Current Opportunities at Clover S.A. Proprietary Limited

Job Advert Summary    

• Clover is busy recruiting for a Team Leader to manage subordinates and control processes during a shift.  This position it available in the Packaging department of the yoghurt production facility in Bloemfontein.  It is a fast paced enviroment and the encumbant needs to be able to deal with matters quickly and ensure that production volumes are met.

Requirements    

• Grade 12 or equivalent NQF4
• Business English: Fluent
• Work shifts/weekends/public holidays
• Work in extreme conditions
• Computer Literacy
• Supervisory experience

Competencies    

• Proactive and action orientated.
• Approaches situations with an open mind and solves problems creatively. 
• Solves problems through effective decision making. 
• Maintains high standards. 
• Lead and drive change for improvement. 
• Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective. 
• Interpersonal effectiveness.
• Administrative capabilities. 
• Thinking and reasoning logically. 
• Ability to plan and organize. 
• Will be required to handle light to medium loads from time to time.
• Must be able to adapt to a changing environment to ensure productivity goals are achieved.
• Must be able to adapt to a changing environment to ensure productivity goals are achieved.

Duties and Responsibilities    
Manage subordinates 

• Control time and attendance to reach set goals. 
• Communicate and motivate teamto ensure output targets are met. 
• Discipline teammembers, when necessary, as per Clover procedure and policy.  
• Coach and Motivate Team Members.
• Clover Way Better Teams must function as a Mini Business. 

Ensure efficient management procedures are executed: 

• Control the production process. 
• Drive Productivity (OEE & OPP)
• Ensure that Safety and Quality Assurance is adhered to and ensures End Product Integrity
• Manage Shifts within the Packaging Teams to ensure optimum Production Levels
• Ensure that equipment is operated as per the manual.
• Control fixed and variable cost items on a daily basis.
• Keeping reports up to date.
• Prevent shrinkage and losses while processing, packing and storing.

Ensure proper housekeeping:

• Ensure that the production area is neat and tidy at all times. 
• Ensure safe working conditions and report deviations. 

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Job Advert Summary    

• Clover is currently recruiting for a Stock Controller. The successful candidate will be responsible to manage shop floor control to ensure that the usage variance from the factory is reported correctly, daily. This exciting opportunity is based at the Clover Clayville branch.

Requirements    

• Grade 12 or equivalent NQF4
• Relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level
• Business English: Fluent
• Computer literacy (Intermediate)
• Work weekends/public holidays

Competencies    

• Achieves Results Effectively        
• Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective               
• Administrative capabilities        
• Communicates effectively        
• Duties and Responsibilities    
• Check and balancing of transactions relating to Shop floor control.
• Stock counts and balancing of buffer store.
• Transactions on incidents.
• Balancing production transactions to Warehouse management system.
• Report and investigate product produced not received at outbound.
• Transactions for milk receiving, issuing and balancing.
• Assist with audits (Financial, logistics, etc)
   

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Job Advert Summary    

• Clover is currently recruiting for a Senior Storeman. The successful candidate will be responsible for tasks related to stock management and controls. This exciting opportunity is based at the Clover Clayville branch.

Requirements    

• GRADE 12 OR EQUIVALENT NQF4    
• Own transport with valid license
• Relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques, and processes at the required level  
• Business English: Fluent 
• Computer literacy (Microsoft Office, Teams, POS systems advantageous)   
• Work shifts/weekends/public holidays where required and be available after hours
• Competencies    
• Proactive and action orientated  
• Acts with honesty and consistency  
• Solves problems through effective decision making.  
• Maintains high standards  
• Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective  
• Commitment and motivation  
• Administrative capabilities  
• Customer orientated  
• Ability to plan and organize  

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Receive stock part orders into the system and place in physical location in the engineering store  
• Send out weekly stock reports to plant
• Do daily cycle count reviews on Eng stock as well as Consignment stock, discrepancies need to be investigated and resolved asap
• Assist with stock counts, cycle counts, audits, and returns to suppliers  
• Submit new stock requests, create bins, and allocate spares to shelves with the part identifications
• Request quotes for empty stock bins to be replenished and follow up with delivery dates  
• Daily review of empty bin list target < 5 empty bins at a time
• Ensure paperwork for orders are in place and send to buyer for costing after confirming delivery and paperwork are correct  
• Ensure that assigned area always adheres to Good Manufacturing Standards (GMP), 24-hour turnaround on received items to cost
• Ensure security, good housekeeping, and safety of stock in the store 
• Daily issuing of afterhours deliveries and stock requests from plant on start of shift
• Lead the junior store man and support where needed
• Create production requisitions and issue on the correct asset number as per stock requests
• Manage the rotatable stock items like scale calibrations, forklift load testing, pallet jack repairs, gas and lifting equipment registers
• Do daily coal yard usage and quality inspections and report back to the manager
• Move and pick up spares from other sites or Vendors as required

Receive, store and issue direct parts  

• Receive orders into the system
• Fill in all incoming and outgoing stock in the stock register book and verify all stock quantities on bin cards when issuing out
• Store direct parts where it is controlled and issue direct parts to Artisans following the procedure
• Receive and notify plant of direct order deliveries as it is received, keep track of orders via the direct orders register book, and
• Verify that the order correlates to what has physically been delivered to site before receiving items on the system  
• Ensure paperwork for direct orders correspond to the spare that is delivered to site, receive only items that are physically on site and
• Follow up with outstanding items to update the costing team 

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Job Advert Summary    

• Clover East London region is looking for a dynamic Account Manager to join our team in Queenstown. The main purpose of the role is to maximise sales in allocated stores to benefit all role-players.                                                                                                                                                                                            

Requirements    

• National Diploma
• Business English: Fluent
• Computer literacy (Intermediate)
• Code B/EB motor vehicle license
• Travel off-site/overnight stay
• Experience in working with senior management

Competencies    

• Coach and develop people        
• Ability to influence        
• Proactive and action orientated         
• Solves problems through effective decision making
• Maintains high standards         
• Build high performing teams        
• Business acumen        
• Interpersonal effectiveness        
• Managing people for performance        
• Commitment and motivation        
• Communicates effectively        
• Customer orientated        
• Ability to negotiate         
• Ability to apply numerical principles        
• Ability to plan and organize        

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Plan daily activities and carry out administrative tasks
• Prepare call cycle plans         
• Complete sales administration      
• Maintain the outlet to required standards        
• Identify and rectify deviation from standards        
• Contribute to brand image and customer service orientation in the outlet         
• Generate sales in the outlet        
• Manage the back-up storage facilities        
• Generate and negotiate a suggested order        
• Confirm planned call objectives        
• Identify opportunities to generate business        
• Formulate and implement account plans        
• Investigate opportunities for sales growth        
• Develop, negotiate, implement and review account plan         
• Optimise human resources        
• Identify and close people gaps        
• Manage performance of team        
• Train and develop Merchandisers        
• Create a motivating work climate        

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Job Advert Summary    

• Manage the maintenance planning function at a production plant                                                                                                                                

Requirements    

• National Diploma
• 3 - 5 years relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level in a food manufacturing plant
• 2-3 years’ experience working with senior management
• 2-3 years’ experience People management 
• Business English: Fluent
• Computer literacy (Intermediate)

Competencies    

• Coach and develop people
• Proactive and action orientated
• Acts with honesty and consistency
• Maintains high standards
• Build high performing teams
• Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective
• Interpersonal effectiveness
• Managing people for performance
• Commitment and motivation
• Communicates effectively
• Ability to plan and organize
• Duties and Responsibilities    
• Implement and update maintenance system        
• Plant register: a) Input of asset cards for every item of the plant, with full details of spare parts, lubrication, data sheets, serial number, D-Bit asset ID and service supplies. (b) Regular update of plant register (CPR 372) (c) Co-ordinate the identification of critical equipment. Co-ordinate the identification of ISO/HACCP and all calibration set ups (d) Co-ordinate the total safety equipment with its schedules (e) Co-ordinate the capitalisation and write off of all assets (f) Co-ordinate the yearly asset verification of the branch        
• Audit the General Ledger codes continually        
• Liaise with Support Manager: EAM  for ongoing support and trouble shooting
• Ensure all modifications are updated through the EAM System        
• Maintain schedules (CPR 373): a) Co-ordinate the writing of schedules for critical equipment following optimisation principles, RCM and, thereafter, for all other equipment (b) Co-ordinate the evaluation of existing schedules following optimisation principles and adjust or discard if necessary annually (c) Co-ordinate writing of schedules for legally required inspections and procedures (d) Allocate estimated time to schedule work        
• Handle all job cards and requests (CPR594): a) Ensure that the job card work flow is adhered to as per policy (b)  liaise with departments with respect to all maintenance tasks and ensure that all work carried out is planned and completed in a systematic and coordinated manner (c) Plan and initiate all plant shutdowns (d) Audits on works requisitions and works orders        
• Coordinate maintenance planning (CPR379)        
• Liaise with Departments with respect to all maintenance tasks and ensure that all work carried out is planned and completed in a systematic and coordinated manner    
• Ensure that a schedule board exists and is used for planning and shutdowns (CPR860)        
• Set up a master plan for all planned maintenance work at branch and to follow up on the success of these plans        
• Plan and initiate all plant shutdowns        
• Ensure that all status codes are used correctly for planning        
• Carry out weekly planning meetings with maintenance and production present
• Issue schedule cards each week        
• Retain details of uncompleted job cards/requests        
• Plan work loading per Artisan per week, taking into consideration work priorities and available manpower        
• Manage engineering stores        
• Manage engineering store ensuring that all controls e.g. stock levels, stock count, issues and purchases are maintained (CPR380, CPR853, CPR804, CPR805)        
• Ensure that all stock transactions are within the guidelines of the accountancy policies        
• Undertake parts adjustments        
• Undertake annual and quarterly stock usage analysis and take action e.g. change of minimum stock levels, identifications of slow moving parts and obsolete stock        
• Identify critical spares        
• Manage and control used spares store e.g. details of stock, bin numbers etc.
• Ensure that lubricants are identified per equipment manual and capture details on EAM for equipment lubricant specifications        
• Ensure that cycle counts are done monthly and that an official quarterly stock count is carried out as per Clover policy (CPR804)        
• Oversee the engineering buying process        
• Manage engineering buying ensuring that all controls are as per the accounting policy and Clover policies (CPR853)
• Compile reports and ad-hoc activities        
• Ensure performance standards and performance indicators for the different mission success factors are identified and measured        
• Identify the measurements needed and ensure that the Maintenance Manager/Plant Engineer is updated with these daily, weekly and monthly (CPR382, CPR853)        
• Ensure the completeness and control of the technical library        
• Ensure the completeness and filing of all calibrations        
• Help with the maintenance index measurements        
• Carry out a self-audit as per the annual maintenance audit carried out by Head Office        

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Job Advert Summary    

• To maintain & repair all instrumentation, process control equipment & automation systems.

Requirements    

• DEGREE/DIPLOMA in relevant field
• 2 - 5 years’ experience in applying job related concepts, techniques, and processes at the required level  
• Food Manufacturing/Production experience – advantageous
• Technical Knowledge: Siemens TIA and Step 7 Programming knowledge; Profinet, ASi, Profibus, Ethernet and IO Link communications; SCADA development – Wonderware or Ignition; Variable Speed Drive programming - Danfoss, Yaskawa and Siemens
• Work shifts/weekends/public holidays 

Competencies    

• Proactive and action orientated 
• Approaches situations with an open mind and solves problems creatively  
• Acts with honesty and consistency 
• Maintains high standards 
• Commitment and motivation 
• Apply expertise and technology  
• Duties and Responsibilities    
• Maintain process control & instrumentation  
• Maintenance & repairs to all instrumentation, process control equipment & automation systems 
• Optimization of all control systems regarding processes and production lines
• Provide technical and specialist support at all levels to the entire branch 
• Ensure that all process control software is backed up & left up to date according to set standards 
• Project work, modifications & upgrading of control systems 
• Systems administration of all high-level software & systems 
• Standby duties 
• Responsible for process control & instrumentation  
• Responsible for normal and preventative maintenance on process control systems, including fault tracking, handling of large breakdowns, storage of the latest duplicate process control software and resettlement of process communication on software as well as exchange of process control hardware
• Responsible to communicate any need for modification to process control hard- or software