Jobs at RCL Foods

Job Description    

• At RCL FOODS we see & do things differently - we think bigger, work smarter, and collectively work as a team towards achieving our ambition; more food to more people, more often!
• The RCL FOODS Talent Team is currently looking for a passionate Key Account Representative with impressive communication, interpersonal & problem-solving abilities to support the Customer Executive in the development of new business opportunities across categories such as Sugar, Milling, Spreads, Creams, Breading, and Plant-based raw material.
• A strong sense of curiosity, a passion for developing new business, and an ability to take plans from strategy through to flawless execution will favour candidates.

The role will be based in Johannesburg or Pretoria West and report directly to the National Account Manager.
Minimum Requirements    

• Completed a relevant Tertiary Qualification.
• At least 3 years of Sales or Marketing experience in a customer-facing environment, specifically within the FMCG food manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to establish positive working relationships with key customers. Business-to-Business experience will be an advantage.
• Solid background in analysis and insight generation.
• Valid Driver’s License & own vehicle.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• New Customer Development
• Collaborate with Customer Marketing and the sales team to identify market opportunities and customer development pipeline.
• Analyse internal and external data to identify and size new opportunities.
• Maintain pipeline tracker and report on progress vs targets
• Develop tailored solutions for new customer approaches.
• Identify unmet product needs in market for consideration for innovation.
• Manage NPD launches from factory to store in accordance with the launch plan.
• Build relationships and work closely with BU Technical support and BU Supply Chain specialists.
• Develop proposals, negotiate terms and conditions and implement contractual agreements with assigned national accounts accountability for delivering strong financial results.
• Build and share knowledge of new business development skills, tools and approaches.
• Develop and maintain product knowledge of the Milling industry and RCL Foods products in particular.
• Act as an active ambassador of RCL Foods at the customer and of the customer at RCL Foods.

Account Management

• Develop account strategies in accordance with the overall channel strategy.
• Conduct regular reviews of business performance.
• Manage and develop strong day-to-day relationships with the Industrial key account managers and NAM’s.
• Seek out and propose new product innovation, new channels and new business.
• Forecast demand and feed that into the S&OP process.
• Monitor market trends, competitive activities and new products.
• Continuously review and monitor pricing to ensure RCL Foods remains competitive with the highest profitability possible.
• Report meeting results and follow up with all cross-functional groups to capitalise on sales opportunities.
• Ensure that customer demands in terms of food safety, sustainability and quality issues are met.
• Attend sales meetings as required.
• Be an internal account champion, assuring clear and regular communication to key company managers and coordinating finance, commercial, demand and supply planning, marketing and new product development for the account.

Account Financial Management

• Drive the achievement of the key account sales budgets in terms of volume.
• Oversee the processing of all claims.
• Forecast, budget and track account revenues and cost.
• Achieve monthly, quarterly and yearly sales margins and goals.
• Provide monthly feedback to the Channel Executive indicating the progress on volume vs budget.

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Job Description    

• At RCL FOODS we see and do things differently, we think bigger, work smarter and as a team collectively work towards achieving our ambition; more food to more people, more often!
• Our Talent Team are currently looking for a dynamic Wholesale Category Manager within our Customer Marketing team to be based in Westville. The role will report into the Customer Marketing Executive.

RCL Foods entrusts the Wholesale Category Manager to:

• Facilitate collaboration between the customer, distributor and internal stakeholders to determine the point of optimisation in pricing, promotion, shelving, and assortment to maximise profitability and shopper/trader satisfaction by collecting and interpreting the latest industry trends, leveraging available data and utilising best-in-class technology from leading solution providers.

Minimum Requirements    

• A degree or diploma in marketing or business management (3 years).
• Valid Code EB drivers’ licence.
• 3 years relevant experience in a similar environment.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Category Management:
• Analyse shelf health (on-shelf availability, right forward share, best shelf/Pallet position) for both consumer and trader.
• Analyse pricing data (from relevant pricing tools) for consumer and trader.
• Monitor product availability, visibility and affordability and consolidate feedback into actionable plans for the customer team to implement.
• Use and leverage specific category insights.
• Execute brand standards (brand DNA) and support development and execution wholesale-specific brand standards.
• Measure and review category performance; wholesale margins and customer profitability.
• Clean and analyse scan data provided by customers/
• Create specific shelf planograms for customers/categories, ensuring fair share of shelf.
• Conduct periodic updates of planograms with new launches.
• Conduct periodic reviews of planograms and ranging to ensure maximised shelf efficiency.
• Communicate with all account management and sales operations on any implementation initiatives to ensure smooth operation execution.
• Manage the annual RCL Stokvel/trader initiative and execute it brilliantly.

Information Analysis, Management and Reporting:

• Provide detailed and precise reports to illustrate trends, predictions and relevant strategies.
• Analyse and interpret key data (Asked data).
• Provide regular reports on category results.
• Assist in the production of reports, data, presentations and any other items deemed necessary to support the sales function.

New Product Launching:

• Develop and deliver new product launch plans in the trade, with required analysis and feedback for both the consumer and trader.
• Support new product introductions for listing into mix.
• Co-ordinate all wet demos.

Customer Relationship Management:

• Ensure that critical customer information is available to the customer team and internal stakeholders.
• Identify customer information requirements.
• Follow up and ensure that sales team initiatives (customer plans) are effectively implemented with the identified customers.
• Prepare, analyse and present category reviews to customers and interact with customers on assortment analysis, category performance and ranging.

Category Planning:

• Support the annual joint business planning process through data analysis and opportunity identification.
• Run customer-specific category management projects.
• Integrate research insights into the category process for actionable on-ground deliverables.
• Develop proposals and recommendations for customers in executing category management projects.
• Drive category management projects.
• Liaise with the operations team to ensure smooth implementation.

Performance Evaluation:

• Measure and review category performance and customer profitability.
• Compile and consolidate business dashboards, scorecards and measurement.
• Conduct category performance analysis (incl. causes of deviation). Identify opportunities

Financial Management:

• Manage the trade show budgets within agreed limits and ensure that all initiatives are shown to be commercially sound.
• Meet budgetary targets.

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Job Description    
Safety:

• Ensure that all Staff Work Procedures pertaining to the department is adhered to at all times.
• Shunting with tractor:
• Ensure Pre-inspection is carried out on tractor per shift.
• Maintenance and Housekeeping:
• Ensure tractor is kept clean at all times.

Administrative:

• Ensure all documentation on Pre-Inspection is filled in per shift.

Working Habits:

• Treat all colleagues, co-workers, clients and visitors with dignity and respect.

Minimum Requirements    

• Matric
• Code 10 Drivers Licence
• Duties & Responsibilities    

Safety:

• Ensure that all Staff Work Procedures pertaining to the department is adhered to at all times.
• Shunting with tractor:
• Ensure Pre-inspection is carried out on tractor per shift.
• Maintenance and Housekeeping:
• Ensure tractor is kept clean at all times.

Administrative:

• Ensure all documentation on Pre-Inspection is filled in per shift.

Working Habits:

• Treat all colleagues, co-workers, clients and visitors with dignity and respect.

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Job Description    
Safety:

• Ensure that all Staff Work Procedures pertaining to the department is adhered to at all times.

Grading:

• Assist with signing transporter delivery books upon arrival and issuing queue ticket.
• Maintenance and Housekeeping:
• Maintain housekeeping standards at all times in and around grading room area.

Administrative:

• Ensure that all grading information and documentation is correctly filled in and all results captured on Introspect.

Working Habits:

• Treat all colleagues, co-workers, clients and visitors with dignity and respect.
• Punctual and dependable in terms of work attendance.

Minimum Requirements    

• Matric
• Wheat Grading
• Maize Grading
• Basic Computer Literacy

Duties & Responsibilities    
Safety:

• Ensure that all Staff Work Procedures pertaining to the department is adhered to at all times.

Grading:

• Assist with signing transporter delivery books upon arrival and issuing queue ticket.

Maintenance and Housekeeping:

• Maintain housekeeping standards at all times in and around grading room area.

Administrative:

• Ensure that all grading information and documentation is correctly filled in and all results captured on Introspect.

Working Habits:

• Treat all colleagues, co-workers, clients and visitors with dignity and respect.
• Punctual and dependable in terms of work attendance.

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Job Description    
Safety:

• Ensure that all Staff Work Procedures pertaining to the department is adhered to at all times.

Offloading:

• Ensure all Road vehicles is offloaded correctly and swept clean as per Silo Operating Procedures.

Maintenance and Housekeeping:

• Active involvement in Silo maintenance during maintenance periods.

Administrative:

• Ensure any documentation pertaining to road offloading is correctly filled in at all times.

Working Habits:

• Treat all colleagues, co-workers, clients and visitors with dignity and respect.

Minimum Requirements    

• Matric

Duties & Responsibilities    
Safety:

• Ensure that all Staff Work Procedures pertaining to the department is adhered to at all times.

Offloading:

• Ensure all Road vehicles is offloaded correctly and swept clean as per Silo Operating Procedures.

Maintenance and Housekeeping:

• Active involvement in Silo maintenance during maintenance periods.

Administrative:

• Ensure any documentation pertaining to road offloading is correctly filled in at all times.

Working Habits:

• Treat all colleagues, co-workers, clients and visitors with dignity and respect.

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Job Description    
A vacancy exist for an Assistant Mechanic in Polokwane Bakery. The position will report to the Transport Manager.

The successful incumbent will be responsible for carrying out duties required to repair, maintain and improve the vehicles in order to ensure that we provide an excellent customer experience at all times.
Minimum Requirements    

•  Matric
•  Mechanical knowledge and experience
•  Organizational/business unit processes
•  Verbal and written communication
•  Interpersonal
•  Logical thinking
•  Decision making
•  Organizational awareness
•  Code C1 Drivers license with PDP

Duties & Responsibilities    

•  Assist mechanics in maintenance & repair of trucks and trailers.
•  Upkeep of records as required.
•  Carry out repairs and maintenance work on generators and other machinery as requested by the Transport Manager,
•  Ensuring that work is carried out safely and efficiently
•  Ensure that daily and weekly cleaning of the work area is done.
•  Carry out any workshop related activities as requested by the Transport Manager
•  Must be willing & able to work overtime and weekends when required.
•  Must adhere to health & safety regulations.

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Job Description    

• Are you Process Driven? This could be for you! We are looking for a Process Trainer within our Processing space who will be responsible for the development and maintenance of the training matrix and training of plant employees.

Minimum Requirements    
EDUCATION

•  Matric
•  Relevant technical tertiary education
•  2 years’ experience in Food Manufacturing environment

BEHAVIOUR STANDARDS

•  Be brilliant at the basics
•  Face the brutal facts
•  Smash the silos
•  Lead with integrity, respect and energy
•  Be curious and challenge change
•  Take accountability for results and people.

SKILLS

•  Verbal and written communication
•  Computer literacy
•  Report writing
•  Interpersonal
•  Logical thinking

ATTRIBUTES

•  Initiative
•  Tolerant of stress and pressure
•  Attention to detail
•  Able to leverage technology
•  Organisational awareness

Duties & Responsibilities    
Needs Analysis and GMP

•  Develop a training matrix for the plant sections/departments and employees.
•  Conduct Good Manufacturing Practices training according to the developed Annual training plan.
•  Train and assess all employees to the existing SOP’s, Record and update results onto the training matrix.

Projects and Assessments

•  Facilitate SETA accredited and aligned programmes,
•  Present other plant awareness initiatives as and when they are determined plant formal training programs in a manner that best enables learning positive outcomes.
•  Assessment of current employees on all existing SOP’s to ISO and Specific Customer standards.

KPI’s

•  Completion of plant GMP’s Annual Training Plan.
•  Completion of training of all new and amended SOP’s Training Plan.
•  Filing of all Plant SHEQ training records (Training Registers and certificates).
•  Contribution to smooth changes to new processes and training of new standards.
•  Introductory Training of plant employees to meet relevant Food Industry Standards requirements.

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Job Description    

• RCL Foods is on the hunt for a Time and Attendance Clerk. The main objective of the Time and Attendance Clerk is to maintain and update employee hours on the SAP system to ensure accuracy before every payroll run.

Minimum Requirements    

• National Senior Certificate (Grade 12)
• Basic Computer skills
• Proficient Excel skills

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Checking of hours and error messages on the SAP system DAILY
•  Checking for error messages for Malalane and Komati mill, which helps to eliminate short pays
•  Make sure that all leave forms are created on the system
• Time manager’s support for both mills
•  Standard: Training and client support

Management of employees in the SACO System, such as engagements and discharges

•  Ensure that hours are correct for payment according to company policy
•  Check the SACO system and the SAP system
•  Check if clockings are coming through on time
• Checking of pre-printed pay slips after 1st payroll run
•  Ensure that the slip have the correct hours.
•  Hours and pay slips need to be checked to prevent over and under payments

Communicating

•  The individual requires the ability to resolve problem to satisfaction of employee

Administration & Filing

•  The individual need to ensure the availability of important documents for audit purposes

Capturing of standby allowances for both mills

•  Ensuring that the correct employees holding standby are correctly compensated
•  Ensuring the SACO system matches the standby list

Preparing short pay for payment

•  Making sure that all employee who has been short paid receive their short pay