Tiger Brands Limited, a Top 40 JSE Limited company whose footprint extends across the African continent and beyond, is one of the largest manufacturers and marketers of FMCG products in Southern Africa, and has been for several decades.
Tiger Brands has been built over many decades through the acquisition and clustering of businesses. Our strategy for succe...
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Key job output
- Adhere to HACCP principles
- Sorting on hold products
- Assist in identifying appropriate Corrective Action where necessary
- Report on wastage
- Conduct necessary checks
- Record downtime
- Ensure that equipment and work area is clean
- Rectify and report all deviations to Supervisor
- Ensure that all safety regulations are adhered to and report any unsafe practices
- Adhere to personal and factory standard in respect of hygiene
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WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Sales
- Support Sales team to develop new markets through delivering to new outlets and drive business development with existing customers.
- Build excellent relations with the trade (customers) and truck crews (Drivers & Van Assistants)
- Conduct daily driver debriefs to review route performance, utilising the debrief form
- Consistent monitoring of the distribution network (Route viability and Performance).
- Manage returns and stock on truck
- Liaise with Telesales
- Fill in as a relief Distribution Controller where required
- Meet daily, weekly and monthly sales targets
In-trade Execution
- Credit returns minimized as per Bakery policy
- Baskets Management- Baskets’ Movement, Basket Counts and control
Customer relations
- Open new accounts (Cash/Credit account customers in General Trade)
- Ensure outstanding monies are collected daily
- Ensure special deliveries made and customer queries handled
- Ensure that the customer data is reviewed and updated regularly
Quality
- Understand the requirements of product quality
- Learn how to deal with customer complaints
- Report consumer complaints to Sales Manager
- Manage market incidents
- Understand and manage the withdrawal/recall process
- Understand the logistics process
Trade Marketing
- Support customer and route plans
- Support plan and implement competitive sales plans to bring about a substantial volume growth
- Understand applicable Channel Strategies
- Understand the Customer Management process
- Understand Pricing Strategies
Experience
- Matric or equivalent qualification
- National Diploma/3 year Degree in Sales & Marketing preferred
- Minimum of 3 years sales experience in a FMCG environment
- Valid drivers’ license
- Prepared to work long hours when required
- Prepared to work weekends and public holidays
- Prepared to work in informal and formal trade sector
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End Date: March 10, 2026
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
- Collaborate with suppliers to develop and source novel raw and packaging materials that are specifically suited for our technology
- Play a strong role in external customer interface
- Develop packaging specification and requirements
- Develop formulations based on product concepts provided by Category Brand teams with claims and regulatory restrictions in mind and make a prototype of the product
- Calculate NI’s and GDA’s and ensure back panel of packaging is correct
- Determine plant requirements and aid with capex (capability) requirements
- Draw up development recipes and submit to Finance for approval, after which ensure all recipe data is loaded into our R&D system
- Conduct ambient and accelerated shelf life and travel tests
- Send samples for micro testing and for independent lab testing to ensure claims can be met
- Correct and timeous completion of documentation and ensure it is filed correctly (Raw Material Circulation form, Trial request, trial report etc.)
- Conduct pre-trial meetings with the unit and thereafter conduct online trials to determine capability of the plant. Ensure that the prototype developed is able to run online.
- HACCP studies – communicate any sensitive raw materials / changes to the plant or processes
- Interface strongly with Supply Chain to prioritize and execute CI and process optimization projects
- Identify opportunities for the substitution of new raw materials and packaging in current products
- Work with outsourced manufacturers for 3rd party projects and support procurement
- Employ sustainable design techniques in the development of new products (e.g. life cycle design, design for recycling, reduced waste, etc.)
Experience
- ND, BSc, BTech in Food Science, Food Technology Biochemistry or Chemistry and Packaging diploma
- 6 – 8 years’ Experience in Product development within an FMCG environment
- High Level of Computer Literacy
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End Date: March 10, 2026
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
- Support the execution of a channel strategy which is aligned to marketing (ATL & BTL), customer and business activities.
- Assist Customer Marketing Manager in conducting analysis to develop a pricing strategy for all assigned channels that is linked to margin and volume delivery
- Recommend activity that will meet promotional revenue objectives by tactic, price point, SKU, drive period & selling event for your assigned channel.
- Ensure that pricing & promo activities are routinely compiled & communicated internally & externally.
- Support and execute the POP and Route To Market Strategy in conjunction with your manager by category & sub-category which provides direction to the field operations team. Once the strategy has been developed work to monitor the effectiveness of implementation and adjust accordingly
- Support the Customer Management and Sales Operations teams to deliver upon their category agreed targets for sales by assisting in the execution of the National Promotional Calendar Grid and Key Account promotional plans
- Work with the Customer Marketing Manager to set the Pricing Strategy and measure the effectiveness of the subsequent implementation.
- Assistant in managing the variable marketing budget and tracking of spend
- Source POS material by requesting quotes from POINT to generate Purchase Orders after Customer Marketing Manager approval of costs; place orders and ensure the physical goods received are as per quote and ensure that they are safely stored in the storeroom for distribution to teams as required.
- Management of the storeroom and keeping of stock records timeously with a monthly report that includes the rand value of the stock.
Experience
- Relevant post-matric Business Management qualification
- 3-4 years customer / sales management experience within FMCG
- Category management experience
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Key Performance Area:
- Placing Sales Orders
- Handling the Telesales function
- Taking orders telephonically
- Pre-Invoicing of orders
- Printing & Checking of load sheets
- Printing of invoices
- Customer service: Call handling
- Effectively addressing customer inquiries, complaints and issues
Minimum requirements
- Matric
- 2 to 3 years Telesales experience
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End Date: March 4, 2026
Required Competencies
- A minimum of 2 years as a Quality Controller in the Manufacturing area
Main job functions
- Operate laboratory equipment as per the SOP’s
- Conduct necessary quality control checks
- Assist in identifying appropriate Corrective Action where necessary
- Report on wastage
- Conduct necessary quality control checks
- Rectify and report all deviations to Supervisor
- Ensure that all Safety Regulations are adhered to + report any unsafe practices/hazards to Supervisor
- Adhere to Personal + Factory Standards in respect of hygiene
- Ensure equipment + work area clean
- Basic first line maintenance
- Adhere to HACCP principles
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Key Performance Area:
- Placing Sales Orders
- Handling the Telesales function
- Taking orders telephonically
- Pre-Invoicing of orders
- Printing & Checking of load sheets
- Printing of invoices
- Customer service: Call handling
- Effectively addressing customer inquiries, complaints and issues
Minimum requirements
- Matric
- 2 to 3 years Telesales experience
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Key Performance Area:
- Placing Sales Orders
- Handling the Telesales function
- Taking orders telephonically
- Pre-Invoicing of orders
- Printing & Checking of load sheets
- Printing of invoices
- Customer service: Call handling
- Effectively addressing customer inquiries, complaints and issues
Minimum requirements
- Matric
- 2 to 3 years Telesales experience
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Outputs
- Maintain and Control equipment and process
- Performs the pre-start inspection routine & shutdown routine on all primary & secondary packing machines in the relevant area.
- Performs machine and product changeovers, includes cleaning of machinery and machine set-up.
- Operate dedicated equipment in a semi or fully automated processing environment where the product is differentiated by range, quantity, volumes, type of raw material and work in process.
- Feeding of consumables.
- Process monitoring.
- Selected adjustments.
- Start-Up equipment
- Operate equipment.
- Shut down processing equipment.
- Report downtimes, incidents and events to seniors.
- Communicate shift objectives, problem-solving solutions and production plans to internal suppliers, shift supervisor and other identified stakeholders
- Completes all relevant documentation to required standard and incorporates improvements where necessary
- Records line stoppages and breakdowns for troubleshooting and discussion with team members and reports to seniors
- Completes handover of activities & events after the shift
- Completion of any delegated tasks by superiors
- Record waste
- Ensure that the product quality of the output meets acceptable customer standards, organizational requirements and product specifications
- Conducts quality checks of in process material, and or finished products according to set quality standards (QC at source)
- Check input material according to specifications or workplace procedures
- Accepts or rejects material based on these checks (against set quality parameters)
- Perform first line maintenance on equipment
- Assists in the development and implementation of SOPs for maintenance and operations
- Conducts behavioural safety observations
- Adheres to key KPI’s
- To receive input materials per organisational procedures and specifications
- Ensures availability and efficient storage of material
- Ensures rejected material is uplifted or reworked
- Carries out stock rotation
- Non-conforming finished goods are identified, placed on hold and NCA raised
- Matric (maths & science) or equivalent (N3)
- At least 12 months of relevant training is required
- NQF3 packaging/processing qualification
- Working knowledge of Autonomous maintenance – AM steps 0, 1, 2, & 3 and Problem Solving Skills
- Manufacturing Loss Cost Approach
- Focused Improvement Tools (7 step Kaizen and Change over Kaizen)
- Ancillary Packing Equipment
- Main Packing Equipment
- Shrink wrapping
- Fork Lift driving
- Clerical tasks
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WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Maintenance Scheduling
- Do planned maintenance scheduling, update schedules and sign off on completed schedules
- Conduct plant inspections, and issue unplanned maintenance schedules
- Issue job cards and maintenance schedules.
- Approval of all engineering spares, within budget
- Ensure quality maintenance is done on maintenance day.
CAPEX budgets
- Understand the plant needs and do CAPEX budget planning (5 year plan)
- Complete and submit CPAEX motivations as per Tiger requirements
People Management
- Promote a high performance culture.
- Engage regularly with employees through invocoms, union engagements.
- Identify and develop Talent and competency gap closing actions.
- Ensure training is undertaken as per PDP’s
- Ensure workplace discipline and manage ER issues in line with Tiger Brands policies and procedures.
Health, Safety and Environment
- Ensure and maintain safe working conditions for employees and equipment based on risk assessments and compliance with OHSAct.
- Instill an environmentally conscious mindset within the manufacturing environment (H2O, noise pollution, utilities, landfill)
Quality
- Equipment setting as per SOP
- Process check alignment
- Hygiene
- Equipment cleaning
- Root cause analysis and preventative actions
- Self-assessments on all Tiger standards (Hygiene, cleaning and sanitation, traceability, allergens)
Audits
- Engineering audit
- Risk audit
- Environmental audit (ISO 14001)
- DQS audit
- BMR audit
Finance
- Understand cost drivers
- Develop cost saving strategies
- Understand Cost Per Loaf (CPL), difference between budget and actual, and develop plan of action to recover
- Manage stock movement procedure, book out spares on job cards only, conduct stock takes.
- Accurate and timely reporting (Supply Chain, environmental, scorecard)
Instrument calibrations
Electrical and mechanical operation
- Ensure specialised equipment is operating correctly (scaling weights, water and dough temperatures, mixer energy watt hour calibrations)
- Ensure adherence to process SOP’s
- DMS reporting – draw all reports for scorecards
- Conduct root cause analysis for all breakdowns
- Drive implementation of PM pillar of MECP
Drive LTIFR
- SBO’s
- Near misses
- Essential spares to be reviewed and available
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE:
Qualifications
- Degree / National Diploma in Mechanical, Electrical
- Trade Test (Millwright / Electrician) is highly advantageous.
- GCC (Factories) advantageous.
Experience
- Minimum 8–10 years’ maintenance experience in an FMCG or manufacturing environment.
- At least 5 years in a supervisory or management role.
- Proven experience managing high-speed production equipment.
- Experience in food manufacturing or bakery operations preferred.
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- The role of a Executive Secretary is to effectively and efficiently manage the administrative tasks of the Executives they report to; their role is to alleviate the administrative burden on Executive so they can contribute more meaningfully to the strategic and tactical deliverables that they face on a daily basis.
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WHAT YOU WILL DO:
IT Audit Leadership (FMCG-Focused)
- Lead audits of IT general controls, ERP systems (e.g., Oracle), plant automation, and supply chain applications (WMS) as well as other application controls.
Analytics & Risk Monitoring
- Use data analytics to test key business and IT controls—e.g., automated stock movements, segregation of duties in ERP, and system access patterns.
- Build interactive dashboards (Power BI, Tableau, etc.) to identify anomalies in production efficiency, order fulfillment, or access governance.
- Partner with Data & Digital teams to source clean, reliable datasets from operational systems.
Continuous Auditing & Automation
- Design and implement continuous auditing routines to monitor critical processes (e.g., order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, inventory reconciliations).
- Identify opportunities for automation of repeat testing procedures and control validations.
- Integrate with IT and operations teams to access real-time data where feasible.
Advisory & Risk Consulting
- Support digital transformation initiatives with control advice and risk reviews.
- Assess IT security and resiliency.
- Various project implementation reviews.
Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership
- Present audit results to IT, operations, and supply chain leadership in a business-relevant context.
- Mentor and support IT auditors, fostering skills in analytics, manufacturing IT, and process understanding.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE:
Key Skills & Experience:
Essential:
- Relevant Honours Degree
- CISA qualified – non-negotiable
- 3-5 years of IT audit or technology risk experience, ideally in FMCG, manufacturing, or distribution.
- Strong knowledge of ERP systems (Oracle preferred), industrial control systems, and data flows across the value chain.
- Proven experience in data analytics and process automation for audit purposes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify technical findings for business users.
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- Responsible for operating a fork lift to push, pull, lift, stack, tier or move products, equipment or materials either inside or outside the company's premises.
- Works under supervision where decisions are clearly defined.
- Positions forks, lifting platform or other lifting device under, over or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products or materials and transports load to designated area.
- Loads or unloads materials onto or off of pallets, skids or lifting device.
End Date: March 6, 2026
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End Date: March 9, 2026
- The role of an Administrator is to effectively and efficiently manage the administrative tasks of one or more Managers and plant manager they report to; their role is to alleviate the administrative burden Managers and plant manager so they can contribute more meaningfully to the strategic and tactical deliverables that they face on a daily basis.
- An Office Administrator is a professional who serves as the backbone of an organization, responsible for managing the day-to-day administrative and operational tasks that ensure the workplace runs smoothly and efficiently. They are essential for maintaining productivity, acting as the central point of contact for internal staff, external vendors, and clients.
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WHAT YOU WILL DO:
IT Audit Leadership (FMCG-Focused)
- Lead audits of IT general controls, ERP systems (e.g., Oracle), plant automation, and supply chain applications (WMS) as well as other application controls.
Analytics & Risk Monitoring
- Use data analytics to test key business and IT controls—e.g., automated stock movements, segregation of duties in ERP, and system access patterns.
- Build interactive dashboards (Power BI, Tableau, etc.) to identify anomalies in production efficiency, order fulfillment, or access governance.
- Partner with Data & Digital teams to source clean, reliable datasets from operational systems.
Continuous Auditing & Automation
- Design and implement continuous auditing routines to monitor critical processes (e.g., order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, inventory reconciliations).
- Identify opportunities for automation of repeat testing procedures and control validations.
- Integrate with IT and operations teams to access real-time data where feasible.
Advisory & Risk Consulting
- Support digital transformation initiatives with control advice and risk reviews.
- Assess IT security and resiliency.
- Various project implementation reviews.
Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership
- Present audit results to IT, operations, and supply chain leadership in a business-relevant context.
- Mentor and support IT auditors, fostering skills in analytics, manufacturing IT, and process understanding.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE:
Key Skills & Experience:
Essential:
- Relevant Honours Degree
- CISA qualified – non-negotiable
- 3-5 years of IT audit or technology risk experience, ideally in FMCG, manufacturing, or distribution.
- Strong knowledge of ERP systems (Oracle preferred), industrial control systems, and data flows across the value chain.
- Proven experience in data analytics and process automation for audit purposes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify technical findings for business users.
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- Responsible for operating a fork lift to push, pull, lift, stack, tier or move products, equipment or materials either inside or outside the company's premises. Works under supervision where decisions are clearly defined.
- Positions forks, lifting platform or other lifting device under, over or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products or materials and transports load to designated area. Loads or unloads materials onto or off of pallets, skids or lifting device.
- Matric with Maths and Science or a 3 years Tertiary Qualification (From NQF6)
- Placement Assessment
- Clean Criminal Record
- Medically fit
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End Date: May 31, 2026
ABOUT THE TIGER BRANDS TOPP PROGRAM?
- Are you a recent or soon-to-be graduate with a passion for finance and the ambition to qualify as a Chartered Accountant? The Tiger Brands TOPP Programme offers a dynamic and structured 36-month journey tailored for aspiring CA(SA)s. Exposure to the following disciplines forms the backbone of the programme:
- Internal Audit
- Governance and Assurance
- Financial Accounting
- Data Analytics
- Management Reporting and more
WHO CAN APPLY?
- The programme is open to candidates wanting to qualify as Chartered Accountants and have SAICA-accredited Postgraduate Certificate in the Theory of Accounting (CTA) or Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting (PGDA), who wish to complete their full 36-month SAICA training contract, and who will be writing the SAICA ITC exam in January.
- Outstanding academic performance combined with a strong passion for the FMCG industry and manufacturing will set you apart.
- Flexibility to rotate to different sites across Tiger Brands.
Listed below are the minimum requirements that you are required to meet
- 65% Academic Average
- Citizen in the country of hire
- Having a personal vehicle is highly desirable
- High levels of ambition and self-motivation, supported by a strong desire for a career in FMCG, within Tiger Brands
- Leadership and team working capabilities
- Must have displayed the potential for high achievement and innovation throughout their qualifications.
- Recent graduate from a tertiary institution in South Africa
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
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End Date: March 6, 2026
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