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Job Description
National Chemical Company based in Pinetown is looking for a National Sales Manager reporting to the MD.
Requirements
Ability to travel nationally weekly is essential.
Must have a sociable personality and good team interactions, yet be strong and fair in leadership. Will be at an Exco level so a good understanding of financials as well as market analysis and presentation skills essential.
Minimum Requirements
- Niche chemical / technical / construction / machinery businesses that are above R750m in total sales revenue derived from multiple SKU’s with more than 800 customers
- Corporate environment with entrepreneurial leeway
- BCom / IMM / MBA preferably with a BSc. (Chemistry /Chem Eng)
- 18-20 years with a minimum of 5-8 years successfully leading a sales team
- Ability to operate in a complex, technical field / market
- Chemical background or undergraduate degree/diploma
Maintenance Planner (Qualified Artisan) - Jacobs & Isipingo
Job Description
Chemical manufacturing company is looking for x 2 Maintenance Planners to be based in Jacobs and Isipingo. Responsibility will include: Plan and Schedule maintenance resources, ensuring data integrity of the EAM system and Engineering spares. This role reports to the Maintenance Manager.
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years experience in a maintenance team in the chemical manufacturing industry with 2 years in the maintenance planning function.
- Qualified Artisan, preferably a Millwright or BSc in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering with experience.
- Able to work 7.30 – 16.30.
- Computer skills to include MS Office, SAGE, EAM system.
- Working knowledge of process safety management.
- Strong administrative skills.
Duties Include:
- Planning and Scheduling Maintenance resources.
- Ensuring data integrity of Sage EAM system.
- Co- ordination of Engineering spares.
- Improve, develop and report on Maintenance KPI’s.
- Maintaining maintenance records. E.g., Machine history file.
- Ensure compliance with OHS regulations.
- Implement and maintain LSS, PSM Policy and the 5’s principles.
- Maintain the work area in an appropriate condition as indicated by management.
Administrator - Umhlanga Rocks Drive
Job Description
Company based in Umhlanga is looking for a Junior Administrator who is available immediately. Salary R10 000 – R13 000 per month.
Requirements:
- Matric minimum.
- Own car essential to run errands.
- Able to start immediately.
- Proficient in MS Office programmes, CANVA, Chatgpt.
- Yearly criminal check will be required including random polygraph testing.
Duties Include:
- Opening and Locking up office.
- Responding to emails, WhatsApp’s calls, setting appointments, recording leads, and following up.
- Using office cell phone during and after hours timeously.
- Responsible for purchasing and Loaning goods bought.
- Running errands.
- Safe Management and record keeping.
- Separating and recording stock and fine.
- Handling goods in office and in transit.
- Safekeeping Office equipment.
- Organizing couriers and goods breakdowns.
- Managing daily and monthly registers.
- Record keeping and filing.
- Cleaning office once a week.
- Checking and sorting approval for office stock requirements.
Wealth Administrator - Kloof & Umhlanga
Job Description
Financial Services Company offering the full spectrum of investments from RA’s to Unit Trusts, medical aid, is looking for 2 Wealth Administrators for their Kloof and Umhlanga branches.
Requirements:
- At least 5 years industry experience as an administrator, preferably at an independent firm.
- Excel and MS Office suite experience.
- Must have experience with LISP’s and Risk products.
- Must be able to manage time well and be comfortable talking to product providers on the phone, and on email.
- Experience with Elite Wealth or experience with other financial planning software programmes (X-planner, AtWork, etc.).
- RE5 qualification preferable, finance diploma, finance higher certificate, NQF Level 6 of higher.
Duties Include:
- New business (broker appointments, onboarding new clients) – service providers: Ashburton, FNB, Ninety One, Investec, Momentum, Old Mutual, Compliance and Elite Wealth.
- All servicing (portfolio maintenance, i.e. switches, withdrawals, additions, transfers, etc.).
- CCM loading.
- Client communication (feedback during service, dealing with requests from clients).
- Getting statements for reviews.
- Monitor client base with certain advisors to ensure it is up to date regarding income top ups, fee top ups etc.
- CCM loading.
- New business (onshore and offshore).
- Reviews (including statements).
- Client communications.
Export Fleet Controller - Cato Ridge
Job Description
Well established company, based in Cato Ridge, is looking for a Export Controller to join their shipping department. The Export Fleet Controller is responsible for coordinating and controlling export transport operations to ensure on-time loading, transit, and turn-in of export cargo. The role provides end-to-end visibility of fleet movements, manages subcontracted transporters, controls operational costs, ensures temperature compliance for reefer cargo, and proactively escalates risks impacting service delivery.
Requirements:
- Grade 12 (Matric)
- Diploma or Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field (preferred).
- Minimum 2–5 years’ experience in export transport coordination or fleet control.
- Experience managing subcontracted transporters and export agents.
- Reefer cargo handling experience advantageous.
- Excel intermediate level
- On-time truck allocation, loading, transit, and turn-in performance
- Accuracy and timeliness of tracking and reporting
- Reduction of avoidable demurrage and standing time
- Temperature compliance for reefer cargo
- Documentation accuracy and invoice turnaround time
Duties Include:
- Transport Coordination & Allocation
- Source, book, and allocate trucks in line with loading schedules and destination requirements.
- Issue Load Confirmations and ensure accuracy of Last Free Day (LFD) information. –
- Monitor subcontracted transporter compliance to agreed schedules.
Tracking, Visibility & Reporting
- Maintain accurate daily tracking and operational status reports (internal SharePoint and external agent-facing).
- Distribute customer tracking updates and issue arrival notifications at border posts.
- Monitor and escalate border, offloading, return, and turn-in delays.
Operational Performance Management
- Monitor loading performance and escalate agent-related delays.
- Drive adherence to agreed turnaround times and turn-in dates.
- Proactively identify and manage operational risks.
Cost & Compliance Control
- Identify, notify, and track additional operational charges (standing time, demurrage).
- Support recovery of additional transport costs.
- Ensure POD quality control and submit verified invoices for payment.
Reefer & Quality Control
- Ensure plug-in compliance for transporters without gensets.
- Review and analyse daily temperature records.
- Escalate temperature deviations in line with quality requirements.
Offloading & Claims Support
- Address offloading queries, damages, and shortages.
- Validate and escalate legitimate claims to management and Sales.
Senior Financial Accountant - Morningside
Job Description
Leading FMCG trading company, based in Greyville in Durban, is looking for a Senior Financial Accountant to join their team. The role reports to the Financial Manager within a flat, open place office structure.
Requirements:
- Minimum tertiary qualification equivalent to BCompt Honours
- Completed articles
- Minimum 10–12 years’ financial accounting experience in a medium-sized company
- Advanced Excel skills
- Advanced IT and relational database experience (Crystal Report Writer advantageous)
- Solid general IT knowledge
- Strong understanding of internal controls and processes
- Analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills
- Methodical with strong attention to detail
- Energetic, positive, and proactive in effecting change
- Team player
Duties Include:
- Cell phone administration
- Financial analysis and reporting as required
- Prepare month-end files for various entities, including reconciliations of all Statement of Financial Position accounts
- Prepare, assist, and oversee the annual audit for various entities
- Prepare, assist, and oversee BBBEE audit for various entities
- Assist Financial Manager with project plan roll-outs as required
- Assist Financial Manager with day-to-day management of the finance department
- Prepare and process journals for various entities
- Prepare VAT and taxation calculations for various entities
- Review and sign-off invoices, GRVs, and payments for various entities
- Administration of statutory information
- Fixed asset control and management across various entities
- Prepare monthly schedules for month-end close across various entities
- Other ad hoc duties associated with the position
Administrator - Westmead
Job Description
Group of Company’s, based in Westmead Pinetown, is looking for a vibrant Administrator to join their dynamic team. There is great potential to grow within the company and role. The successful candidate will have a great sense of humor, go the extra mile, have confidence and resilience with a solutions focused attitude.
Requirements:
- Matric (Grade 12)
- Own car
- Ability to understand Afrikaans
- Able to work 7.30-4.30
- Experience with pastel and excel
- Comfortable working on reception when the receptionist is on leave
- Capable of managing own time and working independently as well as in a team
Duties Include:
- Learn and assist in production planning
- Purchase ordering
- Backup administrator when staff are on leave
- Admin includes both standard tasks and complex inter-company administration
Bookkeeper - Pinetown
Job Description
FMCG company based in Maxmead, Pinetown is looking for a bookkeeper who can start immediately and work on an initial fixed term contract.
Requirements:
- Matric minimum
- Relevant bookkeeping qualification
- Able to work 7.30-4.30
- Own car essential
Duties Include:
- Bookkeeping to trial balance
- Creditors
Management Accounts Manager (CA)SA - Cato Ridge
Job Description
Manufacturing company based in Cato Ridge is looking for a Management Accountant to manage management reporting and analysis of the company’s affairs. Support management with supply of information with relevant analysis. Responsibilities will include MIS, analyze and comment on yield, variances, performance KPIs, manage the team of management accountants.
Requirements:
- CA(SA) with articles.
- CIMA an advantage.
- 5-7 years experience in a manufacturing environment as a management accountant or in a similar financial role.
- Proven ability to manage teams.
- Experience with SAP S4 Hana.
- Good understanding of accounting standards (IFRS) and tax legislation.
- Advanced MS Office is MUST.
- Ability to work in a team.
- Good leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to properly interpret, apply and make decisions in accordance with the relevant policies.
- High integrity and judgement.
- An ability to generate trust and build alliances with co-workers.
- Ability to work well with the management team.
- Adapt in developing and maintaining relationship with all stakeholders.
- Go-getter approach.
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
Duties Include:
- Streamline processes to enhance accuracy and optimize efficiency.
- Liaise with managerial staff and colleagues for a smooth and timely availability of inputs required for management reports.
- Manage the month-end and year-end closing processes, including journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations.
- Provide a detailed analysis of performance of the business as required by the business including detailed review of management accounts pack and all related reporting.
- Analyze inventory report and report on risk areas and identified deficiencies.
- Conduct a detailed financial analysis, cost assessments, and variance analysis to identify opportunities for operational improvement and enhanced profitability.
- Supervise direct reportee’s and ensure timely and accurate inputs are available from them.
- Manage the preparation of annual budgets, long-term financial plans, and financial projections.
- Manage the internal and external audits.
- Budgeting (Annual Budget and rolling forecast) and Budgetary control.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement financial strategies, budgets, and forecasts that align with the company’s objectives
- Monitor and maintain compliance with financial regulations, accounting standards, and relevant laws.
- Managing the full finance function of the Southern Entities (Mozambique, Namibia, and Zambia) and supporting the respective Business Head.
- Review of manufacturing PIP projects and finance representative at PIP meetings.
- Manage ITAC and related assignments required from Finance.
- Review of Tax and VAT computations and returns.
- Bank signatory and related responsibilities.
Sales Executive - Cato Ridge
Job Description
Pioneering & Innovative Wholesale & Distribution Company based in Cato Ridge is looking for a Sales Executive who is forward-thinking and strategic. This position is responsible for coaching, mentoring, and developing sales traders/consultants to achieve planned customer acquisition, weight growth and GP growth.
Requirements:
- Tertiary qualifications in Business, Finance, Marketing or related
- Minimum 5 years extensive experience in sales, import/export, management
- Category knowledge
- Exceptional management of sales performance among a team of sales traders
- IT and systems knowledge and experience including AI
- Forward thinking and strategic
- Planning and future growth mindset
- Management skills
- Reporting skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Above average communication skills
- Budgeting skills
- Mathematical skills including calculations and statistics
- Tenacity and fight and the mind to never give up
- Ability to challenge the status quo
- A marketing mind capable of developing a brand
- Ability to combine marketing prowess with commercial intelligence, the ability to do the best deals and make achieve sales targets
Duties Include:
- Manage the performance and development of Sales Consultants within the company
- Engage in one-on-one coaching and direction by conducting weekly meetings with sales consultants
- Effectively lead and facilitate sales meetings that educate, motivate, and ultimately produce key behavior changes to drive sales
- Accountable for successfully implementing key corporate/market changes and programs across sales positions; ensuring sales consultants achieve required behavior changes and performance metrics
- Develop and coordinate sales selling cycle and methodology
- Fully leverage available tools and resources within the sales department to ensure high level of accountability and communication
- Partner/coordinate with the various heads of department to maximize business resources and productivity of sales support resources to grow profitable sales
- Directly manage and engage critical/developing customer accounts, and ensure proper management of other accounts
- Professionally represent company at community and/or business meetings
- Develop and deliver sales budgets
- Assign all area/customers changes or allocation
Procurement Specialist - Cato Ridge
Job Description
One of the largest wholesalers and distributors of frozen foods is looking for a Procurement Specialist to join their growing team, to ensure that the supply chain needs, with a specific focus on Procurement, are met in a timely and cost-effective manner. Review costs, develop relationships with vendors and suppliers, and offer suggestions for what, where and how much product to buy.
Requirements:
- Supply Chain or Business Degree
- Strong math, analytical, organizational, and communication skills are essential
- Must be detail-orientated, team player, possess strong negotiation skills and the ability to work independently
- An understanding of business operations and processes is critical
- Strong interpersonal skills relating to both internal and external stakeholders, as they work with a diverse number of people, such as executives, suppliers, vendors and supply chain managers
- In addition to the above crucial skills, it is important that procurement specialists are able to: Assess costs and negotiate vendor and supply prices
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- Analyze business supply needs and ensure businesses are getting the best possible product
- Manage inventory levels within the business
- Resolve pricing conflicts and place bids with different vendors as required
- Ability to have difficult and/or complex negotiations with both internal and external stakeholders
- Forge strong “first preference” relationships
- Ability to have difficult and/or complex negotiations with both internal and external stakeholders
- Forge strong “first preference” relationships
- Ability to develop budgets, procurement strategies strategy & forecasting
- Understanding of both local and regional supply and demand
Duties Include:
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- Manage inflow of Products against agreed model stock
- Manage Inventory and liaise with the sales team regarding inventory
- Detailed analysis of imports and exports
- Implement trading agreements/protocols – with regards to shipping, quality, payment terms, etc
- Manage product quality – ensure product meets the original purchase spec
- Re-negotiate discounts or contract amendments where suppliers fail to meet contractual agreements e.g., product specification or delivery period etc.
- Regular feedback to sales team with market analysis and product availability
- Prepare forward deals/sales offers through to sales team. Timeous feedback to sales against ad hoc requirements
- Develop preferred relationships with Suppliers. This requires regular local and international travel
- Participate in Contract Negotiations
- Detailed analysis of imports
- Ability to work with various Supply Chain Management software systems
- Monthly Management reporting and preparation of dashboards on key metrics
- Familiar with trade requirements relating to SPS, tariff and other regulatory measures
- Prepare and participate in trade and market access investigations where required
- Developing strategies and trading methodologies
- Managing daily trading positions and limits
- Creating and reviewing daily and monthly reports
- Monitoring and reporting on margins
- Understanding and executing company values and strategies
Trader - Cato Ridge
Job Description
Multi-national wholesaler and retailer of frozen foods is looking for an on-site sales trader with related tele-selling experience.
Please note that this is not an external sales rep position, but office based.
Requirements:
- Matric minimum with Core Math’s
- FMCG sales experience an advantage
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Organized and methodical with attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in MS Office including excel
- Own car an advantage
Duties Include:
- Maximize number of line items sold
- Establish and maintain relationship with existing and potential customers
- Identify and resolve customer concerns
- Communicate deals, new products to customers
- Develop relationships with customers in order to understand their needs, create solutions, and ensure a smooth sales process
- Find new business
- Visit existing/new customers
- Provide technical advice on products
- Obtain orders from customers, capture orders and ensure smooth delivery of such
- Be a brand ambassador
- Use necessary tools to identify gaps and opportunities within the current customer base
- Resolve customer complaints
- Take full accountability for assigned customers
- Capture orders on ERP system
- Assist with outstanding payments
- Communicate with cold store & transport department
- Manage customer stock requirements
- Manage pricing to customers
- Assist in stock management
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