Junior Baker

**DO YOU HAVE THE APPITITE TO GROW YOUR MAGIC?**

Consumers everywhere are increasingly conscious of the quality of the food they eat. Puratos develops, produces, and distributes a unique range of ingredients for bakers, pastry-chefs and chocolatiers who demand the very highest quality.

Founded in Belgium in 1919, From humble beginnings to worldwide success, join us on our journey and discover our history and heritage.

We’ve evolved from a father-and-son start-up in Belgium, to a global group with more than 9000 employees, 93 innovation centers, and more than 65 manufacturing operations across 81 countries to date. It’s with great pride that we look back on this century of hard work, courage, and innovation. Thank you for making it all possible and let’s continue building the next 100 years of shared success

Our passion for innovation, pioneering spirit, and core value our communities, is what makes working at Puratos so magical.

**POSITION OVERVIEW**

Based at Polokwane Branch to further strengthen our local Sales team, we are currently seeking:
**JUNIOR BAKER- **(_Polokwane, South Africa_)
- Baking and working closely with the Technical Advisor & Sales team.

**III. - KEY TASKS**- Bake all products with excellence.
- Assist Technical Advisors on our products.
- Present finished goods
- Sleep away from home when required by the National Technical Advisor.
- Work with the Sales team to build and grow the business.
- Create new innovative products from existing products.
- Perform under pressure during shows, presentations, and store openings.
- Calculate costings with technical advisors.

**IV. - JOB REQUIREMENT**- Grade 12 is compulsory.
- Driver’s License is not essential for this position but required in future for promotions within the Technical Department.
- Experience: Minimum of Two (2) years required as a Junior Baker from Chipkins Puratos Bakery School; must be a Matriculated individual and selected by the School Principal to participate in a Yes Programme.
- Languages: English is a prerequisite; additional language(s) an advantage.
- Computer literacy: Office computer (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word) will be an advantage.
- Other expertise: Business & result driven, strong presentation skills, strong interpersonal skills, team player, creative, innovative.

**V. - 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
- Training\facilitating 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.

**_Offer_**
- Puratos provides a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment that encourages our people to take initiatives and bring ideas that will contribute to the success of the company. Of course, Puratos offers a competitive package (salary, and market related benefits) but additionally, offers you a position that you can further develop and shape._

**Interested internal employees may use SuccessFactors to apply.**

**Closing Date: 20 November 2024