Job Vacancies at The Beverage Company

Job Purpose

• This role is responsible for providing accurate financial information, models and insights through on-going, cross-functional engagement enabling informed financial and investment decisions.
• To provide targeted strategic insights and day to day financial support to the Executive Committee through the provision of robust commercial analysis.
• The position will be reporting to the Head of Strategic Finance.

Key Accountabilities and Outputs

•   Improving the impact and understanding of financial reporting on business performance.
•   Providing effective commercial procedures, or initiating change, to ensure key operational, commercial, and financial targets are delivered.
•   Providing analysis and delivering insight that links financial reports to business strategies.
•   Value-adding finance input to support translation of strategic objectives into KPI’s, financial targets and forecasts
•   Build and maintain financial models which accurately forecast and project business performance.
•   Support cost centre owners to make informed financial decisions for initiatives aligned to the organisation’s strategy and operating plans.
•   Full ownership and accountability of the business unit’s results against budget and being a true business partner.
•   Continually focus on the improvement of Line commercial competence, by building financial acumen through understanding of the business and cost and value drivers, providing effective principles, easy guides and tools that will enable self-analysis.
•   Providing financial insights as a business partner to show both risks on cost drivers as well as opportunities on reducing costs in line with a key priority of “Sustained focus on cost compression.”
•   Identify and progress additional opportunities that drive value generation and cost reduction, through an understanding of the business drivers.

Delivery and support in Budgets and Forecasts including:

•  Ownership of the process, including preparation and review of the underlying models and presentation to the Board and shareholders.
• Support and deliver periodic re-forecasts ensuring that latest operational drivers are understood and considered and highlight risks and opportunities.
•  Supporting cost centre owners to make informed financial decisions with regards to their annual and revised budgets.
•   Preparation of weekly and monthly income statements.
•   Preparation of monthly consolidated income statements and other financial reports.
•   Managing and reconciliation of the business unit’s general ledgers to ensure accuracy and completeness.

Qualifications and Experience

•   Bachelors Degree (3 years) / NQF level 7 (Accounting and Business Management) (Essential)
•   3 years experience (Operational) post Articles
•   MS Excel, SAP

Key Behavioural Competencies
Accountability

•   Accomplishes assigned tasks and goals taking necessary actions to keep progress against objectives on track.
•   Prepares a roadmap for success.
•   Ensures that all who need to know are clear about the plan.
•   Takes full responsibility for own actions and outcomes, including mistakes.
•   Always acts in the company’s best interest, regardless of whether it is difficult or unpopular.
•   Ensures others are on track for achieving their goals. 

Planning and Organising

•   Manages time effectively, ensuring effective completion of tasks under stressful deadlines.
•   Able to prioritise activities and resources, ensuring that results are achieved effectively.
•   Able to evaluate progress and make appropriate adjustments to initial plans, ensuring a successful outcome.

Analytical Thinking

•   Able to take a complex task and break it down into manageable parts in a logical, detailed way.
•   Thinks of multiple explanations or alternatives to a problem
•   Able to identify the information needed to solve a problem effectively.
•   Performs tasks accurately and thoroughly, making adjustments to ensure needs are met.
•   Considers business priorities when making decisions or analysing the costs and benefits of various alternative solutions.

Communication

•   Takes the intended audience into account when communicating information.
•   Makes use of appropriate business language.
•   Includes all relevant information.
•   Demonstrates proficiency of language in verbal and written communication.
•   Interprets complex information to expresses own viewpoint.
•   Concludes arguments by making reference to relevant facts.

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Key Accountabilities and Outputs 

 Enhanced Customer Service 

• Maintain good Customer relations by delivering on promise consistently. 
• Feedback on queries, complaints, incorrect loading and picking conducted to prevent recurrence. 
• Picking Times in Warehouse is met as per standard  

Health, Safety and Environment 

• Maximum Safe Pallet stacking heights complied with 
• Ensure adherence to site safety standards as head of Safety, Health and Environmental Committee 
• Ensure compliance to all relevant legislation 
• Ensure adherence to site safety standards and critical member of Safety, Health and Environmental Committee in line with the OSH Act. 
• Ensure the safe operation of forklifts. 
• Ensure compliance to all relevant legislation and support a safe environment for The Beverage Company’s Employees, Contractors and Visitors. 

Effective stock quality management 

• Warehouse stock age standards maintained by ensuring stock rotation principles applied 
• Ensures quality control through checking packaging on warehouse floor and prior to picking 

Effective inventory management 

• Participation in handover process before and after every shift 
• Accurate stock counts performed when requested 
• Maintain clear and effective communication with Stock Clerk, Warehouse Controller and Warehouse Supervisor 
• Routine Responsibilities 
• Perform physical inventory counts and investigate variances. 
• Ensure efficient and accurate picking as per picking slip requirement. 
• Engage with the Warehouse Supervisor to execute picking in line with the Load Plan. 
• Ensure that orders are picked as per the pick rate standard. 
• Equipment operated safely within Manufacturers specifications and compliant with the OHS Act. 
• Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures

 Adherence to Food Safety Requirements  

• Commitment to The Beverage Company’s Food Safety policy and its objectives  
• Ability to understand and implement all food safety requirements  
• Adherence to and the enforcement of Food Safety Policies, SOPs and PRPs 
• Compliance with PPE requirements including jewellery policy 
• Compliance with personal hygiene requirements in accordance with the organisations code of practice  
• Active engagement in all training including competency testing  
• Regular practice of hand washing and sanitising  
• Prevention of cross-contamination of products – no allergens allowed in the manufacturing facility  
• Responsible for raising any food safety risk to the relevant personnel such as the Team Leader or Food Safety personnel  
• Reporting of any illness or communicable disease before the commencement of shift  
• Compliance with all legal, regulatory and customer requirements  
• Enforce GMPs and conduct themselves in a manner conducive with food safety practices 
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping and hygiene of equipment, facilities and work environment  
• Informed and vigilant on food defense and food fraud risks  
• Promote, encourage and continuously grow the organisations food safety culture  

 Qualifications and Experience 

•         Grade 12 / Matric / NQF level 4 (Essential) ,Upto 6 months experience (Operational Execution) FMCG, Distribution Environment  

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Key Accountabilities and Outputs 

•  Health, Safety and Environment 
• Maximum Safe Pallet stacking heights complied with 
• Ensure adherence to site safety standards as head of Safety, Health and Environmental Committee 
• Ensure compliance to all relevant legislation 
• Ensure adherence to site safety standards and critical member of Safety, Health and Environmental Committee in line with the OSH Act. and ensure the safe operation of forklifts. 
• Ensure compliance to all relevant legislation and support a safe environment for The Beverage Company’s Employees, Contractors and Visitors. 
• Effective Stock Quality Management 
• Warehouse stock age standards maintained by ensuring stock rotation principles applied 
• Ensures quality control through checking packaging on warehouse floor and prior to loading 
• Effective Inventory Management 
• Participation in handover process before and after every shift 
• Accurate stock counts performed when requested 
• Maintain clear and effective communication with Stock Clerk, Warehouse Controller and Warehouse Supervisor 

Routine Responsibilities 

• Ensure efficient and accurate loading and offloading of trucks in the warehouse. 
• Ensure that loading and offloading is done within the standard turnaround times 
• Accurately interpreting documentation for the picking/loading of orders. 
• Basic caretaking of forklifts and ensure equipment is operated safely within Manufacturers specifications and compliant with the OHS Act. 
• Locating, stacking and packing of stock in their allocated areas. 
• Maintain Site housekeeping by using the 5S philosophy. 
• Assist with picking of orders when needed. 
• Perform physical stock counts and investigate variances. 
• Engage with controllers and supervisors to execute loading in line with the loading plans. 
• All documentation accurately and comprehensively completed 
• Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures 
• Adherence to Food Safety Requirements  
• Commitment to The Beverage Company’s Food Safety policy and its objectives  
• Ability to understand and implement all food safety requirements  
• Adherence to and the enforcement of Food Safety Policies, SOPs and PRPs 
• Compliance with PPE requirements including jewellery policy 
• Compliance with personal hygiene requirements in accordance with the organisations code of practice  
• Active engagement in all training including competency testing  
• Regular practice of hand washing and sanitising  
• Prevention of cross-contamination of products – no allergens allowed in the manufacturing facility  
• Responsible for raising any food safety risk to the relevant personnel such as the Team Leader or Food Safety personnel  
• Reporting of any illness or communicable disease before the commencement of shift  
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping and hygiene of equipment, facilities and work environment 

 Qualifications and Experience 

•          Grade 12 / Matric / NQF level 4, Forklift License (Essential) 
• Upto 3 years experience (Operational Execution) FMCG