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Our client is an established and well trusted beverage brand in South Africa, known for high quality products and exciting innovations. As our client continues a strong growth trajectory, they are looking for a proactive, forward thinking, dynamic and action-oriented individual to join their team to support the management team to drive sales and lead in current and future relationships.

MAIN PURPOSE / OBJECTIVES OF THE JOB:

• Executes Sales activities in new and existing channels to increase revenue, volume, and profit for all our clients products nationally across off-trade outlets.
• Dynamic execution and implementation of the brand Sales Strategy to bring awareness to new and existing customers.
• Actively, evaluate and improve the customer outlet and our clients product visibility in outlets.
• Drive and expand our clients reach across all off-trade channels and groups to increase market share.
• Identify customer and close the distribution gaps.
• Understand and supply our clients financial levers to product mix, pricing, promotional strategy and cross-selling within and existing customers to ROI monthly.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• A completed degree in Commercial Streams: Entrepreneurship, Economics, Retail Management, Business Management
• 2+ years experience,
• Must have own vehicle.
• Experience in a FMCG sales environment would be advantageous.
• 2+ years experience as a Sales Brand Ambassador.
• Microsoft - Word, Excel, Outlook.

Competencies Required:

• Solid financial acumen and a flair to work with numbers.
• Strong enterpriser that can be business development focused.
• Team orientated to drive strong engagement with internal team and stakeholders.

Personal Characteristics:

• Strong admin temperament (initiative - taker, go getter attitude, analytical person, self-reliant, goal orientated, work across barriers)
• Initiative and taking ownership (take on responsibility for tasks and actions)
• Resource management (effectively managing resources to achieve maximum productivity and sales in all channels)
• Innovation (The ability to see and create new ways of doing things and finding creative solutions to problems)
• Collaborative team working (the willingness to act as part of a small team yet, high performing team and work jointly towards achieving team goals and outcomes)

• Act as a communication champion to ensure the drive for positive employee relations is maintained.
• Ensure that the company Vision and Mission is upheld at all levels.
• Formulation and maintenance of plant accounting and financial policies and practices.
• Liaising with departments in preparation of annual budgets, quarterly forecast preparations and financial reports
• Monthly management reporting.
• Meeting Profit Plan objectives.
• Evaluation of financial viability of new products.
• Responsible for Asset Management.
• Review business plans with senior management & identify program management needs (incl. BU Advance SDT planning).
• Annual creation and maintenance of Standard costs.
• Highlighting of all business risk to local Senior Management Team and keeping Balance Sheet free of risks.
• Responsible for SOX and Internal Controls compliance.
• Perform ad hoc financial projects and duties as and when required.

• Compulsory - relevant degree/diploma with qualification in Finance. Preferably a CA Certificate
• At least 4 years of finance management experience or 6 years in finance within a manufacturing operation, preferably in the automotive industry.
• Advance computer literacy, Excel/Word/PowerPoint
• Planning, organizing, controlling skills (including project management)
• Financial management in production (new products, engineering changes and commercial open issues)
• Advance broad-based accounting knowledge, with QAD beneficial.

• Care and maintenance of all moulds
• Assist with tool trials/tool preparation in conjunction with planning department.
• To ensure that all tools are prepared and available for production when required.
• To flush and clean tooling after production.
• To report defects and repairs by logging on control documents
• To report any deviations to management
• Maintenance of toolroom equipment and machinery 5s

• Trade certificate minimum
• 5 years working experience as a qualified toolmaker with injection moulding experience.
• Technical knowledge in the auto injection mould industry
• Experience working with large moulds up to 30 tons.
• 40t overhead crane license would be an added advantage.
• Knowledge and understanding of working with tools with hot runners, grained surfaces.
• Knowledge of injection moulding processes and setting is required to fault find and assist production with problem solving.
• Required to work shifts.

A globally diversified gold producer with a strong commitment to safety, sustainability, and innovation. With mining operations in Australia, South Africa, Ghana, Peru, and Chile, we are at the forefront of digital transformation in mining.

We are now looking for a driven Blue Prism experienced RPA Developer to join our digital journey and help us streamline operations through cutting-edge automation solutions.

As an RPA Developer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and deploying Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions that enhance efficiency, reduce operational costs, and improve accuracy across business processes. You''''ll work closely with cross-functional teams to identify automation opportunities and deliver impactful solutions using tools such as UiPath, Power Automate, or Blue Prism.

Requirements:

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
• Blue Prism experience required
• Proficiency in RPA tools such as UiPath, Automation Anywhere, or similar platforms is an added advantage
• Minimum 3 years experience in Business Intelligence (BI), systems integration, automation, and data analytics
• Software Development background (JavaScript/ Java/ C#/ Python)
• Strong expertise in integrating mining systems (MES/SCADA) with BI and automation technologies, including RPA and AI solutions
• Proven capability in applying Business Intelligence tools such as Power BI, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and related analytical platforms
• Be declared medically fit for the position and environment, as determined by a risk-based medical examination at the Occupational Health Centre and pass a Heat Tolerance Screening test, and such other tests as may be required to assess the applicants suitability for employment

Responsibilities:

• Actively engage in and demonstrate Visible Felt Leadership aligned to operational SHE standards, operational campaigns and instructions
• Assess and respond to risk in line with the requirements of applicable legislation and regulations
• Participate in and contribute towards the development of RPA and AI programmes designed to enable delivery of the South Deep Technology strategy
• Actively engage with internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities to automate processes within the mines operations and BI requirements
• Develop, design, and deploy BI, and real-time decision-making solutions to meet operational-specific needs through integrating solutions with existing BI systems
• Enhance and fine-tune intelligent processes to ensure accurate and efficient extraction, analysis, and utilisation of operational data

• Lead the development and implementation of material planning strategies to ensure uninterrupted supply of materials and components to meet production requirements.
• Develop and maintain material forecast models, working closely with production teams to align material requirements with Customer forecasts and production planning.
• Collaborate with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials and components to maintain set min/max policy levels.
• Monitor and report supplier performance KPIs to Purchasing for all MP&L activities timeously.
• Minimize stockholding through improved planning, tracking, and replenishment strategies with suppliers.

• Provide inbound and outbound logistics solutions to ensure the efficient movement of materials, components, and finished goods.
• Coordinate with internal departments (e.g., production, warehouse, purchasing) and external partners (e.g., suppliers, logistics providers) to ensure smooth operations across the supply chain.
• Develop strategies to reduce transportation costs, lead times, and optimize delivery schedules.
• Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and environmental standards for transportation of local and imports materials and components.

• Implement, manage and maintain RIMS to ensure the organisation is able to conduct accurate inventory transactions throughout all departments and warehouses.
• Implement processes for inventory transactions from order to despatch to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
• Work with IT support teams to troubleshoot and enhance software and hardware systems.
• Set supplier and internal packaging and labelling standards with Production and Warehousing teams.
• Collaborate with Production and Warehousing teams to design and set warehousing standards including layouts, storage locations, aisle configurations, labelling and equipment to ensure efficiency in the flow of goods whilst reducing handling and space utilisation.
• Review and improve all inventory management processes as per above to ensure they are aligned with the companys critical success factors and golden rules for transacting.

• 10 years experience in a MP&L role focusing on inventory management and flow.
• 5 years experience in Managing a team.
• Previous working Experience in SYSPRO (or similar ERP Systems).
• Grade 12,
• Degree in Logistics / Supply Chain or related fields

• Realises quality concept for existing and new products.
• Risk analysis and mitigation.
• Further develops necessary quality documentation (control plans, process FMEAs process flow plans, work instructions).
• Supports the continuous optimisation of the running production with respect to quality topics.
• Leads the lessons learned process.
• Supports and steers the failure analysis in case of quality problems and customer rejections.
• Ensure that customer requirements are addressed, this includes corrective and preventative actions, customer scorecards and customer portals.
• Conducts data analysis to optimise processes.
• Compliance with the company IATF 16949 standards.
• Raises quality related problems to management.
• Plans and conducts internal audits.

• Technical Engineering Qualification
• Minimum of 5 years Quality experience in a large manufacturing environment, automotive would be advantageous.
• Experience in IATF 16949 and VDA 6.3
• Experience in dealing directly with customers
• Quality Core Tools experience
• Computer literacy