74 Pioneer Foods jobs in South Africa

Are you a passionate chef who is ready to take your knowledge from the kitchen to the marketplace? We’re seeking a dynamic, motivated individual with a culinary background who wants to grow into a career as a Sales Representative in the food industry.

Requirements:

• Qualified Chef (or equivalent)
• Excellent product knowledge and passion for food
• Able to build relationships and promote food with confidence
• Self-motivated, goal-driven and comfortable working independently
• Valid driver’s license and own, reliable transport

Benefits:

• Competitive basic + commission
• Opportunity to grow within a well-established company

Responsibilities:

• Represent and promote a leading range of food products to restaurants, hotels, catering companies and retailers
• Provide product knowledge, demonstrations and tastings
• Build and maintain strong client relationships
• Drive sales and meet monthly targets

Forward a detailed CV immediately so as to ensure you don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity!

Should you not hear from us within 10 working days, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful. We will keep your details for future placements – unless you advise that you wish for us to discard your details.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Employer Description

A well-known food manufacturer.

Job Description

I am looking for an African male candidate who is a Health & Safety Officer and has worked in the Food Industry. Broadly the successful person will be expected to do the following amongst other duties:

• Develop, implement and maintain all programs related to health and safety in the company to ensure compliance with all statutory requirements and achieve certification – run PPE programs, Chair the OHS meetings.
• Identify all health and safety related training needs and schedule this training. Liaise with HR to ensure training records are maintained.
• Coordinate and chair all OHS meetings.
• Ensure the risk register and risk assessments are reviewed and updated.
• Participate in both external and internal audits.
• Manage workplace incidents and accidents.
• Manage staff and contracted labour in terms of Health and Safety.

Qualifications

Must have a Health & Safety qualification at a minimum - preferably a Diploma.

Salary / Package

R30k

Provident fund.

Hire Resolve’s client is seeking a highly motivated and results-driven Sales Representative to join their team in the Beverage & Food Production industry. The ideal candidate will be responsible for identifying and building relationships with potential clients, promoting and selling their products, and achieving sales targets.

Responsibilities :

• Identify and target potential clients within the beverage & food production industry in the North West region
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing clients and develop new business opportunities
• Promote and sell our products, focusing on meeting sales targets and revenue goals
• Provide product demonstrations, presentations, and samples to potential clients
• Stay current on industry trends and market conditions to identify opportunities for growth
• Collaborate with marketing and product development teams to create strategies and campaigns to drive sales
• Prepare and present sales reports and forecasts to management

Requirements :

• 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
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales targets
• Excellent negotiation and presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and CRM software

Contact Hire Resolve for your next career-changing move.

• Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.

Full Time

Company Social

The Main Purpose of the job

The successful applicant will be responsible for managing the assigned unit in accordance with sector strategy, contract specifications, and statutory regulations. The candidate would implement the food production process, a great quality food service for clients and manage the execution of creative functions.

Education and Experience required:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in food and beverage services or hospitality or culinary arts is preferred
  
• Experience in highly commercial and sensitive markets is compulsory
• Project Management experience in a hospitality/catering industry would be an advantage
• Implementation of change programmes, unit mobilization experience is advantageous
• Experience of working within brand guidelines to deliver results
• Experience in costing, budgets, forecasts and invoicing is advantageous
• Proven experience in managing successful departments/teams/staff complement of 50 plus
• Driver’s License is required

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:

• Knowledge of the catering environment
• Knowledge of South African and industry-specific laws
• Customer service skills
• Management skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to arrange exceptional functions
• Ability to balance the budget and save on soft costs
• Ability to draft and extract reports
• Profit improvement skills an absolute must

Key areas of responsibility:

• Managing daily operations of the assigned unit in accordance with sector strategy, contract specifications, and statutory regulations
• Implementation of the food production process
• Provide great quality service to clients
• Manage the execution of creative functions
• Menu planning, standardisation, adoption and costing
• Monitor the kitchen to ensure the cooks are using standardized recipes and quality of food is of the highest standard
• Managing the Food GP’s as per the budgeted targets
• Managing the unit’s budgets to ensure that the budgeted targets are met monthly
• Implementation of minimum & maximum stock levels to controls stock days
• Managing the HSE daily to ensure all records are up to date
• Managing People (i.e. staffing – workforce planning, payroll administration, leave management, performance management)
• Managing Customer Experience (through surveys and using data to improve the service offering)
• Strict management of service levels to client SLA

Job Description :

Gauteng branch based in Irene, Centurion

Service, maintenance and engineering support for the products supplied by the Company

Scheduled service visits to customers, including machine audits and reporting potential problems to the customer

When required, project planning and project management will include site inspections, measuring, approving drawings, placing of orders for local components, ensuring components are produced to specification and generally preparing for installations

Installation and commissioning of new equipment supplied by the Company

Managing sub-contractors on site during installations

Controlling all costings on installations and service work, including records of work performed, costs incurred and spare parts used and ensuring that these are passed on to the appropriate person for invoicing

Report writing to customers, principle suppliers and Company Management on service visits and installations

Liasing with overseas principle suppliers from time to time regarding fault finding on equipment

Must be a self-starter, and able to work well in a team environment

Good communication skills are essential

The employee will be required to travel locally or internationally from time to time for service work, contract work or training Occasionally, the employee will be away from home for extended periods of time

Most of their work takes place over weekends due to the nature of our industry

Employee should be willing to work overtime and weekends regularly

Minimum Requirements :

Electrical and mechanical experience essential, including electrical fault-finding ability, PLC and electrical control panels

Previous experience in the food processing industry (poultry and red meat) is beneficial

Must be bilingual in English and Afrikaans

Millwright trade test or equivalent

Food Processing Equipment / Primary Processing Equipment / Packaging Equipment / Poultry / Beef or food processing experience

Ability to draw on AutoCad would be a further advantage

Availability to travel and work overtime

Must be driven and able to work under little to no supervision

Willing to learn

Drivers licence

Ability to handle breakdowns and work over weekends if needed

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