Vacancies at Danone

To be successful in the role you should ideally have:

Education & professional experience:

•  Bachelor degree in Nutrition or Dietetics is preferred, or a background in a medical subject such as Pharmacy, Nursing, Medical Laboratory or equivalent   
•  2 to 5 years of experience in Pharmaceuticals sales.
•  Has a valid driving license and own car
•  Willing to travel (remote area includes Mpumalanga)

Location:

•  Pretoria East, remote area Mpumalanga

Soft Skills:

• Consumer Orientation: enabling the business to serve the consumer.
• Entrepreneurial: recognizes and seizes business opportunities.
• Rigour: thinks systematically, plans effectively.
• Transparency: acts in an open and respectful manner.
• Decision Making: combines decisiveness with sound judgment.
• Team Player: connects effectively with others.
• Getting Things Done: delivers results and measures performance according to plan.

Targeted profile Required CODES Focus (Danone leadership competencies

• Human Centric.
• Agile.
•  Accountable and Decisive.
• Inclusive and Collaborative.
•  Courageous with Empathy

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Manage Intercompany Activities

• Confirming intercompany balances on a monthly basis & following up on all reconciling items.
• Quarterly Magnitude reporting of intercompany balances and transactions.
• Ensuring clearance of CBU intercompany revenue & costs.
• Invoicing of intercompany revenue.
• Ensuring intercompany payments are made in a timely manner.
• Working with HR, IS and CBU overheads controller to ensure intercompany recharges are performed in a timely manner.
• Posting of month-end journals, as well as other journals required during the month.
• Query Resolution.

Working Capital

• Posting standard and amortisation journals for prepayments and deposits.
• Processing ad-hoc invoices to the Sundry Debtors GL.
• Sending statements and invoices monthly to the to Milk and Cream Customers.
• Actively managing other debtor accounts, collection and accounting.
• Maintaining Recons.
• Analysis of GL account balances.
• Query Resolution.
• Posting monthly standard and ad-hoc journals.
• AP and AR vendor foreign exchange revaluations.

Provisions

• Maintain balance sheet accounts and prepare accurate month end reconciliations with the correct supporting documentation.
• Reconcile journals posted in the month - follow up on all variances and ensure accurate allocation of accruals and provisions to the appropriate GL and cost centre.

Balance sheet reviews

• Assist with the monthly balance sheet reviews and working papers.
• Respond to financial enquires by gathering, analysing, summarizing, and interpreting data.
• Assist with preparation of the Quarterly balance sheet review workings and slides.

Ad-hoc Projects

• Coordinating and working on projects as and when required by the business.

Confirming Vendor Banking Details

• Validating and Authorising Master Data Vendor bank details and Company Registration changes.

Legal, quality and standards

• Completing Stats SA and other regulatory returns.
• Keeping abreast of group policies and procedures.
• Keeping abreast with financial regulations and accepted practices.

Leadership, training and development

• Striving to achieve delivery of team objectives.
• Updating job knowledge by keeping current with financial regulations and practices.
• Quarterly Balance Sheet Review Presentations.

Customer relationship management

• Liaising with, and provide support to, external auditors and providing all required information.
• Liaising with various stakeholders inside and outside of the business and maintaining good working relationships with the stakeholders.

ABOUT YOU

• Proven team player
• Interpersonal skills sufficient to support, advise and influence directors and managers from different parts of the business whilst providing strong financial and internal control where necessary
• Critical thinking and good analytical skills
• Hands-on approach and proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Personal integrity
• Strong relationship building skills
• Enthusiastic with a can-do attitude
• Service orientated
• Self-starter showing initiative

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ABOUT YOU

To be successful in the role you should ideally have:

Education & professional experience:

•  Bachelor degree in Nutrition or Dietetics, but background in a medical subject such as Pharmacy, Nursing or Medical Laboratory.
• 2 to 5 years of experience in Pharmaceuticals sales.
• Has a valid driving license and own car
• Willing to travel if needed.

Location:

• Johannesburg

Soft Skills:

• Consumer Orientation: enabling the business to serve the consumer.
• Entrepreneurial: recognizes and seizes business opportunities.
• Rigour: thinks systematically, plans effectively.
• Transparency: acts in an open and respectful manner.
• Decision Making: combines decisiveness with sound judgment.
• Team Player: connects effectively with others.
• Getting Things Done: delivers results and measures performance according to plan.

Targeted profile Required CODES Focus (Danone leadership competencies):

• Human Centric.
• Agile.
• Accountable and Decisive.
• Inclusive and Collaborative.
• Courageous with Empathy

Danone Values:
Candidates are expected to adhere to Danone's core values: Humanism, Openness, Proximity & Enthusiasm.

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ABOUT YOU

Qualification(s): 

• 3-year suitable degree

Experience:

• 5 years National Account Management experience preferable within Spar or within a commercial environment, 3 years previous Field Sales experience dealing with Key Accounts a must.

Reason for Essential qualification & Skills:

• Senior Customer Management Role within Key Accounts. Strong Commercial understanding / Business Acumen / Negotiation Skills / Supply Chain knowledge

State specific complexities within the role:

• Customer Alignment
• Internal & External Stakeholder Management
• Financial Accountability - Analytical Skills / Commercial Acumen
• Negotiations Skills - Collaboration & Influence across Customer & Internal
• Strong Systems Management through process