Current Vacancies at Plennegy Group

Description
Mascor is a Company consisting of franchised Automotive, agricultural mechanisation and fuel. With more than  50 years in the industry, we offer prestige brands such as John Deere, Toyota and Warath while our highly skilled staff provides professional  and high-quality service and standards of workmanship.

Mascor is currently looking for an Apprentice to learn a construction and forestry technical job through on the job as well as franchise training under the guidance of an experienced Technician in order to obtain a trade test qualification.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
   Quality of work

• Willing to learn the systems including diagnostics.
• Achieve daily and monthly productivity and efficiency targets.
• Ensure dealership quality levels are attained.
• Ensure franchise mandatory requirements are maintained.
• Endeavour to qualify in the allotted time.

 Customer service

• Ensure customer satisfaction is at 100% and all queries are attended to timeously.
• Ensure proper communication regarding jobs in progress

Requirements
REQUIREMENTS:

Qualifications:                                                    

• Min: Grade 12 with Mathematics and Science or NTC 2 in Mathematics, Engineering Science, Engineering Drawing and a related trade theory    

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Description

• Mascor is a Company consisting of franchised Automotive, agricultural mechanisation, construction, forestry and fuel. With more than  50 years in the industry, we offer prestige brands such as John Deere, Toyota and Warath while our highly skilled staff provides professional  and high-quality service and standards of workmanship. 
• Mascor is currently looking for a Precision AG Technical Specialist to provide direction, marketing and support for precision technology solutions to the agricultural, construction and forestry markets ensuring that Mascor ia a leading intelligence solutions provider.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support
• Develop and implement tools to assist employees and customers to enhance their product knowledge.
• Provide assistance to employees and customers remotely.
• Create and follow up on CCMS cases, engaging with the factory directly 

Sales

• Attend to any inquiries on sales from both employees and customers.
• Fulfill full sales function of precision technology solutions for SA and East Africa.
• Assist all departments to develop the confidence to operate and sell equipment correctly.
• Ensure up-to-date knowledge on changing product lines.
• Identify necessary technology solutions needed by specific markets.
• Share new features and benefits with the sales department as and when they are released.
• Develop construction and forestry technology sales tools.
• Meet budgeted sales targets.
• Introduce new leading-edge products

Training

• Plan, organize, promote, and deliver service and support clinics during specific seasons
• Enable specialists to deliver training on all precision products.
• Train customers and staff on available online tools
• Develop presentations to ensure training or new information gets delivered accurately
• Maintain John Deere training levels and redeliver to sales, technical and parts personnel as needed.
• Develop helpful advice to employees to assist with quick solutions. vii. Ensure construction and forestry technology training is initiated and executed.

Marketing

• Participate in customer on-farm demos and optimization sharing
• Introduce new products to their respective markets.
• Follow up with salesmen to ensure targeted customers receive demonstrations.
• Develop a monthly marketing plan with 80% execution
• Share promotions on products at the correct time of the season

Management

• Ensure all subordinates' performance management is managed and monitored. Drive development areas.
• Compile and report on cost to budget for the department.
• Control stock obsolescence within budget
• Address customer inquiries timeously.
• Maintain customer products' uptime.
• Monitor and Manage outstanding CCMS cases for service relates cases.

Requirements
REQUIREMENTS:
Qualifications:

• Min: Technical trade test qualification
• Ideal: Relevant Bachelor’s degree

Experience:

• 3-5 years’ experience in the Precision AG field or Technology fields

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Extensive knowledge of agricultural, construction and forestry activities and processes.
• People Skills – the ability to engage, inspire, and influence people.
• Planning skills
• Able to operate under pressure.
• Good communication skills and diplomacy are required with both internal and external customers.
• Presentation skills

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Description

• Plennegy (Pty) Ltd was founded in 1955 and is both a trading and holding company with its core business being related to agriculture and property investments. Together with its associated companies, the group develops, produces and distributes seed, as well as supplies farming equipment, fuel and vehicles to the agricultural and retail industries.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

LAYOUT, DESIGN, AND PHOTO ENHANCEMENT

• Receive job from customer.
• Set up a rough layout on the computer and advise customers on various ideas and approaches.
• Scan necessary artwork.
• Design and prepare artwork applying layout guidelines.
• Do initial proofing. 
• Do all necessary typing for the job, set up captions, and ensure appropriate choice of text, etc.
• Tweak and enhance photos, touch up damaged photos to maximise impact.
• Evaluate and alter accordingly.
• Send proof for approval.

FINAL COMPUTER-GENERATED ARTWORK

• Obtain approval of proof.
• Print the product on the relevant printer.
• Select suitable material or display solution to create an appropriate image.
• Liaise and coordinate jobs to make certain quality is high.
• Supervise staff helping with the final product.

GENERATE QUOTES AND ESTIMATES FOR CLIENTS

• Generate quotes for customers based on their requirements.
• Add new customers to quoting database.

APPLICATION AND BRANDING

• Prepare all material prior to application.
• Prepare and arrange branding for vehicles, signs, or buildings.
• Install and erect signage.
• Set up the heat press for clothing heat transfers.

Requirements
REQUIREMENTS:

Education

• Min: Matric
• Ideal: Tech Diploma (Graphic Design)
• Legal Requirements
• Min: Code 8 driver’s license 

Training

• Min: Operating large format printers, refresher courses I design and short courses in CAD and DTP typing
• Ideal: Same Hazard & Safety Requirements

Experience

• Minimum – Desktop Publisher – 2 years, colour management and use of appropriate file types for various applications
• Experience in DTP, graphic design, and use of specialised printing and cutting software for specialised large format printers and cutters – 2 years

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Description

A role for a Tractor Driver has become available for our Production department in Oudtshoorn. The purpose of this role is to transport materials, plow fields, plant seeds, harvest crops, apply fertilizers, and perform tractor maintenance.

• Driving and carrying out regular maintenance and repairs of tractors and other farm implements.
• Operating tractors safely and efficiently.
• Performing inspections of tractors and attachments like graders, rollers, and plows, and ensuring they are well-lubricated.
• Using tractors to transport materials and pull or push agricultural equipment.
• Prepare fields for planting.
• Harvest vegetables by hand or machinery.
• Apply pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers to crops.
• Inform Farm Manager on progress of crops.
• Operate farm equipment to spray pesticides on weeds along roadside and perimeter of fields to keep weeds down.
• Slashing grass along roads and water ways
• Grading roads o Assists with all farming activities as requested by the farm manager
• Irrigation
• Loading and Off-loading of seed
• Assist with cleaning of Parent Seed
• Maintain garden around the Office building
• Assist Production with rogueing on onions during active growth and flowering.

Requirements

• Matric
• Tractor Drivers License
• Forklift License
• Experience in farm equipment and the farm industry
• Extensive knowledge of heavy equipment.
• Experience performing maintenance on tractors and other farming equipment.