working with the commodities procurement team in order to secure key materials,
- Where applicable, manage the loading and despatch of Finished Goods to meet customer delivery requirements (time slots, delivery equipment and snake loading) and ensure all commercial requirements are reconciled with the finance team.
Minimum Requirements
- Relevant 3 year degree or Supply Chain Diploma
- 7 years’ experience in the supply chain of which 3 years should be in a management position
Duties & Responsibilities
Strategic Planning:
- Using the forward demand plan, ensure that there is a a forward supply plan for 12 - 24 months. This will be used to determine where capacity constraints exist (eg: production line capacity / bottlenecks, shortages in key inbound materials like birds, key ingredients or packaging) and used as input to capex discussions.
- Provide input into the 5 year strategic planning process when requested
Functional Strategy into Action Operationalisation:
- Work in conjunction with other Senior Managers in the Supply Chain team to co-create the supply chain strategy, based on a 1-2 years view of requirements.
- Facilitate integrated supply chain delivery by managing relationships and interaction with cross functional teams (planning, manufacturing, sourcing distribution and customer), both nationally and regionally.
- Direct input into the annual functional "Strategy into Action" plan.
- Ensure the agreed SIA is implemented through team targets and that these targets align cross functionally within area of responsibility.
- Coordinate and drive the supply chain planning projects when applicable.
Supply Planning of Finished Goods and key input materials:
- Manage the supply planning process across all plants to ensure the national supply plan is balanced against the demand plan, for the next rolling 18-24 months.
- Facilitate the overall delivery of the demand plan within the category’s supply chain working across functions like customer, processing, procurement and distribution.
- Ensure that customer demand is appropriately met through active management of days cover, any agreed model stcok where appropriate, and providing guidance on priorities, both by SKU or customer.
- Deliver optimal customer service while maximizing profitability and minimizing distribution (both transport and storage) costs by managing the planning of stock carefully across regions or sites, where applicable.
- Ensure that the Rough Cut Capacity Plans (RCCP) meet the customer service targets, while meeting stock and cost (working capital and factory recoveries, warehouse and transport) targets (timeframe: weeks 1 – 104).
- Using the RCCP, manage and make recommendations on potential inhouse processing capacity constraints, factory capex requirements, and/or potential shortfalls against demand in order to meet customer demand (using the monthly rolling forecasts).
- Provide the Distribution and Customer Service Manager with the anticipated forward space and stock movement plan on a rolling monthly basis.
- Ensure that all plans maximise product mix to drive up profitability.
Short Term Supply Planning (Production Planning and MRP call-off):
- Drive the delivery of a detailed production plan to the factory taking into account factory constraints (line capacity, labour/ shift patterns), distribution constraints (warehousing and transport) as well as internal inbound constraints (birds, transporting of inhouse materials from other facilities) and external supplier constraints (eg: ingredients and packaging materials).
- Manage production that is made at a third party or remote in-house facility in line with RCL Foods’ planning procedures and take the necessary steps to align all new facilities to meet these requirements.
Stock Management (Finished Goods, Raw Materials, Packaging and Ingredients):
- Manage national stock covers, ensuring that the minimum and maximum days target covers are set in a manner that takes into account variability of both demand and supply (ie: using an appropriate inventory planning model).
- Manage stock builds to ensure that customer service levels, profitability and cost targets, as well as peak period capacity constraints are met.
- When/where appropriate, agree stocking holding of specific materials or facilities with the Distribution and / Customer Service Excellence Manager.
Material Requirements Planning (Packaging & Ingredients):
- Ensure that the national material requirements plan that is generated is appropriate and meets the forward packaging and ingredients requirements for a rolling 12 month forward plan. The first 13 weeks should be done in weekly buckets, thereafter in monthly buckets using the RCCP.
- Manage the company’s financial exposure to excessive stock holding and potential write-offs.
- Work closely with the procurement team to determine opportunities for reduced stock holding, minimum order quantities and reducing overall complexity in packaging/ingredients
Distribution Management:
- To manage the despatch environment, including customer deliveries and the returns process to ensure customer service level targets are maximised with the stock that is available, and that the team’s productivity and performance are effectively managed at lowest cost
- Ensure that the distribution requirements of each customer is met. This includes understanding delivery time slots, loading equipment (like dollies and lugs)
Sales and Operations Planning:
- Provide input into company-wide demand planning process and continuous improvement initiatives within the S&OP business process, particularly for balancing supply against the demand plan.
Innovation/Discontinuation:
- Drive the delivery of innovation into the supply chain, including the management of innovation planning, production planning and managing the introduction, discontinuation or bleed-out of old products.
Food Solutions Contractual Agreements:
- Ensure that contractual stock holding and service levels are met by actively driving the operations supporting these contracts.
- Meet regularly with appropriate customers (including with customer managers and demand planning) to drive correct stock holding policies and innovation management through the supply chain.
Supply Chain Reporting:
- Measure national KPI's and issue monthly KPI reports that are shared appropriately within the regions and use the KPI's to drive action plans where appropriate.
Project Management / Participation:
- Be involved in appropriate project work that drives the continuous improvement in supply chain processes, cost reduction initiatives as well as technology improvement projects (eg: SAP, MACs, Barnton, Advanced Planning Systems).
Administration:
- Oversee filing and safeguarding of records within area of responsibility.
Staff Management:
- Monitor staff performance and provide regular feedback.
- Manage staff activities, ensuring service levels are met and protocols are adhered to.
Closing Date
2023/06/14
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- The successful incumbent will be responsible for managing and maintaining the fleet and the transport team in the depot, thereby ensuring that productivity and performance are maximized. To control the inbound and outbound processes and stock & cash handling in order to maintain efficiencies within the depot warehouse. Management and control of capital and operating costs, cash sales, and all immoveable and moveable assets within the scope of responsibility
Minimum Requirements
- A 3-year national diploma in logistics, fleet and/or warehouse management.
- Valid Code EB drivers' license.
- Computer literacy (MS Office).
- A minimum of 3 years management experience in a similar environment.
- Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in an FMCG environment.
- Previous experience managing warehousing, distribution, and stock control.
Knowledge:
- SAP system.
- Inbound, outbound and stock handling processes.
- Transport and road regulations and bylaws.
- Transport performance benchmarks.
- Vehicle specifications.
Duties & Responsibilities
Inbound Control:
- Control the inbound process by receiving products in good condition.
- Manage the capturing of stock on the SAP system to ensure that goods are controlled and easily identified.
- Ensure the product is allocated to the right bin in order to facilitate ease of access and convenience as and when required.
- Activate internal material movement, incorporating order placement; product picking; and movement to truck for dispatch.
- Monitor product shelf life in order to ensure the product has not expired, using the FIFO (first in, first out) system.
Outbound Control:
- Control the functions of outbound, ensuring products are dispatched out to customer.
- Ensure that all orders leave the warehouse correctly packed and damage free.
- Ensure all invoicing has been completed accurately and correct where necessary.
- Manage and facilitate the process of loading goods onto trucks and ensure all products are sealed for transport to customers.
Customer Liaison:
- Deal with issues around damaged stock or stock shortages.
- Check that details on invoices coincide with those on the orders.
- Notify customers should any transport incident have a likely impact on delivery.
- Schedule customer deliveries according to the time window process.
- Verify orders and liaise with customers on point of receiving, making use of the SAP System.
Stock Control:
- Ensure stock is in the right location through the management of daily cyclic counts.
- Ensure staff are properly rotating stock (where it does not go to the pick face but to the back-up location).
- Monitor production and expiry dates on all inbound and outbound products.
- Track inbound/outbound damage trends, establish root causes and take the appropriate corrective action.
- Ensure cyclic counts are conducted prior to stock takes.
- Ensure frozen stock is kept in the appropriate frozen and/or chilled state.
- Prepare for and initiate monthly stock takes, ensuring that the entire process is completed within specified time frames.
Warehouse Maintenance Management:
- Manage and monitor the condition of the warehouse ensuring that the warehouse is kept clean. Damaged goods are dealt with according to SoP. Lighting is adequate and doors open and close easily. Areas in need of attention are reported to the Maintenance Manager. All bin allocations are clear from any damaged pallets. All forklifts are in good working conditions.
Fleet Control:
- Manage the daily schedule.
- Check that a job card has been allocated to work and that the driver has managed to complete the form correctly.
- Ensure that drivers complete the checklist every morning and afternoon to establish if there are any defaults.
- Request complaints and difficulties for the day and take the appropriate action.
- Monitor transport performance against benchmarks by obtaining vehicle exception reports from the tracking department as a means of monitoring drivers’ conduct and vehicle performance.
Compliance Control:
- Handle proxy responsibilities.
- Ensure that all drivers have valid driver’s licences and PDP’s.
- Ensure all staff members comply with health and safety requirements.
- Investigate and report on all injuries on duty (IOD’s).
- Implement safe working procedures.
- Verify temperature for the entire warehouse by analysing the temperature worksheet.
- Ensure frozen stock is maintained at above minus 18 and chilled not below minus 1.
- Ensure staff understand and comply with the standards set by ISO 22 000 and HACCP.
- Certify that a new load always enters a clean and well maintained vehicle highlighting the significance of quality.
Security Control:
- Investigate hijacking incidents to establish whether or not they are genuine cases.
- Ensure that all stock leaves the warehouse with proper documentation.
- Ensure cameras are focused on risk areas such as entry and exit points and on staff activity/inactivity to ensure staff are appropriately utilised and productive.
- Issue stock counts on key lines such as “ready to eat” products (e.g. polony) on a daily basis and analyse results.
- Ensure that security staff check staff leaving for tea and lunch breaks.
- Ensure all trucks leaving the warehouse are sealed and recorded in a sealed register.
- Check the seals on warehouse doors on a daily basis.
Team Supervision:
- Train staff on the Standard Operating Procedures that serve to guide their approach to work.
- Implement the Standard Operating Procedures through consistent application and communication.
- Ensure that staff understand the procedures and sign off the relevant documents.
- Conduct monthly meetings with staff in order to ascertain problems encountered and resolve associated issues.
- Manage staff performance in order to establish opportunities for development and harness strengths.
Closing Date
2023/06/16
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- RCL FOODS is looking for an incumbent to direct and coordinate all Risk Management aspects and activities. Develop, implement and management of risk control programmes in accordance with SHE legislation
Minimum Requirements
- Grade 12
- NDip : Safety Management OR Completed SAMTAC qualification
- Min 3 years experience in a production/manufacturing environment
- Knowledge of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001
Duties & Responsibilities
- Conduct work place and job specific hazard analysis to identify potential SHE hazards, determine the risks associated with these hazards and develop and implement appropriate risk control measures
- Evaluate the effectiveness of risk control measures and recommend changes
- Conduct internal SHE audits, participate in external audits and make recommendations to management in terms of SHE legal and other requirements
- Coordinate the development, implementation and management of a standardised integrated SHE Management system as per ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards
- Manage internal and external audits
- Ensure fire prevention and emergency procedures are identified and implemented
- Incident investigation
- Arrangement of environmental surveys and implement corrective action
- Assist with compliance to OHSAS regulations and legislation with the objective to ensure that all reasonable and proper measures are taken to protect the safety and health of employees
- Increase SHE awareness at all levels
- Coordinate or conduct training of personnel in areas of safety
- Organise emergency evacuations training on a regular basis
- Keep filing system up to date
Closing Date
2023/06/16
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- The role will be based in Durban and report to the EDI Controller. RCL FOODS is looking for an incumbent to facilitate maximum sales and minimum claims through comparisons of the customer price on orders against the price in SAP for the Business.
Minimum Requirements
- Matric / Grade 12
- 2 years of relevant experience in Debtors / EDI environment
- MS Office experience
- SAP experience will be an advantage
- Accuracy & attention to detail
Duties & Responsibilities
EDI File Maintenance
- Create orders for customers PnP & Shoprite.
- Check each line to ensure invalid line items are dropped by cut-off times.
JAB Maintenance
- Check pricing on JAB orders.
- Notify the Principal of the Price discrepancy.
- Run JAB report to enable quantities to be summarised by the Principal.
- Create the order.
- Create orders for customers Spar, Nando’s, Burger King & Quality Sugar.
- Resolve price queries between principals and clients before creating the order.
- Confirm prices in writing to the client.
- Create the orders.
Take on new Principals & Customers on EDI.
- Compare and align customer data with information in SAP (product code description, UOM, pack sizes, barcodes & list products in SAP).
- Verify nominated orders, delivery days, and lead times.
- Assign GLN codes and links in the EDI program.
- Test an order on EDI before they go live.
Reporting (Daily, Weekly, and Monthly)
- Forward results of pricing investigation of reports to principals and Vector branches promptly to ensure minimum lost sales (Daily).
- Prepare reports & compile stats for Supervisor/Co-Ordinator (Monthly).
Query Resolution
- Assist Principals with queries on lines dropped.
- Assist Central Debtors with queries on EDI orders.
- Assist Vector branches and principals with JAB orders/EDI orders.
Teamwork and Self-Management
- Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritizing, and self-development. Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently and accurately maintained.
- Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not being met, the potential risks thereof, and provide appropriate resolution.
- Support and drive the business core values.
- Manage colleagues' and clients’ expectations and communicate appropriately.
- Demonstrate a willingness to help others and “go the extra mile” to meet Group and team targets and objectives.
Closing Date
2023/06/27
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Minimum Requirements
Education
- Matric with the exemption. Min 60% Maths.
Skills required
- Good written and oral communication skills sound computer skills, especially Microsoft Office and JDE, Thorough understanding of the sales administration process
Experience
- Minimum 2 years of administration experience in a sales environment. An understanding of manufacturing and exposure to logistics are desirable.
- Valid Code 10 driver's licence is required
- Excellent Microsoft Excel is essential
Duties & Responsibilities
- Admin relating to general management and disciplinary issues relating to drivers/VAs (supplying information to Route Controllers for action to be taken)
- Monitoring and overseeing absenteeism and advising (with input from HR) corrective disciplinary action to be taken; Consult daily register for Drivers/VAs.
- Ensure the accuracy of data on Trac Tech
- Monitor the working hours of Sales employees, to ensure reasonable working hours and where unreasonable, inform the route controller and Sales Manager.
- Present monthly hours to Route Controllers and Sales Manager.
- Supply information necessary for disciplinary hearings relating to absenteeism, cash shortages, etc.
- Monitor that disciplinary action is taking place timeously and escalate to Sales Manager when it isn’t Cash Shortages daily, monitoring and dealing with cash shortages by drivers. Except Robbery shortages, ensure shortages are cleared and follow up with route controllers to ensure corrective action is taken within one week of the shortage arising, including for BOT, short payment, etc. Input from HR to determine what corrective action should be taken.
Weekly Reporting:
- Absenteeism and discipline related to this.
- Weekly Reporting
- Cash shortages per week and corrective actions were taken by route controllers.
Key Responsibilities
Crates and Crates Management:
- Monitor baseline of crates per route and report on variances to the Sales Manager.
- Monitoring crates movement per route and within Sunshine sales area – will require liaison with Dispatch (daily, weekly, monthly)
- Monitoring and reporting on the crates pool
- Identify key routes that have issues and communicate this to route controllers to ensure corrective action plans are put in place
- Identify key customers that are problematic for crates. Monitor corrective action plans for such customers put in place by Route Controllers and give regular feedback regarding crates returned/loss
- Liaise with Sunshine Crate Controllers within customers stores (e.g. Phoenix) and feedback concerns to Sales Manager
- Escalate crate loss problems to Sales Manager and jointly institute action plans to stop and prevent crate losses
Reporting:
- Daily via WhatsApp Crates group indicating where losses have occurred, weekly (Sales Meeting), monthly sales meeting. Report outputs: sheet showing crate losses for the day, for the week and the position for the month. May also be done in graphical format.
JDE:
Use JDE where applicable Driver Debriefs and input into Routes Analysis:
- Conduct regular de-briefs with drivers. Aspects to be discussed are listed in the next point
- Data analysis of routes. By working with the Sales Admin Clerk, record and monitor per route:
- Number of customers for that route
- Customers lost on that route during the last month and why
- Customers gained on that route during the last month and why
- Tracking and monitoring of COD customers with the drivers
- Suggestions from drivers on how sales for that route can be increased
From the above
- Make recommendations to Sales Manager on actions that need to be taken on the routes or with customers
- Follow up on corrective measures to be taken through Driver de-briefs and record outcomes
- Give input into the route rides and surveys done by the Route Controllers and Sales Office.
- Make sure the team is aware of the findings
General/Day-to-Day
- Daily communication and reporting to the Sales Manager and Route Controller
Closing Date
2023/06/14
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