Pro Talent is a specialist recruitment agency, based in Westville, KZN, and has been in existence since 1994. Pro Talent focuses on offering a specialist recruitment service to place scarce skills in the fields of IT, Insurance, Medical, Logistics, Legal, Finance, Technical, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Administration, HR and Management. Each recruiter ...
- Responsible for maximising profitability and branch growth through the effective management of people, sales, stock, warehouse operations, administration, and overall business performance
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive retail and wholesale sales growth while maintaining profitability targets
- Lead, motivate and performance manage sales, warehouse and admin teams
- Oversee showroom operations, merchandising and customer service excellence
- Manage stock control, warehouse efficiency, bi-annual stock counts and cycle counts
- Monitor branch expenses, cash controls and administrative compliance
- Develop and implement sales, promotional and marketing initiatives
- Handle customer queries, staff discipline and operational matters
- Ensure compliance with health & safety, security and operational procedures
- Maintain strong supplier and customer relationships
- Oversee the overall operations of both the retail store and warehouse
Minimum Requirements:
- Minimum 10 years proven experience in a senior management role within retail, wholesale or distribution
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Sound understanding of sales management, stock control and warehouse operations
- Excellent financial, administrative and reporting abilities
- Strong problem-solving, organisational and communication skills
- Matric
- Afrikaans speaking is a major advantage
- Ability to work under pressure and drive business performance
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- Our client is looking for a hands-on, strategic Farm Manager to oversee all aspects of production, labour, infrastructure, and compliance, ensuring efficient and profitable operations.
Key Responsibilities
Crop Production Management
- Plan and manage the tunnel systems, including pruning, pest management, fertigation, harvesting, and scheduling.
- Oversee open-field cultivation, managing rotations, input programs, and labour cycles.
- Ensure optimal use of fertilizer and irrigation systems (including drip irrigation and fertigation tanks).
Honey & Pollination
- Manage the integration of beehives for pollination and honey production.
- Oversee honey harvesting, processing, and bottling in a hygienic and compliant manner.
- Explore potential pollination services for other farms.
Packhouse & Post-Harvest Oversight
- Supervise the packhouse (18m x 30m): from receiving to grading, cold storage, dispatch, and traceability.
- Ensure compliance with food safety and hygiene protocols in packing, processing, and storage.
- Manage value-added product lines (e.g., jams, juices, sundried tomatoes).
Infrastructure & Equipment
- Coordinate maintenance of irrigation pumps, packhouse machinery, cold room (10m x 6m), and farm vehicles.
- Oversee daily use of tractors, electric carts, and tools within tunnels and fields.
Water & Environmental Management
- Operate within the Water Use License conditions and manage inline dam storage (including 3rd dam once approved).
- Monitor borehole use, irrigation scheduling, and water efficiency across crops.
Labour Management
- Recruit, supervise, and train permanent and seasonal farm workers.
- Maintain productivity, task delegation, and compliance with 200-day labour cycles.
- Foster a safe and positive working environment.
Record Keeping & Reporting
- Keep daily, weekly, and monthly records on yield, input use, labour, and sales.
- Work closely with the owner on budget tracking (R10 million budget), timelines, and compliance.
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree/Diploma in Agriculture, Horticulture, Agribusiness, or related field.
- Minimum 10 years of farm management experience, ideally with high-value crops.
- Strong understanding of tunnel farming, fertigation, irrigation systems, and cold chain logistics.
- Knowledge of value-added processing, honey production, or small-scale agri-processing is a plus.
- Experience managing packhouse and export processes (especially blueberries) is an advantage.
Key Skills
- Excellent organizational and leadership skills
- Problem-solving and adaptive thinking
- Understanding of farm budgets and input planning
- Proficiency in basic tech (Excel, farm software, WhatsApp, drone apps a plus)
- Communication and people management
- Experience managing automated fertigation systems
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- The Recruitment and Talent Manager leads the end-to-end delivery of talent acquisition and management for the organization.
- This role owns sourcing, attracting, and retaining top talent, while ensuring organograms, contracts, and employee documentation stay accurate and aligned with business objectives.
Duties and Responsibilities
Recruitment and Talent Acquisition
- Design and run end-to-end recruitment strategies, from advertising and sourcing through interviewing and onboarding.
- Partner with department heads to understand workforce needs and build tailored recruitment plans.
- Maintain a live talent pipeline and database to keep future hiring needs covered.
- Source candidates through job boards, social media, agencies, and referrals, aiming for a diverse, qualified pool.
- Manage the full recruitment cycle: defining roles, posting ads, screening, interviewing, assessments, and reference checks.
- Ensure every new hire receives a letter of offer, employment contract, job description, and balanced scorecard/KPIs before onboarding.
- Track recruitment metrics — quality of hire, time-to-fill, and retention — to guide improvements.
Organogram Management
- Keep departmental organograms current, updating them for new hires, role changes, and separations.
- Update organograms within seven working days of any staffing change and review them quarterly.
Candidate Screening, Interviewing and Hiring
- Review applications and conduct initial interviews to assess qualifications, experience, and fit.
- Coordinate interview panels with hiring managers and guide consistent, unbiased evaluations.
- Oversee scheduling, interview questions, and hiring recommendations, including offer and salary negotiation.
- Ensure all hiring activity complies with company policy and employment law.
Employer Branding and Onboarding
- Promote the employer brand through social media, events, and partnerships, including with educational institutions.
- Build and oversee a comprehensive onboarding process, ensuring new hires get all required documentation.
- Monitor new employees’ integration and address onboarding challenges to support retention.
Employee Development and Succession Planning
- Identify skill gaps and create tailored development programs.
- Design succession plans for critical roles and support mentoring and coaching initiatives.
Budget, Compliance and Reporting
- Align recruitment activity with the approved organogram and departmental budgets, avoiding overstaffing.
- Monitor recruitment spend and identify cost-saving opportunities without compromising quality.
- Manage administration of employee transfers and promotions with clear, consistent processes.
- Ensure all recruitment and talent activities comply with employment law and reflect industry best practice.
- Prepare recruitment reports for senior management, highlighting trends and actionable insights.
Requirements
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in talent management or recruitment, including 2 years in a management role.
- Strong knowledge of recruitment practices and tools, with proficiency in HR data and metrics.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
- Leadership and team management ability.
- Strategic thinking, planning, and problem-solving skills.
- Adaptability and resilience.
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- Our client in Ballito is looking for a hands-on HR Manager to lead the South African HR function while working closely with the People and Talent team in the UK.
- This role owns the full employee lifecycle for the South African branch — from onboarding and compliance through performance, benefits, and employee relations — and ensures local practice stays aligned with both UK and South African employment standards.
- Prior exposure to a UK-based holding company or group structure is highly advantageous.
Duties and Responsibilities
HR Leadership and Strategy
- Lead and manage the South African HR function, setting priorities and standards for the team, including the HR Officer(s) and Recruitment Officer.
- Partner with the People and Talent team in the UK to align local HR practice with group-wide policy, culture, and reporting requirements.
- Develop, implement, and maintain HR policies and procedures that meet both UK and South African legislative requirements.
- Act as a trusted advisor to department heads and senior management on HR matters, workforce planning, and organizational design.
Onboarding, Compliance and Documentation
- Oversee the induction and onboarding process, ensuring new starters and leavers are processed promptly and accurately.
- Ensure reference checks, right-to-work checks, and other compliance requirements are completed in line with UK and RSA legislation.
- Oversee the issuing of job offers, contracts, and compliance documentation, ensuring accurate record-keeping on the HR system.
- Manage DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) applications and related compliance processes where required.
Employee Relations and Performance
- Serve as the senior point of contact for employee relations matters at the South African branch, handling grievances and disciplinary processes with sound judgement and confidentiality.
- Maintain accurate records of grievances, performance reviews, and disciplinary actions.
- Support managers with performance management, coaching, and employee development initiatives.
- Foster an employee-oriented culture that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement, and high performance.
Recruitment and Talent
- Oversee recruitment activity for the South African branch, supporting the Recruitment Officer with sourcing, screening, and interviewing.
- Ensure a positive and professional candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
- Support succession planning and talent development for critical roles.
Benefits, Systems and Administration
- Manage the administration of company benefits, including schemes such as PerkBox, SimplyHealth, and the EV scheme.
- Oversee the allocation and tracking of employee devices such as laptops and phones.
- Ensure the HR system is accurately maintained, with up-to-date employee data and reporting.
- Respond to reference requests and manage general HR correspondence and administration.
Reporting and Continuous Improvement
- Provide regular HR reporting and insights to the UK People and Talent team and local senior management.
- Identify opportunities to improve HR processes, policies, and systems across the business.
Requirements
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
Experience
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in an HR Manager role, ideally within a fast-paced, multi-site environment.
- Senior-level HR experience is essential; prior experience working for or with a UK holding company, or other UK exposure, is highly advantageous.
- Solid working knowledge of both UK and South African employment legislation and best practice.
Skills and Competencies
- Strong leadership and people management skills, with the ability to manage a small HR team.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, across all levels of the business.
- High degree of professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality.
- Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable managing competing priorities and deadlines.
- Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, along with confidence using HR information systems.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a remote, UK-based team.
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- An established life insurer is seeking an experienced Claims Manager to lead and develop its Life and Medical Claims team. This is an excellent opportunity for a passionate claims professional with strong medical and insurance expertise to take ownership of a critical business function, drive operational excellence, and contribute to strategic decision-making.
- In this senior leadership role, you will oversee the end-to-end claims process, ensure fair and efficient claims assessments, manage risk, enhance customer experience, and lead a team of claims assessors and administrators. You will also play an influential role in product development, claims innovation, reporting, and stakeholder management.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of claims assessors and administrators.
- Oversee the assessment and management of life insurance claims, ensuring service levels and quality standards are consistently met.
- Manage complex and escalated claims, liaising with legal advisors, reinsurers, and internal stakeholders where required.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including process optimisation and automation opportunities.
- Monitor claims trends, identify risks, and provide detailed reporting and insights to senior leadership.
- Contribute to claims philosophy, product development, underwriting reviews, and risk management strategies.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with advisers, reinsurers, and key stakeholders.
- Ensure a customer-centric approach that balances empathy, fairness, and sound risk management.
- Manage team performance, capacity planning, training, recruitment, and budgeting.
Requirements
- Degree or qualification in a medically related field such as Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Biokinetics, or similar (preferred, not essential)
- Minimum 5 years’ life insurance claims assessment experience.
- Strong medical knowledge and understanding of life insurance principles.
- Proven leadership and people management experience.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, analytical, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to interpret complex insurance contracts and manage risk effectively.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a high level of attention to detail.
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- Our client, one of South Africa’s leading travel specialists, is looking for a creative, proactive, and detail-driven Travel Operations Coordinator to join their Westville -based team
MUST HAVE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
R 15 000 CTC
- Relevant experience in travel, tour operations, group travel or event operations
- Strong knowledge of accommodation, transport, flight, itineraries and supplier coordination
- Experience managing bookings, allocations, travel documentation and operations deadlines
- Excellent administration, organisational and problem solving skills
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Confidence working with booking, reservation and CRM systems
- Manage enquiry email boxes and overall data hygiene in CRM
- Excellent supplier and customer communication skills
- Sports travel or major event experience would be an advantage
- Minimum 3 years work experience in either a retail travel agency or tour operator
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- An innovative financial services organisation is looking for a technically minded IT Practice Transition & Data Support Specialist to join its Head Office team.
- This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working with data, systems, technology, and process improvement while making a direct impact on the successful onboarding and integration of financial planning practices.
- In this role, you’ll be responsible for managing the transition of client data into sophisticated CRM and digital platforms, ensuring a seamless experience for financial planners and their clients.
- You’ll play a key role in data migration, system integrations, process optimisation, training, and technical support, helping practices embrace digital solutions and operate more efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the onboarding and migration of large client datasets into CRM and business systems.
- Cleanse, validate, transform, and prepare client data to ensure accuracy and integrity.
- Analyse data to identify risks, issues, and opportunities before implementation.
- Support digital client onboarding, electronic signatures, and automated communication processes.
- Troubleshoot system and integration issues between adviser practices and clients.
- Provide training and support to financial planners and administrative teams across the country.
- Monitor project progress, reporting, and dashboard updates in line with service standards.
- Assist with the ongoing improvement of systems, digital workflows, and operational processes.
Requirements
- Matric and a relevant tertiary qualification or certification.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar IT, systems, data, or support role.
- Strong Excel and overall computer literacy.
- Understanding of JSON payloads, configuration files, and system integrations.
- Ability to read and interpret existing JavaScript and C# code.
- Exposure to CRM systems and data migration projects would be advantageous.
- Experience within financial services or wealth management would be beneficial.
Ideal Candidate
- You are analytical, detail-oriented, and naturally curious about how systems work.
- You enjoy solving problems, working with data, and helping users adopt new technology. Equally comfortable working independently or as part of a team, you thrive in an environment where no two days are the same.
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- Our client in Cape Town, a warehousing, transport and shipping-container logistics provider is looking for a sharp, proactive Senior Associate Developer to join their team.
- The environment includes Microsoft SQL Server, .NET applications, Azure DevOps, mobile platforms, EDI integrations, Nintex Automation (K2), and cloud-native technologies.
- This Senior Associate Developer role is responsible for maintaining business-critical production systems while driving the migration of legacy VB.NET services and IIS-hosted applications to modern C# and .NET 10 solutions.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Lead and contribute to the modernization of legacy VB.NET applications, Windows Services, and IIS-hosted websites into C# and .NET 10 solutions.
- Design, develop, support, and maintain enterprise applications using C#, .NET, SQL Server, ASP.NET, MAUI, and related Microsoft technologies.
- Work extensively with Azure DevOps including Git repositories, branch strategies, pull requests, code reviews, build validations, repository governance, and branch/build policies.
- Create, maintain, and optimize Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for automated build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
- Manage and consume Azure Key Vault secrets, certificates, and configuration settings securely across environments.
- Develop integrations using Microsoft Graph APIs and other Microsoft cloud services.
- Create and maintain Azure DevOps Artifacts feeds and internally hosted NuGet packages for reusable components and shared libraries.
- Implement automation solutions to improve development, deployment, monitoring, and operational efficiency.
- Develop and maintain unit tests and support automated testing practices to improve software quality and reliability.
- Analyse business requirements and transform them into functional and technical designs.
- Handle change requests, incidents, and bug fixes from the support desk and business stakeholders.
- Debug, troubleshoot, investigate, and resolve issues across development, test, and production environments.
- Support existing VB.NET, .NET Framework, ASP.NET MVC, Xamarin, MAUI, and SQL Server based solutions.
- Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical mentoring within the development team.
- Support EDI integrations, reporting solutions, workflows, and operational systems critical to the business.
Qualifications & Experience
- 7+ years of relevant software development experience.
- Strong experience with C#, .NET (Framework, .NET Core, and modern .NET versions including migration to .NET 10 readiness).
- Experience migrating legacy applications from VB.NET to modern C# architectures.
- Advanced SQL Server skills including stored procedures, functions, views, indexing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
- Strong troubleshooting, debugging, root-cause analysis, and production support skills.
- Experience working in Agile development environments.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Technical Skills (Required)
- C#, VB.NET, .NET Framework, .NET Core, .NET 10 migration projects
- Azure DevOps (Git Repositories, Pipelines, Build Policies, Pull Requests, Artifacts)
- Azure Key Vault and environment configuration management
- Microsoft Graph API integrations
- CI/CD automation and deployment pipelines
- Unit Testing frameworks and test automation
- SQL Server development and administration
- ASP.NET MVC/Web Applications
- IIS administration and application deployments
- Azure DevOps Artifacts and internal NuGet package management
Advantageous Experience
- MAUI and Xamarin mobile development
- Crystal Reports
- SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
- SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
- Microsoft BizTalk and EDI concepts
- Nintex Automation (K2 Workflow and SmartForms)
- Containerisation technologies and cloud-native deployment models
- Azure services and infrastructure
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- Our client, a well-established audit and advisory firm in Hillcrest, Durban, is seeking a qualified and ambitious Junior Audit Manager to join its leadership team. This role is ideal for a newly qualified CA(SA) with strong external audit and taxation experience who is looking to take the next step into a management position.
Key Responsibilities
Audit & Assurance
- Plan, execute, review, and finalise audit engagements. Attend client and engagement planning meetings for high-risk engagements.
- Perform quality control reviews on audit files.
- Attend final Annual Financial Statement meetings.
- Conduct technical research and provide guidance on complex audit matters.
- Ensure compliance with auditing standards, regulatory requirements, and firm methodologies.
Taxation
- Review and complete various tax returns.
- Manage SARS audits, verification requests, objections, and tax queries.
- Prepare provisional tax calculations for management approval.
Leadership & Staff Development
- Supervise and mentor Audit Supervisors.
- Drive a high-performance culture within the audit department.
- Provide ongoing coaching, training, and technical development to audit staff.
- Review and approve Audit Supervisors’ timesheets on a weekly basis.
Client Service
- Build and maintain strong client relationships.
- Liaise with clients on technical, audit, and taxation matters.
- Provide practical solutions and technical recommendations.
Minimum Requirements
- Chartered Accountant [CA(SA)] designation.
- 2 to 3 years’ post-articles experience.
- Strong external auditing experience.
- Strong taxation experience.
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- A high-impact, enterprise-wide sales leadership role responsible for driving revenue growth across branch networks, contact centres, third-party distribution partners, field teams, and B2B/corporate sales channels.
- This role requires a hands-on commercial leader to establish a unified sales operating model that balances aggressive target achievement with high-quality acquisition and strong revenue-to-cash conversion.
Key Responsibilities
- Revenue & Performance Management: Own consolidated revenue targets; convert high-level budgets into daily/weekly operational KPIs; execute pipeline forecasting, variance analysis, and immediate revenue-recovery plans.
- Multi-Channel & Branch Leadership: Direct operations across branch networks, call centres, and field teams to maximise consultant productivity, quality sales, and operational compliance.
- Distributor & Reseller Oversight: Manage third-party distribution and reseller channels, monitoring sales volume, quality metrics, collection viability, and commercial profitability.
- B2B & Strategic Business Development: Lead B2B growth, corporate partnerships, employer-based programmes, and payroll-linked opportunities from proposal to execution.
- Sales Quality & Collections Alignment: Partner with Finance and Customer Support to enforce strict onboarding compliance, mandate verification, high first-instalment collection rates, and long-term customer retention.
- Campaigns & Activations: Design and execute high-tempo sales drives, workplace activations, community outreach initiatives, and performance incentive programmes.
- People Leadership: Recruit, train, coach, and manage performance across multi-site sales teams and channel leaders.
Requirements & Experience
- Degree or Diploma in Commerce, Business Management, Sales, Marketing, or a related discipline preferred
- 5+ years of proven senior sales leadership managing multi-site branches, contact centres, and third-party reseller/partner networks.
- Financial services, credit, debt solutions, insurance, or related regulated, high-volume sales environments (highly advantageous).
- Demonstrated success owning substantial multi-channel revenue targets, pipeline forecasting, and sales turnaround strategies.
- Proven track record in corporate business development, employer schemes, or payroll-linked/PERSAL channels.
- Operations & Compliance: In-depth understanding of sales quality assurance, first-instalment readiness, and collections-linked revenue cycles.
- Strong financial acumen, executive reporting capability, and willingness to travel regionally across branch networks.
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