Senwes Vacancies

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Accountant (Agrifriend) (Klerksdorp)

Reference Number

175

Description

Purpose of the Job

Senwes Equipment seeks an Accountant proficient in financial analysis, training, reporting, and internal controls.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Financial and operational analysis and reporting:

• Generate financial and management reports.
• Analysis of financial information.
• Market research and comparison.
• Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts.
• Verification of fixed assets.
• Inventory analysis.
• Target and productivity monitoring.

Monitor system, processes and procedures:

• Identify needs and weaknesses in the system, processes and procedures.
• Assist in the development, testing and implementation of changes in the system, processes and procedures.
• Assist in system and process training.

Prepare budgets:

• Apply expected financial and economic indicators based on historical information gathered.
• Incorporate all changes to current business model and structure.
• Prepare and analyse budget and make necessary adjustments.
• Upload on SAP and reconciliation.

Requirements

• CA (SA) with completed articles or relevant BCom degree with SAIPA/SAICA articles
• At least 2 years relevant financial experience.
• Candidates with SAP knowledge will receive preference.

Skills/Competencies:

• Great communication skills.
• Advanced computer skills.
• Be able to plan, prioritise and organise.
• Great attention to detail.

Closing Date : 15 August 2024

Workshop Manager (Agrifriend) (Wolmaransstad)

Reference Number

247

Description

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOB:

• Create new job cards with relevant information.
• Daily management of orders and attendance to complaints.
• Render technical support/assistance (internal/external).
• Identify and generate claims.
• Manage and check content of claims room.
• Check and sign job cards off.
• Manage and check special equipment/tools.
• Manage safety procedures and neatness of the workshop.
• Develop and manage a marketing plan according to needs.
• Continuous and effective liaison with clients.
• Timeous and effective attention to complaints.
• Draw and check reports.
• Manage and maintain asset and safety registers.
• Manage financial reports/statements.
• Effective managing and mentoring of personnel.

Requirements

• Completed Tractor Technician certification.
• At least three years relevant John Deere experience.
• Candidates with managerial experience will receive preference.

Skills/ Competencies:

• Great communication skills.
• Great leadership and management skills.
• Technical knowledge of equipment andmachinery.

Finance Executive: Hinterland (Hoofkantoor)

Reference Number

314

Description

Purpose of the Job

Responsible for the strategic financial operations of the organisation to ensure financial efficiency, compliance, and strategic growth.

Responsibilities:

Cost Management and Financial Efficiency

• Analyse and monitor the organisation’s financial performance to identify timeous opportunities to improve financial performance across the business.
• Develop and implement financial strategies to reduce costs and improve profitability.
• Prepare and manage budgets, forecasts, and financial reports timeously. Adhere to all group deadlines

Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all relevant financial regulations and standards.
• Develop and maintain internal controls to safeguard the organisation’s assets.
• Oversee the preparation and submission of accurate and timely financial statements and reports.
• Coordinate with external auditors and regulatory bodies to facilitate audits and inspections.
• Implement and update financial policies and procedures as necessary.

Automate Processes and Increase Controls

• Identify opportunities for automation within financial processes to increase efficiency and accuracy.
• Implement financial software and tools to streamline operations and enhance control measures.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of automated systems and make improvements as needed.
• Ensure data integrity and security in all financial systems.
• Ensure that staff is trained on new systems and procedures to ensure smooth transitions and optimal use.

Strategic Management

• Develop and execute financial strategies to support the organisation’s long-term goals.
• Provide expert insights and recommendations on business proposals, e-commerce, negotiations with suppliers, customer expansion, sales strategies and margin management in terms of input supplies, fuels, and retail operations to ensure cost-effectiveness and growth.
• Conduct market analysis to identify trends and opportunities for strategic investments.
• Collaborate with senior management to align financial strategies with overall business objectives.

People Management and Organisational Culture

• Lead, mentor, and develop the finance team to achieve departmental and organisational goals.
• Foster a positive and collaborative work environment that supports the organisation’s culture and values.
• Set performance objectives and conduct regular performance reviews for finance team members.
• Facilitate professional development and training opportunities for staff.

Requirements

Requirements:

• Professional certifications as a Chartered Accountant (CA).
• 5-10 Years relevant management experience

We are committed to transformation through the appointment of persons from designated groups and potential candidates from these groups will enjoy preference. Kindly note that a consumer credit record will be requested in respect of all appointments which involve dealing with cash or finances. Should we not have contacted you within six weeks of the closing date, you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

Closing Date: 11 August 2024

Branch Manager (Hinterland) (Vryburg)

Reference Number

309

Description

Purpose of the Job

To lead and manage the Hinterland branch with a focus on achieving excellence in sales, inventory management, employee development, compliance, and budgeting, while ensuring a clear understanding and adherence to established policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

Sales and Marketing

• Drive top-line growth through strategic sales and marketing initiatives.
• Manage margins effectively to optimise profitability.
• Coordinate and execute events to enhance customer engagement.

Inventory Management

• Oversee inventory levels, trends, and deviations.
• Implement merchandising strategies to enhance product visibility.
• Manage write-offs efficiently to minimise losses.
• Extensive knowledge of the effective management of inventory in terms of company policies and procedures.

Employee Management

• Cultivate a branch culture aligned with the overall Hinterland culture.
• Support the personal development of employees.
• Implement succession planning to ensure continuity of the branch.
• Manage day-to-day employee activities and performance.
• Implement corrective measures in terms of Employee Relations and ensure effective communication of incidents with the Employee Relations department to ensure all incidents are addressed.
• Extensive knowledge on relevant policies and procedures in terms of employee management.

Compliance Management

• Ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Uphold health and safety standards within the branch.
• Ensure extensive knowledge of all relevant policies and procedures and training of relevant employees to ensure compliance.

Requirements

Requirements:

• Relevant Agricultural/ Business Management/ Retail Diploma.
• 5-10 Years relevant management experience

We are committed to transformation through the appointment of persons from designated groups and potential candidates from these groups will enjoy preference. Kindly note that a consumer credit record will be requested in respect of all appointments which involve dealing with cash or finances. Should we not have contacted you within six weeks of the closing date, you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

Closing date: 04 August 2024

Developer: BI (Klerksdorp)

Reference Number

105

Description

Senwes is looking for a Developer: BI who will be responsible for the development, design, implementation and support of new or modified software products.

• Advising, directing and checking of work done by peers.
• Define, contribute, review, document and assess embedment of service delivery standards and procedures.
• Application risk management, security management and application delivery lifecycle performance.
• Define, contribute, review, document and assess adherence to quality assurance standards.
• Translation of business requirements into technology change requirements.
• Technical solutions analysis.
• Application configuration and development requirements review, consultation, coding and documentation.
• Configure and/or develop the solution according to the technical requirements specification and approved architecture design.
• Testing of application changes.
• Consultation, prioritisation, allocation, debugging and resolution of issues to fulfil maintenance and support outcomes.

Requirements

• Experience: At least 3 years relevant IT/Development experience. Candidates with QlikSense, QlikView and NPrinting experience will receive preference. 
• Qualification: IT/Computer Science degree or diploma or equivalent certification.
• Experience with the full software development cycle.
• Experience in coding and data analysis.

Closing date: 18 August 2024

Control Board Operator (Vierfontein)

Reference Number

330

Description

Senwes Grainlink is seeking a Control Board Operator to safely and correctly operate the silo control board and manage key silo practice ,including grain receiving, dispatch, aeration, fumigation and capacity management.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOB:

Operate control board:

-Intake of grain:

• Assists with planning and conducts grain intake processes according to quality specifications and regulations.
• Assists with planning and arranging offloading of grain.
• Channels grain to bins.
• Monitors channeling of grain as per instructions.
• Monitors grain quality according to quality plan.
• Assists with drying and cleaning processes.
• Maintains equipment and reports defects.
• Execution of ad hoc functions as agreed upon.
• Ensures correct offloading of grain through visual inspection to support risk control and escalates any irregularities observed.

– Storage:

• Monitors quality of stored grain according to procedures.
• Assists with fumigation of grain by preparing new bins, and/or transferring grain to selected bin/s.
• Manually evacuates remaining grain from bin and applies chemicals as per procedure and under supervision.
• Perform ad hoc functions as requested by silo management.
• Initiates aeration processes through hygiene inspections, monitoring grain receipts and setting grain flows, hygiene inspections, and pre-season bin management and associated hygiene management.

– Dispatch:

• Assists with planning and conducting dispatch of grain according to quality specifications and regulations.
• Monitors dispatch of grain.
• Initiates blending processes by following procedures and within clear instructional guidelines.
• Assists with sampling of dispatched grain by taking samples regularly to check blend results.

– Assist with general hygiene functions.

– Assist with general tasks.

Requirements

• National Senior Certificate or equal technical qualification.
• 2 years relevant experience at a silo (including exposure to Fumigation and Grain Handling).

• Knowledge of HACCP and safety.
• Great communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Closing date : 5 August 2024

Payroll Administrator (Klerksdorp)

Reference Number

345

Description

Senwes is looking for a Payroll Administrator who will be responsible for overseeing and managing the payroll administration function of Senwes.

• Identify areas for improvement in the payroll process and implement solutions.
• Perform controls to prevent errors and fraud in the payroll process.
• Promptly execute all post-processing audits to validate payroll accuracy and promptly make any necessary adjustments so that employees and other key stakeholders have an error-free payroll experience.
• Respond to inquiries from government agencies regarding payroll-related matters.
• Collaborate with other departments, such as HR and Accounting, to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll-related activities.
• Collaborate with IT to ensure that payroll software and systems are functioning properly.
• Manage the processing of employee payroll, including calculating and processing wages, salaries, and bonuses.
• Responsible for Processing and updating annual increase for multiple companies.
• Manage the processing of payroll-related transactions, such as direct deposit, tax withholdings, and wage garnishments.
• Tracking employee leave, ensuring that processing comply with the applicable leave policies and procedures.
• Review any approved trip-claims or overtime pay that an employee may be entitled to.
• Recon overtime and trip claims with approved date to ensure no over/under payments apply.
• Recon union and medical payments to ensure schedules can be sent out and payments were made correctly.

Requirements

Qualifications: Financial Diploma or similar.

Requirements: At least 5 years of experience in payroll processing administration. Experience with payroll software and systems, candidates with SAGE 300 People experience will receive preference.

Accountant (Group Finance) (Klerksdorp)

Reference Number

192

Description

Senwes is looking for an Accountant within Group Finance who will be responsible for the financial reporting and monitoring of control environment.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

Prepare and manage forecasts and budgets.

• Gather historic financial information, apply expected financial and economic indicators on historical and new information.
• Prepare budget (annually) and forecasts (quarterly), and present budget and forecasts to management
• Analyse and interpret budget and forecasts (daily/monthly)
• Test expenditure against policy/budget.
• Analyse and recommend savings in expenditures
• Report variances

Financial and operational reporting/authorization.

• Process and check payments to be done to external vendors for correctness.
• Clearing of balance sheet accounts and internal vendors/customers.
• Identify areas where cost savings can be implemented and identify deviations from best practice and recommend possible changes.
• Continuous maintenance of SAP reporting, interest rate change on customer accounts and change in structures.
• Processing and reviewing of month end journals.

Corporate control.

• Test and prepare transactions against policies/budgets, delegation of duties.
• Monthly audit.
• Identify deviations to policies and procedures and implement improved control environment.
• Test accuracy, classification and existence of transactions.
• Ensure proper reconciliation and review of balance sheet accounts and certain income statement accounts.
• Authorise payment of vendors.
• Manage balance sheet items/ratios.
• Investigate/explain/intervene in budget variances.
• Reconciliation of reports to operating systems.
• Test the correct accounting treatment of new business processes.
• Cash flow projections to treasury.
• Advise and coach business managers on control improvements.
• Diligent management of all sundry accounts
• Ensure that a business case is in place for all relevant projects.
• Post implementation of projects.
• Providing necessary information to auditors and assist in relevant enquiries.

Administration of fixed assets.

• Preparing and capturing of acquisitions and disposal of assets.
• Comply to IFRS (IAS16).
• Annually review of residual value and useful life
• Test relevancy of fixed asset depreciation policy on regular basis.
• Maintain and update fixed asset register.
• Reconcile GL with asset register.
• Coordinate theoretical vs actual asset (PPE) count.
• Compile annual CAPEX budget.
• Report (CAPEX) capital expenditure against budget and forecasts (monthly).
• Compile PPE notes for audit report, tax pack and financial statements.
• Post implementation of projects.

Requirements

Qualification:

• Relevant B-degree with accounting. Candidates who have completed their articles will receive preference.

Experience:

• At least three years accounting experience.
• Candidates with SAP knowledge will receive preference.

Closing date: 30 August 2024

• We are committed to transformation through the appointment of persons from designated groups and potential candidates from these groups will enjoy preference.
• Kindly note that a consumer credit record will be requested in respect of all appointments which involve dealing with cash or finances.
• Should we not have contacted you within six weeks of the closing date, you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

HR Generalist (Swellendam)

Reference Number

325

Description

Senwes is looking for a HR Generalist to provide comprehensive HR support, including general HR tasks and payroll input, ensuring efficient and effective HR operations within JDI. The successful candidate will be based in Swellendam.

• Manage employee records and HR documentation.
• Handle employee inquiries and provide HR-related information.
• Assist in the recruitment and onboarding processes.
• Coordinate training and development programs.
• Support performance management and appraisal processes.
• Collect and verify payroll data from various sources.
• Enter payroll information accurately into the payroll system.
• Address payroll-related queries and issues from employees.
• Collaborate with the finance department to reconcile payroll discrepancies.
• Assist in addressing employee grievances and disciplinary actions.
• Support conflict resolution initiatives.
• Facilitate effective communication between employees and management.
• Full employee appointment life cycle including coordinating and conducting interviews with hiring managers.
• Assist in the onboarding process for new hires.
• Ensure compliance with labour laws and internal HR policies.
• Prepare and submit HR reports and metrics as and when required.
• Conduct HR audits and implement corrective actions.
• Participate in HR projects and initiatives aimed at improving HR processes.
• Support change management activities within the organization.
• Provide input and support for HR strategy development and implementation.

Requirements

Qualifications: Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, or related field.

Requirements: At least 2 years of experience in an HR generalist or officer role. Experience with payroll systems and payroll administration will be advantageous

Closing date: 07 August 2024

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• We are committed to transformation through the appointment of persons from designated groups and potential candidates from these groups will enjoy preference.
• Kindly note that a consumer credit record will be requested in respect of all appointments which involve dealing with cash or finances.
• Should we not have contacted you within six weeks of the closing date, you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

Maintenance: Planner (Klerksdorp)

Reference Number

331

Description

Purpose of the Job

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for developing, coordinating, and implementing maintenance plans to ensure optimal functionality and longevity of equipment, machinery, and facilities. This role requires meticulous planning, effective communication, and a strong understanding of maintenance processes and requirements.

Responsibilities:

Planning and Scheduling

• Develop detailed maintenance plans for equipment, machinery, and facilities.
• Create and maintain maintenance schedules, ensuring timely execution of tasks to minimize downtime.
• Coordinate with production and other departments to align maintenance activities with operational needs.Work Order Management
• Generate work orders in the CMMS, assign tasks, and track progress.
• Ensure accurate documentation of maintenance activities, including tasks performed, parts used, and time spent.
• Review and close work orders upon completion, ensuring all data is recorded correctly.

Resource Allocation

• Assign and schedule maintenance personnel based on skill sets and availability.
• Determine and allocate necessary tools and materials for maintenance tasks.
• Work with external vendors and contractors as needed for specialized maintenance services.Program development and implementation
• Develop and implement preventive maintenance programs to reduce the likelihood of equipment failures.
• Use predictive maintenance techniques to monitor equipment health and predict potential failures.
• Schedule and oversee regular inspections and maintenance checks.

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Track and analyze maintenance performance metrics, such as downtime, response time, and mean time between failures (MTBF).
• Generate detailed reports on maintenance activities, costs, and equipment reliability.
• Identify trends and patterns in maintenance data to inform decision-making and continuous improvement efforts.

Requirements

Requirements

• National Senior Certificate. Relevant completed maintenance planning training would be beneficial.
• 3+ years of experience in electrical engineering, experience in supervisory roles will receive preference

 Closing date: 13/08/2024

We are committed to transformation through the appointment of persons from designated groups and potential candidates from these groups will enjoy preference.

Kindly note that a consumer credit record will be requested in respect of all appointments which involve dealing with cash or finances.

Should you meet the above requirements and be of the opinion that you can make a contribution to the company, kindly register and apply on our Career Page at www.groupcareers.co.za .

Should we not have contacted you within six weeks of the closing date, you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

Sales Clerk (Parys)

Reference Number

298

Description

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

Responsible for assisting customers in the selection and purchase of agricultural products, ensuring that they receive excellent customer service and that sales goals are met.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOB:

• Assist clients, promote and sell products at the branch.
• Achieving sales targets and managing promotions.
• Manage and maintain stock levels.
• Ordering of products.
• Control stock levels on a continuous basis and ensure that stock levels are sufficient during applicable seasonal time frames.
• Packing and managing shelves.
• Customer service.
• Telephone queries.
• General administration.
• Maintaining safety and security measures.

Requirements

• National Senior Certificate.
• 1-2 years sales experience.

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We are committed to transformation through the appointment of persons from designated groups and potential candidates from these groups will enjoy preference.

Kindly note that a consumer credit record will be requested in respect of all appointments which involve dealing with cash or finances.

Should you meet the above requirements and be of the opinion that you can make a contribution to the company, kindly register and apply on our Career Page at www.groupcareers.co.za .

Should we not have contacted you within six weeks of the closing date, you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

Closing date:8 August 2024

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All the best with your applications.