Manager: Milk Procurement

Job Advert Summary    

• Clover Gqeberha is seeking an experienced and results-driven Manager: Milk Procurement to lead the sourcing and procurement of raw milk required to meet regional business demands. The successful incumbent will be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with milk producers, ensuring sustainable milk supply, managing procurement budgets, and overseeing the performance and contractual SLA compliance of both internal and external milk collection transporters across the Eastern Cape region.

Requirements    

• Computer Literacy (Advanced)
• Working with Senior Management
• Management Experience
• Business English: Fluent
• Relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level
• Code 08 Driver's Licence
• Travel off-site/ overnight stay
• People management experience

Competencies    

• Ability to influence
• Proactive and action orientated
• Acts with honesty and consistency
• Maintains high standards
• Achieves results effectively
• Must be a team player
• Business acumen
• Lead and drive change for improvement
• Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective
• Interpersonal effectiveness
• Customer orientated
• Application of financial principles and practices
• Communicates effectively
• Ability to negotiate
• Ability to plan and organize

Duties and Responsibilities    
Manage Regional raw milk procurement demand and administration

• Procure raw milk regional demand
• Ensure accurate monthly payment and contractual requirements
• Build and maintain relationships with regional producer base
• Monitor opposition activities
• Identify and develop high potential milk collection areas
• Communication with the milk producers (written and verbal)
• Organise and facilitate Better milk relations policy within region
• Manage Better milk finance applications regionally with Producers

Manage regional operations of outsourced milk collection and external milk purchases

• Track and manage operational costs
• Ensure route compliance and tanker turn around
• Track and manage service level agreements with contractors
• Manage regional DRM Eta accuracy for producers
• Manage and control milk variances from farm to factory
• Analyse and rectify collection sample handling by external suppliers
• Manage supplier vehicle and employee compliance
• Coordinate external milk producer compliance
• Manage and analyse daily planned deliveries

Manage raw milk quality programs

• Ensure compliance of suppliers on farm legal requirements
• Engage with state vets, health departments to ensure on farm compliance for export certification
• Advise and schedule suppliers on the Dairy Standards audits and ensure improvement
• Liaise with third party buyers of raw milk to ensure compliance and standards of raw milk
• Manage all quality deviations and non conformances including antibiotics, sour milk etc. with producers and milk receptions
• Monitoring of on farm carbon scoring and advisement of producers
• Audit tanker and on farm SOP compliance
• Manage CIP compliance internal and external
• Liaise with milk reception
• Manage on-farm milk spillages and vehicle breakdowns

Administrative, IT systems and budgeting

• Compile and improve regional reporting as required
• Balance milk and quality results (Internal and External) and manage milk system data compliance
• Oversee cross border transport requirements
• Define and implement business needs
• Annual budgeting requirements for regional producer and logistics admin
• Ensure Better milk app deplyment and accuracy within region
• Manage invoicing of external milk purchases and operations within region

Manage subordinates

• Identify and close people gaps
• Ensure performance management is applied
• Ensure appropriate training and development
• Ensure active leave management

Deadline:15th November,2026