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  • Posted: Jul 25, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • OUR ORGANIZATION Puratos’s journey began in 1919, just over a hundred years ago. What started as a father and son operation, evolved into a successful international business. Our company now offers a full range of cutting-edge services and ingredients to customers in the bakery, patisserie, and chocolate industry worldwide. People have always been at t...
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    Maintenance Manager

    KEY ACCOUNTABLES

    • Oversee the maintenance of plant, buildings, and services to minimise downtime and stay within budget. – Blending, Boiler, Ventilation, Dust extraction, Refrigeration, Watse management – Solid and Liquid, Facility electrical system, Pneumatics  
    • Lead and develop a proactive maintenance schedule and ensure all service records are completed and up to date.
    • Champion Health & Safety across the department, driving continuous improvement.
    • Manage daily checks and maintenance of our equipment.
    • Carry out electrical and mechanical repairs and ensure your team is equipped to diagnose and resolve faults effectively.
    • Diagnose and resolve automation issues, this will require working knowledge of PLC’s , SCADA and HMI systems
    • Respond swiftly to operational challenges and support your team in delivering solutions.
    • Align the maintenance strategy with production, logistics, and safety requirements.
    • Monitor and share KPIs to drive performance and improvements.
    • Manage engineering budgets responsibly and collaborate with Finance and Operations teams.
    • Lead the factory’s capital expenditure (Capex) programme, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.

    PROFILE

    • Trade Qualification as an Artisan or Millwright with proven leadership in Engineering or Maintenance Management within food manufacturing
    • A Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with a proven track record of Food Industry Experience will be an advantage
    • At least 7 years of experience in food manufacturing, including 3 years in a managerial role
    • GCC Factories, would be advantageous
    • Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
    • Have strong proficiency in data processing tools like Syspro, Excel and SharePoint
    • Be knowledgeable in preventive and predictive maintenance techniques, as well as autonomous maintenance principles
    • Have a strong working knowledge of PLC systems
    • Thrive under pressure

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    TA Junior - Durban

    KEY TASKS

    • Bake all products with excellence.
    • Train customers bakers on our products.
    • Present finished goods and sell concept solutions – present to a minimum of ten (10) people.
    • Sleep away from home.
    • Work with the Sales team to build and grow the business.
    • Plan and execute daily and weekly bakery production, and implement at store level.
    • Build relationships with customers.
    • Give Technical advice.
    • Facilitate and train groups of people (maximum of 25 people) and be able to control them.
    • Follow up post-sale to ensure customer satisfaction.
    • Create new innovative products form existing and newly developed products.
    • Perform under pressure during shows, presentations and store openings.
    • Present to different calibre of people (Management, in-house staff, Bakers).
    • Calculate, teach and implement costings at store level.
    • Perform any other duties required by the department.

    JOB REQUIREMENT

    •  Grade 12 is compulsory.
    • Drivers License is a requirement.
    • Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).
    • Familiarity with bakery industrial processes.
    • Computer Literate and proficient in excel word and PowerPoint
    • Experience: Minimum of eight (8) years as a baker and confectioner, of which at least 3 years in a supervisory role (managerial role advantageous); B2B is an advantage; food sector (FMCG market) is an advantage.

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    Sales Representative

    KEY ACCOUNTABLES

    • Maintain & develop customer relationship.
    • Deliver sales target for channel in assigned area.
    • Explore new sales potential via new customers, new SKU per customer.
    • Collect market information including competition information; analyse and submit to direct supervisor.
    • Deal with issues related to customers, search for optimal solutions for customers
    • Collaborate with Technical Dept to perform technical support to customer.
    • Collaborate with Marketing Dept in customer events: Demo tour, Seminars, New product launch.
    • Coordinate with other departments for the orders processing, information processing and requests from customers.
    • Makes sales forecast and be responsible for the accuracy of sales forecast.
    • Is responsible for debt and any late payment or bad debt from customers.
    • Assist and coordinating with the Sales Manager for planning and action to develop market share in assigned area.
    • Perform regular sales report and market report as required by direct supervisor.
    • Other tasks assigned by manager.

    PROFILE

    • Matric and Diploma: Sales/Marketing.
    • Experience: > 3-5 years in Sales, B2B is preferable, Food sector (FMCG Market) is preferable.
    • Languages: English, Zulu, Afrikaans will be advantageous.
    • Computer literacy: Office computer (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
    • Other expertise: Business & result driven, presentation skill, strong interpersonal skills, establishes easily contacts, sales and negotiation skills, team player

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    TA Junior - JHB

    KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

    • Bake all products with excellence
    • To coach and mentor new recruits and all the colleagues within the department
    • Train customer bakers on the Company’s products
    • Present finished goods – to a minimum of ten people – and sell concept solutions
    • Work with the sales team to build and grow the business
    • Plan and execute daily and weekly bakery production, and implement thereof at store level
    • Build relationships with customers
    • Give technical advice
    • Facilitate and train groups of people (maximum of 25 people) and be able to control and facilitate the group(s)
    • Create new innovative products from existing and newly developed products
    • Perform under pressure during shows, presentations and store openings
    • Present to different calibre of people (management, in-house staff, bakers)
    • Calculate, teach and implement costings at store level
    • Apply skills by putting recipes together using baker percentage
    • Perform other duties as per operational requirements. 

    PROFILE

    • Grade 12
    • Driver’s License
    • Minimum of 8 years as a baker and confectioner, of which at least 3 years was in a supervisory role (managerial role advantageous); B2B is an advantage; food sector (FMCG market) is an advantage.
    • Computer literacy: MS Office suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
    • Knowledge of basic arithmetic – must be able to calculate, teach and implement costings at store level, and apply skills.
    • Over and above normal working hours, occasional overtime is required.
    • Strong presentation and facilitation skills
    • Language: English is a prerequisite - ability to read and write; additional language(s) an advantage.
    • Written comprehension – the ability to read and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
    • Good personality, hardworking, teamwork, service orientated, creative, innovative, trustworthy, open to learn from feedback.

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