Jobs at Coca-cola Beverages Africa

Job Description    

• Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has exciting opportunities in our Manufacturing department.
• We are looking for a talented individual with relevant skills and experience as a Technician : Control and Automation , which is based in Bloemfontein. The successful candidate will report directly to the Packaging Engineer.

Key Purpose

Co-ordinate, coach and influence the activities of the level one maintenance teams in the production, processing and utilities environment and to provide specialist technical support and advice to ensure maximum equipment availability.

Key Duties & Responsibilities    
Key Outputs :

•  Preventative maintenance work.
•  Application of effective problem techniques.
•  Initiate and execute Improvement projects using Engineering Change Control process.
•  Apply Early Equipment Management principals for new equipment.
•  Coach, guide and assist with training of all electrical and automation maintenance staff.
•  Development of Loss Tree based Work Instructions, QFR’s etc.
•  Review and optimization of maintenance package (MSG3) and related work instructions etc.
•  Conduct equipment C&A risk assessments and implement action plans.
•  Monitor and optimize performance of production line flow and lay-out.
•  Ensure maximum machine/ system availability.
•  Primary and secondary breakdown support, standby and overtime as required.
•  Developing and maintaining equipment documentation.
•  Assist with ensuring that system architecture environment remains aligned with the regional asset care, C&A strategy and CCBA standards.
•  Ensure compliance to SAP PM GSE performance indicators.
•  Sharing of learnings internally and throughout the region.
•  Support continuous improvement.
•  Support projects with C&A scope and input to CAPIN.
•  Maintaining a Safe working environment.
•  Have a high degree of personal responsibility

Skills, Experience & Education    
Key Attributes and Competencies :

•  High energy level;
•  Analytical ability;
•  Attention to detail;
•  Advanced Computer literacy is essential;
•  Networking skills;
•  Ability to lead and implement effective problem solving;
•  Sound organisational skills and ability to work in a highly structured and controlled environment;
•  Team player with outstanding interpersonal skills
•  Active coaching of operational staff to FastTrack FLDP.
•  A self-starter with high energy and a bias for action;

Qualifications :

•  N6 Electrical Engineering or Equivalent Diploma.
•  Qualified artisan-passed relevant trade test will be advantageous.
•  Completed C&A CAP.

Experience :

•  3 to 5 years C&A experience preferably in an FMCG environment.
•  Maintenance and execution of fault diagnostics of Siemens (S7) PLC’s
•  Be able to work structured and think analytically.
•  Experience on Siemens PLC, HMI technology, network administration and control architecture.
•  Wonderware application for syrup rooms,
•  Sound knowledge of the SAP PM and MDRM system;
•  Bus network experience.
•  Husky Injection molding/ preform manufacturing experience will be advantageous.

General    

• The advert has minimum requirements listed.
• Management reserves the right to use additional or relevant information as criteria for short-listing.
• Interested applicants, who meet the above employee specifications, should please apply.

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Job Description    
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has an exciting opportunity in our Manufacturing & Technical department. We are looking for talented individual with relevant skills and experience for a Supply Manager, which is based in CCBSA Premier. The successful candidate will report directly to a Manufacturing Manager in CCBSA Premier.

To ensure availability of products to satisfy customer demand in full and on time through the management of the production planning process, raw materials and outsourced product supply. Ensure that the following processes are adhered to among others: Raw materials processes, Primary Distribution processes and Stock processes.
Key Duties & Responsibilities    
Executes the implementation of key processes in stock planning.

•  Tracks and monitors performance and productivity measures, identify gaps and develops solutions to address the gaps.
•  Identify & exercise operational efficiency improvement opportunities.
•  Ensures standard processes are implemented and cookbooks are updated.
•  Ensure standardization of productivity measures across all operations.
•  Support the implementation & improvement of various systems, processes, resourcing and capability.
•  Engage with and support the regions in implementation of initiatives.
•  Support regional management in problem solving to improve operational effectiveness.
•  Share operational best practices across the supply chain.
•  Manages collaboration across the value chain.
•  Ensures benefits are derived for projects.

Knowledge:

•  CCBSA business strategy and logistics strategy
•  Warehouse management, processes, systems and KPI’s
•  Distribution management, processes, systems and KPI’s
•  People resourcing
•  Just in time principles
•  Execution, planning and schedule control
•  Problem solving techniques

Skills:
 Application of knowledge areas

Attributes/Attitudes:

•  Analytical ability and problem solving
•  Excellent decision making ability
•  Effective communication and interpersonal skills
•  Strong ownership of operational area & acceptance of accountability
•  Leadership capability
•  Self-starter with high energy
•  Strong self-discipline and organization
•  Ability to plan and implement to completion
•  Works independently as well as in a team
•  High customer orientation
•  Above average learning potential
•  Effective conflict management ability

Skills, Experience & Education    

•  B.Com or related B Degree (Business Management, Logistics or Transport)
•  Minimum of 5 Years relevant experience.
•  Experience in logistics and business software systems
•  Stock management qualification or relevant experience
•  Internal business qualifications such as CAP and operational academies will be beneficial

General    

• The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional or relevant information as criteria for short-listing.

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Job Description    
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has an exciting opportunity in our Manufacturing department. We are looking for a talented individuals with relevant skills and experience for a General Worker role, which is based in Wadeville. The successful candidate will report directly to the SHEQ Manager.
Key Duties & Responsibilities    
KEY PURPOSE

The role will be responsible for sorting bottles and crates received back from customers, and/or to ensure that trucks are cleaned effectively and efficiently and/or to ensure effective and efficient waste separation, as required.

KEY OUTPUTS

•  Correctly sorted bottles and crates, in accordance with KPIs.
•  Levelled pallets and crates, in accordance with KPIs.
•  Clean trucks, in accordance with KPIs.
•  Sorted waste, in accordance with KPIs.
•  Clean and tidy working area maintained at all times.
•  Safety and housekeeping practices ensured.
•  Customer satisfaction ensured.
•  Solved situational problems.

COMPETENCIES:

Company policies and procedures:

•  Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the appropriate company’s policies and procedures and applies them effectively in day-to-day activities.

Customer orientation:

•  Strives for continuous customer service improvement.
•  Takes responsibility to solve customer problems.
•  Goes the extra mile for every customer.
•  Understands the impact of poor internal customer service.

Hand-eye co-ordination:

•  Manipulates objects physically with the assistance of one’s limbs and in accordance with the signals from the central nervous system.

Internal actualisation

•  Performs tasks autonomously.
•  Performs a task given and persists until completed.

Excellence orientation

•  Seeks opportunities for self-improvement.
•  Seeks to accomplish critical tasks with measurable results.
•  Encourages small and continuous improvement.
•  Constantly seeks to improve and enhance levels of service.
•  Strives to achieve deadlines and to meet customer demands.

Skills, Experience & Education    
QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

•  Grade 12 or equivalent qualification.
•  A minimum of 6 months to 1 year experience.

General    
The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional or relevant information as criteria for short-listing. Interested applicants, who meet the above employee specifications, should please apply.

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Job Description    
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has an exciting opportunity in our Sales department. We are looking for talented individual with relevant skills and experience for an Account Manager role, which is based in Rustenburg This is maternity cover for 4 months. The successful candidate will report directly to the Sales Manager in CCBSA Rustenburg.

The drive of this role is to develop, implement and maintain effective account plans thereby managing the profitable sales of CCBSA products, and the development and maintenance of new business relationships and opportunities so that customer excellence, brand loyalty and profitable volume growth are achieved.
Key Duties & Responsibilities    

•  Identified and implemented new business opportunities
•  Optimised customer service
•  Formulated account reviews
•  Formulated account plans
•  Managed and optimised accounts
•  Managed and maintained assets
•  Generated orders
•  Executed promotions
•  Managed cash and credit accounts
•  Compiled competitor report

Skills, Experience & Education    
Knowledge:

•  Sales/Marketing principles and practices
•  TSP principles
•  Manage execution standards
•  Merchandising and cooler management

Attributes:

•  Able to build positive relationships
•  Ability to negotiate
•  Team player who can also work independently
•  High energy levels and drive

Qualifications & Experience:

•  Matric and completed 3 year sales/marketing qualification would be advantageous.
•  2 years relevant FMCG experience in a sales/marketing environment.
•  Experienced driver with a code 08 drivers lisence

General    
The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional or relevant information as criteria for short-listing.

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Job Description    
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has an exciting opportunity in the Finance Department.
We are looking for a talented individual with relevant skills and experience for a Financial Planner role, which is based in CCBSA Midrand.

The key purpose of the role is to provide a high level of support, consolidation and monitoring of various management accounting processes to ensure that the information supplied can be used by senior management in the achievement of profit and productivity targets

This will be a 4 months Fixed Term Contract maternity cover.
Key Duties & Responsibilities    
Key Outputs

•  Monthly Fleet reporting preparation, overall control, presentation and submission of the consolidated Fleet function financials
•  Monitoring indicators and variables. Month-end processing of financial transactions and consolidation of figures.
•  Cost review with line managers
•  Ensure sound control measures, policies and governance within the Fleet function which includes the development and updating of process and procedure
•  Facilitating the annual plan and short term forecasts within the Fleet function.
•  Analyse weekly operational score cards as needed.
•  C-Track and SBSA reconciliation
•  Manage the Fleet Capin process and the Fleet register
•  Drive cost saving initiatives in the respective departments.
•  Engage with Operational Managers to deliver on operational opportunities and projects.
•  Training of Operational Managers on financial acumen, governance and policy changes.
•  Attend monthly Fleet Steercom meetings and SEC meetings with Fleet management team
•  Reconciliation of company cars to HR records for the designated drivers
•  Regular line item analysis in Fleet general ledger accounts to determine validity and accuracy of entries.
•  Frequent benchmarking of Fleet vendors to ensure cost benefits.
•  Ad hoc requests within the Fleet function
•  Support Primary Distribution Manager on a weekly basis with all PD contractors payments
•  Submit information to SSC and follow up on all payments to PD contractors
•  Investigate and resolve contractor payment disputes with contractor and or SSC
•  Recharge each region for PD costs and resolve any Finance Controller/Finance manager query
•  SARBOX compliance

Skills, Experience & Education    
Qualifications and Experience

•  B Com Accounting / BCOMPT. Honours.
•  CIMA or CA (SA) Qualification would be an advantage
•  Three years financial experience
•  Experience in planning (budgets, forecasting) and cost accountancy
•  Knowledge of reporting and financial requirements.
•  SAP knowledge
•  Advanced Microsoft Excel knowledge

Key Attributes & Competencies:

•  Drive financial value through business partnering
•  Good administrative, planning, and organisational skills
•  Good communication skills (at all levels)
•  Team player
•  Interpersonal skills appropriate to working with senior and line management.
•  Assertiveness in ensuring quality requirements are met.
•  Ability to persevere and focus on targets.
•  Ad-hoc project management.
•  Problem solving skills
•  Ability to handle pressure of deadlines and work volumes.
•  Customer focused
•  Pro-active.
•  Business orientation.
•  Willingness to collaborate.
•  Cost and productivity awareness.
•  Attention to detail.
•  Analytical thinking

General    

• The advert has minimum requirements listed.
• Management reserves the right to use additional or relevant information as criteria for short- listing.
• Interested applicants, who meet the above employee specifications, should please apply.

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Job Description    
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has an exciting opportunity in the Finance Department. We are looking for a talented individual with relevant skills and experience for a Financial Manager : Inland, Commercial, which is based in CCBSA Regional Office Bloemfontein. The successful candidate will report directly to the Financial Manager: Operations in CCBSA, COF Midrand.

The primary purpose of the FM: S&D - Regional:

•  Partner with regional S&D leadership to drive the delivery of the CCBSA’s Regional S&D financial objectives
•  Produce high quality, accurate, timely and compliant financial information.
•  Provide financial leadership to CCBSA Regional S&D Manager and the Regional S&D senior management team, playing an active role in decision-making on the S&D Leadership team
•  Provide CCBSA Regional S&D with strong, integrated analytical insights that enables the delivery of the regional S&D financial performance and partner with senior managers to deliver this.
•  Deliver a strong governance and control framework within the S&D Region that meets stakeholder expectations.
•  Manage the operational line managers and finance teams to deliver the required outputs.

Key Duties & Responsibilities    
 Drive the delivery of CCBSA S&D financial results:
- Deliver with the BCM & FM: FP&A team the 3 year plan, budget and forecasting process to ensure delivery of the CCBSA objectives.
- Partner with the BCM, FM: FP&A to generate deep analytical insights on the functional performance of CCBSA S&D Region. Particularly identifying the opportunities for operational execution.
- Identify top line and margin enhancement opportunities within the S&D region Translate overall analytical insights into detailed deliverables for the S&D function within CCBSA.
Partnering with each functions senior leadership to execute these initiatives.
- Drive the required performance and corrective actions required through the operational teams and the regional finance function to ensure swift delivery of the required changes.
- Manage capex budget and spend
 Finance leadership to CCBSA S&D Regional Manager and their senior managers:
- Deliver a customer centric, business partnering finance function able to challenge constructively and work with the organization to deliver the initiatives
- Building strong, collaborative and effective working relationships with CCBSA Regional S&D Manager and their senior leadership team to influence the decision making process and then ensure implementation to deliver results.
- Strong business partnering support for the S&D 3rd Party strategic objectives
 Provide CCBSA Regional S&D Manager with strong, integrated analytical insights through:
- Reviewing and analysing the integrated P&L for the CCBSA Regions and specialised functions to identify opportunities and risks.
- Making use of analytical methodology, trending and KPI’s as tools to generate insights.
- Develop a continuous improvement mind-set within the S&D finance function, continuously driving to improve processes and reduce operational costs as well as the cost of finance.
- Build strong and deep specialist financial capability within the Regional S&D finance
- Provide decision support to the S&D Regional management by integrating into their leadership forums and key projects.
- Provide ad-hoc analytical services to the S&D Regional senior management team to address specific business requirements
 Deliver a strong governance and control framework that meets stakeholder expectations.
- Implementing, with operational staff, the governance framework in CCBSA S&D Region.
- Working with the S&D Regions senior management to deliver appropriate corrective actions to mitigate known risks and governance deficiencies.
- Develop regional and management routines that drive clear accountability and corrective actions in the region (ie. Regional audit committees).
- Monitor and ensure the PTP process management & compliance
- Attendance of stock counts and ensure compliance to hard close procedures
 Staff and organisational capability:
- With CCBA HQ and HR, drive the management of CCBSA S&D financial capabilities of line managers.
 Finance organisation’s transition into CCBSA.
- Ensure continued effective financial support during the transition period.
- Drive, monitor and manage performance delivery for the Value Capture initiatives within the S&D Region or special projects.
- With CCBA HQ and HR, drive the management of CCBSA S&D financial capabilities of line managers.
 Finance organisation’s transition into CCBSA.
- Ensure continued effective financial support during the transition period.
- Drive, monitor and manage performance delivery for the Value Capture initiatives within the S&D Region
- Overseeing the Inland LDP (Logistics Distribution partners) financial performance & governance
- Managing financial performance of Topo Chico and engaging with Senior Management of the Liquor division
Skills, Experience & Education    
Relevant tertiary education

•  CA(SA) / CIMA / CTA/MBA or additional relevant qualification advantageous Experience:
•  A minimum of 5+ years post-qualification experience  A minimum of 3+ years finance management experience
•  3+ years S&D experience (including Secondary Distribution & MLPs / OCCDs) advantageous
•  Direct operational experience advantageous

General    
The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional or relevant information as criteria for short-listing. Interested applicants, who meet the above employee specifications, should please apply in.

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Job Description    
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has an exciting opportunity in the Finance Department. We are looking for a talented individual with relevant skills and experience for a Financial Planner : Analytics, which is based in CCBSA, COF Midrand. The successful candidate will report directly to the Financial Manager.

The primary purpose of this role is to Provide CCBSA with strong, integrated analytical insights that enables the delivery of CCBSA’s financial performance. Support operational line managers and finance teams to deliver the required outputs and ensure accurate and insightful financial reporting is provided within deadlines.
Key Duties & Responsibilities    

•  Maintain and develop a high level of liaison with the Financial Controller which includes assistance with budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and analysis.
•  Maintain and develop a high level of liaison with the Finance Systems Controller in the development and implementation of analytical tools and reporting standardisation.
•  Prepare and generate deep analytical insights on CCBSA’s financial performance. Particularly identifying the opportunities for operational execution.
•  Generate integrated analytical insights:
•  Make use of analytical methodology, trending and KPI’s as tools to generate insights;
•  Generate analytical insights and identify opportunities for operational improvements; and
•  Partner with managers to execute against identified cost saving initiatives.
•  Translate overall analytical insights and analysis into detailed deliverables
•  Preparation of trend analysis, side by side, internal and external benchmarking data. Detailed analysis of core functional costs to identify opportunities to reduce these costs.
•  Provide a financial reporting service, including written analysis and commentaries on all financial reports, forecasts and plans.
•  Ensure that all reports are accurate, variances are analysed and all deadlines met.
•  Prepare and analyse month end reporting packs.
•  To supply an advisory source, as well as collaboration with line managers, senior management and other staff, including, but not limited to ad-hoc financial reporting investigations, short-term and ongoing feasibility target assessments.
•  Support the compliance to the CCBSA reporting standardisation guidelines to enable accurate and reliable management reporting.
•  Attendance of stock counts and ensure compliance to hard close and year end procedures.
•  Supply of ad hoc commercial competence training and support.

Skills, Experience & Education    

•  BCom Honours or equivalent.
•  CA (SA) / CIMA / CTA Required.
•  1-3 years’ operational finance experience.
•  Previous experience in managing a complex reporting function an advantage.
•  Strong data analytics skill set leaning towards data science vs pure finance
•  Experience with existing BI tools (e.g. PowerBI) to enable big data analytics, apply analytical methodologies and generate insights / opportunities for improvements
•  Strong systems / IT capabilities

General    
The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional or relevant information as criteria for short-listing. Position bonded for Equity