TA Junior – JHB needed at Puratos

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Bake all products with excellence
• To coach and mentor new recruits and all the colleagues within the department
• Train customer bakers on the Company’s products
• Present finished goods – to a minimum of ten people – and sell concept solutions
• Work with the sales team to build and grow the business
• Plan and execute daily and weekly bakery production, and implement thereof 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 and facilitate the group(s)
• Create new innovative products from 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
• Apply skills by putting recipes together using baker percentage
• Perform other duties as per operational requirements. 

PROFILE

• Grade 12
• Driver’s License
• Minimum of 8 years as a baker and confectioner, of which at least 3 years was in a supervisory role (managerial role advantageous); B2B is an advantage; food sector (FMCG market) is an advantage.
• Computer literacy: MS Office suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
• Knowledge of basic arithmetic – must be able to calculate, teach and implement costings at store level, and apply skills.
• Over and above normal working hours, occasional overtime is required.
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills
• Language: English is a prerequisite – ability to read and write; additional language(s) an advantage.
• Written comprehension – the ability to read and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Good personality, hardworking, teamwork, service orientated, creative, innovative, trustworthy, open to learn from feedback.