Vacant Jobs at PepsiCo

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

• We are looking for an Accountant I to join our dynamic team. The successful incumbent will manage the various production activities of one manufacturing unit or factory through subordinate supervisors and controllers in order to achieve planned production targets and to ensure the effective use of available resources. He/She will also be responsible for the formulation of the production programme and plant maintenance schedules.

They will also be responsible for the following:

•  Financial reporting (P&L actual vs budget), Correct G/L & Cost centre allocation (Accuracy & Completeness)
• Management of Control Accounts
• Internal Bakery Reporting (Debtors, Creditors, Inventory & HR)
• Creditors – Management of outstanding GRV’s & Ensure payments are done in time
• Financial Cost Control
• Inventory Management including stock takes
• Asset Verifications inclusive of labelling
• Management of Pre-Printed Stationery
• Maintaining of registers (Contracts, Scrap metal & Assets sold, Preferred Suppliers)
• Cash Office – (Adherence to policy & procedures)
• Payroll – Ensure accurate and on time submission of wages inputs to head office
• People Management (Team meetings, Leave planning, Backup & Training plans, Regular performance feedback)
• Journals – Month end closure
• CSA Controls – Daily, Weekly, Monthly

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role

• Five to six years experience in similar financial position                 
• Computer Skills  (SAP, Excel, Word, Powerpoint)  
• B Com Accounting or related degree                    
• Professional membership with registered Body / Insitution is advatengeous
• Good interpersonal skills to deal with people from diverse backgrounds 
• Create an inclusive culture, build talent, motivating and inspiring others
• Communication Skills    and ability to interact with Senior Management
• Analytical skills and attention to detail and problem solving skills
• Ability to self-manage in a Complex and matric environment
• Acting with integrity and inspiring trust
• People Relations Skills
• Financial reporting skills

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Responsibilities

Job Overview:

• Drive Code 10 truck over established routes or within an established territory and sell bread. May also take orders and collect payments.
• Responsible for prompt delivery in bulk to assigned customers and ensured that Products are delivered with no driver related defects.
• Fuel consumption at agreed standard.
• Responsible for inspection of tyres, lights, trailer couplings and maintaining of oil and water levels to accepted standards.
• Ensuring the cleanliness of the interior and the exterior of the truck, including general cleanliness and condition of bodywork and no issue of equipment or spare wheels missing.
• Responsible for reporting of defects/zero breakdowns, responsible for safety of vehicle and adherence to good driving practices including safety inspection stops.
• Responsible for initial fault finding iro vehicle breakdowns, including tyre changes.
• Ensured availability on Cell Phone.
• Zero Speed/Traffic related fines.
• Take responsibility for all stock in shipment.
• Manage reconciliations with no driver shorts.
• Inform regular customers of new products and price changes.
• Call on prospective customers in order to explain company products and to solicit new business.
• Increasing sales by promoting products and analyzing competitor behavior.
• Preventing damage to the delivery van and the company products being transported.

Qualifications

• Matric
• Code 10 licensed driver with valid PDP.
• Energetic
• Alertness whilst driving
• Taking ownership when exhausted
• Honesty
• Punctuality
• Must be neatly presented at all times

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Responsibilities

Job Overview:

• Picking of stock and ensure stock freshness.
• Daily picking of stock according to orders placed accurately and efficiently.
• Ensure compliance to processes for receiving, despatching of any and all stock according to company policies and processes.
• Check stock IN from Jumbos
• Check stock IN from trade, that is Returns, Buybacks and Cartons
• Ensure stock freshness in warehouse by rotating stock as per company requirements.
• Maintain housekeeping standards according to PepsiCo standards and be compliant to Health and Safety requirements.

Qualifications

• Matric
• Forklift license preferred but not essential
• Computer literate
• 1-2 years warehousing experience within an FMCG environment
• Ability to work long hours over weekends and public holidays

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Responsibilities

Job Overview:

• Responsible for supplying production with packaging from top stores, supplying Chep pallets to production, sending finished products to the tunnel area for loading.
• Assist with incoming stocks.
• Do returns from production to stores when production run is completed.
• Conduct stock recon of returned stock.
• Give detailed stock count every morning of the product produced by night shift.
• Operate the Goods Lift as per SOP.
• ADHOC duties.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 NSC
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices in the Food Production Industry
• 2 years minimum experience in a Food Manufacturing Industry
• Knowledge of FIFO system
• Forklift License would be advantageous

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Responsibilities

Job Overview:

• The main purpose is primarily to ensure that all plant equipment is functioning or operating at high levels of reliability and are maintained periodically as scheduled and all breakdowns are resolved soonest in order to ensure maximum plant availability as well as ensuring that the factory meets its key KPIs and supply the market with Pepsico products which include but are not limited to volume and quality compliance, costs and downtime reduction. Ability to coach operator, provide innovation for cost savings and be accountable for MPS, SA on respective production lines.

Maintain the machine to reach high reliability, safety and quality standard

•  Performs Instrumentation/ Electrical maintenance activities associated with plant process and packaging plan
• Must be willing to do Mechanical work if required
• Monitors daily downtime and institute corrective action plans to prevent breakdowns
• Calibrates, repairs and maintains control gear/ instrumentation and associated equipment to ensure operation within set standards
• Maintains PLC’s, Networks and Electrical Cabinets (hardware and software) and performs changes/ modifications as required
• Continuously evaluates the process control philosophy and initiate improvement actions in order to achieve asset performance targets
• Assists in commissioning of modifications/ projects
• Ensures proper documentation of changes/ modifications and perform internal audits
• Ensures availability of spares for all electronic/ control systems in the plant
• Accurate and timeous reporting of equipment deviations to meet/ improve equipment availability and reliability targets
• Ensures proper back-up of all PLC programmes and maintains records of all upgrades
• Ensures safe operations of process control systems
• Resolves daily plant instrumentation issues and complete root cause analysis
• Calibration of process equipment
• Completes the required testing and safety checks on all instrumentation equipment
• Conducts all scheduled maintenance within the required timeframes
• Performs all emergency electronic maintenance
• Updates and reviews documentation relating to work done and or changes in original specifications
• Signs off on alternative systems suppliers based on equipment performance
• Must be willing to work shifts and overtime if requested.

Administration and Document Completion

• Maintaining a record of all the maintenance work that has been conducted on the machinery
• Complete daily shift reports
• Performing shift duties in line with operational requirements
• Coach and develop operators.

Qualifications

• Qualified Artisan with Trade Test Certificate in Instrumentation (must be willing to do mechanical work also)
• Minimum 2 years maintenance experience in the Production/ FMCG environment
• Experience of TETRAPAK equipment will be advantageous
• Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office and maintenance software
• Extensive knowledge of Processing in a dairy-/ fruit juice environment, including Tubular Pasteurizers/ Sterilizers (TETRA THERM ASEPTIC DRINK)
• Must have knowledge of ink jet printers/ date coders
• Must have experience in control systems – PLC’s, ACDC drives and Servo drives (Allen Bradley and Siemens preferable)
• Extensive knowledge of Instrumentation, HAZOP studies, PID’s and Quality Standards
• Working experience with industrial communication methodologies (RS-232, ASI, Devicenet, Ethernet)
• Extensive experience with operator interfaces and energy devices such as drives, thyristors, soft starters, etc.

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Responsibilities

Job Overview:

• Operating bagging and slicing Machine. Quality Control. Reporting deviations to Supervisors / Manager.
• Accountability for their work area
• Housekeeping
• Safety Driven
• Check if the blades are fitted correctly by Maintenance
• Puts the plastic on the bagger
• Needs to stop the machine when there is an issue and contact Maintenance for assistance
• Checks the Quick Lock Machine

Qualifications

• Matric
• Experience working with bagging and Slicing Machines (preferred)
• Good communicating Skills  
• Able to read and write                                                        
• Basic Computer Skills

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Responsibilities

Job Overview:

• Will be accountable for accurate stock processing, stock recons & cash office duties (writing receipts & doing bank summaries). 
• Assisting with driver & IDC recons & communicating with drivers & IDC.
• Various admin & finance duties including:
• Processing of stock documents (GRVs, transfers, damages etc)
• Stock recons
• Cashier duties (writing of receipts & doing bank summary)
• Driver & IDC recons when needed (backup for leave)
• Be willing to learn and develop other admin functions (POD scanning etc)

Qualifications

• Matric certificate
• Experience in stock counts & balancing
• Strong numerical skills
• SAP experience
• SAP DSD (mobility) experience
• Microsoft package experience (Excel, Word)
• National Diploma in Financial Management (advantageous)

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Job Overview:

• Performs varied clerical duties and is responsible for the full clerical function but cannot be considered a skilled or specialist clerk.
• Verify inter-coy debits & account allocations, park journals, account pre-paid & accruals and allocated misc. bank items and/ or
• Check time sheets, verify variances, submit payroll items, maintain personnel administration incl. provident fund items and/ or
• Arrange travel, accommodation, ext. venues & catering
• Process claims, prepare presentations and type correspondence
• Compile Monthly Reports
• Perform daily drivers recons
• Follow up and process outstanding invoices
• Taking orders and taking queries

Qualifications

• Matric
• Three years relevant experience

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Responsibilities

Job Overview:

• Ensuring accurate and timely processing of sales deals (on invoice discounts) for 3 BU’s (5 MU’s – 3 Channel Directors). This requires tremendous accuracy and attention to detail.  Electronic record keeping of all supporting documentation and evidence relating to sales deals and ensuring completeness of recordkeeping and adherence to the PepsiCo Risk Policy.

CRM (Customer Relationship Management)

• Access CRM and check for new sales deals requests that requires uploading to SAP
• Check if deal sheet is completed correctly and if promotional deals are within guardrail pricing
• Ensuring sales deals are captured accurately & timely in the SAP system and within the agreed SLA
• Upload new deals into SAP and change CRM status to “In Process” and assigns to a Releasing Team Member

Pricing Checks

• Provide on-going administering and monitoring of all released sales deals by performing a pricing check to ensure sales deal is recorded correctly on invoice pricing
• Electronic record keeping of all performed pricing checks as supporting evidence relating to sales deals

Reporting

• Compile and distribute an Expiry Sales Deals report – Done weekly with follow-ups to ensure deals are submitted within SLA
• Compile and distribute an Open Sales Orders with Zero Discounts report – Daily with follow-ups to ensure pricing records are accurately in sales orders
• Daily control of pricing outside of pre-approved guardrail pricing 

Pricing Claims

• Administration of pricing claims to ensure claims are closed-off
• Process enhancements to reduce pricing claims

Other Responsibilities

• Pricing and Sales Deals: SOX & GCS control execution
• Direct support to Customer Managers with regards to pricing
• Customer Contracts (Trade Agreements) - ensuring accurate recording of invoice discounts and allowances for accounting and tax purposes

Qualifications

• Matric but a tertiary qualification in either Business Management/Marketing & Sales/Finance would be advantageous
• Commercial and Financial Acumen within an FMCG environment with at least 2 years experience
• Systems and Process Orientation
• Results Focused
• Communication Skills (Written & Verbal)
• Technical Skills (MS Office, SAP, SAP BI & SAP CRM)
• Ownership & Integrity
• Customer Centric Orientation
• Flexibility
• Ability to work under pressure

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Responsibilities

Job Overview:

• Sound knowledge of credit control processes end to end which includes proactively managing and collecting payments from company debtors, adherence to customer rules and requirements. Ensuring both timeous collection and maintenance of outstanding debts within agreed targets and Trading Terms. Timeous claims management and analysis by communicating with all relevant stakeholders. Accurate reporting and attention to detail on all accounts. Good business acumen. Sound Excel skills for statement compilation and account reconciliation methods such as VLOOKUP. Team player focused, passionate and able to work under pressure.
• Process allocation of payment on system in line with documented policy.
• Conduct analysis of all overdue amounts by mid-month to effectively obtain collections.
• Ensure swift, efficient resolution of all customer queries internally and externally.
• Maintain accurate, updated monthly reconciliation.
• Maintain sound customer relations by resolving queries and follow-up on such customers through trade visits.
• Effective liaison with the sales forces to enhance knowledge.
• Keep up to date with trade activities.
• Effectively monitor customer status relating to payment and risk status (i.e. RD cheques, stop supplies) and notify branch controllers and customers alike.
• Ensure timeous resolution of customer claims.
• Ensure accurate claim processing. 
• Customer visits to ensure resolution on outstanding queries & invoices.
• Capturing of payments and accurate reconciliation of debtor’s accounts.
• Claims management - control and processing of all claims deducted by customer in form of transport claims, sallies, ensuring that adhoc claims are processed by the sales admin team and that the stock related claims such as returns and damages is processed on time by the responsible unit.
• Master Data management – ensuring that the master data is 100% correct and compliant to the SOP. Also ensuring the safe and correct handling of debtor’s information, to be in line with the POPI act.
• Maintaining good customer relationships both internally and externally.
• Ensuring that the approved credit terms and limits are not exceeded.
• Bookkeeping – Ensuring accurate clearing of accounts, timeously submitting of statements to avoid nonpayment or late payments.
• Reporting – 30, 60, 90, 120 days reporting and action plans. POD Control. reporting, Price Discrepancy report, Cash Inflow and Settlement discount report.
• Advising superiors of potential bad debts in order to take necessary action steps.
• Inter department communication – Sales Admin, Sales, PFLS, etc.

Qualifications

• SAP & BI knowledge.
• Finance Degree/Diploma or Credit Management Qualification.                
• Credit Control background within FMCG environment.
• Knowledge of export customers, UCR numbers, SAD500.
• Min of 2-3 years Credit Control experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Code 08 drivers license.
• Aptitude for figures.
• Knowledge of Financial & Management Accounting
• Persuation, Influence & Negotiation Skills

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Responsibilities

Job Overview:

• Ensuring accurate and timely processing of sales deals (on invoice discounts) for 3 BU’s (5 MU’s – 3 Channel Directors). This requires tremendous accuracy and attention to detail.  Electronic record keeping of all supporting documentation and evidence relating to sales deals and ensuring completeness of recordkeeping and adherence to the PepsiCo Risk Policy.

CRM (Customer Relationship Management)

• Access CRM and check for new sales deals requests that requires uploading to SAP
• Check if deal sheet is completed correctly and if promotional deals are within guardrail pricing
• Ensuring sales deals are captured accurately & timely in the SAP system and within the agreed SLA
• Upload new deals into SAP and change CRM status to “In Process” and assigns to a Releasing Team Member

Pricing Checks

• Provide on-going administering and monitoring of all released sales deals by performing a pricing check to ensure sales deal is recorded correctly on invoice pricing
• Electronic record keeping of all performed pricing checks as supporting evidence relating to sales deals

Reporting

• Compile and distribute an Expiry Sales Deals report – Done weekly with follow-ups to ensure deals are submitted within SLA
• Compile and distribute an Open Sales Orders with Zero Discounts report – Daily with follow-ups to ensure pricing records are accurately in sales orders
• Daily control of pricing outside of pre-approved guardrail pricing 

Pricing Claims

• Administration of pricing claims to ensure claims are closed-off
• Process enhancements to reduce pricing claims

Other Responsibilities

• Pricing and Sales Deals: SOX & GCS control execution
• Direct support to Customer Managers with regards to pricing
• Customer Contracts (Trade Agreements) - ensuring accurate recording of invoice discounts and allowances for accounting and tax purposes

Qualifications

• Matric but a tertiary qualification in either Business Management/Marketing & Sales/Finance would be advantageous
• Commercial and Financial Acumen within an FMCG environment with at least 2 years experience
• Systems and Process Orientation
• Results Focused
• Communication Skills (Written & Verbal)
• Technical Skills (MS Office, SAP, SAP BI & SAP CRM)
• Ownership & Integrity
• Customer Centric Orientation
• Flexibility
• Ability to work under pressure