TA Junior (Bakery Demonstrator) needed at Puratos

KEY TASKS

• Bake all products with excellence.
• Train customers bakers on our products.
• Present finished goods and sell concept solutions – present to a minimum of ten (10) people.
• Sleep away from home.
• Work with the Sales team to build and grow the business.
• Plan and execute daily and weekly bakery production, and implement at store level.
• Build relationships with customers.
• Give Technical advice.
• Facilitate and train groups of people (maximum of 25 people) and be able to control them.
• Follow up post-sale to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Create new innovative products form existing and newly developed products.
• Perform under pressure during shows, presentations and store openings.
• Present to different calibre of people (Management, in-house staff, Bakers).
• Calculate, teach and implement costings at store level.
• Perform any other duties required by the department.

JOB REQUIREMENT

• Grade 12 is compulsory.
• Drivers License is a requirement.
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Familiarity with bakery industrial processes.
• Computer Literate and proficient in excel word and PowerPoint
• Experience: Minimum of eight (8) years as a baker and confectioner, of which at least 3 years in a supervisory role (managerial role advantageous); B2B is an advantage; food sector (FMCG market) is an advantage.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Collaborating effectively: spontaneously helps team members, networking, sharing information/results.
• Communicating effectively: actively listening, reporting, provides clear explanations that are easy to follow.
• Driving performances: results-driven, persistent, planning & prioritizing, solving problems
• Trainingfacilitating effectively: facilitation skills, flexible, strong presentation skills, grounded, openness, persistent.
• Improving continuously: adapts flexibly to changes, open to learn from feedback
• Managing customer needs: understanding customer environment, builds and maintains relationship of customers, implement most suitable solutions that meet customer expectations.