PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. Our main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throu...
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Job Overview:
- To ensure the continuous and efficient functioning of the packaging line to IPS standards.
- Ensure packing machines are correctly allocated and utilised to meet production requirements – change over bag-maker and Ishida when required and ensure sufficient materials are available for production requirements.
- Ensure required efficiencies are maintained.
- Identify areas of waste and inefficiency within the production process and suggest remedies to improve yield and efficiencies.
- Minimise film waste.
- Ensure that all equipment is properly maintained by monitoring and informing engineers and by carrying out minor repairs on packaging equipment.
- Ensure that quality control audits are carried out and relevant reports completed.
- Maintain good housekeeping and food safety standards in order to ensure AIB, CRP and Safety compliance.
- Maintain safety standards through safe operating practices in order to avoid accidents and ensure a safe working environment.
- Uphold and maintain ISO 14001 conformance by actively supporting the site Environmental Management System in order to obtain certification.
- Carry out IPS systems procedures.
- Assist with boil out procedures.
- Ensure line balancing at all times.
- Assist in fault-finding and problem-solving activities within the context and complexity of the manufacturing process in order to ensure maximum uptime and line efficiency.
Qualifications
- N3 Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
- Literate, numerate and confident in the use of panel view computer screens.
- Acquire and maintain a working knowledge and understanding of all control systems, including PLC’s.
- IPS.
- Knowledge of quality control specifications and techniques.
- Information systems: ability to track information and understand line efficiencies and the factors that influence this.
- Mechanical aptitude with technical training and knowledge of manufacturing equipment.
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Job Overview:
- To ensure the continuous and efficient functioning of the packaging line to IPS standards.
- Ensure packing machines are correctly allocated and utilised to meet production requirements – change over bag-maker and Ishida when required and ensure sufficient materials are available for production requirements.
- Ensure required efficiencies are maintained.
- Identify areas of waste and inefficiency within the production process and suggest remedies to improve yield and efficiencies.
- Minimise film waste.
- Ensure that all equipment is properly maintained by monitoring and informing engineers and by carrying out minor repairs on packaging equipment.
- Ensure that quality control audits are carried out and relevant reports completed.
- Maintain good housekeeping and food safety standards in order to ensure AIB, CRP and Safety compliance.
- Maintain safety standards through safe operating practices in order to avoid accidents and ensure a safe working environment.
- Uphold and maintain ISO 14001 conformance by actively supporting the site Environmental Management System in order to obtain certification.
- Carry out IPS systems procedures.
- Assist with boil out procedures.
- Ensure line balancing at all times.
- Assist in fault-finding and problem-solving activities within the context and complexity of the manufacturing process in order to ensure maximum uptime and line efficiency
Qualifications
- N3 Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
- Literate, numerate and confident in the use of panel view computer screens.
- Acquire and maintain a working knowledge and understanding of all control systems, including PLC’s.
- IPS .
- Knowledge of quality control specifications and techniques.
- Information systems: ability to track information and understand line efficiencies and the factors that influence this.
- Mechanical aptitude with technical training and knowledge of manufacturing equipment.
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Responsibilities
List in priority order the main accountabilities/deliverables of the role. These should be statements of the primary responsibilities of the incumbent. At the end of each statement, identify whether the role is accountable for making decisions, being informed,providlng consultation or executing actions relative to the accountability as given below: Provide 7-10 accountability statements In this section.Also note other relevant jobs or groups that are impacted by the accountability.
- Drive EHS Culture improvement
- Drive compliance in terms of Safety and Food safety requirements Management of Quality products
- Enhance performance in line with TE/ NE and ME requirements Identify opportunities to improve production processes
- Ensure effective communication and stakeholder management (Internal and External)
- Build Capable, Diverse and engaged Teams focusing on Milling capability, Continuous improvement, OHS and TPW Culture.
- Ensure PDRs are in place and tracked for all levelled reports
- Maintain discipline through the effective application of the disciplinary code and adherence to the PepsiCo Code of Conduct.
- Manage waste (damages, usages and stock count variances)
- Strenghten and drive Cost Awareness Culture and accelerate Productivity
Qualifications
- Grade 12
- Valid Trade Test certificate in wheat and/ or Maize Milling
- Five years years relevant experience (practical and theory) Qualification in Advanced Milling
- SAP proficiency
- Health and Safety standards, ie, AIB, FSSC22000, NSF, etc
- Experience in managing diverse teams
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Job Overview:
- The role of the incumbent is to drive the forklift to transport products and equipment within, as well as pick, sort and record products to be loaded and uploaded for delivery.
- Responsible for Forklift driving
- Transport products and equipment
- Conduct daily physical inspection
- Record product quantity and check expiry dates
- Keeps the Forklift and Picking area clean
- Clean the Picking area
- Maintain damage free stock operations
- Compliance and accuracy on pallet stock stacking
- Compliance with forklift speed
Qualifications
- Minimum: NQF 4 or Grade 12 or similar relevant qualification [Recognition of Prior Learning [RPL] will be applied based on SETA accreditations
- Valid Forklift License is essential
- 2 years’ experience in a similar environment
- Health and Safety Standards
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Job Overview:
- To supervise the performance and maintenance of the activities of the Van Sales Representatives in order to achieve maximum profitability and growth in accordance with organisation plans.
- Conduct Gate Meetings before Market daily
- Focus agenda in terms of Performance MTD, Execution and Discipline KPI’s
- Coaching, Mentoring and Motivation of Van Sales Representatives
- In-Market coaching of Van Sales Representatives
- Ensuring 100% hit rate of outlets within route
- Individual In Market visits with customers to address specific issues
- Business development and growth of customer base
- Attend meetings as and when required
- Formulate and execute effective action plans to drive growth and increase market share
- Pivot strategic directions and align change
- Conduct regular training sessions with training team on critical business skills
- Conduct Performance reviews
Qualifications
- 3-year Business/Commercial Tertiary qualification or equivalent
- 3 years working experience in FMCG environment, with 1 year in a selling role/selling experience
- Valid driver’s license
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Job Overview:
- Handles a skilled level of calculations, verbal and written communications, outside enquiries, follow-up or explanation. May seek advice from a section leader but has some discretion. Handles a greater variety of tasks, level clerical staff.
- Administer sales orders
- Handled customer queries,
- On time pack report to production, CSA controls
- Short loads, Outstanding invoices.
- Excellent verbal written and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently, priorities and manage tasks to meet deadlines and expectations with minimal supervision.
Qualifications
- Minimum Qualification- Matric or Certificate in Administration
- Previous experience working in office setting
- 2-3 years relevant experience within an office environment
- Computer skills including, MS Office, E Mails, other systems
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Main Purpose:
This role will be responsible for the procurement of Ingredients across South Africa Operating Unit.
Highly complex and scattered portfolio for supplier management, stakeholder management and materials management. This leader manages 60% of total materials with high risk of out of stock. Responsible to cover all 38 sites as well as JV's, requiring High caliber profile to strategically manage supplier relationship and cost reduction. This individual to handle Monopoly, Govt. owned, local & several international suppliers. Accountable to contract >200 suppliers, >30 crops and sourcing from more than 20 origin countries. Category include (but not limited to):
- Beverages, Concentrate, pastes, fruits and future life ingredients
- Foods, Sugar, Vinegar, Chemicals, Vitamins
- Grains & Bakeries: Premixes, Yeast
- Snacks: Oils, Nut, Seeds
- Botswana: Sorghum, Sugar, Others
- Future life: All Ingredients for bars & cereals
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
- Responsible to build and/or align category strategies across businesses for high impact categories for SA business, individually and directly managing 60% of Ingredients spend/size/scale, while empowering and supporting category team to execute those strategies across sites.
- Single owner of keeping track of commodity movements with “so what” approach, monitor crop cycles, parity modelling & arbitrage options across key ingredients (Sugar, Molasses, Oils, Concentrates, Premixes, Vinegar etc.), enabling business for weekly / monthly mandates, category teams for booking & execution actions, finance teams to optimally build in bi-weekly/monthly PFX and annual AOP assumption to reflect in P&L correctly
- Lead supply dispute resolution and litigation actions to resolve and realize due benefit for the organization. This individual plays critical role in complex business environment, to ensure ethical and timely decision with all cross-functional engagement/alignment. Present PepsiCo in several South Africa associations, organizations and forums to gather necessary insights across ingredients commodities (regulations, bans, court cases, duties, exemptions, quotas, concessions, parity etc.).
- Transformational leadership, with tough business discussions to explore and persuade alternate suppliers & materials, to systematically prioritize and reduce risk in highly single-sourced ingredients categories (>60% materials single sourced).
- Key enabler of transformation for profitability, productivity and cash-flow delivery; Create, design & lead “Deep dive forums with stakeholders”, “roadshows with suppliers”, “Value engineering with R&D” and/or “leverage and benchmark connects with COE’s”
- Analyse & understand supply market dynamics to drive next-gen negotiation levers in Ingredients: Be it Should-cost, TCO, eAuctions, Supply Chain Financing & Tolling models
- 100% end-to-end ownership of Seasonings and Flavors category directly
- Lead and drive Pep+ glidepath and scope 2 & 3 deliverables across all ingredients categories, including oils & seasonings
- Ownership of strategic top-to-top supplier connects; 1) to leverage new supply models 2) realize productivity proactively 3) Elevate relationship to proactively understand challenges/solutions, to pre-empt day-to-day issues at site level
- Key procurement lead to join PepsiCo South Africa Growth journey (Different workstreams) and actively participating in transformational initiatives (e.g. M&A, manufacturing footprint, path-to-profitability, BCG and divestures) to ensure 1) early resolve for write-offs 2) supply security through supplier investments 3) sustainable access to upstream commodities 4) establish alternates
Accountabilities:
Supplier management:
- Supplier selection in line with purchasing strategy for the scope: Participation in the local and regional supplier evaluation process and negotiation with suppliers
- Participation in preparing the sourcing plans
- Value engineering and productivity projects management and execution
- New Supplier development
- Maintaining the SQA & Sustainability requirements
- Co-operation with Legal Department to ensure the most beneficial contract terms for PepsiCo, preparation of the contracts and coordinate signing contracts
- Manage supplier relationship through scorecard reviews on quarterly basis with key stakeholders.
- Lead dispute resolution regarding material supply, quality issues, invoice and payment issues.
- Drive and lead supplier diversity program, build strategy, prioritizing category and supply base, participate in supplier diversity roadshows for awareness, and due diligence and vetting process for sustainable supply solutions
- Manage and roll-out commodity risk management buy plan and playbook across ingredients portfolio where applicable.
Qualifications
Key Skills/Experience Required:
- 15 years of relevant strategic sourcing experience of ingredients with global organization, involving complex multi-geographic and diverse crop knowledge, assessed through category relevant questions (to manage >30 crops, >100 ingredient commodities, >20 countries of origin).;
- At least 6 years in a senior manager or director role, with high spend accountability
- Verifiable BCP build capability specific to ingredients, authentic functional champion to establish alternate and substitutes
- 5% productivity delivery of ingredients category Year-on-Year.
- Established leader to steer and persuade accelerated value engineering (without compromising quality and brand image) both for foods and beverages ingredients, pipeline value exceeding $15MM annually.
- Hands-on expertise to sourcing models and levers, specific for unique ingredients, for cost optimization (Yeast, Seasoning, Sugar, Premixes, Fruit Concentrates, Oils etc.). Able to demonstrate capability through real life examples
- Ability to coordinate multiple cross functional teams to achieve objectives.
- Proactive and able to manage ambiguity effectively.
- Evolvement within international environment and multicultural understanding.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work within multi-functional teams -– networking, influencing & presenting ideas/programs, demonstrably powerful influencer.
- Effective relationship building, development and maintenance with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
- Excellent analytical skills, ability to clearly communicate with all levels of the PepsiCo Organization's and suppliers
- Ability to work alone and take initiative. Identify potential roadblocks and profile them to Management for clarification and resolution.
- Manage and execute projects in a timely manner. Ability to prioritize.
- Self-starter, ability to work remotely from line manager.
- Desire to become Long term Procurement professional.
- Develop category strategy and successfully execute the strategy.
- Ability to execute end to end category sourcing strategy.
- Fluent in English, high level of computer literacy, strong MS office knowledge & ERP system (Oracle, SAP etc.
- Literate with e-procurement tools knowledge is an advantage.
- Ability to collaborate with cross functional stakeholders. Ability to adapt and be flexible and agile in a changing business environment.
Differentiating Competencies Required:
- Deep functional experience, analytical thinking, proven success in supplier negotiation, utilization of procurement systems and metrics.
- Proven ability to develop and implement innovative purchasing solutions and exhibit excellent analytical skills.
- Significant experience in strategic sourcing management.
- Strong negotiation and contract management skills.
- Methodical approach of problems solving.
- International sourcing experience.
- Grasp of operations economics & cost drivers.
- Commercial awareness.
- Knowledge of market analysis tools and benchmarking methods.
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Job Overview:
- The role of the incumbent is to assist the Mixer with accurately filling microdosers, plant monitoring and operating extruders within the White Instant Plant.
Expected to relief and operate on different lines from time to time.
- Assist with filling microdosers with the correct ingredients
- Assist with ensuring the right batching sequence and dosing is achieved
- Assist with conducting daily physical inspection and monitoring of the plant
- Assist with moving ingredients from and to the mixing floor
- Housekeeping
- Reporting out of specification to the supervisor
- Ensure accurate reporting and recording when assisting mixer
- Comply with EHS and Food Safety requirements
Qualifications
- Grade 12
- 0 – 12 months production experience in FMCG environment
- Experience in food processing and packaging
- Health and safety standards
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Responsibilities
What we're looking for:
- We're looking for a Specialist Artisan based at Ceres Beverage Plant.
- Successful incumbent will primarily to ensure that all plant equipment is functioning or operating at high levels of reliability and are maintained periodically as scheduled and all breakdowns are resolved soonest in order to ensure maximum plant availability as well as ensuring that the factory meets its key KPIs and supply the market with Pepsico products which include but are not limited to volume and quality compliance, costs and downtime reduction. Ability to coach operator, provide innovation for cost savings and be accountable for MPS, SA on respective production lines.
Accountabilities
Maintain the machine to reach high reliability, safety and quality standard
- Performs Instrumentation/ Electrical maintenance activities associated with plant process and packaging plan
- Must be willing to do Mechanical work if required
- Monitors daily downtime and institute corrective action plans to prevent breakdowns
- Calibrates, repairs and maintains control gear/ instrumentation and associated equipment to ensure operation within set standards
- Maintains PLC’s, Networks and Electrical Cabinets (hardware and software) and performs changes/ modifications as required
- Continuously evaluates the process control philosophy and initiate improvement actions in order to achieve asset performance targets
- Assists in commissioning of modifications/ projects
- Ensures proper documentation of changes/ modifications and perform internal audits
- Ensures availability of spares for all electronic/ control systems in the plant
- Accurate and timeous reporting of equipment deviations to meet/ improve equipment availability and reliability targets
- Ensures proper back-up of all PLC programmes and maintains records of all upgrades
- Ensures safe operations of process control systems
- Resolves daily plant instrumentation issues and complete root cause analysis
- Calibration of process equipment
- Completes the required testing and safety checks on all instrumentation equipment
- Conducts all scheduled maintenance within the required timeframes
- Performs all emergency electronic maintenance
- Updates and reviews documentation relating to work done and or changes in original specifications
- Signs off on alternative systems suppliers based on equipment performance
- Must be willing to work shifts and overtime if requested.
Administration and Document Completion
- Maintaining a record of all the maintenance work that has been conducted on the machinery
- Complete daily shift reports
- Performing shift duties in line with operational requirements
- Coach and develop operato
Qualifications
- Qualified Artisan with Trade Test Certificate in Instrumentation (must be willing to do mechanical work also)
- Minimum 2 years maintenance experience in the Production/ FMCG environment
- Experience of TETRAPAK equipment will be advantageous
- Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office and maintenance software
- Knowledge of Processing in a dairy-/ fruit juice environment, including Tubular Pasteurizers/ Sterilizers (TETRA THERM ASEPTIC DRINK)
- Must have knowledge of ink jet printers/ date coders
- Must have experience in control systems – PLC’s, ACDC drives and Servo drives (Allen Bradley and Siemens preferable)
- Knowledge of Instrumentation, HAZOP studies, PID’s and Quality Standards
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Responsibilities
- We're looking for an Organizational Change Manager to join our team.The Change Manager plays a vital role in ensuring effective and sustainable implementations for initiatives that have ahigh complexity and cross functional impact. They are responsible for planning, implementing, and overseeing changes to achieve goals while minimizing disruptions. They collaborate with stakeholders, assess impacts, and develop strategies for successful implementation.
Accountabilities:
- Works as a project team member and leads the change management work stream for the initiative
- Plans, implements, and oversees changes of initiative to achieve goals while minimizing disruptions
- Collaborates with stakeholders, assesses impacts, and develops strategies for successful implementation
- Leverages change management methodology, tools and training to provide effective execution and support to business leaders
- Builds change management capability through ongoing coaching and enablement of business leaders and initiative owners
Specific deliverables for the high complexity initiatives that have a cross functional impact include:
- Case for Change: Compile a compelling change narrative that inspires people to strive together to create that future.
- Leadership Alignment: Engage and align with leaders to ensure that they understand the business value of the change, the impact on line managers and employees, and actively play the role of change leaders to drive adoption in their business areas
- Stakeholder Engagement and Communication: Develop an engagement strategy for relevant stakeholders and impacted audiences and execute a plan to drive awareness through to understanding and adoption.
- Change Impact assessments + mitigation: Identify the changes that are brought about by the initiative, determine the resulting impacts and address the impacts and associated risks in a structured manner.
- Change Network: Connect a network of Change Agents to drive and manage the change impacts identified.
- Training: Co-ordinate the delivery of training in order to equip users with sufficient skills and knowledge to be successful once the changes have gone live, and to ensure the sustainability of the implementation.
- Change Readiness: Define the KPIs that determine the willingness and ability of people to transition to the new state, measure, monitor and take actions to ensure readiness
- Measuring Results: Define the desired business enablement and key performance indicators to be measured and managed after go-live. Analyze and identify trends, patterns and root causes affecting adoption.
- Extract meaningful insights from data to inform decision-making and planning. Develop clear, actionable plans based on insights.
Qualifications
- Five years of experience in the field of Change Management, Communications, and / or project management
- Transformation or IT implementation experience is a bonus
- Project experience required
- Bachelor's of Science or equivalent in a Communications, Marketing, Business Management/Administration, Consulting or a related field
- Strong experience of delivering organisational change management activities across multiple business units
- Ability to manage Stakeholder Owners to ensure full leadership support
- Strong communication development and delivery skills (PPT, video, writing, live presentation)
- Consultative skills on change management efforts
- Sees the bigger picture, able to look ahead to anticipate and address issues
- Strong problem solving, facilitation and relationship skills
- Internal consulting skills underpinned by strong analytical capabilities
- Ability to navigate in the matrix, getting objectives achieved through others
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Responsibilities
What we're looking for: We're looking for an Engineer II: Bakeries Technical and Engineering based in Cape Town.
The purpose of the role is to:
- Set up, implement and drive Asset Care Program including PeMM audits and best practive implementation,
- Enable plant & equipment reliability including the reduction of breakdowns
- Drive line TE / NE performance improvement in line with bakeries Make productivity targets & productivity pipeline
- Support and enable capex / opex projects including process optimisation through equipment upgrades, modifications, overall maintenance and implementation of latest technology to enable quality and throughput enhancement
- Support the Annual Opex budget and other Key Performance metrics (PeP+)
The incumbent will serve as a subject matter expert in plant maintenance guiding and supporting maintenance managers in the maintainence of plant and equipment, including shutdowns and projects execution. He/She They will support proactive and reactive maintenance and repairs to the plant and services associated with bakery including Technical investigations and solutions.
Responsibilities also involve ensuring quality and process improvement, equipment reliability & Performance, improving and maintaining a safe working environment, ensuring compliance with all Health & Safety standards, company and legal requirements in line with Pepsico EHS, MESS and L2O targets and projects.
Accountabilities:
Asset Care
- Assist with and/or set up of maintenance policy, strategy and systems and the implementation thereof.
- Professionally and systematically defines designs, develops, monitors and refines the Asset Maintenance Plan that includes: Value-added preventive maintenance tasks, ensuring the rollout and implementation thereof.
- Manage overall preventative maintenance system and optimise plant & equipment reliability and performance
- Suport the Bakery Maintenance managers in optimising preventative maintenance system and plant & equipment reliability and performance
- Act as Engineering gatekeeper on bakeries maintenance schedules, their suitabiltiy, effectiveness and execution
- Provide technical stewardship to bakeries maintenance managers on maintaining equipment in the best condition for safety, quality and performance.
- Conduct regular audits (PeMM, Anchor, etc)
Plan Performance (TE/NE) - Breakdowns
- Enabling in conjunction with the plan, the reduction of Unscheduled and Scheduled Downtime and speed losses of TE/NE
- Engage with Plant Engineering by providing technical leadership & Subject Matter Expertise to drive Reliability Improvement.
- Enable and drive Technical investigations and solutions, (RCA etc)
- Manage maintenance performance scorecard
- Support process optimisation, incl. damages reduction and implementation of latest technology
- Support Bakery maintenance managers with internal / technical / process projects (incl. major shutdowns, breakdowns, machine installations
- Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues as well as damages reduction.
Projects (CAPEX & Other)
- Enable process optimisation through equipment upgrades, modifications, overall maintenance and implementation of latest technology to enable quality and throughput enhancement
- Support / enable bakeries with short and long term capital planning and execution
Finance & Budget
- Assist and support the annual maintenance OPEX budget, including monthly forecast and monthly control (scorecard)
Waste
- Enable quality and throughput enhancement
- Enable reduction of damages, waste, water and energy utilisation
Other
- Provide input to maintenance team structure and performance
- Enable Optimal spares stock holding and utilisation
Qualifications
Education and Experieince
- Relevant Degree or Diploma within Engineering field.
- Minimum 10 years experience in manufacturing and/or supply chain.
- FMCG experience is essential
- Previous bakery experience will be advantageous
- Strong maintenance background or experience – minimum of 5 years
- Management experience in internal / technical / process projects (incl. major shutdowns, breakdowns, machine installations )
- Sound understanding and application of preventative maintenance principles/practice
Mobility
- Ability to travel nationally to our sites as required.
Interperonal relations
- Ability to work cross-functionally.
- Strong internal and external communicator, influencer, and negotiator.
- Good interpersonal skills to deal with a variety of people from different backgrounds
- Strong communication and presentation skills and ability to interact with senior management
- ‘Hands on’ approach on the factory floor if required.
Vendor relations
- Strong local network with food OEM`s and vendor management skills
Financial acumen
- Maintenance Budgeting experience
Computer Literacy
- Computer Literacy (Microsoft etc) and experience in the use of Engineering software tools/ Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (e.g. SAP PM, Pragma, Auto CAD, etc)
Systems
- Excellent knowledge of Food Safety and GMP Standards
- Excellent knowledge of Health and Safety Requirements within a factory environment
- Go-To-Person on Productivity Process, and Best Practices around Driving Productivity.
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