Pepsico Vacancies

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1. Accountant – Durban Dube Tradeport
2. Creditors Clerk – Paarl Market Street Office
3. Laboratory Technician – Prospecton Plant Snacks
4. Depot Manager II – Goldfields DC Bread-ZAF
5. Finance Manager – Britos Bakery
6. Frontline Sales Lead – Umtata DC Snacks-ZAF
7. EHS Administrator ( Temporary) – Wadeville Beverages Plant-ZAF
8. Sales Representative II – Bloemfontein Bakery
9. SC QC Technician – Ceres Beverages Plant
10. Sales Representative II – Kuruman DC Bread
11. Business Systems Analyst – Cape Town HQ
12. Fitter – Estcourt Mill-ZAF
13. Demand Planning Lead – Cape Town HQ

Accountant – Durban Dube Tradeport

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for an Accountant to join our team.

Accountabilities: 

• Run monthly stock counts/manage adhoc stock count adjustments:
  • Identify clear cut-off, capture counts on SAP & run variance report for further investigation;
  • Corroborate reasons for variances to actual evidence and obtain approval from location manager to post stock count variance;
  • Provide a monthly summary of stock count variances posted.
• Manage the debtor’s claims process:
  • Liaise with Sales team for monthly sales provisions to be raised;
  • Prepare claim schedules with available provisions for approval and matching to relevant provision;
  • Release approved claims on SAP and reverse relevant provision on SAP;
  • Flag shortages for approval per DMF and for forecasting purposes.
• Review the debtors ageing and following up on long outstanding claims:
  • Provide commentary on the ageing for those accounts outside of their normal payment terms;
  • Escalate payment issues and/or unresolved claims to Financial Manager.
• Maintain customer rebate agreements in accordance with signed trading term agreement:
  • Annual roll forward of rebate agreements on SAP;
  • Update SAP and rebate agreement template for any changes;
  • Flag changes for the relevant approval and for forecasting purposes.
• Review and release of rebate claims on SAP in accordance with signed trading term agreement;
• Monthly income statement check that all rebate agreements are accruing on SAP in line with the relevant trading term agreement;
• Review and release returns per Decision Making Framework (DMF).
• Review and release of blocked sales orders:
  • Obtaining approvals per DMF with substantial evidence of account review;
  • Identify accounts continuously blocking and propose new credit limit based on monthly orders and payment history.
• Compile weekly reporting on specific monthly spend by cost centre reporting:
  • Marketing spend;
  • Retail store spend;
  • Ecommerce spend.
• Assist with PO release process:
  • Review for relevant approval per DMF;
  • Release PO on SAP.
• Identify and raise monthly and adhoc accruals;
• Prepare financial balance sheet reconciliations;
• Assist with 9ke0/distribution rules in preparation for month end reporting;
• Assist with month end duties as required;
• Review assigned CSA controls and upload corresponding evidence;
• Assist with the completion and submission of monthly, quarterly and annual Pepsi submissions;
• Assist with year end audit;
• Assist with relevant implementation and transition to SAP S4 HANA.

Qualifications

• B.Com
• 3+ years experience
• Good computer skills, with advanced excel skills
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Experience with SAP would be advantageous
• Own transport

Creditors Clerk – Paarl Market Street Office

Responsibilities

What are we looking for?

• Invoice Processing – large volume invoices
• Basic Knowledge of Automated invoice processing
• Process Director > invoice management
• Daily focus on Age Analysis
• Statement reconciliations
• EFT payments – loading payment batches on SAP
• GRIR maintenance
• Resolve complex account queries timeously
• Relationship building with external & internal suppliers

Qualifications

What will qualify you for this role?

• Diploma in Accounting or 5+ years accounts payable experience (preferably in a FMCG environment)
• SAP Knowledge will be an advantage
• Strong Accounting Background
• Excel experience
• High Accuracy and can handle big volumes
• Attention to detail

Laboratory Technician – Prospecton Plant Snacks

Responsibilities

Key deliverables:

• Responsible for equipment calibration on shift in order to determine accurate information, In addition, day to day lab analysis 

Calibration of lab equipment:

• Scales, NMR, Auto titrator , FTIR, pH Meter, etc 

Reports equipment deviations to Lab supervisor and trouble shooting

• Conduct troubleshooting for out of specification: analytical results, equipment

Control of stock requirements

• Weekly stock take and reporting stock level to supervisor 

Responsible for routine sampling and testing of incoming materials, WIP and finished goods:

• Incoming Potatoes, oil, seasoning – document results and labelling of stock with release or reject stickers.
• Capturing of results on system

Conducts product quality tests and investigate out of specification results and implement corrective actions:

•  Seasoning, weigh control checks, packet quality assessment, case counts, date code checks during the shift.
• Ensure all data reports are completed and the results communicated at the end of each shift
• Oversee hourly process Weak link results to ensure that plant runs according to standard

• Attend daily Quality Wall meetings – process and packaging.
• Ensure adherence to: all procedures and policies, analytical testing methods, ASHA requirements

Conducts Line inspections.

• ATP swabs, Allergen swabbing including managing and supporting all foreign objects management on the line. 

HACCP monitoring and filing of records

• Check completion of HACCP records 

Ensure that AIB, food safety and quality standards are maintained throughout

• Report non-conformances noted during shift line patrols

Manage and control all On hold, rejected and released stock.

• Place hold/reject/release stickers on affected stock

Qualifications

• Diploma: Food Technology (or equivalent in experience)
• 1-3 years Laboratory Experience
• Experience with GC
• Computer Literacy
• Written & Oral communication

Depot Manager II – Goldfields DC Bread-ZAF

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for

We are looking for a Depot Manager to join our dynamic team. The role is physically located at the Goldfields Bread DC and will be reporting to the Sales and Distribution Manager. The role involves managing the sales and distribution functions of a large size operation inclusive of orders, warehousing and fleet management. This also involves developing and maintaining optimum sales and delivery plans, effectively maximizing market share whilst ensuring the availability of products to drive customer satisfaction.

The successful candidate will also be responsible for the following:

• Accountable for the profitable management of a large depot within the constraints of company policy and for determining the most effective use of the resources available to meet the specified distribution and sale targets. Does not include manufacturing.
• Analyze sales forecasts and competitor activities
• Formulate and manage plans, including volume, price, and promotions
• Plan distribution, including products, people, vehicles, routes, and customers, and optimize fleet utilization
• Execute customer service delivery, including orders, products, queries, and cash, and optimize stock management of final goods
• Manage team, equipment, and vehicles, including crates, pallets, scales, and forklifts

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role

• 3 Year Tertiary qualification
• Six years relevant experience
• Effective communication skills
• Leadership
• Punctual
• Sound knowledge in IR

Finance Manager – Britos Bakery

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for a Financial Manager: Britos Bakery who will joing our team. The successful incumbent will supervise the accounting function of the unit. Responsible for the maintenance of accounting and financial practises / policies. Liaises with uni in preparation of budgets and financial reports. Other functions include, internal audits, training, master data maintenance, financial process control, and authorisation control.

Accountabilities: 

• Reporting and analysis including periodic reporting, periodic forecast analysis and deck preparation.
• Supporting strategic plan and AOP development, including deck analysis and deck preparation.
• Manage working capital and plan, co-ordinate and compile monthly reports.
• Assisting a broad range of senior leaders in actuals vs plan/forecast and analysis.
• Develop unit financial procedures and train employees on financial systems, policies and procedures.
• Manage internal financial authorizations, systems and audits.
• Manage own team.
• Provide ad-hoc projects and analysis as requested.
• Support the Bakery Team to manage budgets in an effective and efficient manner.
• Driving and ensuring compliance with PepsiCo Global standards and policies.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• University degree, with Professional accounting qualification recommended

Previous Experience:

• Experienced accounting background
• Knowledge of food industry/baking/beverage business or comparable FMCG/retail businesses
• Experience of PepsiCo Reporting, Planning and Control processes
• Advance Computer literacy – MS Office (Word;Excel;Powerpoint) & SAP

Frontline Sales Lead – Umtata DC Snacks-ZAF

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

• Coach, train & develop Salesman and Sales Assistants using company training & development programmes
• Performance manage subordinates in accordance with company standard & policies & in conjunction with HR Manager & RSM recruit as necessary to maintain a full staff compliment.
• Achieve top line volume plan.
• Control all operating costs & ensure all salesmen return cartons.
• Motivate & lead the area team to achieve the highest standard of excellence.
• Monitor Sales & KPI activities & ensure all route sales targets are achieved.
• Coach, train & develop Salesman and Sales Assistants using company training & development programmes
• Performance manage subordinates in accordance with company standard & policies & in conjunction with HR Manager & RSM recruit as necessary to maintain a full staff compliment.
• Co-ordinate Area account plans to ensure areas delivery towards the regional plan in the organised trade.
•  Review & present volume, expenditure & profitability actual/forecast Vs plan to RSM and NFSM.
• Liaise with external merchandising services to achieve the most effective merchandising practices.
• Identify business opportunities & implement agreed plans to overcome shortfalls to ensure continuous business growth.

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role:

• Tertiary qualification in the business-related field
• Financial acumen
• Computer literacy
• Code 8 Licence
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in an FMCG sales environment
• Strong people management skills (minimum 3 years)
• Ability to work in a pressurised environment
• Strong administration skills

EHS Administrator ( Temporary) – Wadeville Beverages Plant-ZAF

Responsibilities

• Contractor Management: Evaluate Project Contractor EHS files and evaluate file submissions against the Wadeville EHS Specifications. Communicate file evaluation outcomes with contractors and Wadeville Project initiators, book and conduct induction. Manage contractors as per the GEHSMS Contractor Management Standard 12.

• Waste Water Sampling: Responsible for daily gathering of waste water effluent and ensuring compliance thereof to the City of Ekurhuleni Effluent permit requirements, and ensure compliance to the GEHSMS Discharge of Wastewater Standard 30. Engage with City of Ekurhuleni stakeholders on waste water compliance as and when required.

• PPE Management – Interact with HOD’s and Supervisors for departmental PPE requirements and agreed specification, and compliance to the GEHSMS PPE Standard 59. Engage with PPE suppliers, confirm specifications and place orders as required.

• Document Control – Lead the Wadeville Beverages migration of EHS Documentation from Tempo to the Skelta document management system, and manage document control as per GEHSMS Standard 14 – Document Control.
• EHS Metrics: Engage with Wadeville Beverages stakeholders responsible EHS Metrics, submit on myEHS monthly and provide trending analysis commentary.

• GEHSMS Implementation: Manage and oversee the implementation of assigned GEHSMS Standards and partake in Business Unit, Sector and Global audits.

• ISO 14001:2015 – Contribute to the Implementation, verification and success of Internal and External audits, leading to retaining of the Certification.

• myEHS – Upload action plans from audits, hygiene survey, incidents, Town Halls, EHS Meetings, relevant stakeholders, emergency drills on myEHS. Conduct in compliance with the GEHSMS Compliance and System Standard

Qualifications

• Grade 12
• Diploma in Safety Management / Diploma in Environmental Management

Sales Representative II – Bloemfontein Bakery

Responsibilities

What are we looking for?

• Achievement of revenue and volume target as per Annual Operating Plan
• Achievement of 100% customer call rate
• Achieve 90% strike rate
• Maintain 0.5% stales threshold rate
• Obtain new business as per Annual Operating Plan
• Manage cash and stock
• Pull, analyse reports to drive continuous improvement on route
• Support company cost control through efficient driving of vehicle
• Comply with all functional and non-functional company policies and procedures, e.g. Sales, Health and Safety, etc.
• Housekeeping and maintenance of company assets, e.g Hand-Held Computers, Vehicle, Uniform, Mobile phone, etc

Qualifications

What will qualify you for this role?

• 3 year Business/Commercial Tertiary qualification
• 3 years working experience in FMCG environment, with 1 year in a selling role/selling experience
• Minimum 1 year experience operating a vehicle
• Valid Code 10 driver’s license
• Valid Public Drivers Permit
• Certified Defensive Driver Certification

SC QC Technician – Ceres Beverages Plant

Responsibilities

• Routine laboratory testing of various product matrices and the interpretation.
• Recording and reporting of results to customers for the timeous releasing of product to production and to trade.
• Raising and Actioning of Non-Conformances and root cause analysis within due time.
• Contributing and adherence to the food safety and laboratory systems.
• General Up keep and Housekeeping of the laboratories.
• General maintenance and verification of laboratory equipment.

Qualifications

• Qualification in the Science field.
• Team player.
• Sound knowledge of GMP, AIB, HACCP, BRC, FOOD SAFETY, SANS 17025.
• Safety Protocols and Procedures.
• Willingness to form part of the Safety/ Food safety Team and foster Safety/ Food Safety culture in the department.
• Quality awareness.
• Sensory analysis.
• MSDSm – Material Safety Data Sheet.
• Control Records/Record keeping.
• Reading and Writing.
• Scheduled rotations between packaging, chemical and microbiological labs.
• General housekeeping.
• Attention to detail when working with ingredients/pulps/concentrates/ Packaging where deviations are present. Must be able to highlight faulty products.
• Willingness to grow and to learn other roles in the department.
• Must be able to work under pressure and communicate effectively and timeously about work related issues.
• Must be able to act as owner and take initiative workplace deviations and tasks.
• Reporting of results daily, weekly and monthly.
• Willingness to work overtime, weekends when required and the willingness to grow.
• Adhoc tasks.
• Embody the Pepsico values.

Sales Representative II – Kuruman DC Bread

Responsibilities

What are we looking for?

• Achievement of revenue and volume target as per Annual Operating Plan
• Achievement of 100% customer call rate
• Achieve 90% strike rate
• Maintain 0.5% stales threshold rate
• Obtain new business as per Annual Operating Plan
• Manage cash and stock
• Pull, analyse reports to drive continuous improvement on route
• Support company cost control through efficient driving of vehicle
• Comply with all functional and non-functional company policies and procedures, e.g. Sales, Health and Safety, etc.
• Housekeeping and maintenance of company assets, e.g Hand-Held Computers, Vehicle, Uniform, Mobile phone, etc.

Qualifications

What will qualify you for this role?

• 3-year Business/Commercial Tertiary qualification
• 3 years working experience in FMCG environment, with 1 year in a selling role/selling experience
• Minimum 1 year experience operating a vehicle
• Valid Code 10 driver’s license
• Valid Public Drivers Permit
• Certified Defensive Driver Certification

Business Systems Analyst – Cape Town HQ

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for a Business Systems Analyst to join our team. The successful incumbent will: 

• Analyze and optimize business processes.
• Analyst required to ensure our operations are timely, efficient and cost-effective through management of all stock transfer or customer delivery activities.
• Analyze trends to ensure that we are optimizing our customer service delivery and
• Manage the process to effectively deal with non-profitable routes and add explore white spaces with the opportunity for additional customers.
• Engage the BU stake holders into regular reviews and conversations to increase our distribution footprint and route spatial design.
• Design and monitor KPI dashboards across multiple BU’s.
• Mapping the business processes and align with the PGT requirements.

Accountabilities:

• Analyze existing processes and identify areas for optimization of people, process, and technology. Evaluate the end-to-end processes and related sub processes.
  • Facilitate business process mapping sessions, analyze processes, risk, and recommend controls or actions to mitigate the risk.
  • During the process analysis document policies and procedures pertaining to the process.
  • When evaluating a business process evaluate operational history, reporting needs and advise on standard reporting KPI’s supporting the process.
  • Making recommendations to management for opportunities or improvements, evaluating the history and future forecasted savings or business plans in motivation.
  • Review and maintain policies and procedures for the business processes.
  • facilitate individual monthly workshops with the BU’s to analyze the route to market with specific attention to the execution of the spatial plan and unprofitable routes.
    • Overlay of the spatial plan and identification white spaces that can be explored.
    • Analyze the unprofitable routes facilitate the discussions with the BU’s to optimize the opportunities.
• Implement business projects and functionality deployment.
  • Implement standards and process improvements across BU’s.
  • Analyze the risk and propose business rules or controls that govern the process.
  • Maintain detailed documentation of processes and procedures.
  • Perform regular system reviews and ensure the best practice are followed.
  • Implementation of new business units.
  • Responsible for compiling training literature and where necessary conducting the training.
• Liaison between business and SAP partners. (Service no longer provided by BCX or Group IT)
  • Analyze system requirements and perform user acceptance testing and confirm that the quality standards are met.
  • Integration testing between different system platforms
  • Program quality testing (UAT- testing)
• Direct store delivery (DSD) process and system support – unique to bakeries.
  • Provide training and support to users.
  • Perform user acceptance testing for any DSD related system changes.
  • Regularly review the performance of the mobility process and device usage.
  • Assist BU’s with difficult account clearing issues, investigate driver differences and recommend corrective system actions and oversee the system updates.
  • Participate and evaluate in any activities regarding the integration between DSD and Rapid trade or other integrated platforms.
• Governance Risk and compliance (GRC)
  • Perform yearly User Risk Analysis and mitigation.
  • Resolve segregation of duty issues.
  • Provision user access requests for SAP, BI and EWM.
  • Request purchasing authorization amendments.
  • Ensure the governance and authorizations is in support of the control environment.
• Reporting and data needs.
  • Investigate and deliver reporting needs expressed by management.
  • Design and implement supporting dashboards for KPI’s
  • Gather information for hoc requests for data or reports.
  • Compile reporting templates for business.
• Help achieve business objectives by monitoring the objectives and KPI’s.
  • Analyze customer service targets, supporting the improvement agenda.
  • Control Self-Assessment monitoring (GCS).
    • Follow up overdue controls.
    • Compile monthly KPI reports.
• Review the effective monitoring and tracking of the order to cash cycle across BU’s.
  • Review the weekly highlighted variances and add commentary for the order to cash process KPI’s and ensure it is followed up by the BU’s.
  • Complete and send out the DRM service-related information with commentary and follow up the variances with the BU’s.
  • Review the weekly actions dashboards for follow up on progress on the agreed actions.
  • Review the monthly master data KPI reports and include the relevant data into the monthly report for the MBR meeting.

Qualifications

• At least four years previous Business Analysis experience within FMCG environment.
• Excellent communication, organizational and planning skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of ERP systems and SAP & business systems (MES, HMI)
• Above normal Excel and Power BI skills is essential.
• Attention to detail.
• Experienced in working with tight deadlines and making own decisions to manage tasks.
• A good team player that is flexible and is flexible to help with any emergency and company needs
• The role requires the analysis data patterns and to identify trends to ensure we are optimizing our processes and systems.

Fitter – Estcourt Mill-ZAF

Responsibilities

• diagnose faults and repair machinery and equipment
• Execute pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical repairs
• Work on high speed packaging equipment
• Manufacture parts on lathe and milling machines
• Perform planned maintenance on machinery and equipment
• Install and commission machinery and equipment

Qualifications

• Four to five years relevant experience within the manufacturing environment
• Relevant Technical Trade (N3)

Demand Planning Lead – Cape Town HQ

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Demand Planning Lead (SSA) to join our dynamic team. The role is physically located in Cape Town, Western Cape and will report to the Senior Director: SPL Groceries and Essential Foods. The key objective of the DP Lead is to envision a short, medium, and long-term roadmap to enable people, process, and system strategy for the Pioneer Demand Planning function. The DP Lead must deliver FA targets while providing strategic direction to the function. Immediate key deliverables include setting up the DP organization with sector expertise and co-creating a Demand Planning Automation strategy. The DP Lead will be responsible for all RSA businesses and, in the medium to long term, for delivering centre lining of current processes and harmonizing them with standard AMESA DP processes. This role is tasked with optimizing demand planning accuracy (targeting >60%) within the constraints of available forecasting models and tools. Maintaining service levels to all customers at >95% is a primary objective. The scope of this position includes the following business units (BUs):

• Groceries
• Essential Foods
• Bakeries
• Simba

The successful candidate will also be responsible for supporting customers with the following:

• Lead DP strategic roadmap for individual category
• Set up governance against S&OP and Demand Review Processes
• Lead change management across the organization for new DP initiatives
• Develop demand forecast processes, tools and monitoring result.
• Implement best is class practices as prescribed by Sector or PEP Global.
• Gather, challenge and finalize demand to get realistic demand in order to optimize business opportunity
• Do weekly rolling forecast on M0,M1,M2 and M3
• Establish a close and well aligned relationship with Sales teams
• Fully align and integrate with the work of the Supply Planning Lead and team.
• Drive and measure forecast accuracy with finding cause and do correction plan
• Drive S&OP meeting agenda
• Ensure stock available for sales at the right product in all DC in order to protect OOS and avoid aging inventory, by leasing with all cross functional team (sales/Customer service/Supply Chain team) with right forecast and plan
• Raise key issue or communicate key message in Sales meeting in order to ensure all functional work as one team

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain / Industrial Engineering or related fields
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Strong cross functional linkages require alignment with Sales teams
• Process oriented and having eye for detail
• Capacity to manage a large team of indirect reports
• Must be able to work across functional boundaries and within lots of uncertainty
• Demonstrate leadership capabilities in convincing & influencing stakeholders and top leaders of the organisation
• Create & socialize agenda and push within organization
• Lead by example when it comes to accept new processes and challenges
• Stakeholder management especially in conflicting situation
• Decision Making – act independently
• Innovating and supportive of change / new processes
• Driving for results and efficiencies
• Creating an Inclusive Culture with team
• Building & Inspiring others even outside his/ her team
• Collaborating & Influencing colleagues and teams

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All the best with your applications.