Open Positions at AVI Limited

Key Performance Areas:

• Responsible for overall R&D and NPD activities on site.
• Identify and implement Improvement Opportunities related to product quality and process optimization
• Liaise with suppliers on quality and technical issues.
• Operational budgeting and cost control
• Competency development of teams, including mentoring and coaching
• Trend and review raw material, product and process specifications and update them
• Develop, validate and implement equipment and process procedures
• Create exciting new products in line with Design HACCP requirements that will meet market requirements from concept phase to industrialization
• Conduct shelf life studies
• Conduct sensory evaluation
• Identify, test and approve new ingredients
• Develop, validate and implement analytical methods
• To support the project team in the scoping, development and commissioning of CAPEX projects
• Support packaging projects as required
• Issue regular project status reports and hand-over project report
• Provide hands on support and involvement in the day to day operations
• Provide hands-on training in baking and baking operations as well as class room training sessions
• Mentor and develop junior members of the Technical team
• Ensure the Pilot Plant facility fulfills the site AIB,GMP and Safety requirements
• Maintain good manufacturing practices
• Enforce and maintain discipline 

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:                                                                   

• A minimum 10 years’ experience within the FMCG / Food Production Industry.
• A minimum of 5 years in a managerial role.
• Previous experience within the baking or Food manufacturing industry.

Qualifications:

• BSc / BSc (Hons) degree in Food Science or Chemical Engineering and other related qualification is essential
• Experience in operations, quality or R&D within the FMCG Industry spanning at least 5 years

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Job Duties:

Ensure adherence to policies and procedures as per the admin policy

• Completion of daily, weekly and monthly admin checks, as per the admin check guideline and checklists
• Perform daily tasks eg. declarations, prepare cash for banking and collection
• Calls logged to rectify issues (stock, maintenance, cash etc)
• Transfer of information contained in instruction letters (RIL, MIL, PCI, SMIL and Memo) and ensure adherence to instructions and adherence to deadlines

Cash control

• Adequate POS training and support is given to staff
• Cash control and banking processes are followed daily
• Cash variances are investigated, followed up on and cleared
• Manual transactions are captured timeously once the store is back on line

Stock Control

• Adequate stock management training and support is given to staff
• Stock management processes are followed daily
• Stock variances are investigated, followed up on and cleared
• Weekly and Quarterly stock counts and takes are prepared for and conducted accurately
• Shoe pairing exercise is completed weekly
• Write offs are controlled adequately

Care taking of the Store in absence of the Store Manager

• Store is opened and trades as per requirement
• Customer relations are maintained
• Adequate staffing and planning is in place
• Instructions and to-do lists are followed
• Disciplinary action takes place, where necessary
• HR relations are maintained

Customer Service

• Development a service ethic culture within the store environment
• Internal and external customer relationship building
• In store coaching and on-going training of skills
• Role model customer centricity and service excellence

Minimum Requirements:        

• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification
• Tertiary Retail Qualification will be to your advantage
• Minimum 4 years’ retail experience (Fashion and Footwear preferred)
• 1 year administration management experience

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Job Specification:

Customer Centricity

• Development a service ethic culture within the store environment
• Implementation of a customer service improvement action plan as per the mystery shopper report
• Internal & external customer relationship building
• In store coaching and on-going training of skills

 People Leadership

• Appropriate customers centric stores staff recruited
• Performance management including meaningful IPA’s, regular one-on-ones and completed performance reviews
• Staff held accountable with recognition, reward, sanction and discipline
• Development of staff through coaching and training sessions
• Translation and communication of business objectives, policies and procedures

 Delivery of targets in turnover, profitability, visual merchandise & control

• Daily sales tracking of each employee
• Understand income statement and manage expenses
• Track Stock availability according to customer needs
• Understand & manage in store controls
• Housekeeping and visual merchandising

Use of key retail disciplines in management of the store

• Understand and deliver trading density
• Deliver basket size targets
• Salary to sale ratio’s (staff planning)

Minimum Requirements: 

• Complete Matric/Grade 12
• Tertiary Retail Qualification will be to your advantage
• Minimum 5 years’ retail experience
• Minimum of 12 – 18 months management experience

go to method of application »

Job Specification:

Customer Centricity

• Development a service ethic culture within the store environment
• Implementation of a customer service improvement action plan as per the mystery shopper report
• Internal & external customer relationship building
• In store coaching and on-going training of skills

 People Leadership

• Appropriate customers centric stores staff recruited
• Performance management including meaningful IPA’s, regular one-on-ones and completed performance reviews
• Staff held accountable with recognition, reward, sanction and discipline
• Development of staff through coaching and training sessions
• Translation and communication of business objectives, policies and procedures

 Delivery of targets in turnover, profitability, visual merchandise & control

• Daily sales tracking of each employee
• Understand income statement and manage expenses
• Track Stock availability according to customer needs
• Understand & manage in store controls
• Housekeeping and visual merchandising

Use of key retail disciplines in management of the store

• Understand and deliver trading density
• Deliver basket size targets
• Salary to sale ratio’s (staff planning)

Minimum Requirements: 

• Complete Matric/Grade 12
• Tertiary Retail Qualification will be to your advantage
• Minimum 5 years’ retail experience
• Minimum of 12 – 18 months management experience

go to method of application »

Job Duties:

Ensure adherence to policies and procedures as per the admin policy

• Completion of daily, weekly and monthly admin checks, as per the admin check guideline and checklists
• Perform daily tasks eg. declarations, prepare cash for banking and collection
• Calls logged to rectify issues (stock, maintenance, cash etc)
• Transfer of information contained in instruction letters (RIL, MIL, PCI, SMIL and Memo) and ensure adherence to instructions and adherence to deadlines

Cash control

• Adequate POS training and support is given to staff
• Cash control and banking processes are followed daily
• Cash variances are investigated, followed up on and cleared
• Manual transactions are captured timeously once the store is back on line

Stock Control

• Adequate stock management training and support is given to staff
• Stock management processes are followed daily
• Stock variances are investigated, followed up on and cleared
• Weekly and Quarterly stock counts and takes are prepared for and conducted accurately
• Shoe pairing exercise is completed weekly
• Write offs are controlled adequately

Care taking of the Store in absence of the Store Manager

• Store is opened and trades as per requirement
• Customer relations are maintained
• Adequate staffing and planning is in place
• Instructions and to-do lists are followed
• Disciplinary action takes place, where necessary
• HR relations are maintained

Customer Service

• Development a service ethic culture within the store environment
• Internal and external customer relationship building
• In store coaching and on-going training of skills
• Role model customer centricity and service excellence

Minimum Requirements:        

• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification
• Tertiary Retail Qualification will be to your advantage
• Minimum 4 years’ retail experience (Fashion and Footwear preferred)
• 1 year administration management experience

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The Role

• As part of our permanent team, you’ll play a crucial role in achieving sales targets, assisting with store administration, and driving the team’s overall sales success. With a leadership mindset, you’ll help guide and motivate fellow sales staff to deliver outstanding results and maintain our store’s high standards.

Job Duties:

Cash Control

• Perform cash desk duties; ensure daily cash control, banking, and accurate manual transactions with zero cash variances.

Stock Control

• Follow daily stock procedures, manage customer orders, conduct weekly stock counts, and maintain storeroom organization and shoe pairing.

Customer Service

• Deliver outstanding customer service, foster relationships, and maintain strong product knowledge.

Minimum Requirements:          

• Minimum 3 years’ retail experience, preferably in apparel and footwear
• Shift running experience will be advantageous
• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification

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Job Duties:

• Cash Control - Perform cash desk duties; ensure daily cash control, banking, and accurate manual transactions with zero cash variances.
• Stock Control - Follow daily stock procedures, manage customer orders, conduct weekly stock counts, and maintain storeroom organization and shoe pairing.
• Customer Service - Deliver outstanding customer service, foster relationships, and maintain strong product knowledge.

Minimum Requirements:      

• Minimum 6 months - 1 years’ retail experience
• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification

go to method of application »

Job Duties:

• Cash Control - Perform cash desk duties; ensure daily cash control, banking, and accurate manual transactions with zero cash variances.
• Stock Control - Follow daily stock procedures, manage customer orders, conduct weekly stock counts, and maintain storeroom organization and shoe pairing.
• Customer Service - Deliver outstanding customer service, foster relationships, and maintain strong product knowledge.

Minimum Requirements:      

• Minimum 6 months - 1 years’ retail experience
• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification

go to method of application »

Job Duties:

• Cash Control - Perform cash desk duties; ensure daily cash control, banking, and accurate manual transactions with zero cash variances.
• Stock Control - Follow daily stock procedures, manage customer orders, conduct weekly stock counts, and maintain storeroom organization and shoe pairing.
• Customer Service - Deliver outstanding customer service, foster relationships, and maintain strong product knowledge.

Minimum Requirements:      

• Minimum 6 months - 1 years’ retail experience
• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification

go to method of application »

Job Duties:

• Cash Control - Perform cash desk duties; ensure daily cash control, banking, and accurate manual transactions with zero cash variances.
• Stock Control - Follow daily stock procedures, manage customer orders, conduct weekly stock counts, and maintain storeroom organization and shoe pairing.
• Customer Service - Deliver outstanding customer service, foster relationships, and maintain strong product knowledge.

Minimum Requirements:      

• Minimum 6 months - 1 years’ retail experience
• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification

go to method of application »

Job Duties:

• Cash Control - Perform cash desk duties; ensure daily cash control, banking, and accurate manual transactions with zero cash variances.
• Stock Control - Follow daily stock procedures, manage customer orders, conduct weekly stock counts, and maintain storeroom organization and shoe pairing.
• Customer Service - Deliver outstanding customer service, foster relationships, and maintain strong product knowledge.

Minimum Requirements:      

• Minimum 6 months - 1 years’ retail experience
• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification

go to method of application »

Job Duties:

• Cash Control - Perform cash desk duties; ensure daily cash control, banking, and accurate manual transactions with zero cash variances.
• Stock Control - Follow daily stock procedures, manage customer orders, conduct weekly stock counts, and maintain storeroom organization and shoe pairing.
• Customer Service - Deliver outstanding customer service, foster relationships, and maintain strong product knowledge.

Minimum Requirements:      

• Minimum 6 months - 1 years’ retail experience
• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification

go to method of application »

Job Duties:

• Cash Control - Perform cash desk duties; ensure daily cash control, banking, and accurate manual transactions with zero cash variances.
• Stock Control - Follow daily stock procedures, manage customer orders, conduct weekly stock counts, and maintain storeroom organization and shoe pairing.
• Customer Service - Deliver outstanding customer service, foster relationships, and maintain strong product knowledge.

Minimum Requirements:      

• Minimum 6 months - 1 years’ retail experience
• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification

go to method of application »

Job Duties:

• Cash Control - Perform cash desk duties; ensure daily cash control, banking, and accurate manual transactions with zero cash variances.
• Stock Control - Follow daily stock procedures, manage customer orders, conduct weekly stock counts, and maintain storeroom organization and shoe pairing.
• Customer Service - Deliver outstanding customer service, foster relationships, and maintain strong product knowledge.

Minimum Requirements:      

• Minimum 6 months - 1 years’ retail experience
• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification

go to method of application »

Job Duties:

• Cash Control - Perform cash desk duties; ensure daily cash control, banking, and accurate manual transactions with zero cash variances.
• Stock Control - Follow daily stock procedures, manage customer orders, conduct weekly stock counts, and maintain storeroom organization and shoe pairing.
• Customer Service - Deliver outstanding customer service, foster relationships, and maintain strong product knowledge.

Minimum Requirements:      

• Minimum 6 months - 1 years’ retail experience
• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification

go to method of application »

Job Duties:

• Cash Control - Perform cash desk duties; ensure daily cash control, banking, and accurate manual transactions with zero cash variances.
• Stock Control - Follow daily stock procedures, manage customer orders, conduct weekly stock counts, and maintain storeroom organization and shoe pairing.
• Customer Service - Deliver outstanding customer service, foster relationships, and maintain strong product knowledge.

Minimum Requirements:      

• Minimum 6 months - 1 years’ retail experience
• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification

go to method of application »

Job Duties:

• Cash Control - Perform cash desk duties; ensure daily cash control, banking, and accurate manual transactions with zero cash variances.
• Stock Control - Follow daily stock procedures, manage customer orders, conduct weekly stock counts, and maintain storeroom organization and shoe pairing.
• Customer Service - Deliver outstanding customer service, foster relationships, and maintain strong product knowledge.

Minimum Requirements:      

• Minimum 6 months - 1 years’ retail experience
• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification

go to method of application »

Job Duties:

• Cash Control - Perform cash desk duties; ensure daily cash control, banking, and accurate manual transactions with zero cash variances.
• Stock Control - Follow daily stock procedures, manage customer orders, conduct weekly stock counts, and maintain storeroom organization and shoe pairing.
• Customer Service - Deliver outstanding customer service, foster relationships, and maintain strong product knowledge.

Minimum Requirements:      

• Minimum 6 months - 1 years’ retail experience
• Complete Matric/Grade 12 qualification