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Responsibilities
What we’re looking for:

• Maintain, develop, and grow the industrial customer base across all categories by achieving revenue and volume targets as per Annual Operating Plan and drive the Industrial strategy plan

Accountabilities

• Achievement of revenue and volume target as per Annual Operating Plan
• Achievement of 95% customer call rate
• Achieve 90% strike rate – potential customer business
• Obtain new business as per Annual Operating Plan
• Manage debtors and stock – within reason.
• Pull, analyze reports to drive continuous improvement on route
• Advise production units on demand changes and buffer stock levels
• Support company cost control
• Comply with all functional and non-functional company policies and procedures, e.g., Sales; Health and Safety; etc.
• Housekeeping and maintaince of company assets, e.g., Handheld Computers, Uniform, Mobile phone, etc.

Qualifications
What will qualify you for the role:

• Certificate from the SA Chamber of Baking
• Fluent in the English language
• Maintain, develop, and grow the industrial customer base across all categories by achieving revenue and volume targets as per Annual Operating Plan and drive the Industrial strategy plan
• 5 years working experience in FMCG environment, with 3 years in a selling role / selling experience
• Previous sales experience withing bakery environment a definite advantage
• Valid Code B driver’s license

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Job Overview:

• Sort product by categories for different batches. Ensure all packaging, damage and stock processes are followed (SOPs).
• Ensuring the correct mixing volumes is being mixed
• Ensuring that mixing bowl gets to the tipper area for processing
• Ensuring that the correct ingredients is being used in accordance with what needs to be mixed
• Sort product by categories for different batches
• Ensure all packaging, damage and stock processes are followed (SOPs)
• Communication with supervisors regarding an issue on shift
• Record each batch number correctly per ingredient on the mixing sheet
• Adhere to food safety regulations to minimise risk to the product
• Follow all safety regulations accordingly (PPE, working safely etc.)

Qualifications

• Minimum: NQF 4 or Grade 12 or similar relevant qualification
• 1-2 years manufacturing experience

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Job Overview:
A Stacker is responsible for stacking packed products, ensuring that the pallets and products confirm with food safety standards.

• Checking the printer for good working operation.
• Confirming good presentation of packed products.
• Checking pallet condition before use.
• Checking bags’ weight for manual recording.
• Checking correct product bar-code used.
• Ensuring barcoded products are neatly wrapped.
• Ensuring stacked pallets are straight and neat.
• Verifying wrapped product integrity.
• Reporting any non-conformances.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 Qualification.
• 12 months’ experience in a similar role within FMCG environment.
• Good understanding of Health and Safety standards.
• Good communication skills (verbal and written).
   

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Job Overview:
Load and offload of goods, picking orders, housekeeping and ensuring that there is a clean work area.

• Load and offload
• Picking of orders
• Housekeeping – clean work area
• Stock Rotation
• Quality control
• Perform duties as per operational requirements
• Good practical skills with the ability to work quickly and accurately
• Bi-lingual
• Willing to work shifts, overtime and public holidays
• Work in a fast-paced environment
• Good team working ethics

Qualifications

• Minimum: NQF 4 or Grade 12 or similar relevant qualification
• 1-2 years of manufacturing experience
   

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What we’re looking for:

• This role will be responsible for the procurement of Facilities services (Cleaning services, Security services, Temporary labor, Staff transport and -non-GP managed white space) services est. $42MM p.a. across SA BU. Sourcing various services such as cleaning services, Security services, Temporary labor, Staff transport and -non-GP managed-white space.
• Responsible to execute aligned strategy for the SA BU.
• Design and implement specific technical platforms and supplier competitive Tension programs that will deliver further competitive advantage for the PepsiCo MU’s and bring programs to Sector benchmarks.
• Lead evaluation of all pricing offers for RFP’s, by building sophisticated comparative pricing models and provide recommendations to category leaders.
• Create and implement Value Engineering / Productivity pipeline for SA – leveraging Sector process and program
• To deliver minimum 8% productivity p.a. from the compressible spend portion of $42MM SA spend.
• To develop a pipeline of productivity initiatives with SA more than 8% p.a.
• Establish CVA/commodity splits & pricing mechanism for all SA services – isolate commodity/regulated portion of the costings in order to create a cost strategy that provides effective risk management.
• Provide PSP / AOP for SA region & track monthly to ensure we operate within agreed budgets.
• Provide technical leadership to the SA supplier base and be a driver of change and performance improvement for the business in line with Commercial and financial priorities. This includes providing capability to respond to the business need for niche & new requirements, regional sourcing requirements and the need to comply with regulatory and environmental demands for.
• Co-operation with Legal Department to ensure the most beneficial contract terms for PepsiCo, preparation of the contracts and coordinate signing contracts are met.
• Delivering daily purchasing needs for the category through supplier contracting.
• Manage supplier relationships with key strategic and non-strategic suppliers for category.
• Manage and develop project procurement timeline and be key gatekeeper in all the critical Purchasing tasks to ensure on-time plan launch.
• Develop and implement category BCP to mitigate supply risks.
• Responsibility of productivity project identification, implementation, and monthly tracking.
• Leading implementation of category strategy and sourcing plans for the BU;
• 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.
• Update and cleanse price lists on real time basis. SAP codes/description to be updated/cleansed.
• Lead dispute resolution regarding services/material supply, quality issues, invoice and payment issues.
• Support in developing new suppliers.
• Represent procurement with cross functional stakeholders such as Marketing/Sales/Supply Chain/ R&D for all innovation and productivity projects.
• Lead Category negotiations and manage contracts with suppliers.
• Create and Maintain SAP contracts.
• Tracking, Reporting and uploading monthly productivity projects in relevant tool.
• Evaluate & evolve sourcing strategy based on changing market conditions and provide inputs during strategic sourcing activities, including internal and external analysis and negotiations.
• Keep close tracking of productivity pipeline to cover any risks to the plan.
• Support commodity reporting; maintain price & inflation/deflation database including internal and external data.
• Supplier liaison for supplier quality assurance program.
• Deliver on agreed objectives and KPI’s to ensure successful category strategy implementation.

Qualification

What will qualify you for the role

• 5+ years’ experience in procurement function leading a similar related category.
• 3 year tertiary qualification
• 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.

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Job Overview:

• The main purpose is primarily to ensure maximum plant availability through effective preventative and planned maintenance and will accordingly attend to all breakdowns, diagnosis (using different problem-solving techniques) and conduct the necessary repairs and mechanical modifications and sign off work done as meeting required standard.

Conducts diagnosis of equipment failures

• Works with and through technicians and other employees to establish mechanical and equipment performance before breakdowns were reported
• Establishes whether the equipment breakdown is related to a missed planned maintenance or part failure or human interference
• Uses any of the problem (finding and) solving techniques like 5-Whys, RCA, decision trees etc to pinpoint the real problem behind failures/breakdowns
• Completes job card in consultation with the maintenance planner and requisitions a part or modifies mechanical parts depending on the outcome of the above

 Conducts preventative maintenance

• Performs defined and/or ad hoc condition monitoring on mechanical equipment
• Completes documentation relating to work done for future reference in the event of failures
•  May replace parts in the event of noted probable failures to ensure continuous equipment running
• Continuous reference to equipment drawings, engineering standards and GMPs in the performance and closing out of jobs done

 Planned Maintenance

• Ensures that scheduled maintenance in terms of Engineering plans is conducted as prescribed following defined protocols and compliance to GMPs
• Ensures that machined spares are available as and when required and shall schedule time to execute this one
• Completes job cards and parts requisition documents timeously to improve on mean time to repair thus ensuring high plant availability

Plant Breakdowns

• Attends to all mechanical plant breakdowns following or informed by diagnosis conducted under point 1 above
• In the event of mechanical modifications, follows defined procedures in updating relevant documentation and equipment records
• Proactively escalates equipment problems to ensure minimal time stoppages
• Maintains IPS standards on the respective lines
• Clearly demarcates workstation in accordance with procedures in the event of major work to minimise disruptions and possible injuries as a result of human traffic and area being used as thoroughfare
• Adheres to AIB and relevant food safety programmes and environmental protocols
• Completes documentation of work done and close out on ad hoc call outs
• Updates parts/spares records in conjunction with the stores (OEM, machined and generic spares/parts)
• Monitors equipment performance after attending to and fixing problems

Qualifications

• Qualified Trade Tested Fitter
• Min N3 Engineering Qualification
• Min 3 years post trade test experience within a manufacturing environment
• Good mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic fault-finding skills
• Ability to prepare and read mechanical schematics
• Ability to carry out basic welding, machining and drilling
• Working knowledge of lifting equipment e.g. chain blocks, hydraulic jack
• Fully conversant with Environmental, Health and Safety Standards
• Responsible for Technical Assets
• Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office and maintenance software (SAP preferably)