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
Test Baker – ( Johannesburg, South Africa )
Reporting directly to the QC Manager , the successful candidate for this key function will be responsible for:
Conducting tests (quality control) on premixes and all products received from the factory.- - KEY TASKS
- Maintenance of baking equipment and machinery
- Carry out safety checks on oven, proofers and water temperatures and record temperatures on Testing Result Form.
- Check all bread moulding machines for cleanliness and set timers to oven and proofer.
- Check quality and quantity of premixes
- Record batch numbers and dates of manufacture of ingredients before mixing premises in accordance with recipes.
- Scale all premixes with consumables (flour, yeast) according to the recipe and record on Batch Testing Results Form.
- Select appropriate flour for each premix.
- Process dough mix
- Measure dough mix temperature, set the timers accordingly, and record both the temperature and the timer settings on the Batch Testing Results Form.
- Label tested batches appropriately
- Complete Approve/Reject/On Hold sticker as is necessary for all batches tested.
- Carry out test baking of all premixes from the factory.
- Evaluate all baked products by following QC specification.
- Communicate all non-conforming products to supervisor so they can be placed on hold.
- Other additional duties
- Verify all scales.
- Attend to customer complaints by baking retention samples and control.
- Cleaning up and maintain hygiene.
- Communicate raw material requests to QC Manager and decanting it in the respective containers.
- Perform other duties as per operational requirements .
- – JOB REQUIREMENT
- Grade 12 (Matric) and certificates in baking, cake decorations, sanitising, food safety or knowledge in baking.
- 3 – 5 years’ hands–on experience in the bakery sector. Good communication skills – English is a prerequisite.
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
- 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 persons who meet the requirements may apply at: www.chipkinspuratos.co.za
Interested internal employees may use SuccessFactors to apply.