Clover Vacancies

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Controller: Yard

Closing Date
2025/09/23
Reference Number
CLO250916-1
Job Title Controller: Yard
Job Type Permanent
Department Sec Distribution
Number of Positions 01
Location – Town / City Queensburgh
Location – Province KwaZulu-Natal
Location – Country South Africa
Required Education Level Diploma | Advanced Certificate
Job Category Logistics
Job Advert Summary
This role will represent the decoupling point between primary transport and the warehouse in the yard. This role ensures that the yard related processes run smoothly to ultimately promote sufficient and effective flow of product to/from the warehouse. The role will also coordinate gate, truck and warehouse stakeholders to ensure stock is delivered to/ from the warehouse timeously and liaise with the primary control tower on an exception management basis leveraging the dashboards made available to them

Requirements
National Diploma
Relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level
Computer literacy (Advanced)
Business English: Fluent
Work shifts/weekends/public holidays

Competencies
Proactive and action orientated
Acts with honesty and consistency
Achieves Results Effectively
Duties and Responsibilities
Ensure effective Device Management

Devices
Ensuring safety of the Yard Devices.
Ensuring the devices are charged and maintained
Ensuring devices are managed through a register
Scanning Team Management
Support the staff with following the correct device procedures and understanding all applicable SOP’s
Manage the Yard Link Application

Yard Link Mobile Application
Ensure that the users follow the correct SOP’s.
Ensure that the application functions correctly at the start of the day
Ensure that all the scanning staff have users created for them
Drive compliance of the application
Web Application
Operational use of the application
Ensure effective Site Management

Dashboard
Use the dashboards to correctly manage the site activities
Raise concerns with loading, TAT, and other related data to the respective managers/task owners/control Tower
Exception management in the yard
Yard Management
Ensure that the yard is managed properly and flows are fluent ( e.g. no unnecessary ques)
Ensure that the truck drivers are well informed of where to load, offload or queue.
Use the flight board data and dashboard data to optimise site TAT’s
Manage any irregularities around the driver and/or staff in the yard and raise to the responsible managers

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Manager: Product & Packaging Development

Closing Date
2025/09/26
Reference Number
CLO250919-1
Job Title Manager: Product & Packaging Development
Job Type Permanent
Department Business Development
Number of Positions 1
Location – Town / City Roodepoort
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Country South Africa
Required Education Level Bachelors Degree
Job Category Manufacturing
Job Advert Summary
Clover os looking for a Manager: Product & Packaging Development to management of the concept phase of Clover’s Product- & Packaging Development Department process. Responsible for concept clarification on the design of products which are complex and of a high profile. The incumbent is involved in market research, conducting a business viability study and finalising the product design into scope clarification. Manages partnerships with relevant stakeholders and leads the concept development phase in the R&D process. Provides project activation support and building capability to support the strategic agenda.

Requirements
Degree in Food Science
Relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level
Experience in working with senior management
People management experience
Professional registration
Business English: Fluent
Computer literacy (Advanced)
Code 08 Driver’s license
Travel off-site/ overnight stay
Competencies
Coach and develop people
Ability to influence
Proactive and action orientated
Approaches situations with an open mind and solves problems creatively
Solves problems through effective decision making
Clear and sound reasoning ability
Build high performing teams
Business acumen
Lead and drive change for improvement
Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective
Interpersonal effectiveness
Commitment and motivation
Administrative capabilities
Customer orientated
Thinking and reasoning logically
Ability to plan and organize
Ability to manage projects
Duties and Responsibilities
Concepts to scope phase relating to new products (formulation & packaging) with the required supporting services and activities

Implement innovation HUB and develop trends on new technologies
Provide a development framework to clarify ideas to scope level and prioritize projects to investigation to commercialisation
Compliance to project feasibility study, ensuring stakeholders adhere to concept development related matters
Accurate deliverables and customer satisfaction
Ensure adherence to not move into development protocols but rather keeping to clarification of ideas to scope phase
Stay abreast of local & international product launches & trends and communicate opportunities within the Business
Establish frequent strategic innovation sessions with Marketing to share local and global innovations, ideas and trends
Build strong networks with key ingredient suppliers with the objective to obtain information on innovation, new technology and application
Ensure the development of products in line with the Marketing brief and company’s business plans, cost targets and delivering on defined consumer expectations
Build strong cross-functional relationships with Marketing, Procurement, Production, NBD, Quality and other relevant internal functions
Evaluate identified projects for business/financial viability and execute according to expectations

Manage the concept development of new products within guidelines
Plan within marketing strategy / needs
Indicate plant / process requirements
Ensure established / agreed specifications guidelines to give needed info to development teams for further investigation and execution
Draft, implement & maintain the required policies, procedures, systems and techniques to ensure that Concept product- & packaging development are executed efficiently

Approve workflows and idea prioritisation
Maintain integrity of the concept development process
Define & develop communication protocols with interfacing business departments
Communicate new packaging technology & innovation relevant to various product strategies
Identify opportunities for packaging optimisation
Represent the product- & packaging development function in projects

Identify & manage risks with moving from concept clarification to actual development
Adhere to required project milestones with regard to stakeholder requirements while ensuring effective transitioning from concept to actual development
Create needed info to share with development teams info required for product- & packaging specifications

Concept level bill of material (BOM) without moving into actual development
Understand implications and clarify info for work maps, colour specification, dimensional drawings etc
Understand implications and clarify info required by branch QC evaluations included in specification
Understand implications and clarify info required by technical teams to be able to understand what to develop to commercialize
Manage staff (Future potential)

Ensure optimal utilisation of staff
Apply consistent discipline
Train and develop staff
Conduct meetings and ensure effective communication to all
Liaise and communicate with management in all departments
Provide leadership and training to staff members within the department
Set objectives, manage and measure performance of team

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