Latest Jobs at Premier FMCG (Pty) Ltd

Job Description    

• To supervise the production shift team responsible to manufacture bread to the desired quality specifications, on time and in full within the required costs as per the bake plan, also maintaining the production equipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure optimal bread production process efficiencies and effectiveness for consistent high-quality bread.
• Ensure baking process delivers consistent high-quality products within specifications in collaboration with the maintenance manager.
• Ensure high performance production shift team as per the Premier Way.
• Ensure full statutory compliance to all health and safety and food safety requirements in line with Premier standards and SOP’s by ensuring training of relevant persons, observation, coaching and assessment of SOPs as per requirements and team educational plan.
• Drive continuous improvement of bread production processes.
• Support continuous operations and optimal working conditions by collaborating with relevant stakeholders to address team issues and resolve problems.

Qualification Requirements    

• Grade 12 with numerical ability and PC Literacy - Essential
• Chamber of Baking certificate - Essential

Experience Requirements    

• FMCG Plant Bakery Production supervisory experience (plant size minimum of 5000 loaves per hour) - 3-5 Years – Essential

Other Requirements

• Pressurized environment.
• Must be able to work shifts.
• Required to work Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.
• Overtime expected from time to time.

Key Outputs    

• Supervisory and leadership principles and practices
• Performance management principles
• Understanding Quality Management system requirements
• Food safety requirements
• Packaging materials quality specifications
• Packing stock planning and control systems
• Good housekeeping and hygiene practices
• Bakery process quality requirements and standards
• Financial acumen to support planning, budgeting and cost controls
• PC Literacy
• Production baking planning and resourcing
• Implementing and controlling baking process controls
• Performance management Principles
• Disciplinary and grievance management process requirements
• Analytical thinking and problem solving
• Calculations (capacity, efficiencies, yields, BOM etc)
• Continuous Improvement processes

Closing Date    

• 2025/11/05

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Job Description    

• To maintain the overall effectiveness of equipment and the plants on site which includes Electrical support.
• To anticipate possible machine reliability problems, which could appear and take appropriate actions to ensure manufacturing process continuity.
• To facilitate and lead problem solving processes; provide inputs/suggestions to the maintenance team leader for continuous improvement.
• To record and analyse breakdown trends per machine using a maintenance system in order to motivate equipment improvement or purchases.
• To render support on ad hoc projects e.g., renovate and refurbish machines/installations and commission in order to optimize process flow.
• To ensure compliance with relevant Food Safety, Health Safety and GMP Requirements through the maintenance of process and document controls according to SOP’s
• To provide on job coaching for Handyman and Apprentices as and when required in line with Premier’s Leadership promise.
• To supervise, train and coach Technical Operators regarding SOP’s and work instructions to ensure best operating practices.

Qualification Requirements    

• Matric
• N4 Qualification in Relevant field
• Trade Test Certificate (Red Seal)

Experience Requirements    

• 3-5 years’ experience in relevant trade
• 3 years’ experience in a FMCG environment
• Experience with High-Speed Continuous Operations

Key Outputs    

• To anticipate possible machine reliability problems, which could appear and take appropriate actions to ensure manufacturing process continuity.
• To facilitate and lead problem solving processes; provide inputs/suggestions to the maintenance team leader for continuous improvement.
• To record and analyse breakdown trends per machine using a maintenance system in order to motivate equipment improvement or purchases.
• To render support on ad hoc projects e.g., renovate and refurbish machines/installations and commission in order to optimize process flow.
• To ensure compliance with relevant Food Safety, Health Safety and GMP Requirements through the maintenance of process and document controls according to SOP’s
• To provide on job coaching for Handyman and Apprentices as and when required in line with Premier’s Leadership promise.
• To supervise, train and coach Technical Operators regarding SOP’s and work instructions to ensure best operating practices.

Closing Date    

• 2025/11/05

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Job Description    

• To supervise the production slicing team responsible to slice and pack bread to the desired quality specifications, on time and in full.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure optimal bread slicing process for consistent high-quality bread.
• Ensure baking process delivers consistent high-quality products within specifications.
• Ensure adherence to all quality management, food safety and personal hygiene requirements by the slicing team.
• Ensuring adherence to all health and safety requirements in slicing.
• Support continuous slicing process operations and efficiencies by ensuring timeous technical support as given.
• Build a high performing slicing team.
• Support continuous operations and optimal working conditions.

Qualification Requirements    

• Grade 12 with numerical ability and PC Literacy - Essential
• Chamber of Baking certificate - Essential

Experience Requirements    

• FMCG Plant Bakery Production supervisory experience (plant size minimum of 5000 loaves per hour) - 3-5 Years – Essential

Other Requirements

• Pressurized environment.
• Must be able to work shifts.
• Required to work Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.
• Overtime expected from time to time.

Key Outputs    

• Supervisory and leadership principles and practices
• Performance management principles
• Quality Management system requirements
• Food safety requirements
• Packaging materials quality specifications
• Packing stock planning and control systems
• Good housekeeping and hygiene practices
• PC Literacy
• Production baking planning and resourcing
• Implementing and controlling baking process controls
• Performance management skills
• Analytical thinking and problem solving
• Calculations (capacity, efficiencies, yields, BOM etc)

Closing Date    

• 2025/11/05

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Job Description    

• To be responsible for the preassembly of product onto the delivery vehicles

Key Responsibilities

• Assembly of part pallet loads
• To ensure compliance with relevant Food Safety and Health Safety rules in the workplace

Qualification Requirements    

• Grade 12 Essential

Experience Requirements    

• 2-3 years’ experience in FMCG
• Exposure to a Warehouse environment will be an advantage.
• Forklift license will be an added advantage.

Other Requirements

• 5 - day position and may be required to work overtime from time to time
• May also be required to work Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays as per roster.
• Manual labour - required to lift heavy crates.

Key Outputs    

• Attention to detail
• Ability to use initiative and ability to work independently
• Planning and organising skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Recording and reporting of information
• Sense of urgency
• Strong follow up skills

Closing Date    

• 2025/11/06

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Job Description    

• At Premier, we recruit and invest in our employees for the long term. We believe that our growth depends on us having the right people with the right skills and the right attitude.
• We have a high-performance environment that attracts like-minded people who want to be their best every day and in doing so we grow together.
• The Transport Controller role is responsible to ensure the roadworthiness and cleanliness of trucks, and that they are ready on time for it to be loaded for deliveries to leave as per agreed schedules.

Qualification Requirements    

• Matric/ Grade 12
• Qualified Diesel Mechanic
• Diploma in Logistics - desirable

Experience Requirements    

• Fleet management and fleet planning and resourcing
• Experience in an FMCG environment advantageous
• Fleet cost analysis experience
• Supervisory experience and Supplier Management experience

Key Outputs    

• Ensure legal compliance and support OTIF deliveries by ensuring appropriate number of clean and roadworthy trucks per route according to the hygiene (FSSC 22000), AARTO SOP’s and RACI matrix requirements for the same.
• To ensure cost effective deliveries through detailed fleet related expense tracking and monitoring, ensuring timely action of gaps identified to minimize cents per kilometer.
• To ensure roadworthy vehicles through the management of preventative maintenance and ensuring annual “certificate of fitness” per truck on time and in full prior to expiry dates for the same in collaboration with corporate bakery distribution team.
• To ensure a high performing transport team through the recruitment, training, coaching and supervision of the team responsible to clean and maintain trucks in line with the Premier Way.
• To prevent theft, protect our fleet assets and support cost effective deliveries through ensuring fitment of trucks with vehicle monitoring systems by the preferred suppliers.
• Minimize brand related risk caused by accidents and incidents through leading investigations of accidents.
• Escalate reported incidents to the relevant driver supervisor for investigation.
• Follow up on corrective actions.
• Capture feedback on reported incidents to close the call.
• Close procedural / process gaps with the relevant managers.
• Liaise with the driver trainer on new training needs.

Closing Date    

• 2025/11/06

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Job Description    

• At Premier, we recruit and invest in our employees for the long term. We believe that our growth depends on us having the right people with the right skills and the right attitude.
• We have a high-performance environment that attracts like-minded people who want to be their best every day and in doing so we grow together. The Driver Heavy will be responsible to ensure the timeous and efficient delivery of all products from the Durban mill

Qualification Requirements    

• Matric
• Must have valid Code 14 driver’s license and PDP (it is the driver’s responsibility to ensure their PDP is renewed timeously each year)

Experience Requirements    

• 2-3 years in a similar role
• Ability to work in a team
• Accountability
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Problem solving
• Continuous Improvement
• Core business processes and capabilities
• Sense of urgency / results orientation

Key Outputs    

• Truck housekeeping – ensuring trucks are neat and clean at all times
• Incident and accident reporting – ensuring all incidents and accidents are reported to management timeously
• POD control – all POD’s to be signed, stamped and accounted for
• Fuel consumptions – meet targets set by the company
• Stock control – monitor the offloading and loading of all stock from the truck and ensure 100% accuracy
• Pallet control – monitor the offloading and loading of all CHEP pallets from the truck and ensure 100% accuracy
• Daily Vehicle Checklists – trucks to be checked daily, checklists completed, defects reported and signed and handed to the fleet controller/supervisor
• Document control – POD’s, fuel slips, toll slips, trip sheets, etc
• Management of 2 crew on the truck

Closing Date    

• 2025/11/07