Job Openings at RCL Foods

Minimum Requirements    

• Matric with mathematics and accountancy
• 2 to 3 years creditors experience
• Relevant Syspro experience

Duties & Responsibilities    
Key Responsibilities

• Invoices and Credit Memo Processing:
• Oversee the matching of invoices / credit memo’s with Syspro receipts in the GR/IR account.
• Oversee the checking of invoices / credit memo’s to ensure compliance with VAT legislation.
• Verify supplier details on invoice match to Masterdata on Syspro.
• Oversee the capturing of invoices / credit memo’s into the Syspro system.
• Ensure invoice queries are logged onto the Sharepoint system and perform follow up for resolution
• Investigate and resolve any differences between supplier statements, invoices and receipts and/or purchase orders.
• Ensure supplier invoices and supplier statements are correctly collated.
• Prepare creditors reconciliations monthly before payment runs and reconcile creditor statements to Accounts Payable trial balance and payment due.

Query Management:

• Accountability for all queries logged on Sharepoint
• Solve all creditor queries and liaise with the responsible individuals to ensure communication of the solution.
• Follow up and resolve long outstanding queries on recon with suppliers.
• Resolve queries identified by Creditor Administration Clerks and drive the process until queries are resolved.

GRIR Management:

• Perform monthly review of GRIR balances for suppliers
• Follow up on long outstanding balances for reversal
• Prepare GRIR journals for write-off on older balances

General and ad-hoc Administration:

• File and safeguard records within area of responsibility.
• Compile ad hoc spreadsheets and analysis when required.
• Ad hoc requests from Controller and / or AP Accountant

Information and Data management:

• Ensure team members accurately and regularly capture data onto Syspro to enable access to reliable data and reporting for trend analysis and decision making.

Teamwork and Self-Management:

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritising, 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 met, the potential risks thereof and provide appropriate resolution.
• Support and drive the business core values.
• Manage colleagues and client’s expectations and communicate appropriately.
• Demonstrate willingness to help others and “go the extra mile” to meet team targets and objectives.
• Champion training and development of self and others through utilising available training opportunities.
• Participate in, and drive regular performance appraisals and ensure that own targets and goals are clear and achievable.

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Job Description    
RCL FOODS is currently looking for a Management Accountant (Operations) to join the Milling team. The role will be based in Spartan/Centurion and will report to the Commercial Manager and requires an analytical individual with commercial and operations experience.

The Management Accountant will be dealing with key issues in providing support and technical input to the commercial and ops teams to deliver insightful analysis, drive process improvement (operations and reporting) in line with the RCL strategy and ultimately maximize business value.
Minimum Requirements    

• Minimum B.Com Accounting/Management Accounting (non-negotiable) and in final levels of a CIMA qualification.
• Honours Degree Advantageous.
• At least 5 years operational cost and management accounting experience, including commercial costing.
• Manufacturing or complex plant experience required.
• Syspro or SAP experience ideal.

Duties & Responsibilities    
Through close interaction with senior management, commercial and financial accounting teams, operations and other functional stakeholders, deliver on the following:

• Cost Centre Management / System Maintenance
• Overall cost centre management and maintenance.
• Cost reviews and Variance analysis.
• Empower cost centre owners to manage their spend through maintenance, development, and monitoring of appropriate trackers.
• Identification and management of cost saving opportunities.
• Tracking cost and efficiency initiatives.
• Month-end close reviews.
• Review and maintain rate tables in the ERP where required.

Reporting

• Weekly performance Dashboards & Trackers.
• Drafting inputs to flash reporting, dashboards, variance analysis reports & commentary.
• Savings pipelines tracking and reporting.
• Draft deliverables including quantitative analysis and explanations for deviations against demonstrated norms.
• Driving the month-end timetable, i.e. stock counts.
• Ad hoc reporting where required.

BOM Management

• Maintain product costing system.
• Develop, oversee and drive momentum of continuous BOM and routing audit processes to be conducted by Processing and QA resources.
• Support initiatives designed to control costs and maximize profitability.
• Review and provide insight into proposed changes to product costs (as a result of trials or change in specifications) and new product proposals.
• Maintain the integrity and support proper execution of the NPD approval process for BOM changes/additions.
• Load new BOM’s for trial codes requested from Master Data.
• Calculate and implement any approved changes to product costing, clearly outlining the impact of such changes on the cost base and ultimately, profitability.
• Monitor, review and provide feedback on the actual impact of changes that have been made and new product costing as part of the “post launch” process.

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Maintain / develop flexible and robust forecasting tools and models.
• Supporting the annual business plan and quarterly forecasting processes for all operations in accordance with the national time scheduling and guidelines.
• Expense business plan for the service functions of the operations in line with national guidelines and economic indicators.
• Reporting of the business plan and quarterly forecasts according to the formats supplied by National Office.
• Assist with the preparation, consolidation and review of plans and budgets for the unit (Operational and Capex).
• Aids operations regarding general budgeting and financial reporting needs, including business plans, costing and pricing proposals, etc.

Governance

• Ensure that RCL Foods ethical standards and the requirements of the RPM are adhered to.
• Report and or escalate any areas of non- compliance appropriately.

Information and Data Management

• Drive complete, accurate and timeous operational KPI reporting by ops teams.
• Share relevant data with management teams to enable reliable business decision making.

Projects and Ad-Hoc

• Drive optimization of current financial operations to realize strategic objectives of the business.
• Provides support to all commercial projects.

Technical Expertise

• Provide expertise in management team meetings and recommend solutions based on findings.
• Provide technical expertise and training to internal customers and colleagues.

KPI’s

• Timeliness, accuracy and completeness of deliverables.
• Customer satisfaction rating.

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Minimum Requirements    

• Matric
• Degree or diploma (3 years) in commerce, management, supply chain management or a related field
• 3 – 5 years’ experience within procurement or broader finance or engineering environment
• Purchasing experience within an FMCG or Manufacturing environment is critical.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Business Unit Purchasing and Stores Services
• Confirms service level requirements with site managers.
• Participates in appropriate management meetings and provides updates on buying and stores metrics and activities
• Resolves challenges within procurement procedure parameters.
• Escalates complex issues to the Procurement Manager

Team Leadership

• Manages direct reports on a daily basis to ensure that the team attains their KPI’s.
• Drives a culture of commitment to Key Performance Indicator’s (KPI’s) by providing feedback and recognition KPI achievement.
• Manages buyers and stores team to ensure correct order quantities; cost savings, correct specifications; correct suppliers and appropriate stock levels in stores.
• Conducts regular team meetings and ensure that records are kept and shared across the team and that action plans are met.
• Utilises regular communication channels and team meetings to promote continuous improvement and compliance on a daily basis at site.

CAPEX Projects

• Manages the tender process for site-based CAPEX projects.
• Provides input into CAPEX documentation taking into account return on investment and sustainability requirements.
• Prepares tenders and compiles tender analysis schedules.
• Engages with appropriate Sourcing Managers on process and supplier information.
• Capex orders must be created within 48 hours of completed and approved capex workflow and investment order creation from fixed asset team.

Order and Supplier Management

• Ensures that the buying team create purchase orders on receipt of fully completed buying requisitions or workflows that have been approved in accordance with the Company policy and procedures, and Levels of Authority.
• Ensures all requests have correct authorisation as per policy.
• Ensures all orders are placed by the buying administrators are on time at the best price with the best supplier or as per contract.
• Expedites purchase orders on a continuous, proactive basis to satisfy business requirements; initiate corrective action with suppliers, as necessary, for undesirable performance issues and notify appropriate personnel within the business accordingly
• Ensures that buying team follows up with stores and end users regarding open receipts thereby ensuring orders have been actioned OTIF. Receipting must be actioned with 24 hours
• Ensures that buying team monitors; reviews and actions invoice queries from creditors team in timely and efficient manner within 48 hours
• Ensures that the buying team works with the master data team to create relevant and specific material masters and services masters as required to reduce the percentage of spend placed against generic material/service codes ‘as spec’
• Ensures that buying team places purchase orders with reference to correct material/service master codes and correct GL codes
• Minimises the need for retrospective ordering (i.e. orders places after the fact)
• Monitors and reviews maverick spend

Category and Contract Management

• Ensures accurate, current pricing is applied for all contracted goods and services. All orders placed must be placed with reference to the Group Contract (85% on contract)
• Communicates issues to appropriate Sourcing Manager
• Clarifies BU specific requirements with appropriate Sourcing Manager.
• Contract prices and metrics implemented (no contract leakage)

Engineering Stores Oversight and Management

• Reviews appropriate stock levels in engineering stores.
• Reviews supplier efficiencies from an ordering, stock holding and delivery aspect. Monitor and review open reservation report, no items > 14 days
• Engages with the ACM team and other procurement managers to ensure that slow moving stock is appropriately utilized across the Group to enable optimum utilisation of assets.
• Compliance with policies and practices
• To monitor and report and expired stock and redundancies.
• To monitor and report on stock level days, stock accuracy and reconciliation
• To minimize the value and frequency of thefts, losses and stock write offs/ups, stock adjustments. Stock variances to be <1 % of value
• To report on unusual inventory volumes and spend. Highlight key trends with senior site engineering personnel.

Safety Health Environment and Quality (SHEQ)

• Ensures that RCL Foods SHEQ standards are being implemented and managed at site level within the procurement and stores environment.
• Ensures understanding and competence at site level by ensuring and monitoring that policy and procedure training has been implemented.
• Ensures that security protocols are identified and maintained at all sites within the business unit.

Reporting and Data management

• Ensures business unit team accurately and regularly updates data on the procurement information system to enable access to reliable data and reporting for trend analysis and decision making.
• Ensures compliance with all master data protocols.
• Proposes system and process improvements to ensure ongoing relevance and accuracy of information.
• Share relevant data with business unit management team to enable informed business decision making.

Governance

• Ensure that ethical standards and the requirements of the Company policy are adhered to
• Report and or escalate any areas of non- compliance appropriately
• Business Unit site/sites procurement and Stores Governance Audit standards met (Procurement led)
• Procedural compliance demonstrated, and where relevant process controls and procurement procedures have been implemented.

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Job Description    

• RCL Foods Consumer (Agric) seeks enthusiastic candidates for an Assistant Farmer position in Hopefield, Western Cape. Experience in the poultry industry on a supervisory level (Assistant Farmer) is essential.

Minimum Requirements    

• Minimum Grade 12
• Tertiary Agric related qualification preferred
• Poultry experience essential
• Supervisory experience on a poultry farm essential
• Clear criminal record
• Drivers license

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Manage day to day activities on a poultry farm relating to -
• House preparation
• Placement
• Growing conditions
• Ventilation; Water; Temperature and Feed management
• Bio-Security and Farm Sanitation management
• Bird Health
• Record Keeping
• Staff management
• Managing outsources activities