Latest Vacancies at RCL Foods

Minimum Requirements    

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Statistics, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2-4 years’ data & analytics experience in the FMCG or Retail industry.
• Strong understanding of data analysis concepts and techniques.
• Proficiency in using data analysis tools such as SQL, and at least one data visualization tool (Power BI, Tableau, etc).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Duties & Responsibilities    

Data Analytics:

• Work with the business to identify analytics requirements and use cases.
• Unpack & document business requirements, work with the Data Analytics team on solutions. Identify sources of data, creating a brief for technical teams and developing an overall timeline. 
• Data Collection: Identifying and gathering data from various sources like databases, surveys, and web logs.
• Data Cleaning: Ensuring data accuracy and completeness by addressing inconsistencies, missing values, and outliers.
• Data Transformation: Formatting and restructuring data for analysis using tools like SQL and Python.
• Data Modelling: Building models to predict future outcomes or classify data points.
• Data Visualization: Creating informative charts, graphs, and dashboards to communicate insights effectively.
• Staying up to date with new data analysis tools and techniques.
• Maintaining data quality and adhering to data security protocols.
• Support RCL FOODS on their Insights Driven Organization (IDO) upskilling journey.

Reporting:

• Develop appropriate reports as requested by the Business & support citizen data analysts within the business functions to do the same.
• Maintain and proactively enhance reports.

Technical Expertise:

• Provide on-going advice and support on best practice to ensure continuous improvement within the data & analytics environment.
• Develop specialist knowledge of the Microsoft BI tools and platform, identify opportunities to deliver best value solutions and make recommendations to the Data & Analytics Manager.

End User Support:

• Work in conjunction with learning team, super users and citizen analysts to deliver and conduct end user training on existing and new data analytics solutions.
• Assist business users in resolving BI related issues.
• Provide clear problem definition and liaise with necessary technical experts/external consultants to resolve technical issues.

Drive Continuous Business Improvement:

• Identify opportunities in the business to drive insights in the organization.

Data Governance:

• Ensure Data assets are governed according to Security framework.
• Ensure Data integrity measures are in place, e.g. success and accuracy of ETL loads.

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Job Description

The purpose of the role is to drive and facilitate the demand planning and where applicable, demand management process, in order to enable visibility of expected demand to the business and in particular to the supply chain. This forward forecast will be used to improve the business decision making process around product mix, product prioritisation and cost / profitability choices; and to drive up customer service levels by enabling the supply planners to plan out unnecessary operational costs and supply risks. The role will require a strong working relationship with customer, marketing, supply planning, distribution, and commercial teams.

Minimum Requirements    

• 2 Years Demand Planning experience ideal
• 2-3 previous Supply Chain experience would be an advantage, particularly in Supply Planning or Distribution Planning; or Customer Marketing experience
• Bachelor of Commerce/Economics Degree, or related Supply Chain National Diploma (e.g.: SAPICS CPIM)

Duties & Responsibilities    

Functional Strategy into Action Operationalisation

• Work closely with customer, marketing, and commercial teams along with other senior managers in the Supply Chain and Customer teams to cocreate the forward demand plan based on a 1-2 year's view of requirements. This will be used as key input into the business volume plans to be used for budget and quarterly planning
• Facilitate integrated supply chain delivery by managing relationships and interaction within the extended supply chain, distribution and customer teams.
• Collaborate with the supply chain and customer teams to drive up customer service levels and volumes sold.

Demand Analysis:

• On a weekly and monthly basis analyse actual demand to generate the forward forecast, make recommendations, and drive continuous improvements in order to gain concensus with cross functional teams on the forward forecast (including base & event)
• Understand what is causing differences between what was forecasted vs what was actually ordered, and use this to drive discussions with the front-end team, challenging their assumptions and making suggestions on how to improve accuracy of the forecast
• For price sensitive product groups (like value chicken and sugar) ensure that pricing information and competitor information is gathered as part of understanding gaps to forecast, as well as impact on stock builds or stock shortages.
• For Make to Order production (Beverages, Fresh Chicken), closely watch the forward forecast vs historical demand to ensure that there is a good correlation between the two. In chicken particularly, where fresh demand does not materialise, the impact can be significant as the raw chicken portions may then end up being packed into products like single portions or IQF, where it was not intended to go. This could impact stock builds or pricing that can be achieved

Generating Base Demand:

• Analyse historical demand and remove anomalies (including outliers) from the norm using historical information, knowledge of the category and by getting input from the customer teams, in order to generate a sound base demand forecast
• Identify the most appropriate statistical forecasting model for each product group in order to generate an accurate base forecast, 12 months rolling forward.
• Generate the base demand plan using the most appropriate statistical forecasting algorithm and make adjustments where necessary
• Understand any variance between actual customer demand and the statistical forecast and make appropriate challenges, changes and recommendations to the base forecast

Events/Promotions:

• Use the promotions grid and related discussion that are provided by the customer team as input into the event forecast
• Work closely with the customer team to document the assumptions for each promotion, driving clarity on volume, price and customers
• Challenge all promotional volume increases when history shows that these have not been achieved before; or if historical the promotions have delivered higher volumes, also challenge to get the volumes increased.
• Present the proposed forecast along with assumptions to get a consensus forecast to be used by the business. This will be done at the monthly Demand Planning meeting.

Publishing and Reporting on the Forecast

• Publish the agreed forecast in the appropriate format to ensure transparency and one set of numbers. This includes ensuring that the Demand Planning tool (Barton) is correct and that these numbers are correctly interfaced to the Group Reporting Cube. The Fixed Forecast will be used by the business to measure the effectiveness of the Demand Planning Process, while the Operational Forecast may be changed more regularly to enable the Supply Planning teams to make better priority decisions should the actual demand be significantly different to what was initially thought.
• Using the agreed forecasting KPI’s (Forecast Bias, Forecast Sku Compliance and Customer Service level) to drive improvement in the forecasts and to minimise volatility. Use these KPI’s to assist when analysing the historical data while generating the forecast
• Publish the forecasting KPI’s in the agreed format, in line with the agreed timeline for weekly reports and monthly scorecards

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Job Description    

The incumbent will provide day to day Human Resource administrative support and contribute to the long-term development of the HR function. This position is in the Rustenburg Sunbake bakery and requires an incumbent who is brilliant at basics, able to lead with integrity, respect and energy. The succesful candidate is to be knowledgeable on HR practices, employment and labour legislation.

Minimum Requirements    

• Diploma in Human Resource Management or equivalent
• Valid Code EB Driver's Licence
• SAP system is an added advantage
• 2 Years Experience in a similar role
• Problem solving skills
• Report writing
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Able to interact at all levels of the organisation

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Talent Administration
• Provide all recruitment administration support for A and B appointments.
• Ensure all reference and criminal record checks are carried out fully and in a timely
• Announce new appointments.
• Manage the new joiner process from offer letter through to joining instructions and
• Provide HR support and advice to employees and line managers, explaining policies
• and procedures in a timely and effective manner.
• Handle maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave processes and queries.
• Administer the performance management system
• Enter data into HR system so that accurate records are maintained
• Provide data and prepare management and information reports
• Liaise with payroll and distribute payslips
• Process medical aid / fund entries withdrawals
• Process death and disability claim documents
• Administration and update of company communication platform

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Purpose of the Role

• To effectively monitor and maintain all relevant food safety systems.
• To effectively monitor and maintain all relevant quality management systems
• To ensure that production samples requiring external lab analysis are submitted timeously and to compare results to the specification, and take actions when results are out of specification.
• To identify and communicate non-conforming product to the QA Technologist for further action.
• The Food Technologist will be expected to act QA Technologist when needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and submit all samples requiring external analytical/microbiological testing as per schedule. Ensuring that testing is completed timeously to avoid shipping delays
• Monitor all Food Safety and Quality activities in relation to FSSC 22000, QMS and customer requirements.

Minimum Requirements    

• Sc. Consumer Science/ Food Science/ B.Tech. Food technology/ N.D Food Technology. N.D Biotechnology
• ISO 22000 implementation/ FSSC 22000

Duties & Responsibilities    

External Analysis:

• Compile a customer database that stipulates their external analysis needs and continuously update to keep it current.
• Identify and submit all samples requiring external analytical/microbiological testing as per schedule. Ensuring that testing is completed timeously to avoid shipping delays
• Managing environmental monitoring program, ensuring swabs are taken as per the testing schedule.
• Managing external testing samples, by ensuring all samples are taken aseptically to avoid cross-contamination.
• Managing external analytical/ chemical tests as per the testing schedule.
• Evaluate and trend results to ensure compliance to specification.
• Identify any non-conforming product, communicating this information to the relevant stakeholders and assisting the QA Technologist in determining the root cause and corrective action for the non-conformance.
• Trending of non-conforming results to establish possible areas for improvement.
• Recording of all results on relevant database.
• Actively participating in interested parties visits e.g., Halaal, Kosher, customers, government etc.
• Ensure compliance to good housekeeping practices
• To assist with analytical testing as and when staffing issues arise.
• To be able to answer any QC related question during an internal and external audit.

FOOD SAFETY

• Conduct all food safety training needs for the plant
• Conduct weekly hygiene/GMP audits
• Conduct glass and hard plastic checks as per schedule
• Conduct cleaning and sanitation checks- Post cleaning checks.
• Manage and monitor allergen management program in the plant
• Collect and review daily food safety checks from the plant and take proper actions when needed.
• Conduct daily staff hygiene checks
• Assist in managing pest control program within the site.
• Assist in preparing for external food safety audits
• Conduct annual mock recall or traceability exercises and feedback on the performance.
• Manage supplier non-conformances process and COA’s follow up.
• Assist the QAT in managing Food Safety Meetings activities and assist in compiling information for management reviews.
• Assist in investigating customer complaints, corrective actions and in the implementation of corrective actions.
• Assist in monitoring and verifying OPRP’s, CCP’s on daily basis
• Trend on a monthly: Micro results, customer complaints, Foreign Object, Corrective actions, chemical results, GMP audits, Supplier Non-conformances, Allergen Management, OPRP AND CCP monitoring.
• Assist in compiling monthly reports.
• Assist in managing control of non-conforming products
• Ensure staff adhere to Food Safety Culture

Quality Control:

• Perform daily quality analysis on final goods to determine compliance to the specification.
• Conduct frequent process control audits to ensure compliance
• Identify non-conformances from process and take necessary steps to correct.
• Train staff on QMS and relevant processes.
• Ensure staff adhere to Quality culture.
• Completion of all records required to comply the internal QMS system and audits.
• Update and generate Work Instructions, records, and SOP’s when necessary.
• To be able to answer any QC related question during an internal and external audit.
• Maintain QC equipment to ensure accurate analysis, ensure calibration schedule is implemented.
• Update QC test methods when necessary
• Assist with information required for Monthly QC monthly Report

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Job Description

The suitable candidate will be to address regular operational needs of customers and to monitor as well as to ensure improved route optimisation and driver efficiency.

This role will be based in Durban and reporting to the Sales Manager.

Minimum Requirements    

Education and Qualification

• Matric
• Valid Driver’s License (Code 10) with PDP

Experience and Training

• 3 to 5 years' experience in sales; driver salesman experience beneficial.

Skills

• Verbal and written communication.
• Computer literacy and report writing.
• Interpersonal, logical, and analytical thinking.
• Decision-making and negotiation.
• Presentation, facilitation, and organizational awareness.

Competencies

• 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.

Duties & Responsibilities    

Ensure efficient and cost-effective product distribution

• Ensure driver teams deliver according to mapped and optimised routes
• Ensure all new and old customers are plotted on the GPS system
• Ensure orders are geared towards improving truck utilisation and loaves/km
• Ensure delivery teams invoices correspond with loading list before vehicle leaves bakery

Ensure balancing of orders placed, delivered and returned

• Monitor driver orders for informal trade customers daily
• Monitor and track returns daily
• Craft and action plans to drastically improve returns

Submit sales figures from drivers daily

• Ensure driver teams’ sales are in line with sales targets
• Source and distribute of key trade intelligence
• Provide actionable plans for improvements and combating competitor activities

Ensure the capturing and allocation of all customer details

• Ensure all customer details and classifications are loaded correctly on new accounts and are correctly listed on existing accounts

Ensure driver competency and delivery time management

• Support, train, discipline and lead the driver & van assistant teams to deliver sales excellence
• Employ efficient route riding system to see all customers within each month
• Evaluate on-the-job performance, and provide training on shortfalls identified

Monitor Trade Prices

• Submit weekly price surveys for informal trade customers
• Monitor RSP’s and execute pricing strategy, policy and mandate

Build long standing relationship with customers

• Increase sales volume and market share in General Trade stores
• Develop a strategy with Informal Sales Representative to gain new business
• Handle customer complaints and queries
• Ensure merchandising to the company’s standards
• Supports the Informal Sales Representative in providing adequate route optimisation and rationalisation solutions
• Ensure the customers needs are met within a viable business framework
• Provide a link between customers and drivers for a seamless transition of products
• Provide key trade intel and address regular customer service requirements

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Job Description

To assist the clients (production and engineering) to continuously improve their overall equipment effectiveness, by implementing and administering effective asset management systems and procedures, particularly in the areas of information management, work planning & control, performance measurement, maintenance tactics and spares & materials through the effective delegation and management of available resources (employees/equipment).

Minimum Requirements    

• A recognized trade test (Fitting and Turner or Electrician- Preference will be given to Millwrights and Dual Trade- Electrician and Fitter and Turner)
• N4 technical qualification (minimum)

Experience and Training 

• Minimum of 2 years experience as a Maintenance Planner in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry.
• 2 to 3 Years’ experience in asset and asset care management Auditing experience is advantageous.
• 2-3 years of supervision experience is required.
• Must have advanced skills in Microsoft Office- Namely MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Competencies

• A working knowledge of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems(CMMS). Specific preference is given to Pragma Onkey 5 (Onkey 5 Plus). 
• Knowledge of Store Inventory Management Systems and techniques. 
• An understanding of engineering machines components such as shafts, bearings, v-belts, drives, contactors, conveyors, motors, circuit breakers, etc. 
• Knowledge of food safety standards is advantageous
• Adhering to all safe working procedures available in the safety manuals.
• Good communication skills towards all levels within the company
• Be a methodical and systematic worker, comfortable in an office environment with a fair amount of paperwork.
• Must have a proactive problem-solving approach in the anticipation of problem areas and taking corrective actions to eliminate deviations.
• Be goal orientated, stable, show integrity, and be able to make decisions under pressure
• Effective leadership skills and experience in handling IR-related problems

Knowledge and Skill 

• Critical Thinking
• Technical Knowledge
• Complex problem-solving skills
• Innovative thinking
• Advanced-Data Analytical skills
• Report Writing skills 
• Business Acumen
• Effective communication 
• Strategic thinking
• Must be self-directed and able to function independently in a fast-paced environment 
• Must be agile and resilient to change 
• Results driven

Problem-Solving

• Technical and analytical problem solving.
• Must be able to solve complex problems encountered in the factory.

Customer Relationships

• Internal
• Liase with all production and engineering personnel.
• Clear reporting to your manager.
• Liase with Quality Assurance, Risk Coordinator and product development personnel as required.
• External
• Engineering suppliers and contractors

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Plans, schedules, and coordinates corrective and preventive maintenance activities.as a planner will be required to accomplish this task by studying and managing work requests; analyzing job requirements; and determining materials, equipment, and labour needs (such as blueprints, tools, parts, and ‘Artisans’ skill requirements) in order to complete maintenance economically and efficiently.
• The maintenance planner is the logistics person. He or she has the responsibility for removing non-productive time from the maintenance work force. His or her basic responsibility is to ensure that when the maintenance work is ready to be performed, there will be no delays during the execution of the work.
• Develops a weekly schedule and assists the maintenance Engineering Manager in determining job priorities.
• The planner will make changes and adjustments to the schedule and work package after reviewing them with the Engineering Manager.
• The planner maintains a complete and current backlog of work orders. As work is requested, the request is given to the planner.
• The planner examines the request, plans the job, and reviews the job with the Engineering Manager or craft workers. Once the job is planned and approved, it is placed on the schedule.
• The planner reviews the weekly schedule with the Engineering Manager before the start of the work week.
• The Engineering Manager recommendations that require changes are incorporated into the schedule, and the schedule is then published by the planner.
• Ensures that the CMMS software data files are complete and  
• current.
• The planner does this task by gathering equipment and associated stores information for the entire plant or facility. The planner develops standardized codes for the equipment, stores, and task craft assignments for all maintenance activities. In short, the planner is the keeper of the CMMS software data files.
• The planner constantly reviews information being input into the CMMS for accuracy and completeness.
• Breakdown and Lost Opportunity Analytics
• Analysis/ Interpretation of maintenance history and feedback report preparation (should include an analysis of all AMiP KPI’s and suggested actions). 
• Identifies, analyzes, and reviews equipment maintenance problems with maintenance engineering.
• The planner revises the maintenance management program as necessary to improve and enhance plant and facilities operations. Since the planner maintains the work order system, any repetitive problems should be apparent to the planner.
• He or she then reviews repetitive problems with maintenance engineering team to find a resolution. At this level, the resolution typically will be adjustments in the preventive or predictive maintenance program. By adjusting these programs, the planner provides a solution to the problem. If the problem is not related to the preventive or predictive maintenance program, then the planner refers it to the Engineering Manager for resolution.
• Ensuring continuous asset management improvement through organizing of training for engineering personnel.
• Drawing, documentation and modification control.
• Ensure that the team is adequately staffed based on careful consideration of utilization and work backlog information.
• Assisting in the continuous improvement, optimization (schedules reviews) and implementation of preventive
• Maintenance tactics (usage-based, time-based, etc) via processes including OMM and root cause failure analysis.
• Management of the engineering planning office and the equipment, documents and tools within it.
• Meetings (daily & monthly) with the plant’s key personnel (engineering & production) to plan work, transfer information, make decisions and agree on action plans.
• Assisting the further implementation, optimization and management of the Asset Management Improvement Program (AMIP).