Jobs at Lactalis South Africa

Job Description    

• Join Lactalis at our site in Eastern Cape Port Elizabeth and take on the challenges of a Senior UHT Technician.
• This exciting career opportunity at Lactalis SA will enable you to apply your business acumen to ensure that
• the company achieves its challenging objectives during the next phase of its growth in South Africa

Required Skills    

• Millwright Trade test Certificate or multiskilled Fitter or Electrician, Diploma/Associated will be beneficial.
• Must have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience post apprenticeship in mechanical and electrical maintenance of Tetrapak & Combi bloc filling.
• Trade tested and qualified as a millwright or Electrician is essential.
• Proven background and demonstrated techniques to facilitate PLC fault finding is essential.
• Must have proven experience in Tetrapak & Combi bloc packaging equipment in a senior technician capacity.
• Prior working knowledge and experience in Pragma Maintenance System (or similar) would count in your favour.
• Exposure of / or background in a UHT/dairy production environment will be advantageous.
• Must be willing to work shifts, weekends, stand-by and overtime
• Excellent administrative skills, communication ability and able keep all internal administrative

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Scheduled maintenance of Tetra Pak & Combi bloc filling and downstream equipment.
• Support UHT Technicians & Millwrights.
• Maintaining/servicing & shift cover Tetra Pak & Combi bloc Filling lines.
• Energy optimisation.
• Assisting foreman in improving maintenance & production schedules.
• Maintenance on PLC systems.
• Standby duties.
• Tetra Pak & Combi bloc filling lines fault finding and rectification.
• Maintaining the UHT downstream equipment (main conveyors & palletisers); and
• Assist foreman in improving engineering spares stock holding.

Date Closing

• 2025/06/19

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Job Description    

• Join Lactalis at our PE Plant in the Engineering department with the main responsibilities being to manage multiple projects and lead contractors and subcontractor teams.
• Successful candidates need to have at least 10 years’ experience in Production and/or projects in FMCG environment (Dairy).
• Must be able to demonstrate sound knowledge of planned and execution of projects, compiling and managed budget.
• Must fully adhere to all Safety & Health policies, procedures, and legislation.
• Be fluent in English and be computer literate

Required Skills    

• Tertiary technical qualification and Business Qualification, preferably in a mechanical field.
• PMP Certification advantageous.
• Min 8- 10 years team and project management experience in the dairy/FMCG environment.
• Sound experience in administration, planning and organising.
• Sound leadership and project management skills
• Excellent computer literacy: MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, ERP system, AutoCAD
• Excellent communicator with well-developed management and leadership skills
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Must be willing to work overtime in line with plant requirements
• In-depth knowledge and experience of Dairy Plants and Equipment
• Managed all aspects of Dairy Plant operations
• Proficient in various control software and control systems (PLC’s and SCADA)
• Computer literacy (Project Management and MS Projects)
• Excellent decision making, analytic, accuracy and attention to detail
• Support commercial management to implement category strategies
• Involved in product development and design initiatives
• Design and implement operations solutions with the rest of the management team
• Speedy & effective handling of engineering solutions in the plant as they arise
• Achievement of agreed performance parameters within approved Capital Projects
• Setting of targets and Management of project budgets
• Projects to be well planned on MS Project and completed on time
• Negotiation with Suppliers on quotations/tenders
• Proven track record of successful Management of projects

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Assists with planning and execution of projects to meet delivery, cost, and quality requirements.
• Leads multiple contractor and subcontractor teams, ensuring efficient and effective utilisation of
• these resources to meet the plants’ requirements.
• Monitoring of projects including cost control and scope control
• Identifying continuous improvement projects
• Assisting in CAPEX application processes.
• Ensure all Sher requirements are complied with i.r.o. projects
• Ensure all projects adhere to/comply with Food Safety Standards
• Ensure all project personnel adhere to SHER standards
• Key Performance Areas, Plant project management and general projects at the Plant
• Provide Dairy processing expertise to the group.
• Assist the Plant Manager & Technical Manager with improving production efficiencies and reduce cost (Capex projects and or Major maintenance projects).
• Do regular detailed technical audits on production lines with reports and recommendations.
• Participate in weekly meetings regarding the plants’ previous week’s Efficiencies and improvement action plans.
• Improve reliability and availability of production lines
• Train staff in plants on best practices in plants.
• Conducting feasibility studies and optimizing resources.
• Supporting the transfer of expertise to the Operational Team, by providing training concepts and interventions
• Give technical input for Capex requirements and plant availability over a 3-year plan.
• Align technical project planning with company strategy for optimal balance between timing, Capex, resources, and technical output.
• Ensuring best practice standards
• Networking and liaising with Engineering Design companies, equipment suppliers and New Technology providers as well within the Lactalis Group
• Ensuring compliance with Occupational Health and safety Act and all other statutory requirements in the design and implementation of equipment and systems.
• Complying to an integrated Risk Management system in designing and operating of equipment and systems.

Date Closing

• 2025/06/19

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Job Description    

• Join Lactalis SA at our Ladysmith Plant as a Production Coordinator.  
• The main responsibilities of a Lab Coordinator is to ensure to maintain accurate records of test results in the laboratory.
• Position also responsible for ensuring that calibrations are done as per schedule as well as to conduct metrology checks.
• Generate reports and give daily reporting to Quality Manager and production with regards to results.
• Running Lab as efficient as possible.

Required Skills    

• BSc Food science or equivalent qualification
• At least 3 years' experience in a supervisory position
• Computer literate - spread sheets and word processing
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Sound knowledge of Good Laboratory Practices (including ethical and disciplined behaviour, safety, etc.)
• Sound knowledge of standard microbiological test procedures.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Able to carry out tasks accurately within reasonable time constraints.
• Be able to think and operate independently and make decisions.
• Able to supervise one or more individuals.
• Must have abilities to stand in for the Quality Manager when so required.
• Attention to detail.
• Willing to learn.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Conducting accurate microbiologist tests on samples, according to working instructions
• Promote quality and hygiene as a value key in the lab
• Operations management and continuous improvement of the Lab department
• Budget and stock control
• Develop People Assets in your team
• Setting up, calibrating, maintaining and cleaning of laboratory equipment.
• Recording test results accurately.
• Analysing results to ensure consistence to specifications.
• Issue lab reports - use graphs, charts and written comments on results.
• Ensuring that all lab methodologies or processes are well controlled and documented.
• Conduct experiments on samples, evaluate outcomes and make suggestions.
• Assist in investigations into problems both in the laboratory and on the production floor as part of an investigation team.
• Support production to ensure customers satisfaction.
• Work according to and promote FSSC 22 000, HACCP, GMP, GLP, and NOSA standards
• Ensure that laboratory team uses take swabs in factory for hygiene purposes.
• Pathogen monitoring in factory and following up on positive pathogen results.
• Ensure that micro procedures are carried out in an aseptic manner, including Lactalis procedures.
• Coliforms, E.coli, EB, Yeast and Mould, TPC, Spores.
• Ensure that laboratory team completes retests according to retest procedure.
• Ensure that laboratory team prepares of all media and sterile equipment required for micro tests before 12:00 every day.
• Ensure that laboratory team uses the pH of the distilled water before use in the preparation of culture media.
• Ensure that laboratory team captures of final product results on QMS and spread sheet.
• Maintain sufficient but not excess stock of laboratory consumables.
• Ensure that laboratory team prepares and taking of surface swabs for micro testing.
• Operating of clean trace luminometer to verify cleaning practices.
• Safety, GMP and food safety audits.
• Ensure that laboratory team daily hygiene and pathogen program sampling.
• Work according to and promote Food safety and Continues Improvement.

Date Closing

• 2025/06/18

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Job Description    

• Join Lactalis at our site in the Western Cape and take on the challenge of a Warehouse Manager.
• This role oversees the efficient receipt, storage and dispatch of a range of goods.
• Responsible for a vital part of the supply chain process, managing people, processes and systems to ensure goods are received and dispatched appropriately, and that productivity targets are met.
• This exciting career opportunity at Lactalis SA will enable you to play your part in ensuring that the company achieves its challenging objectives during the next phase of its growth in South Africa.

Required Skills    

• Degree in Warehousing/Logistics/Supply Chain Management/ Business
• Have experience and knowledge of Supply Chain, Warehousing and Distribution management systems (WMS)
• Knowledge of an FMCG environment.
• Budget management and implementation
• MS Office Skills

BPCS (advantageous)

• Accountability to accept mistakes and performance improvement required from within and not blame others
• Entrepreneurship in driving results within warehousing with personal pride
• Accessibility/modesty fitting for an employee within this Logistics function of a multinational company
• Pragmatic approach towards execution of agreed principles
• Continuous improvement mind-set in driving better results
• Transparency in support of continuous awareness of improvement areas
• Loyalty towards the company and its objectives
• Tenacity to follow through with initiatives
• Maturity in building relationships and managing your functional area
• Compliance driven to keep our staff safe and protecting the company’s reputation
• Very responsive in nature with high levels of urgency
• Duties & Responsibilities    
• Plan and coordinate the daily activities of the warehouse team through an optimised operational structure, agreed job descriptions and established measures of success.
• On a daily basis analyse operational execution results, understand the reason for deviations and action corrective measures in a collaborative manner
• Continuously develop and drive strategies in collaboration with all internal and external stakeholders to achieve all required performance indicators
• In conjunction with the national optimisation team investigate and study leading edge solutions to further improve performance results and maximize customers service experience
• Ensure adherence to OHS ACT, BCEA legislations and use the company’s disciplinary guidelines as a medium to drive improved results
• Ensure that the company is professionally represented by its ambassadors (warehouse staff relevance) through training, dress code rules and other relevant interventions
• Nurture a mature and motivated staff complement through continuous training and engagement forums, interacting with staff at all organisational levels
• Build a collaborative relationship with the regional and national sales teams to ensure the relationship drive the company’s customer service objectives with a mature ability in finding the balance between customer service and a highly cost and efficiency driven environment
• Build and maintain sustainable relationships with all customers to ensure warehouse efficiency measures and cost achievement results are at optimal levels
• Manage and control Warehousing cost through daily analysis, weekly and monthly performance measurements and management reports
• Monitoring and management of product storage, and waste (losses, obsolescence, dumps, and related costs)
• Ensure customer service excellence by storing and loading quality products through proper cold chain management.
• General site maintenance and housekeeping
• Statistically analyse movement per SKU to optimize storage location and warehouse utilization and –efficiencies
• Conduct studies/review to improve overall operational efficiency
• Develop and review standard operating procedures for your area
• Ensure export requirements are met and non-conformances communicated
• Ensure re-supply stock are managed and order requirements are met
• Ensure Assets are maintained and accounted for at all time

Date Closing

• 2025/06/30

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Job Description    

• Join Lactalis at our Bonnievale Plant in the Feta department with the main responsibilities is to control and manage productivity through monitoring and management of FTE and line efficiencies.
• Reduce Customer Complaint rate by improving first pass quality and quality control.
• Reduces Raw material, Ingredients and Packaging losses.
• Successful candidates need to have at least 5 years' supervisory experience within FMCG environment.  
• Be fluent in English and be computer literate.

Required Skills    

• NQF 6 Supply and Manufacturing management or equivalent NQF 6 qualifications
• Must have at least 5 years’ experience in the FMCG Industry, Dairy Industry would be an advantage.
• 5 years quality management or food safety experience. 
• Experience in auditing Suppliers and Knowledge of a Supplier system
• Knowledge in Microbiology, Analytics, Supplier Management,
• Strong people management experience through building a positive and motivated staff compliment.
• Computer literacy on Microsoft Office packages is essential.
• Proximity to the Floor Computer literate – Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Knowledge of packaging and quality checks
• High attention to detail
• Ability to communicate well with staff
• Strict with implementing standards
• Exceptional organisational skills
• Ability to sustain routine admin
• Willing to learn.
• Willing to work shifts, long hours, weekends, public holidays and overtime.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Willing to perform Ad hoc tasks

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Control production.
• Do daily OEE and productivity control.
• Control documentation for traceability.
• Maintain productivity at the set target.
• Do daily/weekly/monthly cycle counts and explain deviations.
• Waste control on products and material.
• Maximize yields in recipes and maintain good quality.
• Budget control and implementing sporadic corrective actions for Feta
• Analyse production results on a continuous basis with the aim to meet or better the goals on quality, quantity and productivity.
• Ensure that work requests (job cards) for maintenance are carried out.
• Lead, coach and discipline subordinates when necessary.
• Control Time/attendance of people and Manage KRONOS on a daily basis
• Manage the inventory and products through the BPCS system.
• Deliver budget results and Savings plan for Feta
• Ensure that goals on quality, food safety and NOSA are met.
• Participate in official programs such as Continuous improvement, as required by the company.
• Maintain food safety systems.
• Ensure that all administrative duties (control and check sheets) are completed as required.
• Compile and evaluate the Key Performance Areas of the people reporting to you.
• Managing the production facilities according to Lactalis SA guidelines; ensuring efficient planning is done so that supply demands are met.
• Ensure all lines meet efficiency targets (TRG)
• NO downgrades on final product and spoiled Raw material and ingredients that form Non-Quality losses.
• CIP & COP efficacy and performance

Quality:

• Adhere to quality and food safety standards as stated in SOP’s.
• Ensure First Pass Quality by measuring and tracking Chemistry / Micro and Sensory results on all products 
• Make sure that the batch information on petri dish is correct.
• Check foodscan and Ph meter are calibrated and signed off that controls are completed.
• Partake in SGA’s and Root Cause Analysis to solve and prevent customer complaints.
• Ensure all action plans and trackers are kept up to date
• Have to make sure that equipment used in production is clean and sanitize to prevent microbial contamination
• Ensure Cleaning and Sanitizing are done according to Master Cleaning schedule and all policies and procedures are adhered to.

Safety:

• Safety inspection to be done with safety representative.
• Ensure HIRA (Hazard identification and Risk Assessments) are conducted timeously and kept up to date
• Report all dangerous situations and generate job cards.
• Ensure correct PPE is worn at all times and all policies and procedures adhered to.
• Ensure Permit to works are issued and all the necessary risk assessments completed for all hazardous work
• Ensure all staff are trained and familiar with Safety policies and procedures regarding all tasks performed.
• Test all safety mechanisms on the equipment.
• Report all near misses and incidents.
• Ensure all safety standards are in place

Date Closing

• 2025/06/17