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The ideal candidate would be responsible for:

• Managing  staff, Production, Maintenance and Health & Safety of four (4) sites and two (2) houses.
• Controlling own budget.
• Maintaining the Company’s assets and constantly striving to improve results.

The successful candidate must meet the following requirements:

• A National Senior Certificate (Grade 12).
• Relevant Degree / Diploma in Agriculture will be an advantage.
• 5 years relevant Breeding and Laying experience or experience in managing a large Poultry Production complex.
• Computer knowledge will be an added advantage.
• The ideal Candidate must have high standards towards housekeeping and attention to detail.
• It is essential that the Candidate should have the passion for implementing and maintaining 20 Keys.
• The successful applicant must be self-motivated and have excellent people skills.

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The ideal candidate would be responsible for:

• Managing and deployment of all physical and virtual server infrastructure.
• Deployment and maintenance of any Windows, Linux, and UNIX servers.
• Maintenance and support of all SQL servers and related components.
• Maintenance and support of all backup equipment.
• Proactive restoring of backups and confirmation of backup and data integrity.
• Performance monitoring and tuning of critical servers.
• Managing Network Infrastructure.

The successful candidate must meet the following requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in an IT support environment.
• Microsoft and Linux certification is required.
• Must have exposure on Veeam Backup & Replication.
• Must have experience in managing HP/ARUBA switches.
• Exposure to leading hypervisors like VM Ware, HyperV will be an advantage.
• The individual should be able to do standby and work under pressure.
• Have a valid code 8/EB driver’s license as well as reliable transport.

Closing Date: 19 February 2026

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The ideal candidate would be responsible for:

• Conduct induction, food safety and quality training for current and new employees.
• On the job training using company procedures and work instructions.
• Animal welfare training with employees.
• Yearly refresher training as per training schedule.
• Update tests and training matrix weekly.
• Perform competency evaluation on employees on the line.
• Participate in the preparation and presentation of internal and external audits.

    The successful candidate must meet the following requirements:

• Grade 12  (Must have at least 5 years’ experience).
• Previous experience in training.
• Poultry back ground will be an advantage.
• Knowledge of animal welfare best practices.
• Experience with food safety management system (FSSC) will be advantageous.
• Must be familiar with personal Hygiene and general GMP practices.
• Have a working knowledge of 20 keys.
• Possession of interpersonal skills.
• Be able to work under pressure.

Closing Date: 13 February 2026

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QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Labour Relations, Industrial Psychology, or related field
• 8–10 years’ HR experience, with at least 4–5 years in an operational HR management role
• Experience in FMCG, manufacturing, agriculture, or processing environments
• Experience managing large workforces and TES arrangements
• Own vehicle with a valid driver’s license and willingness to travel extensively between sites as required
• Strong operational HR generalist capability
• Solid employee relations and disciplinary process expertise
• Sound knowledge of South African labour legislation
• Ability to operate effectively in a unionised, labour-intensive environment
• High attention to detail and administrative discipline
• Strong problem-solving and conflict management skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple sites
• Ability to work extended hours during peak production or employee relations periods
• Microsoft Office Suite advanced (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook & MS PowerPoint)
• Good knowledge and experience using payroll, recruitment and HR digital platforms

THE KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS ROLE ARE:

Operational HR Management

• Manage and coordinate all HR activities across the business unit, ensuring effective day-to-day HR service delivery.
• Implement corporate HR policies, procedures, and systems at site level.
• Provide practical HR support to line managers in managing employees across operational and agricultural environments.
• Ensure HR processes support production, farming, and commercial operational requirements.

Employment Relations & Labour Administration

• Manage employee relations across all sites, including disciplinary processes, grievances, incapacity cases, and misconduct investigations.
• Chair and oversee disciplinary hearings where required.
• Support and guide line management in applying disciplinary and grievance procedures correctly and consistently.
• Work closely with the Regional ER Manager on complex cases, industrial action, and CCMA matters.
• Maintain sound relationships with trade unions and employee representatives at operational level.

Compliance and Legislative adherence

• Ensure compliance with all applicable South African labour legislation, including BCEA, LRA, EEA, OHSA, UIF, COIDA, and sectoral determinations.
• Ensure accurate HR records, employee files, contracts, and policy acknowledgments are maintained.
• Manage HR-related audits and inspections at site level.
• Monitor and manage compliance risks associated with TES employees.

Recruitment, Workforce Planning & TES management

• Coordinate recruitment and selection processes for permanent and TES employees in line with operational needs.
• Ensure proper onboarding and induction of employees across sites.
• Manage headcount, vacancies, and labour utilisation in collaboration with operations and finance.
• Oversee relationships and service levels with TES providers.

Performance Management & Skills Development

• Implement and manage performance management processes at operational level.
• Support managers in addressing poor performance and conducting performance reviews.
• Identify training and development needs and facilitate skills development initiatives.
• Support implementation of learnerships, internships, and skills programmes relevant to the operation.

Payroll, Benefits & HR Administration

• Oversee payroll input, employee movements, and changes to ensure accurate and timely payroll processing.
• Manage employee benefits administration in conjunction with the Benefits Administrator and Finance.
• Ensure effective management of leave, attendance, and time-keeping systems.
• Monitor labour costs and overtime in collaboration with line management.

Employment Equity & Reporting

• Coordinate Employment Equity implementation and reporting for the business unit.
• Support transformation initiatives and ensure fair employment practices.
• Prepare and submit HR reports, including headcount, turnover, absenteeism, and disciplinary statistics.

HR Team leadership

• Manage and supervise the HR team (HR Officer Commercial, HR Officer Agriculture, Benefits Administrator, HR Administrator, HR Interns & Temporary HR Support staff, ensuring effective allocation of work and service delivery.
• Coach and develop HR Officers and interns to build operational HR capability.
• Ensure HR staff maintain a consistent and professional presence across sites.

Stakeholder engagement & Site support

• Maintain regular on-site engagement across all operational locations.
• Build strong working relationships with operational managers, supervisors, unions, and service providers.
• Provide practical HR support during operational changes, peak periods, and labour-intensive cycles.

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THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Printing of Age Analysis – Daily, ensuring customer does not exceed the credit limit
• Requesting remittances and reconciliation of accounts
• Collection of payments on the due date as per trading terms
• Requesting claims from customers
• Investigation of claims deducted off customers payment
• Preparation of credit and debit notes with the relevant back up documentation
• Follow up on correspondence with relevant customers with regards to overdue and unpaid invoices and rejected claims
• Contacting customers for payment when credit limit is reached
• Releasing blocked orders as per credit policy
• Collection of payment for all payment terms as per the credit policy
• Printing and forwarding of customer statements
• Opening of new accounts with all the requirements as per credit policy
• Annual customer account review
• Filling
• Back up for other credit controllers in the department
• Weekly cash flow projection
• Relieving at switchboard when required

Daily tasks

• Analyzing the bank statements daily and assigning the payments received to the customer’s account
• Cash before order customer’s allocation to be done daily
• Print age analysis daily to review if a customer is within the credit limit
• Emailing invoices to customers as requested
• Investigation of queries on the customer’s account, obtaining all the necessary documentation  for debit/credit notes
• Preparing the credit/debit, scanning and giving the claim to the admin clerk to capture on the LN System
• Emailing rejected claims to customer so that payment can be arranged for a pay back
• Rejected and unresolved queries to be followed up telephonically with customer
• Contacting the customer to make payment if credit limit if reached and there is orders in the system
• Filling to be done on a daily basis
• Follow up with credit/debit note approvals

Weekly tasks

• Cash Flow projection for the week’s payments to be sent to the senior credit controller every Monday morning before 10h00.
• Emailing statements for 7-day customers
• Recon and allocation of payments for weekly customers (same day or next day latest for allocation of payments)
• Recon and invoices to be forwarded to customers as per customers’ requirements
• Confirm mid-month payments
• Age Analysis meeting with senior credit controller with feedback on all over due amounts on age analysis
• Check and sign invoices for manual deliveries (farm and rendering customers)

2nd week tasks

• Confirm that 14 days customers payments have been received
• Follow up on payments not received
• Recon and allocate mid-month payments by the 18th of every month
• Attend to new queries for mid-month customers
• Confirm month end payments
• Forward mid-month customer statements as per customers’ requirements

Monthly tasks:

• Updating the cash flow for month end payments as remittances are received
• Prepare, validate and submit rebate claims timeously for month end customers
• Recon and allocate month end payments by the 2nd of the month
• Overdue report for 100K and payments not received for month end to be submitted to Senior Credit Controller by 09h00 on the 2nd of every month
• Printing and forwarding of customer statements as per customers’ requirements
• Forwarding of POD’S not paid (due to cut off or GIT’S) to ensure full payment is received
• Reasons to be recorded on age analysis for overdue amounts in 30 days and older on age analysis with an action plan for outstanding queries on accounts

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Completed Grade 12
• A certificate in Credit Control / Management 
• At least 5 years credit control experience within the FMCG industry, 
  including dealing with group accounts (Shoprite / Checkers, Pick 'n Pay, Spar and Massmart).
• A basic understanding of the National Credit Act regulations.

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Qualifications

• Minimum Grade 12
• A Chep pallet control certificate is advantageous

Experience

• Experience in logistics, warehouse, cold storage, stock control and administration experience.
• Experience working on My Chep pallet control system (Portfolio+)
• Forklift Driving experience advantageous

The ideal candidate will be responsible for:

• To maintain and control the flow/ movement of all pallets both internally and externally, keep record and capture all movements in the relevant control documentation or system including the reconciliation of Chep account.
• Responsible and accountable for pallet control.
• Responsible for the daily capturing and reconciliation of pallet movements in the relevant files/ system.
• Responsible for the daily ordering, checking and return of any Chep pallets as per requirements.
• Responsible for the housekeeping of all pallet areas.
• Ensure that accurate Customer Record Cards (CRC’s) are kept as hard copies and such documentation is available.
• Daily recording and upkeep of the Master Control Card (MCC).
• Responsible for control and management of (CRC) -No pallet exchanges. Accurate control and all hard copies kept and such documentation available.
• Reconcile Chep monthly account to Master Control card (MCC) and Customer Record Cards (CRC). Resolve all outstanding queries to prevent excessive costs on Chep account. Report any discrepancies to Manager.
• Ensure all internal and other pallet control procedures and requirements are adhered to by staff at all times.
• Organise and co-ordinate weekly/ monthly pallets counts and reconcile against invoice and account to eliminate pallet losses.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with relevant internal stakeholders, trading partners and exchange clients.
• Promote an organisational culture which recognises the value of pallets and equipment control.
• Co-ordinate, account for and control equipment movements across entry and exit points.
• Set up, monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Manage daily compliance checking and action any correction/reversal activity.
• Investigate and manage any variance. Escalate issues to manager in a timely manner for resolution.
• Ensure pallet transfers, exchanges, hire costs and recoveries are managed, recorded and processed in accordance with all pallet control procedures, supplier and customer agreements and conditions.
• Ensure invoicing, paperwork and systems compliance is accurate, auditable and filed according to business standards.
• Train and support staff on the importance of equipment control and on key processes and procedures.
• Partake in weekly and monthly cycle counts as per cycle count procedures. (Inventory and Pallets). All discrepancies to be reported to manager.
• Ensuring the accurate filing and archiving of all documentation and books.
• Reporting and elevating of any issues to Admin Controller / Superintendent/ Manager.
• Adherence and practice to all company risk management, food safety requirements and housekeeping protocols and practices.
• Ensure housekeeping of work area, administration office, kitchen area and office ablution facility to the required standard at all times.
•  Adherence to all legislative and company requirements.
• Ensure Pallets are managed in such a manner that all business-related risks are identified and pro-actively eliminated.
• Physical walk about of all areas including pallet areas of department on shift handovers.
• Ensure pallet and other related inspections are done daily and all control sheets completed.
• Ensure pallet and other related areas inspection findings are reported and addressed immediately.
• Timeously attending to written and telephonic queries.
• Timeous rising of non- conformances (NCR’s) including completion of any raised against department.
• Any weekly reports/ requirements printed /mailed timeously.
• Assisting, multi –tasking and filling in job functions if and when required. (Know and able to work in other positions)
• Knowledge of how other business functions tie in with department.
• Attending meetings if and when required.
• Ensure continuous communication with manager.
• Provide suggestions for improvement.
• Ensure proper and professional communication towards fellow logistics employees, County Fair and Astral employees, customers and suppliers.
• To take responsibility to promote any business changes to subordinates to ensure the livelihood and well-being of the company.
• Adapt and follow best practices to optimize performance, sharing insights and opportunities to improve with internal teams and trading partners.

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Qualification and Experience

• Degree/Diploma/ Certificate in Logistics/Warehouse/ Cold storage management
• Minimum of 3-5 years Logistics/ warehouse/ Cold Storage experience/ stock control  experience.
• Computer literate
• MS Excel on intermediate level
• Excellent interpersonal skill
• The candidate will be required to be highly self-motivated and motivational, pro-active by nature/ forward thinker, strong organizational skills, strong managerial and leadership skills, multi-tasking abilities and flexible, ability to work effectively on own as well as part of a team and with the ability to meet pressurized deadlines and maintain strict attention to detail.

Computer literacy using the following packages:

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Internet
• E: mail
• LN/ SAP/Baan

The ideal candidate will be responsible for:

Operational Excellence

• Daily LN system checks post invoicing to confirm all deliveries are accounted for.
• Strict stock control protocols including cycle counts, cold chain maintenance, and pallet procedures.
• Startup/shutdown routines, daily inspections, and immediate resolution of discrepancies or equipment breakdowns.

Customer & Distribution Management

• Efficient planning and distribution of frozen products in line with standards.
• Handling of customer queries and claims via phone/email.
• Continuous coordination with transporters and escalation of delivery delays.
• Vehicle and equipment sanitization prior to loading.

Compliance & Risk Management

• Enforcement of food safety, GMP/GHP principles, and housekeeping standards.
• Implementation and verification of food safety documentation.
• Adherence to company policies, legislative requirements, and proactive risk mitigation.
• Promotion of the 20 Keys programme and MBA board updates.

Staff Leadership & Development

• Daily shift meetings, attendance tracking, and overtime planning.
• Ensuring staff presence, PPE compliance, and workstation readiness.
• Comprehensive induction, training, multitasking development, and succession planning.
• Disciplinary actions aligned with company standards.

Communication & Reporting

• Continuous communication with managers/superintendents.
• Timely reporting of non‑conformance, weekly reports, and escalation of issues.
• Active participation in meetings and contribution of improvement suggestions.
• Professional engagement with employees, customers, and suppliers.
• Promotion of business changes to safeguard company wellbeing.

Order & Delivery Management

• Daily and forward planning, coordination, and execution of customer orders and deliveries across all shifts.
• Strict application of the FIFO principle for all stock movements.
• Retail delivery load planning and coordination with transporters to optimize turnaround times.
• Final daily LN system checks to confirm all orders are allocated, accounted for, and signed off.

Operational Oversight

• Alignment of all functions (Receiving, Picking Store, Administration, Loading, Sales, Transporters, Service Providers) with daily workload to ensure efficiency and productivity.
• Hands-on management style both in office and on the floor.

Communication & Reporting

• Written and verbal shift handover feedback and workload plans completed, signed off, and discussed between shifts.
• Attendance registers, loading schedules, and shift feedback reviewed at handover and in morning management meetings.
• Immediate reporting of any discrepancies to manager/superintendent.

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Education:

• Minimum of Grade 12 or equivalent;
• Tertiary Qualification would be advantageous.

Experience:

• Sound Knowledge of FSSC 22000, GMP requirements and relevant guidelines and Quality Management Systems
• Knowledge of statistical process control

Other requirements:

• Ability to speak English and a second official language;
• Must be able to communicate at all levels;
• Must be able to work in a high pressured environment;
• Proven PME experience in a manufacturing environment;
• Sound Knowledge of FSSC 22000, GMP requirements and relevant guidelines  and Quality Management Systems;
• Knowledge of statistical process control;
• Good computer skills (Microsoft Office, Outlook);
• Must be willing to work shifts and overtime including weekends and public holidays;
• Must have strong administrative skills;
• Must be flexible to work in all areas of the processing facility as requested.

The ideal candidate would be responsible for:

• Maintaining the HACCP programme in the processing and storage facility, by ensuring that PRP’s are adhered to.
• Managing the corrective action system for in process failures
• Monitoring staff personal hygiene.
• Managing and monitoring product flow
• Adhering to HACCP/Hygiene standards
• Ensuring that efficient recording takes place of all process controls for the receiving, production and dispatch of frozen products.
• Reporting all variances to the relevant department managers
• Assist in managing the 20-keys system
• Ensure daily cleanliness inspections are carried out for the environment
• Ensure daily preparation and on-time submission of laboratory samples
• Ensure weekly swabs are executed and submitted

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The ideal candidate would be responsible for:

• Ensuring proper housekeeping of the stores and work areas.
• Daily and monthly stock counts and investigate variances.
• Receiving of stock from suppliers.
• Issuing and recording of stock issued.
• Maintaining 20 Keys.
• Comply with HACCP Standards and FSSC and Allergen Management Procedures.
• Recording of goods received vouchers.
• Assist Buyer.
• Expedite and do call offs on stock ordered.
• Shelf life of products and ingredients.

  The successful candidate must meet the following requirements:

• Matric.
• Store qualification or 3 years’ experience.
• Must be fluent in English and have excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must have above average numerical skills.
• Computer literate.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Effective time management.
• Must be a team player.
• Must be willing to work overtime and on public holidays.
• Knowledge of HACCP standards.3

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The ideal candidate will report to the Sales Manager and be responsible for:

• Driving sales targets through inbound and outbound telesales interaction.
• Orders being captured according to customer delivery plan and requirements.
• Communication to customer with regards to all promotions.
• Establishing and maintaining customer relationships internally and externally.
• Loading of deals / orders / reviews.
• Administration.
• Check pre-pricing and costs daily.
• Liaising with logistics with regards to any delays on deliveries.
• Customer queries are channelled through the correct personnel.
• Achieving daily sales volume targets.
• Implementing and maintaining 20 keys.

The successful candidate must meet the following requirements:

• Matric or Equivalent qualification.
• Must be familiar with the Poultry industry.
• Must have excellent communication skills.
• Should have strong persuasion skills in upselling and cross selling.
• Strong data entry skills are required with high levels of accuracy.
• Sales experience in the FMCG sector an advantage.
• Must be able to work in a high-pressured environment.
• Must be punctual and able to work overtime when required.
• Self-motivated and should have excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work within a team environment a key requirement.
• Must be target and deadline driven.
• Honesty and integrity a high requirement.
• Must be computer literate.