Latest Vacancies at Cape Herb & Spice

Purpose: To assist the Head of Finance with various accounting operations of the company, to include the production of periodic financial reports, the maintenance of an adequate system of accounting records, and a comprehensive set of controls and budgets designed to mitigate risk. To enhance the accuracy of the company’s reported financial results and ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles or international financial reporting standards.

Key Functional Areas (but not limited to):

• Assist in overseeing the operations of the accounting department, including the design of a supporting structure adequate for recording and processing day-to-day transactions to achieve the department’s goals and objectives.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to all staff in the finance department ensuring they are adequately skilled and trained to achieve success in their respective roles.
• Manage and ensure that all production processes and procedures are followed to ensure that the production goals are met.
• Develop and drive continuous improvement.
• Assist in the management of various financial accounting functions, including inventory, debtors, creditors, VAT, fixed assets, general ledger, company taxation, cash flow, forex and insurance.
• Review and submission of weekly and monthly results to Libstar.
• Review and submission of monthly management accounts to Libstar.
• Preparation on quarterly board packs.
• Budgeting and forecasting.
• Monitoring and interpreting cash flows and predicting future trends.
• Facilitating the half-year and year-end audit process (June and December)
• Liaison with external and internal auditors.
• Governance and Compliance including improving internal controls.
• Performance management of Finance staff, including setting of KPI’s.
• Manage finance related systems and internal controls.
• Assist with the management of Net working capital and forex exposure
• Provisional and income tax computation
• Ensure tax and legal Compliance.
• Assist with ad hoc projects.

Role Capabilities:

• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written) and facilitation skills with the ability to work with others to achieve objectives.
• Excellent Management skills whilst adhering to standards, efficiency, effectiveness, and results orientated.
• Excellent problem-solving skills as well as interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent presentation and report writing skills.
• Excellent numerical and financial calculation skills.

Education and Required Knowledge:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant
• Demonstrated knowledge related to Accounting and Enterprise Systems, Taxation legislation, etc.
• Minimum of 7-10 years relevant experience within a similar role.
• Experience within the FMCG environment would be advantageous.
• High level of Computer literacy, especially Excel and ERP systems.(Knowledge of Syspro would be advantageous)
• Good people management skills (motivation, team building, discipline).

Personal Characteristics:

• Problem solver and ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to work within and lead a diverse team.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to plan work and meet deadlines.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Self-motivated and able to work without supervision.
• High levels of personal discipline.
• Excellent planning and organising skills.
• Trustworthy.
• Deadline driven and results orientated.
• Ability to work on own initiative, prioritize work and handle pressure.

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Key Responsibilities:

• To ensure the Environmental Monitoring Schedule is adhered. To investigate non-conformances to ensure that the cause of the fault is understood, and preventative action is taken to prevent recurrence. Ensuring any non-conforming material is controlled. The graduate food technologist will be required to work on a wide range of tasks within the quality assurance department, assisting the other Food Technologists to ensure that the system in place is in accordance with BRCGS requirements. This role will include implementation and update of systems.

Job Objectives:

• Investigations of Internal NCR’s to be performed swiftly and in accordance with the company procedures and policies.
• To ensure the environmental monitoring schedule is adhered to.
• Deadlines of tasks must be met.
• Implementation of BRCGS in the organization and on-going updates of procedures in the company to allow for on-going BRCGS certification.

Key Functional Areas:

• Non-conformance Investigations / Communications
• Environmental testing + Allergen Swabbing
• Review testing results against specification
• QC Verifications
• Glass and Hard plastic trending
• Customer service: COAs/COCs, shelf life extensions, Questionnaires
• GMP audits & day to day monitoring of GMP practices in the factory
• Providing Operational support when needed
• Review and update procedures
• Other: Training, Staff engagement meetings, Traceability studies, mock recalls, mass balances, consumable ordering, requesting on-going supplier approval documentation

General:

• The graduate food technologist will be required to work on a wide range of tasks within the quality assurance department, assisting the other Food Technologists to ensure that the system in place is in accordance with BRCGS requirements. This role will include implementation and update of systems.

Required Knowledge & Skills:

• Proficient in Microsoft office products (excel, word, outlook)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (in particular in English). Able to effectively communicate with staff at all levels
• Accurate and concise in work to ensure that information provided to others is accurate and clearly understandable
• Good research skills
• Strong administrative skills

Required Prior Learning/ Experience:

• B. Tech/ Advanced Diploma in Food Consumer Sciences, B.Tech / Advanced Diploma Food Technology/ B. Sc Food Science / B. Sc Biotechnology or other relevant science related degree. Copies of qualifications must be submitted with a CV
• Minimum 0 - 1 years relevant industry experience
• Prior training / experience in internal auditing, HACCP, BRCGS standard will put a candidate at an advantage.
• Proficient in working in Microsoft programs (outlook, excel, word)

Personal Characteristics:

• Time Management Skills
• Detailed orientated
• Highly organized
• Independent
• Self-motivated
• Systematic way of thinking
• Positive attitude and self-motivated / proactive

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Purpose of the Job: The Cost Accountant will support operations by providing information that will aid decision making and drive profitability, operational efficiency, and effective cost control. The Cost Accountant will identify and drive system improvement opportunities and ensure strong controls are in place.

Key Functional Areas:

• Perform product and customer costings
• Compile costing information and perform adhoc costings as required
• Analyse margin and costs and identify where improvements can be made to profitability
• Calculating production recovery costs and ensuring BOM’s are accurate
• Coordinate inventory counts and resolve variances
• Ensure strong inventory controls are in place to safeguard inventory and drive accuracy
• Complete landed cost calculations for imported raw materials and ensure inventory is valued correctly
• Review the accuracy of inventory related transactions and assist with queries
• Review WIP to ensure accuracy, investigate reasons for variances and drive corrective actions
• Analyse material usage and waste and drive corrective actions
• Compile and maintain reports to track performance and KPI’s
• Preparing information and reports for business presentations
• Assist with compiling annual budgets and rolling forecasts
• Providing systems support to users and maintaining master data
• Identify and drive system improvements and assist with special projects
• Prepare SOP documentation and provide training to staff on systems implemented
• Assist with Capex calculations and tracking of return on investment

Required Prior Learning/ Experience:

• Bcom Cost and Management Accounting or Finance related degree (Studying towards CIMA advantageous)
• At least 1-3 years of experience in a financial or cost accounting role
• Experience working within a manufacturing environment will be an advantage

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience working with ERP (Syspro) systems and integrated systems (Barcode scanning) will be an advantage
• Computer literate: MS Office (Intermediate / Advanced Excel / Pivot Tables, Power BI advantageous)
• Driver’s License essential

Personal Characteristics:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Good attention to detail and organisational skills
• Good written, verbal communication and collaborative skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Team Player and the ability to drive projects and implementations within a team

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Purpose: The Finished Goods Warehouse Manager leads the finished goods warehouse team to ensure department metrics are achieved in a safe, timely, quality, cost-efficient, and productive manner. The Finished Goods Warehouse Manager is accountable for the achievement of service quality and reliability, product food safety, stock integrity, productivity, and HSE compliance. In addition, the Finished Goods Warehouse Manager will be a key driver in development and implementation of process improvement initiatives.

Key Functional Duties:

• Supervise and lead the warehouse team.
• Measure and improve effectiveness of activities and employee performance.
• Supervise the operations in the finished goods warehouse.
• Drive continuous improvement in the department.
• Utilize system and reports to improve and control stock levels and movements.
• Implement stock control best practices / processes to ensure inventory accuracy.
• Ensure ERP system transaction accuracy.
• Liaise with internal departments and customers regarding sales order statuses.
• Plan and coordinate work schedule to ensure customer service levels are achieved.
• Maintaining department standards in line with the company Food Safety and HSE programmes.
• Perform administrative duties as required.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Proven leadership and management skills
• Verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to build cross-functional relationships with colleagues and customers
• Strong multi-tasking skills in a fast-paced working environment

Required Education/ Experience:

• BCom in Logistics/ Supply Chain and/ or Level 4 CIPS qualification
• FMCG Warehouse Management experience and 4 years + experience within a similar role
• Experience or strong interest in using systems
• Proficiency in MS Excel and Word

Personal Characteristics:

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team
• Proactive nature with good business sensibility
• Decisiveness and ability to provide direction
• Hands-on commitment to getting the job done
• Good time management skills and ability to multi-task

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Purpose: The NPD department is looking for a dynamic Project Manager to lead projects & drive the team to bring together all elements for customer pitches and successful launches.

Role Objectives:

• Project management: Spice & Grocery Opportunities
• Sourcing Oversight
• Costing & Commercial
• Pitch Execution
• Problem Solving

Key Functional Duties:

Project Management - Product Development:

• Responsibility for consolidation of product portfolio to meet customer needs. (bringing it all together)
• Gather & map out capabilities and compliance of suppliers to international standards. Support departments when making required changes to supply relevant markets with the product developer.
• Drive and plan with internal departments to create trend-forward/relevant Spice & Grocery products that tap into innovation of flavour, packaging, and design.
• Responsibility for launch CPA from initiation to landing in customer warehouse.
• Project manage and drive teams to execute all relevant stages of the product development process within given deadlines to ensure product is launched on time and detail recorded is accurate and product meets customer/export requirements.
• Oversee timeline of sustainable sourcing of new product, raw materials, packaging, and kitchenware from compliant suppliers with the product developer/technical.
• Assist with design & development to create innovative and practical packaging concepts and eye-catching design - Concepts & Presentations.
• Problem solving to overcome development issues and meet customer requirements & deadlines.
• Ensure thorough communication related to new products between internal customer-focused and operational departments on all new projects to ensure effective launches.
• Monitoring & evaluating project performance.

Commercial Interface:

• Identify gaps and opportunities in current and new markets.
• Cost gifting & special buy products and deliver a commercially viable and competitive offering.
• Creation of pitch presentations & concepts on PowerPoint.
• Involvement in value engineering to create competitive products.
• Gain supplier buy-in by painting the commercial picture and size of the prize. Ensure targeted developments.
• Involvement in drawing up/maintenance of contracts.
• Ensure sales team are equipped with full product knowledge to drive growth.

Education & Required Knowledge:

• Either an equivalent of the below degree and 2 - 5 years’ related experience will be recognized:
  • Food Technology or Cons. Science
  • Bsc Food Science
  • Business Science
• Advantageous experience in:
  • Project Management
  • Product Development
  • Commercial exposure
• Computer Literacy (Microsoft Office)
• Excel Fluency – Intermediate level
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English

Personal Characteristics:

• Deadline driven
• Proactive and enthusiastic
• High attention to detail
• Ability to work in a high-pressure and fast-paced environment
• Ability to multi-task between multiple projects
• A creative thinker
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Optimistic solution finder
• Commercially minded
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• A passionate & knowledgeable foodie
• A methodical approach and adhere to procedure