Founded in 1820 with a rich history spanning more than 195 years, Premier is entering a new and exciting period in our journey. In July 2014 we moved into our new corporate offices in Waterfall City just north of Johannesburg.
The past two years have seen a series of changes whereby Premier expanded from the traditional milling and baking business into suga...
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Job Purpose
- To ensure Premier takes the lead in the milling industry by providing technical food safety leadership, advise, guidance and support services to remain compliant to the requirements for GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative Standards), food safety, customer requirements and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure Premier provides food-safe products by guiding implementation, maintaining GFSI and regulatory compliance, and securing certifications for all sites.
- Protect and strengthen the brand by resolving consumer complaints through NCR management, investigations, corrective actions, and process improvements.
- Drive operational excellence by conducting quarterly internal audits and annual cross-site audits to verify compliance.
- Maintain certification through annual external audits with approved bodies.
- Manage and monitor food safety management systems in line with ISO/TS and ISO 22000 standards.
- Promote a food safety culture by training staff on compliance, standards, and best practices, while enhancing QA team competence through external and induction training.
Qualification Requirements
- Biotech/Food Technologies Degree or BTECH Degree (Essential)
- FSSC 22000 Lead Auditor Certification (Essential)
Experience Requirements
- QA/QC Manager from Grain Milling Industry with 10-12 years in both roles
- QA/QC Managers from FMCG food producing sites
Key Outputs
Skills & Competencies
- Strong understanding of ISO 22000, ISO/TS 22002-1, and ISO/TS 22002-4 standards and their application.
- In-depth knowledge of GFSI and FSSC 22000 standards and compliance requirements.
- Knowledge of food safety management systems (FSMS), HACCP, and regulatory requirements.
- Understanding of grain milling and baking processes (desirable).
- Experience in supplier compliance and quality systems management.
- Knowledge of non-conformance handling, root cause analysis, and corrective/preventive actions.
- Familiarity with knowledge management practices for capturing, storing, and sharing QA insights.
- Ability to plan, lead, and execute internal, external, and supplier audits, ensuring compliance with GFSI, FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, and other regulatory requirements.
- Competence in drafting, reviewing, and maintaining clear and practical QA and food safety policies, SOPs, and work instructions. Ensures documents are aligned with regulatory, certification, and customer requirements while being accessible and easy to implement across teams.
- Ability to support continuous improvement and innovation by researching global best practices, food safety technologies, and process improvement opportunities. Skilled in applying data analysis and industry insights to enhance systems, product safety, and compliance.
Deadline:10th September,2025
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Main Objectives
- Assist the Salesman driver in daily delivery of Premier products and where applicable assist the Salesman driver in cash and tray collection.
- Are you a target driven individual with a high attention to detail and accuracy? Do you enjoy working in a highly pressurised environment which operates 24/7/365?
Key Responsibilities
- Check company products as per loading sheet and sign
- Adhering to standard departure times
- Take responsibility for vehicle safety and hygiene
- Collect cash from the customers and cash in daily (where applicable)
- Offloading of product at customers
- Report all accidents immediately to the transport department and Service Manager
Skills and Attributes Required
- Good people management skills
- Relationship building skills
- Basic computer skills
- Ability to communicate at all levels
- Self-motivated and responsible
Qualification Requirements
Experience Requirements
- Do you have 1-2 experience at FMCG & a valid Driver’s License code10/CI With PDP
Key OutputsPressurised environment
- 6-day position
- Required to work Saturdays, Sundays, and Public Holidays as per shift roster
- May be required to work on a rotating 12-hour shift which includes night shift
Deadline:10th September,2025
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Purpose of the job:
- To credit all cash on Site and do filing
Key Responsibilities:
- Payments received – cash and cheques
- Payments received are counted and recorded as per specifications
- Cash Customer Receipt submitted by drivers balance with Tellermate slips
- Cash and cheques deposited in the Drop Safe are recorded in the Drop Safe Register and signed off by security, the cashier and the driver
- All cash and cheques received are captured in the Cash Receipt report
- Made up deposits
- Cash and cheques received are prepared for deposits as per specifications
- Made up deposits recorded in Deposit Register as per SOP
- Handed over cash (Cash Company)
- Handed over cash is recorded in the Deposit Register
- Deposit Register is signed by the cash company service provided in accordance with SOP
- Bank deposit receipts balance 100% with the Deposit Register returned by the cash company service provider
- All anomalies are rectified in accordance with specifications
- Cash and cheque reconciliations
- Reconciliations are conducted daily and are 100% accurate and balance with system
- Filing
- BDA Machine general cleaning
- Adhoc manual counting/depositing
Qualification Requirements
Qualifications:
- Grade 12 (Matric) with Mathematics
- Computer literate
Experience Requirements
Experience:
- 2 Years’ experience as a Cashier
Key Outputs
- Competencies (knowledge, skills and attributes):
- Accuracy
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Numerical skills
- Organising skills
- Planning skills
- Innovation / Continuous Improvements
- Teamwork
- Accountability
- Sense of urgency
- Results orientation
- Respect
Other Requirements:
- Pressurised environment
- 6-day position
- Required to work Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays as the business requires.
Deadline:10th September,2025
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Job Description
- At Premier, we recruit and invest in our employees for the long term. We believe that our growth depends on us having the right people with the right skills and the right attitude. We have a high-performance environment that attracts like-minded people who want to be their best every day and in doing so we grow together. The Intern Quality Control and Assurance will gain practical exposure and experience in QC and QA processes.
Qualification Requirements
- Grade 12
- Studying towards a National Diploma: Food Technology final year
- Tertiary institution logbook stipulating the relevant exposure and experience needed
Experience Requirements
- Good understanding of Occupational Health and Safety Standards
- Quality Management Principles
- Analytical thinking
- Proactive communication skills
- Decision making ability
- Numerical ability
- Proactive
- Innovation/Continuous improvement
- Accountability
- Sense of urgency/results orientated
- Learning aptitude
Key Outputs
- Ensuring quality products are produced
- Practical work exposure in Quality Management
- Site internal & external audits
- Technical Support/Trouble shooting
- Food safety & quality control
- Technical support/troubleshooting
- Support of food safety culture plan on site
- You will be provided with formal and informal guidance throughout the duration of the program
Deadline:10th September,2025
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Job Description
- Supervise the production shift team responsible to manufacture confectionary goods to the desired quality specifications, on time and in full within the required costs as per the production plan, also maintaining the production equipment.
Qualification Requirements
- FMCG Plant Production management experience - 3-5 Years – Essential
- Grade 12
Experience Requirements
- FMCG Plant Production management experience - 3-5 Years – Essential
- Confectionery process quality requirements and standards - Intermediate – Essential
- Supervisory and leadership principles and practices – Intermediate – Essential
- Function of Raw and Packaging materials and quality – Intermediate – Essential
- Good housekeeping and hygiene practices - Advanced - Essential
- Food safety requirements - Intermediate – Essential
- Financial acumen to support planning, budgeting, and cost controls – Intermediate – Desirable
- Performance management principles – Intermediate – Essential
- Disciplinary and grievance management process requirements – Basic – Essential
- Understanding Quality management system requirements – Intermediate – Essential
- Continuous improvement processes - Intermediate - Essential
Key Outputs
Ensure optimal confectionery production process efficiencies and effectiveness by: Ensuring production on time and in full as per plan and quality specifications
- Coordinating shift production team and other areas in the confectionery supply chain to ensure optimal production and timeous delivery.
- Supporting the maintenance department by co-ordinating autonomous maintenance and housekeeping during the shift as per maintenance plans
- Recording all relevant production process KPI’s and information in order to provide cull and accurate post shift hand over to the production manager.
To ensure confectionery process delivers consistent high-quality products within specifications in collaboration with the maintenance manager by: Ensuring adherence to production process parameters.
- Identifying exceptions and variations in process and correct in process and correct.
- Identifying exceptions and variations in equipment and report these to the maintenance manager to correct.
- Support route cause analysis when needed to address and correct.
- Follow up and check that problem has been addressed and that production process is back within parameters.
- Driving a quality mindset within production in collaboration with the quality control department in dealing with non-conforming products or customer complaints and collaborating on ways to improve quality.
- Ensure all production process control documentation is completed and controlled as per SOP for recall & traceability purposes.
Ensure high performance production shift team by: Adequate resourcing for each shift and managing absenteeism and leave rosters for the team
- Guiding and assisting team to meet their targets through regular coaching, assistance, and on-the-job training of employees
- Conducting INVOCOMs and ensures that records are kept and shared across the team and that action plans agreed to within INVOCOMs are delivered upon.
To ensure full statutory compliance to all health and safety and food safety requirements in line with Premier standards and SOP’s by ensuring training of relevant persons, observation, coaching and assessment of SOPs as per requirements and team educational plan.
- Driving continuous improvement of confectionery production processes by:
- actioning team improvement suggestions or reporting them to the relevant managers to investigate for implementations
- continuously monitoring daily WIP
Support continuous operations and optimal working conditions by Liasing with other HOD’s and supervisors as needed to maintain operations
- Getting support to address team issues and resolve problems reported
- Reporting continuous improvement ideas appropriately
Deadline:10th September,2025
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Job Description
As a Maintenance Planner, you will:
- Promote and support the creation of maintenance excellence through the planning, resourcing and execution of preventative maintenance processes with the relevant stakeholders.
Qualification Requirements
- Higher Technical Institute certification in Engineering related field/ equivalent qualification Essential
- Qualified artisan Essential
- Computer Maintenance management system eg C-Works, SAP etc Essential
- Lean Six sigma yellow belt practitioner/ Lean practitioner Desirable
Experience Requirements
- Preventative Maintenance work in FMCG or Foodbev industry 4-5 Years Essential
- Development and implementation of preventative and predictive maintenance schedules 3 -5 Years Essential
- Preventative maintenance planning and the Total Productive Maintenance / 1-2 years Desirable
- World Class Manufacturing process. 1-2 years Desirable
Key Outputs
- To reduce unscheduled downtime and improve product quality by planning, scheduling and resourcing preventative and predictive maintenance tasks according to the agreed process and standards.
- To support timely maintenance by ensuring optimal stock levels of all critical spare parts and orders by relevant mangers to ensure plant and equipment are maintained to a high standard.
- Support continuous improvement and timeous management decision making by reporting and tracking plant and equipment performance to identify obstacles to performance areas via root cause analysis techniques with the relevant stakeholders.
- To ensure an up to date C works maintenance system with the necessary schedules of all parts, equipment, tools and supplies to generate the following:
- Weekly running schedules
- Daily, weekly and monthly lubrication schedules
- Weekly stop inspection schedules
- Monthly, three monthly, six monthly and annual PM schedules
- Conditioning monitoring schedules.
- This will support engineering requirements for all electrical, mechanical, instrumentation and condition monitoring.
- To support the Team Leader by coordinating multiple levels of labour, including general staff, maintenance team and outside specialized contractors for specific tasks.
- To support HSE audits by maintaining full set of records as per the requirements and standards.
- Assisting in creating Capex, getting quotations and cross functional interactions between suppliers.
Deadline:11th September,2025
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Job Description
- To perform all accounting related functions as required, e.g. processing driver’s accounts, debtors, reconciliations, filing and cash office.
- Claims
- Statement of accounts
- Customer deductions
- Drivers reconciliations
- Cashier
Qualification Requirements
- Grade 12 or equivalent qualification
Experience Requirements
- Computer literate
- FMCG experience an advantage
- 3-5 Years’ experience relevant experience in a similar role
Key Outputs
- Numerical ability
- Good Communication
- Planning & organizing
- Accuracy & attention to detail
- Analytical
- Flexibility
- Assertiveness
- Computer literacy - Strong Computer skills – fast processing
- Service orientation
- Sense of urgency/results orientation
Deadline:15th September,2025
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Job Description
- The Port Elizabeth Depot has an exciting opportunity for a person who has passion for warehousing and stock taking. This opportunity entails gaining experience in the administration of the despatch process which entails receiving, capturing of stock, printing of documentation, invoices various other admin tasks.
- Receiving and capturing stock from bakeries
- Data Capture all despatch administration
- Invoices to be processed and captured
- Assist with customer complaints
- Checking of physical stock against system stock and verifying of figures
- Supervision of staff
- Checking and verifying physical stock against picking slips on trucks
- Correct and accurate reporting
Qualification Requirements
- Grade 12 (matric) certificate or equivalent
- Computer literate
Experience Requirements
- 2 – 3yrs experience in a similar position in an FMCG environment
Key Outputs
- Organizational Understanding
- Business procedures, rules and processes
- In-house systems (DRM, GP2018)
- Accuracy/ attention to detail
- Communication – written, verbal
- Numerical ability
- Innovation/Continuous Improvements
- Teamwork
- Accountability
- Sense of urgency/results orientation
- Respect
Deadline:15th September,2025
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Main Objectives
- To ensure the Premier fleet is available every day, roadworthy, cost effective and on time.
Responsibilities:
- Maintenance (Lube service) to be done
- Fleet control – Daily check sheets to be done on Fleet
- Ensure all vehicles booked for Services and taken in and collect
- To ensure all defects are reported
- Ensure workshop bay and storeroom are clean and tidy before leaving premises
- To ensure all work carried out must have job card and parts – must be handed to Transport Controller to sign off
- Report Accidents and damages to Transport Controller
- To ensure all Pre and Post trip inspections are removed from books in trucks and place them in file organizer in store
- Ensure monthly COF is done
- After service inspections
- Tyre stock control – Recon to be kept on all tyre stock
- Fines and traffic violation control
- Availability to do breakdown (after hours)
Skills and Attributes Required
- Accuracy / Attention to detail
- Communication
- Financial administration
- Numerical ability
- Organizing and Planning
- Computer skills
Qualification Requirements
- Matric or equivalent qualification
- Valid driver’s license C1, EC1 will be advantage
Experience Requirements
- Technical background (ESSENTIAL)
- At least 2 years fleet experience
Key Outputs
- Able to work in a high performance, results oriented environment
- Ability to deliver results through regional bakery teams
- Ability to travel when required
- Overtime will be expected from time to time
- Must have own transport
- Able to work in different roles within the department from time to time
- Energetic and physically fit
- Punctuality
- Reporting Skills
Deadline:16th September,2025
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Job Description
To carry out responsibilities of Plant and Engineering
- functions of the site maintenance team. Carrying out repairs and maintenance to the electrical and mechanical assets as well as plant settings and synchronization at the Bakery.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor and adjust when necessary plant set points to ensure effective and efficient running of plants.
- Inspection of all electrical and mechanical equipment on Bakery site
- Monitor and inspect plant for potential and existing defects
- Carrying out of scheduled preventative maintenance on electrical and mechanical equipment
- Fault finding and repairs on electrical and mechanical equipment
- Installation and project work as required
- Carrying out of scheduled preventative maintenance on electrical and mechanical equipment
- Fault finding and repairs on electrical and mechanical equipment
- Installation and project work as required
- Fault finding and repairs on electrical and mechanical equipment
- Installation and project work as required
- Fault finding and repairs on electrical and mechanical equipment
- Installation and project work as required
- Perform standby on a rotational basis
- Work overtime as a result of breakdowns and planned maintenance when required
- Check report books daily and liaise with Maintenance Manager on action to be taken on reported defects.
- Report any defects noticed while performing normal functions
- Perform breakdown functions on electrical and mechanical equipment at the Bakery
- Responsible for the fabrication of steel work and pipe work.
- Qualification Requirements
- Appropriate engineering qualifications (trade test + N3 and N6)
- MERSETA qualification essential.
Other Requirements:
- Ability to work outside normal working hours (shift work on a rotational basis)
- Candidates are required to have their own tools
- Required to work overtime as a result of breakdowns and planned maintenance when required
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 5 -year experience within a Baking and environment post qualification
- Hands on knowledge of PLC and SCADA systems
- Experience with scales, speed drives, pneumatic, electrical, instrumentation and hydraulics
- Must be able to read and update electrical drawings
- Experience with electrical power distribution (medium and low voltage)
- Knowledge of safety checks on mechanical equipment in accordance with OHSA
Key Outputs
- Planning and organising skills
- Ability to function in a team
- Computer skills with a proficiency in MS Office
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to read drawings
- Assist with other jobs that may reasonably be required within the maintenance department
- Ability to work outside electrical/mechanical boundary
- Good communication skills (verbal and written)
Deadline:16th September,2025
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