Current Vacancies at RCL FOODS

• The purpose of the role is to control the creditor's department and supervise the functions performed by the team. The successful incumbent will be responsible for payments to suppliers within the agreed payment terms. All suppliers are paid valid amounts timeously.

Minimum Requirements    

• Bcom Accounting Honours / PGDA – non negotiable
• CA (SA) – preferred
• 2 – 3  experience at a supervisory/team lead level
• Experience working on SAP would be advantageous
• Experience working with BEST automated reconciliations would be advantageous

Duties & Responsibilities    
Creditors Management

• Conduct rotational reviews of creditor account reconciliations.
• Ensure follow-up and resolution of long outstanding and complex queries with suppliers.
• Monitor the status of creditor reconciliations and the unresolved queries within the reconciliations. Prompt and drive the resolution of queries within the department.

Payment Management

• Manage the posting of down payments.
• Review and release blocked invoices for payment, where appropriate business reason exists.
• Check, authorize and release the Host to Host payment runs.

GR/IR (Goods Receipt / Invoice Receipt) Account Management

• Analyze the GR/IR Account.
• Manage the manual clearing of the GR/IR account.
• Initiate and supervise the process to identify receipts to be closed.
• Obtain the necessary authorization to reverse “invalid” receipts.
• Oversee the reversal process.

Reporting

• Prepare reports detailing price variances, queries, and outstanding invoices.
• Prepare and maintain a report of closed GR/IR receipts.
• SAP Maintenance
• Attend training and obtain skills and expertise required to be the Group SAP or Syspro “super-user” for accounts payable.
• Provide on-the-job SAP, Syspro, and the Best training to team members.
• Ensure any new team members are adequately trained to fulfill their functions in the SAP and Syspro environment.
• Allocate appropriate access to users and monitor activity.

General Administration

• File and safeguard records within the area of responsibility.
• Compile ad hoc spreadsheets and analyses when required.

Information and Data management

• Ensure team members accurately and regularly capture data onto SAP to enable access to reliable data and reporting for trend analysis and decision-making.
• Share relevant data with management teams to enable reliable business decision-making.

Teamwork and Self-Management

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritizing, and self-development.
• Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not being met, and the potential risks thereof, and provide appropriate resolution.
• Support and drive the business core values.
• Manage colleagues' and clients’ expectations and communicate appropriately.
• Demonstrate a willingness to help others and “go the extra mile” to meet team targets and objectives. Champion training and development of self and others through utilizing available training opportunities.
• Participate in, and drive regular performance appraisals and ensure that own targets and goals are clear and achievable

Staff Management

• Lead and develop staff within the context of the Labour Relations Act, Employment Equity Act, Basic Conditions of Employment Act, and Skills Development Act.
• Monitor staff performance and provide regular feedback. Manage staff activities, ensuring service levels are met and protocols are adhered to.
• Coach and support staff where necessary to achieve objectives.
• Manage staff leave and general time management issues in line with organizational deliverables and standards.

Closing Date    
2023/08/26

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• The purpose of the role is to provide support to the National Account Manager in the smooth running of a portfolio of accounts, proactively manage all administrative tasks in a timely and anticipatory manner to ensure that both internal and external customer needs are fully met, control all aspects of point of material ordering and supply for the portfolio of accounts, manage developing accounts across all RCL FOODS product categories and revenue.

Minimum Requirements   

• Marketing and Sales Degree or Diploma.
• Valid Code EB drivers’ license – with ability to travel.
• Minimum of 3 years of account management, customer related and administrative experience.

Duties & Responsibilities   
National Account Support:

• Assist in developing an ongoing relationship with the national account representatives.
• Understand and communicate the financial implications of all product changes.
• Undertake competitive market research regularly.
• Participate in sales volume forecasting.
• Assist the National Account Manager with the development of the strategy and account plans.
• Execute the strategy through the implementation of volume plans and customer workshops.
• Follow up product listings with selected customers so that initiatives can be implemented.
• Build strong and progressive relationships through all levels with selected customers.
• Turn insight into innovation through new business/product development input and translation of the latest trends and customers’ needs.
• Activate growth plans within the customer's organization.
• Track/measure the success of growth initiatives (launches/ promotions/activations).
• Monitor and report sales performance by customers.
• Attend corporate meetings with the NAM.
• Develop and maintain relationships with operations and planning staff.
• Manage price files are address related queries.
• Ensure the processing and despatch of orders are correct and on time.
• Interact with customers by phone, email, and in person.
• Schedule and conduct meetings with customer support personnel weekly as directed by the National Account Manager.
• Conduct regular analysis of customer product assortments.
• Assist in the preparation of presentations to facilitate new product placement and promotional activities.
• Set up planograms and product display as needed.
• Assist in the development and completion of professional sales collateral including, but not limited to, PowerPoint, Excel, Graphs, and Charts.
• Develop the customer account plan for RCL FOODS product categories.
• Drive growth through the management of the promotional activity schedule.
• Manage customer advertising budget for multiple product categories.
• Present and develop customer reviews and implement agreed action plan post customer meetings.
• Manage and present all RCL FOODS product innovations to ensure brilliant execution across the customer store base.
• Cross-functional category discussion to capitalize on growth opportunities.
• Manage and implement the RCL FOODS pricing mandates and ensure pricing and promotional compliance.
• Develop and implement a promotional activity schedule across categories that deliver volume and revenue growth.

Closing Date    
2023/08/25

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• The role will report to the Operations Manager: Sugar & Packing.
• RCL Foods entrusts the Process Engineer to ensure that appropriate sugar production processes are applied to achieve sugar production goals and targets within budget, safety, and quality parameters.

Minimum Requirements    

• BTech/B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering/Sugar Technology qualifications.
• At least 3-5 years Sugar Manufacturing experience as an Assistant Production Manager or Process Engineer responsible for Raw-house and/or Refinery.
• Understanding and advanced knowledge of the Sugar manufacturing process (Rawhouse) and operations parameters.
• Candidates must have intermediate MS Office skills.
• Self-starting, action-orientated individuals with well-developed communication skills should apply.
• The ability to pay attention to detail and accuracy is critical to this position.
• The successful candidate will be expected to have the drive and potential for growth and advancement.
• Working knowledge of SAP system will be an added advantage.
• To be considered for appointment, candidate must be a South African citizen.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Optimize factory throughput and recoveries to achieve production targets.
• Manage and control the quality of sugar produced to meet the required specifications.
• Issue work notifications to maintenance when required.
• Manage Process LTA and UDL to minimum and maximize Overall Time Efficiency (OTE).
• Provide technical support to the process team.
• Compile and control the process operational budgets.
• Play a role in planning of Process Off Crop, short & long stops work and implementation.
• Develop capital improvement plan and manage various projects within the plant.
• Management of team (performance management, discipline, recruitment, training & development, leave, etc).
• Report and investigate accidents, incidents and implement preventative measures.
• Maintain high quality work standards, comply with safety standards and requirements, and ensure good housekeeping in area of responsibility.

Closing Date    
2023/08/25

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• The purpose of the role is to ensure all necessary inbound/outbound stock management checks are conducted within the warehouse in accordance with Company policy and procedures.

Minimum Requirements    

• Relevant Logistics Diploma or Degree
• At least 3 years of experience in a warehouse environment
• Valid Code EB drivers' license
• Valid Forklift driver’s license

Skills & Knowledge:

• Warehouse operations
• Warehouse methodologies and principles
• Warehouse based business processes and practices
• SHEQ compliance requirements
• Equipment maintence requirements
• SAP

Duties & Responsibilities   
Operational Warehouse Management

• Control operational deliverables, and expectations, and coordinate progress with direct line manager.
• Approve and oversee the execution of all relevant warehouse documentation and ensure compliance with all audit requirements including ISO.
• Ensure that all products are received and stored timeously and in accordance with Group policy.
• Provide direction to warehouse team on a daily basis including overseeing the assignment of individual responsibilities, tasks and technical functions.
• Maintain team focus on the business objectives in order to drive success.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within and between various operational teams and team members within span of control.
• Conduct daily checks on all facilities, storage areas and equipment within area of responsibility, ensure compliance to all mechanical, electrical, safety and hazard standards and raise any areas of non-conformances for action.
• Check the temperature records of probe thermometers and compile a weekly report for submission to the Warehouse Manager.
• Ensure that the warehouse is locked and secure after hours.
• Monitor and ensure optimum stock rotation practices are applied across area of responsibility.
• Optimise the allocation of picking slots to meet sale patterns.
• Carry out daily SAP warehouse checks and action any reported defaults. 

Inbound Control

• Capture stock on the SAP system to ensure that goods are controlled and easily identified.
• Allocate the product to the right bin in order to access with ease and convenience as and when required.
• Activate internal material movement, incorporating placing the order; picking the product and moving it to truck for dispatch.
• Check shelf life in order to ensure it has not expired using the FIFO (First In, First Out) system.
• Prepare for and initiate stock take preparation ensuring that the entire process is embarked on and completed within the specified time frame.

Stock Control

• Ensure stock is in the right location by completing cyclic counts on a daily basis.
• Ensure staff are doing proper stock rotation where it does not go to the pick face but to the back-up location.
• Control production and expiry dates on every inbound and outbound.
• Control damages on inbound/outbound and track trends.
• Identify root cause and take the necessary actions such as issuing verbal warnings.
• Ensure frozen stock is kept in a frozen and/or chilled state.

Customer Liasion

• Resolve issues regarding damaged stock or shortage thereof.
•  Reconcile invoice details with requirements.
• Report any incident that may have occurred involving drivers that in turn impacts on customers.
• Schedule customer deliveries according to the time window process.

Warehouse Maintenance

• Ensure the warehouse is kept clean by inspecting the various areas.
• Liaise with the cleaning manager and supervisor on site who in turn must liaise with the external cleaning company.
• Arrange for damaged goods to be left in the designated area of the warehouse within category of repack; repair or dump.
• Check that lighting is adequate, doors open and close easily amongst other specifics that impact productivity.

Closing Date    
2023/08/25

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Job Description    

• RCL FOODS has an opportunity available for a Accountant (Tax and Derivative) - FTC will be responsible for assisting the the Financial Manager in performing finance functions in Taxation and Derivative Accounting for BSO services.

The role is open for candidates to be based in Westville or Pretoria West Mill

Minimum Requirements    

• Taxation 3-4 years’ experience in tax field will be an advantage.
• CA (SA) – 2 years post article experience in similar role.
• Derivatives/ Commodity Procurement 2 years’ experience in similar role.
• SAP experience.
• Strong understanding of tax accounting transactions.
• Strong understanding of foreign exchange accounting transactions. 

Duties & Responsibilities    
Taxation
Tax Computations

• Prepare current tax computations, deferred tax computations, tax related journals and tax disclosures for the financial statements.
• Provide assistance with the year end and interim reporting tax process. Assist with preparation of responses to external auditors. 
• Prepare income tax returns and the supporting schedules.
• Prepare provisional tax calculations and ensure all payments to SARS are timeously made.
• Assist with recurring processes and submissions eg. dividends tax, carbon tax and sugar tax. 
• Liase with the fixed asset team and provide guidance on capital allowance calculations. Ensure that all changes in legislation are implemented.
• Prepare transfer pricing documentation eg. Country by Country Reporting. 
• Collate and consolidate information and prepare responses to queries from SARS. 

Derivatives/ Commodity Procurement

• Journals and Recons

Preparation of monthly journals for the group.

• Assist in the calculation of actual gains and losses between FEC/ options and the actual payment/receipt to or from the bank for all positions closed in the month.
• Assist in the calculation of the effective rate for all positions closed in the month and ensure that it is sent to Commodity Procurement team timeously. 
• Maintain the monthly blotter for closed positions and deferments. Ensure that it is submitted to Commodity Procurement team at month end for them to provide quantities of commodities delivered for the month. 
• Maintain the blotter for open positions and agree blotter to trackers prepared by Commodity Procurement team and follow up on any discrepancies.
• Assist in the calculation of monthly mark to market, FEC and call and margin movements.
• Prepare all journals for month end i.e for gains/ losses on positions closed in the month, movements on open positions and deferment journals. 

Preparation of general ledger recons 

• Preparation of schedules for recons, monthly financial pack’s and balance sheet recons.
• Assist in preparation of summary information required for the monthly meeting with Chief Business Services and Risk Officer, 
• Finance Director Group Finance and Finance Executive

Closing Date    
2023/08/26

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In this strategic role, the job holder will be required to :

• Create the Financial and Operational Strategy of the region together with the Regional Operations Executives & Regional Financial Executive
• Provide leadership and guidance to the Regional Finance and Operational teams
• Projects – research, investigate, motivate, and cost improvements and solutions for the various operations
• Strategically plan and assign resources for the region to achieve the required goals
• Implement and ensure compliance with Executive Directives/Business Processes/Procedures and Policies
• Manage and coordinate regional financial support to the Business
• Review Financial and Operational reporting for the region including variance analysis to provide accurate and timeous operational financial reporting
• Ensure Corporate Governance compliance across the region
• Ensure compliance with External and Internal Audit requirements & findings
• Assessment and prevention of risk in the region
• Coordination and control of the region’s budget preparation and finalization
• Daily operational decision making
• Ensure adequate controls in place to monitor and safe keep assets
• Implement monitoring systems to ensure compliance.

The role will be based in Midrand and report to the Regional Finance Executive. 

Minimum Requirements    
Qualification

• Relevant Financial qualification (CA(SA), B Comm, CIMA, or similar)

Skills and Experience

• 5 to 10 years relevant financial and managerial experience, of which at least 5 years in a management or supervisory position
• SAP 
• Excel – Intermediate level, Word, Powerpoint & Outlook
• Power BI advantageous
• Business Warehouse (BW)

Duties & Responsibilities    
Strategic planning & coordination

• In conjunction with Regional Operations Executives co-create the Regional strategy, based on Operational and Financial requirements for the region
• Design the Finance Business Model for existing and new Inland sites together with the Operations Business Model (CSD, PSD, VCS, PBCS & new models)
• Costing of the Finance and Operations Models
• Communicate operational capacity required over medium and longer term, required asset utilisation and capex requirements accordingly
• Effect the agreed business models within agreed timelines to ensure effective start-up of new/change business in the Inland Region
• Align and improve efficiencies between Finance and Operations Management teams to ensure delivery of an integrated Supply Chain benefit
• Act as a support/stand in for the Regional Operations Executive

Financial Management

• Review and scrutinize monthly Financial results (income statement and balance sheet) for the region
• Compile and deliver Consolidated Monthly reports on regional operational results against budget and forecast
• Analyse and report on Volume trends, Stock losses, Margins and OPEX trends
• Analyse cost variance reports, identify, recommend, and implement improvements to optimise cost control
• Support and coordinate initiatives in the region designed to control costs and maximise profits
• Assist the regional operations management team to optimise efficiencies
• Define, measure, analyse and explain KPI fluctuations and variances
• Ensure financial disciplines and internal controls are maintained at all depots in the region
• Follow up on Internal Audit reports identifying risk in the business and ensure corrective actions indicated are actioned and implemented
• Ensure regional compliance with Procure to Pay processes
• Ensure regional compliance with Payments off Contracts 
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, the Income Tax Act and operational procedures and internal controls
• Regularly review depots’ Balance Sheet accounts, ensuring no old or misallocated entries in the different accounts
• Review and ensure bi-annual Asset verifications take place and are signed off by Financial Manager & Financial Controllers and are balancing to GL ledger balances
• Direct and resolve financial queries (Stock, Finance, Debtors and Creditors)
• Review monthly Sundry Creditor Recons and Consignment recons
• Provide financial support in regional-specific projects relating to Operations
• Review and drive weekly/daily KPI targets
• Ensure compliance at stock count and sign-off of stock counts
• Ensure depot compliance with Admin Controller checklists and Compliance checklist

Budgets, Forecasts & CAPEX

• Coordinate and control the Inland Region’s budget and forecast process and delivery within deadlines.
• Accurately compile, report and present monthly forecasts. 
• Analyse, prepare and present deviations on Actuals vs Budget and Actuals vs Forecast.
• Compile and present weekly financial tracking reports.
• Ensure that Regional expense budgets and forecasts reflect the economic indicators and are aligned with Group strategy
• Report the Regional budget and forecasts in the required format and present it to management teams.
• Coordinate the Regional Capex budget and forecast within agreed parameters, prioritising projects based on return on investment, risk and ensuring that investment is in line with strategy.
• Ensure that the capital spend is within budgeted guidelines.
• Evaluate capital investment projects as and when they arise by reviewing the financial indicators and ensuring that projects yield the required return and  assist in the preparation of motivations for capex’s including presentations to the Exec team and Board.
• Provide return on investment information to the regional Operations management team to assist with the prioritisation of projects.
• Identify sound investment opportunities for the business and communicate such to the appropriate role-players.
• Ensure post implementation reviews are reported to the business.

Staff and Team Management

• Identify personnel requirements and participate in the selection process
• Lead and develop staff within the context of the Labour Relations Act, Employment Equity Act, Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the Skills
• Development Act and within RCL’s defined Leadership Standards
• Monitor staff performance and provide regular performance feedback
• Manage staff activities, ensuring service levels are met and protocols are adhered to
• Coach and support staff where necessary to achieve objectives