Workplace Experience Student: Basket Control

## Workplace Experience Student: Basket ControlApply: Onsite: Pretoria: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: October 23, 2026 (1 day left to apply): JR003678It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doingTo provide dedicated daily control over all bakery basket movements, physical basket counts, system records and reconciliations across drivers, hawkers, depots and inter-bakery operations. The Basket Controller WES is responsible for ensuring that every basket issued and returned is counted, recorded, acknowledged and reconciled. The role maintains accurate daily basket records, performs physical counts, reviews Mosaic basket information and investigates shortages or unexplained balances. The incumbent works closely with Distribution Controllers, Security, Despatch, Settlements, drivers, hawkers, depots and inter-bakery teams to ensure that basket shortages are identified promptly, assigned to the accountable party and monitored through to resolution.# 2.

Key Responsibilities
## 2.1 Basket Issues and Returns
* Control and monitor all baskets entering and leaving the bakery.
* Verify baskets issued to drivers, hawkers, depots and inter-bakery vehicles.
* Verify baskets returned by drivers, hawkers, depots and inter-bakery vehicles.
* Ensure baskets are physically counted when vehicles leave and return to the premises.
* Confirm that basket quantities agree to load sheets, issue slips, return slips and other supporting documentation.
* Ensure basket issue and return slips are completed accurately and in full.
* Confirm that the driver or hawker and the responsible Security or Basket Controller representative sign the applicable basket documentation.
* Ensure no basket movement takes place without valid supporting documentation.
* Ensure any changes to planned basket quantities are recorded, explained and authorised.
* Submit completed issue and return documents to Settlements within the required daily cut-off.
* Follow up immediately on missing, incomplete or unsigned basket documents.## 2.2 Daily Physical Basket Counts
* Perform a physical count of all Albany baskets at the bakery every day.
* Count baskets held in the basket yard, Despatch, loading areas, returns areas and other basket storage locations.
* Ensure baskets on vehicles, in staging areas or awaiting transfer are included in the appropriate movement records.
* Compare the daily physical count to the recorded basket position.
* Investigate and explain differences between the physical count, movement records and system balance.
* Obtain the Distribution Manager’s review and initials for changes or corrections made to daily basket counts.
* Maintain the daily basket count record and retain evidence of the count.
* Participate in the weekly basket count together with Security or the appointed contractor.
* Submit the weekly count to Finance by the required deadline.
* Ensure the weekly count is reviewed and authorised by the Distribution Manager and Bakery Manager.## 2.3 Daily Basket Reconciliation
* Complete a formal basket reconciliation every day for each driver, hawker, depot and inter-bakery account.
* Reconcile opening baskets, baskets issued, baskets returned, approved transfers and the closing basket balance.
* Compare physical basket movements and supporting documents to the daily Mosaic basket reconciliation.
* Review the automated daily reconciliation and identify missing, duplicated, incorrect or unprocessed movements.
* Ensure all issue and return slips have been captured accurately against the correct driver, hawker, depot or inter-bakery code.
* Maintain one consolidated daily basket reconciliation for the bakery and related depots.
* Confirm that bakery and depot basket positions agree and that differences are documented.
* Record clear explanations, root causes, responsible owners and corrective actions for all variances.
* Ensure the daily reconciliation is complete, accurate and saved in the approved shared location.
* Submit the daily reconciliation for review and electronic sign-off by the Distribution Manager.
* Escalate material, repeated or unresolved differences to the Distribution Manager and Bakery Manager.## 2.4 Driver and Hawker Basket Shortages
* Work daily with the Distribution Controllers to identify driver and hawker basket shortages.
* Discuss basket differences with the accountable driver or hawker during the daily debriefing process.
* Ensure drivers and hawkers verify their basket position and acknowledge the baskets owed.
* Confirm that the settlement sheet is signed as evidence of the acknowledged basket balance.
* Track outstanding driver and hawker baskets until returned, transferred, recovered or otherwise formally resolved.
* Assist Distribution Controllers in monitoring baskets left in trade.
* Ensure basket accountability remains with the driver or hawker who signed for the baskets.
* Confirm that relief-driver transfers are completed before related basket movements are captured.
* Ensure driver-to-driv