PEPSICO Vacancies

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1. Pipeline and Education Manager (Temporary) – Cape Town HQ
2. Blending Manager – Wadeville Beverages Plant
3. Digital Account Manager – PepsiCo Park CDC Snacks
4. Millwright – Bloemfontein Bakery
5. Quality Assurance Manager II – Wadeville Beverages Plant
6. Maintenance Manager – Germiston Pronutro Plant
7. Siloman – Bethlehem Mill
8. Store Controller I (Temporary) – Rosslyn DC Bread
9. Credit Controller – Paarl Market Street Office
10. Sales Representative I (Temporary) – Olifantsfontein Bakery
11. Organizational Effectiveness Associate Manager – PepsiCo Park CDC Snacks
12. Supervisor Sales – Epping Bakery
13. Senior Manager: Organizational Effectiveness – PepsiCo Park CDC Snacks
14. Human Resources Specialist – Shakaskraal Bakery

Pipeline and Education Manager (Temporary) – Cape Town HQ

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for a Pipeline Education Manager to join our team. Successful incumbent will:

• Manage Future Leaders and Graduates Programmes in line with the Bus Dev and Business requirements
• Develop Curricullum of programmes with input from BU SMEs
• Execute a well-structured Future Leaders and Graduate programme
• Manage communication of programme with key stakeholders
• Manage FL and Graduates to completion of Programmes and absorption
• Manage and Drive service provider deliverables
• Manage budgets and costs of programmes
• Management of key stakeholders

Accountabilities: 

• Execute Future Leaders and Graduates Programmes
• Manage candidates to ensure their completion of programmes
• Drive service provider deliverables
• Compile and submit Progress Reports
• Manage Programme Communication
• Management of the mentorship selection process
• Collate business requirements and partner with TA to meet them
• Manage budgets and costs of programmes
• Management of key stakeholders internally and externally
• Manages conversations with relevant stakeholders to ensure high quality execution of process and programs
• Collaborate with SMEs and HR to leverage existing programs, tools and create best practices
• Oversees approved budget

Qualifications

• 5-8 experience in developing and driving Leadership Programmes and similar interventions in a complex or multinational business
• HR/ business related degree or equivalent
• Ability to manage outcomes through influence
• Conceptual /critical thinking Skills
• Strong Interpersonal Skills
• Ability to communicate well with varied stakeholders
• Ability to problem solve
• Self-starter
• Assertive
• Persuasive Skills
• Stakeholder Management Skills 
• Highly analytic – ability to analyze data and draw key insights
• Influencing skills: to be able to create buy-in and support for engagement initiatives and to influence progress against agreed plans
• Creative skills to design fit for purpose learning solutions
• Strong delivery bias – ability to deliver high quality outputs
• Attention to detail

Blending Manager – Wadeville Beverages Plant

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Blending Manager to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following overall management of blending and processing operations, including communication to the business regarding in the plant constraints and concerns.

Key deliverables:

• Develop, configure and optimize process support and blending processes
• Process optimization (with the objective of reducing downtime, cost of poor quality and raw material
• Develop best practices, routines and innovative solutions with the objective of increasing processing department output as we as improving quality to a defined budget
• Set operational objectives and implement action plans
• Establish safety procedures to mitigate the risks
• Define set process parameters to ensure that process inputs are controlled are produce consistent product that complies to all the customer quality requirements.

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role

• National Diploma in Engineering/ Operations
• Experience in FMCG essential
• Experience and key skills and knowledge of Food safety, Quality, HACCP
• GMP and cleaning and Sanitation
• Process management and supervisory skills

Digital Account Manager – PepsiCo Park CDC Snacks

Responsibilities

Digital Account Manager

• Advise around data driven strategy & be a decisive decision maker to influence the development of cross-discipline media communications & planning.
• Execute best in class digital media across all brands SA P01.
• Responsible for media & relationship with agencies and astute as developing and improving collaboration and ways of working.

Accountabilities:

• Support digital strategy development across all brands
• Evaluate, assess, and recommend the most effective digital strategy to satisfy marketing objectives & oversee the translation of these strategies into the final digital plans.
• Deliver on scale digital & interactive media platforms to drive reach and drive deep consumer engagement.
• Responsible for correct execution of A&M allocation for all brands to maximize working/non-working efficiency to 80/20 ratio.
• Build a digital relationship with digital agency partners and ensure the Ways of Working is executed correctly.
• Working together with brand teams, ensure media deliverables are met and aligned with overall marketing goals /objectives.
• Execute digital annual operating plans in line with brand plans and KPIs.
• Manage Joint business planning with key publishers in the market.
• Responsible for determining budget allocation based on initiatives and projects approved by Director Marketing for implementation within the MU.
• Responsible for delivery of media effectiveness evaluations (supported by Insights); including ROI. Helps to translate information and analysis into observations/lessons learned.
• Responsible to provide media & digital marketing guidance, best practice sharing to build capability of BU marketing team.
• Responsible for achieving personalization at scale and first party data KPIs in partnership with brand teams.
• Signing off all media plans and innovations.
• Management and auditing of brand websites and competitions.

Qualifications

What will qualify you for this role?

• 5-7 years experience in digital account management
• BCom Marketing degree or similar
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Advance Media and digital engagement understanding
• Advanced knowledge of media and programmatic buying
• Prioritization skills
• Go getter and sense of urgency to get results
• Comfortable with ambiguity and need to advice through influence across multiple teams rather than by managerial lines.
• Dealing with ambiguity
• Needing to lead by inspiration and influence through knowledge in the field
• Experienced with multiple projects at once
• Experienced with working with multiple stakeholders with different objectives, allowing them to see common ground
• High degree of attention to detail
• High affinity for problem solving
• High affinity to “filing”, tracking and project management

Millwright – Bloemfontein Bakery

Responsibilities

• Attends to all plant breakdowns following or informed by diagnosis conducted.
• In the event of mechanical modifications, follows defined procedures in updating relevant documentation and equipment records. 
• Proactively escalates equipment problems to ensure minimal time stoppages. 
• Maintains IPS standards on the respective lines. 
• 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. 
• Adheres to AIB and relevant food safety programmes and environmental protocols. 
• Completes documentation of work done and close out on ad hoc call outs.
• Updates parts/spares records in conjunction with the stores (OEM, machined and generic spares/parts). 
• Monitors equipment performance after attending to and fixing problems. 
• Ensures that scheduled maintenance in terms of Engineering plans is conducted as prescribed following defined protocols and compliance to GMPs. 
• Ensures that machined spares are available as and when required and shall schedule time to execute this one. 
• Completes job cards and parts requisition documents timeously to improve on mean time to repair thus ensuring high plant availability. 
• Dismantled machinery or equipment.
• Assembled, installed and aligned equipment and machinery.
• Moved machinery and equipment.
• Constructed foundation for machines.
• Repaired and lubricated machinery and equipment.
• Tested units to evaluate electrical & mechanical operations.
• Set programmable logical circuits (PLC’s).
• Achieved individual and team goals.
• Improved personal effectiveness.
• Transferred knowledge and skills.
• Organised own work.
• Applied practices, policies, standards, procedures and methods.
• Resolved work area problems.
• Reported progress.
• Adhered to legal requirements.
• Maintained internal stakeholder relations, incl. shop stewards.
• Satisfied ‘customers’.
• Maintain manager and peer relationships.
• Communicate work related information.
• Initiated continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Qualifications: Technical Trade or NTC.
• 5 years’ experience.

Quality Assurance Manager II – Wadeville Beverages Plant

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Manager to join our dynamic team. The role is physically located in Wadeville, Gauteng (Beverages) and will be reporting into the Plant Manager.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Lead Quality and Food safety agenda through effective implementation of PepsiCo standards and guidelines.
• Manage Quality and Food Safety inspections and follow-up on all non-conformances noted. Ensure that the Plant meets Food Safety for Maintenance and IPMJ AIB and FSSC 22 000 standards
• Develop capability, training and recruitment of QA and Food Safety employees to perform their duties in their defined roles
• Impart necessary trainings on quality and food safety requirements to operations team to perform their duties effectively on lines.
• Overall management of Laboratory operations, including communication to the business regarding in plant quality concerns
• Plan and maintain annual Quality and Food safety and Sanitation budget and CAPEX (Capital expenditure)
• Maintenance and calibration of on-line instrumentation and key analytical instruments in the Laboratory,
• Quality Assurance of all incoming Raw Materials used by Production.
• Practical creativity to identify trends with the ability to apply new but practical solutions to issues.
• On-line technical support and guidance.
• Influencing others to build rapport with contacts and gain support and commitment for problem solving.
• Team commitment to work with colleagues in all functions to deliver operational excellence.
• Analytical trouble shooting and guidance to production and laboratory personnel to ensure finished product quality
• Ensure and maintain integrity of all Quality data.
• Ensure to have up to date HACCP program in place with real controls on CCPs to avoid any Food Safety risk and update program
• for all innovations (technology or product) with proper risk assessment
• Compliance of quality aspects for any new or modified material or new equipment installation (raw or packaging) during R&D trial
• Develop the suppliers for PEPSICO QA and Food Safety program requirements.
• Ensure sampling and evaluation of in-market product and assess the health of on shelf product with challenges and action plans
• Develop and align customer complaint handling procedure and ensure in time closure and tracking of complaints with feedback.
• Share the challenge and action plan for improvement come out of market complaints
• Manages suppliers on site to perform according to the SLA between Pepsico and supplier.
• Compiling and distribution of Quality Assurance reports and attend daily, monthly KPI meetings with action plans to improve performance
• Engaging with R&D and assisting with execution on new product development
• Stop production lines where product integrity or any deviation is at risk
• Organising of staff to ensure business support
• Ordering of critical consumables as per procurement policy
• Rejection / Approval of raw materials
• Rejection / Approval of final product
• Stop factory in case of core problems, for example poor quality water
• Staff management — leave, discipline etc
• Ensuring the promotion of awareness of customer requirements throughout the organisation

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role

• National Diploma in Biotechnology or Food technology
• Experience in process of Food and Beverages (FMCG) Computer literacy
• Food Safety, Quality, HACCP, VACCP and TACCP
• GMP and Cleaning and Sanitation
• Microbiology
• Chemistry
• Supervisory skills

Maintenance Manager – Germiston Pronutro Plant

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Maintenance Manager to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Ensure that short term and long term maintenance plans are developed and executed on the plant in a manner that will benchmark to PepsiCo best practice.
• Ensure maximum plant availability and reliability by leading and directing the maintenance team, ensuring at all times adherence to Safety legislation, relevant SANS codes and PepsiCo standards.
• Drive effective execution of routine, preventative and reliability maintenance schedules.
• Development of daily, weekly, monthly and 12 months maintenance plans and execution for Isando site while driving synergies with the other PepsiCo plants.
• Provide support on project scoping, execution and commissioning by ensuring key maintenance resources are part of each stage of the project.
• Management and development of the maintenance team and leverage skills in other SA sites to drive capability building.
• Effectively drive synergies with the Reliability and Utilities functions to optimise plant performance.
• Drive PEMM maturity and ensure adherence to maintenance standards with special focus on asset utilisation, planning preparation and maintenance execution.
• Undertake detailed analysis of the plant/assets to develop strategies and recommendations that
• will improve the reliability and performance of the plant, systems and maintenance effectiveness.
• Loss elimination – track the production losses and abnormally high maintenance cost assets, and then find ways to reduce those losses or high costs.
• Collaborate with Assets team members to develop, maintain and compile asset reliability, criticality and condition information necessary for the asset planning, delivery and maintenance strategies.
• Routinely produce root-cause analysis reports, respond to requests regarding reliability for the site.
• Professionally and systematically defines designs, develops, monitors and refines the Asset Maintenance Plan that includes: Value-added preventive maintenance tasks; Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems.
• Provides input into the Risk Management Plan that will anticipate reliability-related, and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operation.
• In full partnership with the operations team develops a plan to eliminate or reduce the losses through root cause analysis, obtains approval of the plan and facilitates the implementation.
• Manage the risk to the achievement of the organization’s strategic objectives in the areas of environmental, health and safety, asset capability, quality and production.
• Effectively use the following tools to identify and reduce risk: PHA – Preliminary hazards analysis; FMEA – Failure modes and effects analysis; CA – Criticality analysis; FTA – Fault tree analysis; ETA – Event tree analysis etc.
• Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues
• Works with Project Engineering to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations and ensure adherence to the Life Cycle Asset Management (LCAM) process throughout the entire life cycle of new assets.
• Participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans.

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role

• Bachelor’s Degree (Mechanical or Electrical).
• 5+ years’ experience in maintenance management role
• Strong knowledge of engineering concepts, including electrical, hydraulic and mechanical systems
• Ability to interpret blueprints, specifications and schematics
• Advanced computer skills, with emphasis on condition monitoring software/techniques
• Strong mechanical and electrical knowledge and aptitude
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance programs and the tools associated with failure detection (i.e. vibration analysis, oil monitoring, thermography) as well as the software associated with them.
• Minimum 7 years maintenance and reliability, production management, engineering or operations experience.
• Extensive and relevant reliability management experience.

Siloman – Bethlehem Mill

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Grain quality and grouping is assured within specifications
• Raw materials are available, on-time in the right condition
• Grain is transferred to mill within grist specifications
• People, silo, machinery and equipment achieved specified output
• Silo, machinery & equipment maintained according to maintenance plan
• Safety, health, hygiene & pest control compliance
• Grain intake is aligned to product demand
• Screening percentage is within the specified tolerance
• Apply FIFO principle in stock rotation

Qualifications

• Minimum: Grade 12
• Wheat Grading Certificate
• Fumigation and PCO certificate will be added as an advantage

Store Controller I (Temporary) – Rosslyn DC Bread

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the Received Consumables are administered and stored.
• Recorded consumable movement.
• Controlled issuing of consumables.
• Maintained store hygiene and house keeping.    
• Applied practices, policies, standards, procedures and methods.
• Resolved work area problems and report progress. 
• Adhere to legal requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum: NQF 4 or Grade 12 or similar relevant qualification.
• One and a half to two years relevant experience.
• Familiar with a technical environment.
• Understanding of technical processes.
• Adhere to Health and Safety Standards.

Credit Controller – Paarl Market Street Office

Responsibilities

What are we looking for?

• Process allocation of payment on system in line with documented policy.
• Conduct analysis of all overdue amounts by mid-month to effectively obtain collections.
• Ensure swift, efficient resolution of all customer queries internally and externally.
• Maintain accurate, updated monthly reconciliation.
• Maintain sound customer relations by resolving queries and follow-up on such customers through trade visits.
• Effective liaison with the sales forces to enhance knowledge.
• Keep up to date with trade activities.
• Effectively monitor customer status relating to payment and risk status (i.e. RD cheques, stop supplies) and notify branch controllers and customers alike.
• Ensure timeous resolution of customer claims.
• Ensure accurate claim processing.
• Customer visits to ensure resolution on outstanding queries & invoices.

Qualifications

What will qualify you for this role?

• SAP knowledge.
• Finance Degree/Diploma or Credit Management Qualification.
• Credit Control background within FMCG environment. 
• Knowledge of export customers, UCR numbers, SAD500.
• Min of 2-3 years Credit Control experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Code 08 drivers licence.
• Aptitude for figures.
• MS Office literate.

Sales Representative I (Temporary) – Olifantsfontein Bakery

Responsibilities

What are we looking for?

• Surveying routes, collect and report customer information.
• Visit and support customers, incl selling and identifying new opportunities.
• Control debtors & product returns.
• Administer sales documents and reports.
• Responsible for instore activations (Promotions) and drive the brand awareness

Qualifications

What will qualify you for this role?

• 3-4 years relevant experience Retail/Sales environment.
• Grade 12.
• ND Diploma or degree in Sales/Marketing advantageous.
• Experience within FMCG environment.
• Experience in Brand awareness.

Organizational Effectiveness Associate Manager – PepsiCo Park CDC Snacks

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for an Organizational Effectiveness Associate Manager to join our team. The OE Specialist / Practitioner will focus on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the AMESA Organization today and in the future by supporting the set up and executing the organizational design (60%) and strategic workforce planning (20%) and workforce analytics (20%) for AMESA BUs. The role will contribute towards the design of and leverage the AMESA Organization Design and Strategic Workforce Planning strategies, approach and tools to support the execution of data-driven end-to-end restructuring and workforce transitions across various BUs.

Currently, the focus will be assisting the organization redesign of various AMESA BUs, with a particular focus on South Africa spanning across four (4) major transformation projects i.e. PGT implementation, GBS transition, Portfolio disposals, and Network Optimization. The role will be responsible for building workforce models to inform the optimal shape of the organization.

Accountabilities: 

Organizational Design (60%).

We are building an organization that’s designed with simplicity, consistency and effectiveness in mind. We’ll transform from managing org design in silos to taking an organizational-wide and systemic approach.

• Contribute towards the design of the OD playbook for AMESA incl. design principles, organizational archetypes, workforce models for various business untis, small markets and sector functions, and leverage CoE guidance to advise business in terms of span of control, organizational layers, employee related cost ratio, manager-to-employee ratio etc.
• Coach leaders and HRBPs to build basic org design capabilities in order to make the right decisions.
• Continuously maintain relevant internal and external bechmarks (eg. key competitors) for organizational sizing and structure.
• Build a deep and broad understanding of the various operating models (eg. franchise, company-owned operations, JVs and different GTM models), organizational design, ways of working and decision making.
• Identify opportunities for simplification, efficiency and effectiveness driven by solid insights, logic and analysis within specific allocated BU.
• Support key organizational design projects as well as partner with external consultants reg. org design projects.
• Support key transformational projects such as GBS, PGT, M&A with org design support.
• Monitor progress and impact with key metrics and strong project management.

Strategic Workforce Planning (25%)

• Identify critical capabilities (e.g. NRM, DX, HCM etc.) for AMESA and help drive focused investments. Influence and facilitate key trade-offs and drive buy-in from the BUs and functional leads.
• Together with Sr Director OE, co-lead the design of the SWP playbook for AMESA incl. setting up the tools, process, strategic framework, governance and how it connects to the core HR processes and the AMESA strategy. Leverage internal and external best practices
• Establish a detailed understanding of our current workforce e.g. demographics, skills, aspirations and engagement. Predict opportunities and challenges and recommend actions accordingly.
• Together with the Sr Director OE, identify and anticipate workforce needs for the future (skills, size, geography) and required workforce shifts, up/re-skilling, scaling up/down, barriers in attracting/retaining the right talent etc. Propose the most effective workforce models e.g. permanent/temporary employed, contingent workforce, outsource etc.
• Develop approach to coach and guide the HRBPs and business leaders on the build/buy/borrow strategies for each critical capability and support on execution to ensure impact.
• Feed the people strategy with key priorities as well as provide the operational brief for talent acquisition (buy) and talent management (build) in terms of the support required.
• Monitor progress and impact with key metrics and strong project management.

Workforce Analytics (20%)

• Facilitate the ongoing development of the AMESA Workforce Analytics capability driven through a close link to the AMESA strategy, finance and BU functional leaders to clearly articulate the case for change and identify opportunities for improved efficency.
• Build a Workforce Analytics model using relevant tool/s that is intuitive and user-friendly for relevant business leaders to use effectively. Ensure effective plug-in into various strategic projects and initiatives for ongoing data updates.
• Feed workforce analytics and data into the design and implementation of the people strategy across BU HR teams, HR centers of expertise and other relevant stakeholders. Set up monitoring and tracking mechanisms to report on agreed actions and metrics.
• Share regular strategic progress updates to drive awareness, attention and credibility in our ability to deliver the strategy.

General

• Partner closely with HRBPs, AMESA COEs and global COEs.
• Work closely with the BU CEO, CHRO and CFO, transformation teams, functional leaders, BU GMs, functional capability leaders, and external consultants.
• Be a key advisor to the BU Leadership Team on strategic organizational topics – with specific focus on operating model, future workforce needs, critical capabilities and the strategic opportunities and challenges for the future.

Qualifications

• 7 – 10 years of consulting experience within Human Capital/Finance. Having lead multiple engagements in relevant disciplines within Org Design, SWP and people strategy. Ideally experience across industries incl. solid FMCG exposure.
• Solid experience in driving logical and structured problem-solving techniques, articulating assessments and recommendations clearly. Ability to communicate complex matters with simplicity in writing and verbally.
• Master’s degree in relevant field
• Relationship: Effective in engaging stakeholders, influencing, managing conflict, and build buy-in to new concepts that haven’t yet been proven.
• Solid analytical skills and extensive experience with data analysis.
• Understanding of the operation of HR, the various disciples and how they all connect.
• Ideally, the candidate is from the AMESA region and comes with experience from several geographics.
• Ability to juggle many deliverables, manage short deadlines while delivering long-term impact and support a wide range of priorities.

Supervisor Sales – Epping Bakery

Responsibilities

As part of  the Bakery business, the successful candidate will be responsible for: 

Business Development

• Acquire new business and grow existing customer base
• Identify business opportunities and implement agreed plans

Sales Performance

• Review progress versus objectives at weekly meetings and take corrective action as appropriate.
• Review and present value, expenditure and profitability actual/forecast Vs plan to Sales Manager
• Monitor Sales and KPI activities and ensure all route sales targets are achieved
• Maintain physical presence in the territory to ensure understanding the customers needs
• Co-ordinate area account plans to ensure areas delivery towards the regional plan in the organised
• Liaise with external merchandising services to achieve effective merchandising practices in all stores

Customer Management

• Maintain positive business relationships with customers and buyers

Team Management

• Coach, train and develop sales team in accordance with company practices

Qualifications

• 4-5 years relevant experience
• Grade 12
• Diploma or Degree in Sales/Marketing or relevant Degree

Senior Manager: Organizational Effectiveness – PepsiCo Park CDC Snacks

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for an Organisational Effectiveness Senior Manager to join our team. The OE Snr Manager will focus on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the AMESA Organization today and in the future by supporting the set up and executing the organizational design (75%) and strategic workforce planning (25%) for AMESA BUs. The role will contribute towards the design of and leverage the AMESA Organization Design and Strategic Workforce Planning strategies, approach and tools to support the execution of end-to-end restructuring across various BUs.

Currently, the focus will be assisting the organization redesign of South Africa involving a workforce of app. 12,000+ associates, spanning across four (4) major transformation projects i.e. PGT implementation, GBS transition, Portfolio disposals, and Network Optimisation.

Accountabilities: 

Organizational Design (75%).

We are building an organization that’s designed with simplicity, consistency and effectiveness in mind. We’ll transform from managing org design in silos to taking an organizational-wide and systemic approach.

• Contribute towards the design of the OD playbook for AMESA incl. design principles, organizational archetypes for various business units, small markets and sector functions, and leverage CoE guidance to advise business in terms of span of control, organizational layers, employee-related cost ratio, manager-to-employee ratio etc.
• Coach leaders and HRBPs to build basic org design capabilities in order to make the right decisions.
• Continuously maintain relevant internal and external benchmarks (e.g. key competitors) for organizational sizing and structure.
• Build a deep and broad understanding of the various operating models (e.g. franchise, company-owned operations, JVs, and different GTM models), organizational design, ways of working and decision making.
• Identify opportunities for simplification, efficiency and effectiveness driven by solid insights, logic, and analysis within specific allocated BU.
• Support key organizational design projects as well as partner with external consultants reg. org design projects.
• Support key transformational projects such as GBS, PGT, M&A with org design support.
• Monitor progress and impact with key metrics and strong project management.

Strategic Workforce Planning (25%)

• Identify critical capabilities (e.g. NRM, DX, HCM etc.) for AMESA and help drive focused investments. Influence and facilitate key trade-offs and drive buy-in from the BUs and functional leads.
• Contribute towards the design of the SWP playbook for AMESA incl. process, strategic framework, governance and how it connects to the core HR processes and the AMESA strategy. Leverage internal and external best practices.
• Establish a detailed understanding of our current workforce e.g. demographics, skills, aspirations and engagement. Predict opportunities and challenges and recommend actions accordingly.
• Together with the Sr Director OE, identify and anticipate workforce needs for the future (skills, size, geography) and required workforce shifts, up/re-skilling, scaling up/down, barriers in attracting/retaining the right talent etc. Propose the most effective workforce models e.g. permanent/temporary employed, contingent workforce, outsource etc.
• Coach and guide the HRBPs and business leaders on the build/buy/borrow strategies for each critical capability and support on execution to ensure impact.
• Feed the people strategy with key priorities as well as provide the operational brief for talent acquisition (buy) and talent management (build) in terms of the support required.
• Monitor progress and impact with key metrics and strong project management.

General

• Partner closely with HRBPs, AMESA COEs and global COEs.
• Work closely with the BU CEO, CHRO and CFO, transformation teams, functional leaders, BU GMs, functional capability leaders, and external consultants.
• Be a key advisor to the BU Leadership Team on strategic organizational topics – with specific focus on operating model, future workforce needs, critical capabilities and the strategic opportunities and challenges for the future.

Qualifications

• 8 – 10 years of consulting experience within Human Capital. Having lead multiple engagements in relevant disciplines within Org Design, SWP and people strategy. Ideally experience across industries incl. solid FMCG exposure.
• Solid experience in driving logical and structured problem-solving techniques, articulating assessments and recommendations clearly. Ability to communicate complex matters with simplicity in writing and verbally.
• Master’s degree in relevant field
• Relationship: Effective in engaging stakeholders, influencing, managing conflict, and build buy-in to new concepts that haven’t yet been proven.
• Strategic orientation, understanding of the latest research and best practices from leading companies, external orientation and an open and curious mind to innovative ideas.
• Strong analytical skills and solid experience with data analysis.
• Understanding of the operation of HR, the various disciples and how they all connect.
• Ideally, the candidate is from the AMESA region and comes with experience from several geographies.
• Ability to juggle many deliverables, manage short deadlines while delivering long-term impact and support a wide range of priorities
• Ideally, the candidate is from the AMESA region and comes with experience from several geographies.

Human Resources Specialist – Shakaskraal Bakery

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for an HR Specialist: Shakaskraal Bakery to join our 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: 

• Drive Talent Acquisition for the defined business area using a variety of techniques.
• Ensure compliance with Employment Equity targets, Procedures, Entry requirements, Strategic Workforce Plan and headcount budget (AOP). Custodian of high quality talent for the business. 
• Manage a high quality and thorough administrative process for all HR related processes including payroll documentation, take-ons, promotions and separations.
• Support employee capability building  and skills development through identified Learning & Development programmes  
• Manage employee relations within assigned business area.
• Scheduling and management of the monthly Management Union meeting, and regular Employment Equity Forums.
• Actively manage a constructive union relationship
• Manage disciplinary matters and grievances within the policy timeframes, decisively and in accordance to Labour Legislation.
• Assist in the preparation and representation of cases at the CCMA
• Drive the Pepsico Performance Management Cycle within the assigned business area.
• Ensure all employees have PDRs with objectives that are regularly and fairly reviewed.
• Monitor system inputs and compliance
• Drive the Pepsico Talent Management cycle with the assigned business areas.
• Talent mapping conducted and key action agreed and monitored
• Drive the Communication and facilitation of the Employee Wellness Programme Deployment within the assigned area. Helps managers who have identified employees in need of the intervention. Works with the service provider to ensure that the required intervention happens. Help re-integrate employees back to work life. 
• Conducts Stay, Exit and OHS Interviews. Results used to draw up action plans that are agreed with line managers and actively monitored. 
• Co-develop the site culture and engagement plan with the HR Manager. Actively drive the plan to ensure continuous improvement in employee morale and engagement. 
• Monthly reporting completed. 
• Prepares for and co-ordinate activities in preparaton for Legal and Governance HR Audits
• Conducts comparative analysis, trends and reports on Employment Equity statistics, incidents of discipline, union growth, exits and related key matters. Gives insights on site dynamics and ER matters. Provides intelligence on matters outside of the domain of HR but with probable impact on site relationships
• Co ordinates and executes planned change management activities to support organisational or operational changes and/or Projects

Qualifications

• B Tech or Degree in Social Sciences/HR Management/Business Management
• 5 years year experience in an HR role servicing a business area
• Knowledge and experience with Labour Legislation. Previous exposure to disciplinary cases and CCMA preparation and procedures. Experience with BBBEE principles
• Experience in working with shop stewards
• Proven track record in Recruitment of staff
• Compensation and benefits knowledge
• Coaching skills and experience preferred
• Knowledge of change theory, career pathing, employee motivation theory, leadership principles
• Sound ability to translate HR theory into practice
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Strong Excel and Power Point skills required
• Strong Influencer

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