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Senior Manager: Innovation, Commercialization & Growth Platforms – AMESA Foods Category – Johannesburg/Cape Town/Cairo or Gurgaon

Responsibilities

This is a critical Innovation & Commercialization leadership role, specifically accountable for the Foods Category Innovation agenda across the AMESA Sector. Underpinning the Category model, this role will focus on overall governance of the Hopper / Pipeline, ensuring multi-market leverage, rapid roll-out and winning execution of innovations to deliver the Innovation financial performance and broader KPIs. The role will also be responsible for leading key Growth Platform Innovations through program management excellence.

Key accountabilities are as follows:

Foods Category Innovation Commercialization:

Core responsibility is to enable the growth agenda and underpin the operating model by supporting the commercialization of the AMESA Foods Category Innovation pipeline, ensuring operational excellence in the BUs (Egypt, Middle East, Pakistan, South Africa, WECA, India)

• Provide unique, 3-Lens Innovation leadership expertise across the Desirability, Feasibility & Viability lenses at Hopper, pipeline & project level. Identify the key tensions between a winning consumer proposition, the ability to make/move/sell and the financial viability for PEP, retailers from the outset to deliver a winning, sustainable proposition. This enables key trade-offs to be made early and ensures the Hopper is human centric, strategically sound & affordable and that project teams are set up for success from the start. Ensuring that pep+ is front & center of the 3-Lenses is also a key responsibility of the role.
• Intentionally Scale Human Centric Solutions – Identify winning innovations from across the enterprise that can be Lift & Scaled across the Sector by leveraging PepsiCo’s digitalized, always-on innovation Hopper, and connectivity with Global functional peers. Support the Desirability assessment of the innovations (category readiness, strategic brand fit, concept appeal) in partnership with Sector/BU marketing teams, drive the Feasibility & Viability assessments, and develop an E2E roll-out master plan and associated capability investments. Define the appropriate governance to ensure delivery to roadmap.
• Drive Bold Choices & Winning Execution:
  • Support the AMESA Foods Innovation & Commercialization Snr Director to define the role of innovation within the Sector Foods growth algorithm that is consistent with the portfolio & brand growth strategies. Embed & drive PepsiCo’s key innovation KPIs, including: incremental, profitable growth (incr NR & GM) ; Hopper/Pipeline sufficiency (Inc NR vs algo need) ; stickability (HH penetration, ROS, NR growth); Simplify to Grow (incr NR per project).
  • Creatively orchestrate the development of the Sector Foods Innovation Hopper, in partnership with Marketing, R&D & Supply Chain, with particular focus on ensuring innovation sufficiency, scalability, identifying critical platform capability investments and driving trade-offs / phasing.
  • Support the Foods Category Innovation governance to ensure an effective Category Innovation Board decision making forum to ensure that all projects are cross-functionally aligned with appropriate trade-offs made between initiatives and brands and that critical risks and issues can be discussed, prior to final decisions being made.
  • Own Foods Category Portfolio Analysis & Reporting, systematically assess & report Innovation health & performance including as part of monthly, quarterly and annual Innovation planning processes, ensuring flawless execution vs KPIs (business & process) to drive change and continuous improvement e.g. Speed to Market, on-time execution. Own Foods myInnovation data and Innovation forecasting and reporting as the ‘single version of truth’

Growth Platforms Innovation Commercialization:

• Deliver best-in-class innovation Program Management expertise for the Foods Growth Platforms to accelerate growth over the Strategic Plan horizon.  This involves partnering with the Sector Category Marketing team, specifically leading cross-functional teams to deliver projects, driving end-to-end unlocks and overcoming any challenges so that the innovations can be launched.
  • Unite the 3-lenses (Desirability, Feasibility, Viability) to build viable, platformable commercial solutions that drive scale & balance risk – understand and manage gaps, risks, resources and trade-offs required for each roadmap and ensure cross-functional teams make the best business choices; Lead the program delivery through effective project management techniques
  • Integrate E2E cross-functional interdependencies into front-end ideation to build program road-maps with smart execution. Manage the scope, milestone & critical path analysis, risks, stakeholder engagement and project budget & P&L. Bring together all elements across Marketing, Sales, R&D, Supply Chain & Finance to deliver projects to agreed scope, on budget, on time. Rapidly identify & course correct risks & opportunities both pre & post launch to maximize scale & success of the project.
  • Integrate E2E governance with core business processes through clear success criteria – manage integrated, cross-functional engagement on a daily basis with stakeholders to secure commitments, ensure alignment and build detailed strategy and roadmaps for each of the solutions in development across these horizons; Lead the transition to local BU ownership for successful propositions, including the Stage-Gate integration process and other key business processes required locally

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role:

• Minimum 12 years business experience, preferably in consumer (Marketing or Insights) or Supply Chain roles
• Minimum Bachelors Degree education, ideally in Business studies, Engineering or Finance
• High level of business acumen – must be commercially & organizationally savvy and financially astute. Understanding of the E2E innovation process, from idea to launch, including knowledge of P&L fundamentals, Supply Chain & GTM an advantage
• Results-oriented with a high degree of personal initiative and leadership – can operate well within a low resource, fast-paced cross-functional environment
• Exceptional leader with strong communication and collaboration skills, ability to influence at all levels and comfortable managing conflict
• Proven commercial project leadership/management skills, ability to manage complex functional interdependencies in project timelines
• Strong process thinker committed to driving process efficiency, strength in data analysis and interpretation in order to develop business recommendations and strong analytical thinking to comprehend potential challenges, and propose feasible solutions

Specialist Artisan – Epping Bakery

Responsibilities

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

• Daily routine maintenance with high quality standard.
• Monitors equipment and machinery performance and ensures consistency in delivering plant availability.
• Spare parts management and schedule compliance.
• Follow applicable safety and quality compliance requirements as PepsiCo policy.
• Identify and control risks related workplace and machinery safety.
• Follow planning and scheduling routine and manage work orders in.
• Understand concept of losses and how to prioritise their activities.
• Establishes whether the equipment breakdown is related to a missed planned maintenance or part failure or human interference.
• Uses any of the problem (finding and) solving techniques like 5-Whys, RCA, decision trees etc to pinpoint the real problem behind failures/breakdowns.
• Uses electrical and mechanical knowledge to troubleshoot and test all equipment.
• Completes job card in consultation with the maintenance planner and requisition parts depending on the outcome of the above.

Conducts Preventative Maintenance:

• Performs defined and/or ad hoc electrical and equipment testing.
• Corrects electrical systems and equipment malfunctions through testing, adjusting, sequencing, synchronizing and aligns such systems and equipment as AC and DC power supplies, main power control panels, motors, generators, circuit breakers and relay panels.
• Dismantles electrical machinery and replaces defective electrical or mechanical parts such as gears, brushes and armatures.
• Verify and execute preventive maintenance standards on all electrical distribution equipment.
• Completes documentation relating to work done for future reference in the event of failures.
• Continuous reference to equipment drawings, engineering standards and GMPs in the performance and closing out of jobs done.
• Detects defect and malfunctions with machinery and repairs the same.
• Performs electrical preventative maintenance inspections and repairs on a variety of electrical equipment.

Planned Maintenance

• Ensures that scheduled maintenance of all machinery and equipment is conducted or executed.
• Complies with all defined equipment safety protocols and compliance to GMPs.
• Completes job cards and parts requisition documents timeously to improve on mean time to repair thus ensuring high plant availability when planned maintenance has been completed.
• Refurbishes machinery and replacing parts to optimize output.

Maintenance best practices, and make sure the work is done as per OEM recommendations.

Plant Breakdowns

• Attends to all electrical and mechanical plant breakdowns and will conduct the diagnosis as stated under point 1 above.
• Obtains feedback from plant personnel on the efficiencies and performance delivery of machinery.
• Clearly demarcates workstation in accordance with procedures in the event of major work to minimise disruptions and possible injuries as a result of human traffic and area being used as thoroughfare.
• Assembles machinery of a unit and ensures proper functioning.
• Adheres to AIB and relevant food safety programmes and environmental protocols.
• Completes documentation of work done and close out on ad hoc call outs.
• Update parts/spares records in conjunction with the stores.
• Placing orders requests for replacement spares from Stores.
• Complying with all safety measures outlined by the company for all work processes.

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

• Trade tested as a Millwright (Mechanical/Electrical).
• 5 years post-apprenticeship experience in FMCG environment with at least 3 years working in food manufacturing.
• Bakeries experience advantageous.
• Able to do standby.
• Responsibility for leading a team.
• Corrects electrical systems and equipment malfunctions through testing, adjusting, sequencing, synchronizing and aligns such systems and equipment as AC and DC power supplies/equipment, main power control panels, motors, generators, circuit breakers and relay panels.
• Supervisory certificate will be beneficial.
• Siemens, Allen Bradely, Mitsubishi.
• Understanding and knowledge of TPM.

Electrician (3 Months Contract) – Gqeberha Mill

Responsibilities

• Fitted fuse boxes, circuits & wiring systems and equipment.
• Inspected & tested fused boxes, circuits, wiring systems & equipment.
• Able to read and understand electrical schematics.
• Must possess solid electrical fault-finding capabilities.
• Able to install, commission, refurbish and improve equipment unsupervised.
• Performed planned maintenance on machinery & equipment.
• Executed pneumatic repairs.
• Used, installed and  applied fault finding on  programmable logical control circuits (PLC’s).

Qualifications

• Three to five years relevant experience as a qualified artisan.
• NQF 3 Trade tested electrician

Operations Manager – Krugersdorp Bakery

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Operations Manager to join our dynamic team. The role is physically located in Krugersdorp. The successful incumbent will be responsible for the management and control of daily and weekly demand requirements within the manufacturing environment on a shift basis in such a way that it drives cost, quality, and efficiency. The jobholder makes decisions that influence daily & weekly production performance and

productivity and balances several variables to the required service level of sales.

The successful candidate will also be responsible for the following:

• The management of quality product through continual monitoring of the line performance through the optimization of quality vs. cost relationship.
• Effective utilisation of labour hours to maximise product yields and minimise breakage and waste.
• Ensure that adequate staffing is available to execute operational plans and that manning levels are at specification.
• Ensure that development and training needs of FLEs and direct reports are fulfilled.
• Ensure that discipline is maintained through the effective use of the disciplinary code and adherence to the PepsiCo Code of Conduct.
• Maximise quality cases produced per hour.
• Accurately compile and analyse daily production line reports in a timely manner.
• Evaluate and categorize all downtime occurring during a shift.
• Prepare a weekly performance report and feedback performance-related issues to the site leadership team.
• Analyze the weekly direct cost variance report and reconcile previous production week performance to standard.
• Check and ensure that all housekeeping, food safety and occupational safety standards are adhered to.
• Improve plant audit performance and work environment.
• Direct supervisory staff (FLMs) in identifying and correcting any unsafe conditions.
• Identify opportunities to improve production processes and/or operating methods.
• Improve on all quality weak link targets in AOP

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role

·       Tertiary qualification in Production Management or equivalent·       Knowledge of quality assurance standards and systems.·       Computer literate (Access and MS Office)·       Knowledge of safety regulations·       Sound Employee relations knowledge·       Successfully works with others in a Management role: Quality, Facilities, Engineering, Raw Materials Stores and Distribution.·       Minimum 5 years’ experience within a manufacturing environment of which at least 3 years at managerial level.

Millwright – Worcester Bakery

Responsibilities

• Perform planned maintenance on machinery & equipment
• Install and commission machinery and equipment
• Use, install and apply fault finding on programmed logical control circuits (PLC’s)
• Fit, inspect, test and repair MCC, circuits & wiring systems and electrical equipment
• Execute pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical repairs
• Dismantel, fit & assemble machinery and parts

Qualifications

• 5 years experience within a Manufacturing environment
• Technical Trade N3
• Sound understanding of AIB & FSSC 22000 Standards and OSHA regulations

Driver Salesman – Witbank DC Bread

Responsibilities

• Ensuring timeous delivery of goods to the customer. 
• Good management of money on routes as per the procedure of the company. 
• Good understanding of customer service. 
• Ability to identify gaps/opportunities in the local market. 
• Balancing Driver’s books – basic knowledge of reconciliation process. 
• Being accountable for respective route allocated to the Driver. 
• Minimising Driver’s Shorts. 
• Liaising with relevant Sales Representative. 
• Good Crate Control. 

Qualifications

• Matric or NQF3. 
• Driver’s License (Code 10) and PDP. 
• Good Mathematics skills. 
• Good communication skills (preferably at least two Official South African languages, English as One). 
• Good understanding of customer service.

HR Manager – Supply Chain Planning & Warehouse Logistics – PepsiCo Park CDC Snacks

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for: 

We’re looking for an HR Manager: Supply Chain Planning & Warehouse Logistics to join of HR team. Main purpose of the role:

• Ensuring HR strategy & key processes are well institutionalized and executed & providing full range of HR services by understanding, responding and proactively acting on insights, expectations, needs and requirements including contractors .
• Managing every aspect of employee development and relations Serving as an employee champion to ensure that processes and relationships are fair and equitable while utilizing key HR tools & processes to ensure all employees are fully engaged in and committed to the business growth
• Demonstrating leadership & providing guidance to establish & maintain quality balance with business & developmental agendas of line managers & leaders.
• Providing coaching and feedback to the managers on execution of HR programs; evaluating effectiveness, reviewing and seeking improvements on the execution of the systems and processes

Accountabilities:

• Leading business HR Strategy implementations
• Lead a team of HR professionals
• Setting and monitoring team/department and objectives 
• Leads and drives for improved employee relations
• Ensures speedy resolution/close out of matters of discipline, disputes and reported grievances
• Leads the talent acquisition initiatives in collaboration with CoE team
• Ensures team understanding of the Total Rewards philosophy, objectives and procedures
• Coaches management on initiatives to drive performance and assists with Performance Review process
• Jointly (with Leadership Team) owns the people planning process (PPP) for the function
• Drives compliance with various legislative agendas
• Proactively (and without fear) identify talent flight risks and possible requirements for leadership/environmental change in order to retain talent
• Provides counsel and advice to management team and employees
• Effectively leads and manages Change and Projects

Qualifications

• B Degree in HR Management/Business Management
• In-depth knowledge in the generalist space of HR, Labour Laws, change management methodologies, and compensation and benefits
• Ability to write and review policies
• Report writing skills
• Attention to detail
• Data collection and interpretation Computer skills
• Communication skills
• Negotiations
• Persuasion skills
• Commercial Acumen

Millwright – Olifantsfontein Cereals Plant

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement scheduled maintenance plans for the plant
• Plan and manage the annual maintenance budget and capital expenditures
• Repair and maintenance of fruit packing machinery and equipment
• Coordinate and implement plant improvements to reduce wastage or damage to produce
• Manage Mechanical subordinates to ensure effective service levels and minimal plant downtime
• Perform Quality Assurance on work done (internal and external)
• Housekeeping and manage safety standards within department, according to the OHS Act
• Administrative and financial tasks

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of the mechanical workings of machinery and equipment
• Computer skills
• Interpret Mechanical/Electrical drawings and diagrams
• 5 years’ Mechanical/Electrical Maintenance experience within a medium to large production facility
• Good understanding of the OHS Act, regulations and relevant codes
• Organising, supervision and planning skills
• Good communication skills
• Must have a valid driver’s license
• Relevant tertiary qualifications, minimum N3
• Qualified Millwright (red seal)
• Leadership skills
• Able to work shifts and standby when required

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