Clover, a leading dairy manufacturer in South Africa, is calling for applications for the Pro-Star Milk Procurement Learnership 2025. The learnership will provide learners with hands-on experience in controlling and optimizing raw milk procurement, implementing dairy and legislative specifications, and engaging in administrative and logistical duties.
Job Advert Summary
The Pro-Star Milk Procurement role will become skilled at overseeing and maximizing the raw milk procurement process, in compliance with dairy and legislatory needs, contract administration, logistics, stakeholder relations, and financial procedures. The position necessitates a graduate who holds a BSC qualification in Animal Science.
Closing Date: 2025/04/01
Reference Number: CLO250319-1
Job Title: Pro-Star Milk Procurement
Job Type: Learnership
Department: Learner
Number of Positions: 1
Location – Town / City: Queensburgh
Location – Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Location – Country: South Africa
Required Education Level: Bachelors Degree
Job Category: Agriculture
Key Responsibilities:
Milk Procurement & Quality Assurance: Understand the end-to-end milk procurement process, ensuring adherence to dairy and legal stipulations, and maintaining the quality of raw milk.
Administration & Financial Management: Generate tax invoices, keep budget forecasts for milk procurement, and ensure accurate and timely payments.
Contract & Supplier Management: Oversee contracts and procurement conditions for raw milk supply, and establish agreements with suppliers.
Stakeholder Relations: Coordinate with internal and external milk producers, onboard new farmers, and expand the milk supply network.
Logistics & Supply Chain Coordination: Coordinate logistics operations, including milk collection, routing, and route analysis, and gain hands-on experience in milk reception operations.
Systems & Process Optimization: Familiarize yourself with procurement systems and support process optimization efforts.
Supply Planning: Develop supply planning strategies to integrate procurement with supply chain operations.
Requirements
Qualifications
• BSC in Animal Science
Location
• KZN – Queensburgh Clover Branch
Competencies
• Initiatives taker
• Innovative
• Team player
• Challenge the norms
Duties and Responsibilities
Milk Procurement & Quality Assurance
• Gain an understanding of the end-to-end milk procurement process.
• Compliance with dairy and legal regulations.
• Raw milk quality assurance.
Administration & Financial Management
• Bill for produce tax.
• Manage budget forecasting for the purchase of milk.
• Payment on time and accurately.
Contract & Supplier Management
• Manage contracts and terms of procurement for raw milk supply.
• Ensure and maintain supplier agreements in place.
• Engage with internal and external milk suppliers.
• Introduce and bring in new farmers for enhanced milk supply.
Logistics & Supply Chain Coordination
• Milk collection, routing, and route analysis procedures.
• Acquire hands-on experience in milk receiving operations.
Systems & Process Optimization
• Purchasing systems and enhance the processes.
Supply Planning
• Supply planning strategies.
• The synchronization of procurement with supply chain operations.
