Fresh Vacancies at Mars

What are we looking for?

• Bachelors degree in Purchasing or Supply Chain or equivalent
• 4-5 years of experience in an indirect strategic procurement environment (Indirect portfolio strategy development and execution - non-negotiable).
• Cost modeling/formula price modeling experience
• Strong numerical ability to interpret financial data, and develop, apply, and understand in-depth costing models
• Experience managing multiple suppliers/service providers with varying levels of spend
• Strong analytical skills & market knowledge
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Financial understanding related to budgeting and price variance
• Stakeholder engagement and influence
• Detail oriented. Strong computer and analysis skills; able to handle multiple projects at one time
• High drive for performance and deliverables to meet targets
• Experience in the development, implementation and monitoring of policies, governance protocols, systems & controls in-line with best practices
• Ability to work on and navigate multiple in-directs categories from a strategic procurement perspective, whilst dealing with multiple stakeholders of various disciplines
• The ability to drive efficiencies and unlock new value
• The ability to translate strategy into performance
• Strong research and application skills to analyze market trends and assess applicability at a strategic and tactical level
• The ability to interpret complex contracts from a Commercial perspective, including the ability to draft and apply Commercial clauses.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Analyze supply and demand fundamentals to forecast and budget annual spend.
• Understand monthly price variances and implement opportunities for improvement.
• Deliver the overall business plans by working with internal and external stakeholders to align on goals and strategies.
• Work with all suppliers/service providers to improve payment terms in line with Regional and/or Global policies.
• Ensure sound contractual governance is maintained within portfolio (contractual drafting and finalization with internal legal assistance, implementation, and review – including SLA and KPI matrix adherence).
• Represent Commercial in meetings with peers of various levels and contribute to projects, and process improvement activities.
• Contribute toward sustainability goals and DIB savings goals and objectives.
• Ensures compliance with proper procedures, policies, systems and controls.
• Identifies and manages supplier collaboration initiatives (i.e., continuous improvement programs, clear KPI settings, Service level agreements, process optimization …)
• Ensure effective risk management of the supply base, through robust contracts and monitoring of financial and other KPIs. Implement corrective actions as appropriate. 
• Manage all related commercial, financial & ethical aspects of projects and of assigned categories.
• Continuous improvement upon the business processes that currently exist through measurement with current best of class analysis and benchmarking exercises.
• Alignment with key business stakeholders on planned savings initiatives and projects, and that the necessary approvals are obtained.
• Coordinate and facilitate the communication process between all functions to ensure the efficient and effective flow of the information required to run the business.
• Continually review new processes and Vendor base to ensure new supply/service provider opportunities exist.
• Establish & maintain relationships with Finance team and departmental heads (plant manager, Pillar Heads, supply chain manager, P and O, Corporate affairs manager and others), and their teams to ensure understanding of their needs and to facilitate the appropriate level of engagement considering challenges.
• Development, implementation and monitoring of policies, governance protocols, systems & controls as well as best practices.
• Liaise with Royal Canin Indirect Community (Regional and Global) on opportunities.
• Participate in external forums and associations e.g., Mars Foods and Multisales South Africa Teams.
• Carries out supplier performance reviews on a regular basis for in scope categories.
• Determines when collaborative strategies are not possible and if a Unit approach is necessary.
• Custodian of Contract tracker file: updating, review and monitoring of file. Follow up with relevant stakeholders in relation to contracts, contractual review and maintenance, including contract KPI/Service Level tracking and Vendor Performance reviews.
• Onboarding of new service providers/suppliers as part of the vendor management process, in collaboration with the S&F Department.
• Responsible for all strategic sourcing activities relating to assigned category portfolio, including but not limited to: BARS, MSSM, RFI’s/RFQ’s/RFP’s etc.
• Work in collaboration with other regional buying managers.
• Travel is 15 – 20% of the time (Subject to change)
• Note: The indirect portfolio allocation is subject to change based on business operational requirements.

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What are we looking for?

• Advanced Office Management (formulas, dynamic tables and good database management)
• CA SA or CIMA
• Min. 3 to 5 years of experience in accounting / finance
• Expert in Accounting, Financial Processes, Financial Control. knowledge on taxes
• Strong attention to detail

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Supporting period close and year-end processes through compiling accounting entries and analyzing account information;
• Reconciling complex accounting activities (e.g. lease transactions, manufacturing) and using cross functional relationships to resolve financial discrepancies;
• Providing key reporting to internal stakeholders
• Monitoring and strengthening internal controls by preparing and recommending accounting policies and procedures;
• Supporting internal and external audits of working capital processes;
• Review work prepared by others and recommend opportunities to improve effectiveness or standardization
• Leading transformational projects in the areas of User Centricity and Digitization to deliver new digital tools and processes locally, regionally, and globally

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What are we looking for?

• Matric/ABET equivalent REALL
• Previous relevant industry experience advantageous (opt. knowledge of feed / food industry)
• Able to communicate effectively in English (Reading, writing and speaking)
• Knowledge of Lean: 5 Why & Go See
• Must be willing to work irregular hours and extended shift if necessary
• Safety & Hygiene & Quality conscious, Initiative, Self-motivated, Team player.
• Forklift License

What will be your key responsibilities?

SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT

• All PPE must be worn in compliance with the legal/RC requirements
• Enforce/Respect the safety rules and the internal policy
• Stop any equipment / operative works / external company works if safety/environment protection/fire protection rules are broken
• Guarantee and apply OHSAS 18001 and all related working procedures
• Compliance with Occupational Safety and Environmental Requirements - Mars Standards
• Guarantee and apply ISO 14001 (Environment), and all related working procedures
• Ownership of environmental responsibilities
• Comply with all safety requirements and manage risk of dust explosion through ensuring areas of work are kept clean, leaks are reported and fixed

QUALITY & FOOD SAFETY

• Perform and record quality control tests. Support kibble quality in extrusion through effective communication with the extruder operator when starting and stopping wet waste. When deviations in quality are experienced, use trouble shooting guide to correct and record quantity affected through the NCR procedure.
• Compliance with Quality and Food Safety Requirements - Mars Standards
• Guarantee and apply ISO 9001, 22000, Mars Standards, and all related working procedures
• Support the HACCP program in the department
• Follow GMP-GHP in the area
• Maintain and perform the CCP and oPRPs procedure according to SOPs in the extrusion area
• Sampling of products to ensure quality control
• Report any pest activity to related Manager.

LINE OPERATION & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform wet waste start up & shutdown sequence processes
• Operate wet waste according to approved parameters. When deviations are experienced, use the troubleshooting guide to correct, and escalate according to escalation procedure.
• Control and maintain a constant supply of prepared soup to extrusion based on requirement from extrusion
• Ensure batch preparation is done according to procedure and adheres to standard batch preparation time
• Perform a daily line tour of wet waste area and report all deviations found.
• Perform area-related equipment first line maintenance.
• Ensure the continuous and consistent improvement of the KPIs related to Occupational Safety, Environment, Quality, Productivity, Costs, Production Planning, ATS (Attendance to Schedule), NQC (Non-Quality Costs) specifically for grinding.
• Tracking, monitoring and recording of planned and unplanned downtime, waste, quality deviations and variation to plan in the extrusion sections, through RCLMS and shift books.
• Perform inventory of raw ingredients / packaging materials / finished products in bins, silos and racks (cyclical and period end inventories)
• Collect samples for quality control
• Ensure accurate application of food safety and sanitation practices with respect to clean bins and meal standing longer than 3hrs
• Participate and adhere to all requirements of food safety, quality management system, and website security programs ensuring that all standards are met.
• Participate and adhere to all requirements from MSE
• Any task as delegated by Shift Manager

CLEANLINESS & TIDINESS

• Perform Housekeeping Checks to ensure compliance to 5S
• Perform operational cleaning operations
• Change over cleaning
• Weekly cleaning & Sanitation
• Long stop cleanings as required

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• Support multi-skills policy
• Training: attend any training program as scheduled by company management and train any designed person in the position

COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION

• Participation in operator-to-operator handover focusing on previous shift performance in terms of safety, quality, service and waste specific to extrusion
• Participation in CP0 handover meeting for process, providing feedback on previous shift performance and action execution for deviations related to extrusion.
• Provide any requested documentation to other Departments according to internal rules
• Complete production reports as required by manager and record any production events (stops, quantity, quality, waste generation, safety cards) in RCLMS and/or shift books