REPI SOAP & DETERGENT PLC formerly known as REPI Soap factory was established 1974 by the name Bianil Ethiopia Share Company by foreign investors of Swiss & Greek origin aiming to produce and distributed powdered detergent to East Africa market which was dominantly by Uniliver brand OMO.
Less than a year after its formation, it was owned by the Ethiopian government & was managed under the direct supervision of the National Chemical Corporation and was re-established as a public enterprise in 1992 by the council of Ministers and was recapitalized by Birr 1,525,000.00.
Position 1: Production Quality Control Technician
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Sampling and testing of raw materials, packing materials, and finished products.
- Executing test methods developed and validate test protocols for raw materials, packing materials and finished products.
- Ensure that finished product produced meet quality standards of the company as well as the customer.
- Preparation of quality reports, including analytical reports for raw materials, packaging material and finished products.
- Supporting all QCQA activities
- Ensures that standard operating procedures are strictly adhered to ensure product quality are within specification.
- Ensure that procedures are carried out carefully and accurately to eliminate errors.
- Ensure product quality by strictly supervising and conduction process control tests
- Executing finished product test methods.
- Ensure finished product are within specification and are without non-conformity’s before releasing the products to finished goods warehouse.
- Ensure good relations and communications with all members of the team and respond politely and in a timely fashion.
- Calibrating analytical equipment as, and when required.
- Preparation of reagents that will be usable for quality inspection using test methods developed.
- Foster an environment that supports an engaged safety and quality culture.
- Maintained a SAFE ZONE to employees by ensuring all hazards are identified, reported and removed.
- Reported all unsafe conditions, near misses and unsafe behaviors on Enablon as per Wilmar standard.
- Reported all accidents and incidents within the time frame provided by Wilmar manually and then on Enablon.
- Engaged with employees continuously through safety talk to create awareness
- Assured a high level of housekeeping standard within the production unit.
Qualification:
- BSC in applied chemistry/ industrial chemistry or other related field of study.
- 0 year experience
Apply Through Ethiojobs: Production Quality Control Technician or fill out the form – https://forms.gle/2EDztgPUCKdizZJt6
Position 2: Category Brand Manager
Duties and Responsibilities
- Leading the strategic planning process for the assigned brands based on key consumer insights to enhance current portfolio and improve communication with consumers.
- Participates in the development of the company’s long-term planning that identifies new business opportunities, markets and partners.
- Manages the overall creative process for a single product or group of products and services.
- Carrying out consumer research, monitor market trends, and identify potential areas in which to invest, based upon consumer needs and spending habits.
- Coordinates regular meetings and preparing regular reports outlining the brands’ performance.
- Delivering internal and external presentations regarding new product introductions, marketing materials, business objective and communication strategy.
- Prepares periodic reports outlining the brands’ performance
- Manages and coordinates the production of TV commercials, newspaper and magazine advertisements, and direct mail packs, email campaigns, websites, and exhibition stand, road shows to ensure the right message is delivered for their product or service.
- Coordinates the development of communication materials such as catalogues, websites, brochures, packaging and in-store displays.
- Organizes events, photo shoots, launching parties, brand related meetings.
Qualification requirements
- MBA/BA Degree in Marketing Management or social science field of study.
- Minimum 6 years for BA and 4 years of experience for MBA in related filed of which three years as Category Brand Manager/Marketing Manager
Apply by Filling out the form – https://forms.gle/kbxg3Cyuz6Jdv1fMA or through Email – hana.seyum@et.wilmar-intl.com
Position 3: Utility Operator
Roles & Responsibilities
- Operate and monitor utility machineries such as boiler, chiller, air compressor, Generator and water treatment safety as a prime consideration.
- Operate the plant in most efficient way to reduce losses and maximize production yield. Any adjustment on process setting could be made with the consult of the utility engineer
- Ensuring always utilities supplies in quantities and qualities wise
- Boiler monitor feed water quality and temperature.
- Generator monitor fuel level and oil level
- Chiller inspect the operating gas pressure and chilled water circulation level.
- Air compressor monitor working pressure and temperature.
- Inspection of all operational equipment’s frequently, not less than once in two hours.
- Monitoring, recording operational process parameters and utility consumption and report to utility engineer
- Monitor operational parameters and report if there any deviation
- Diagnoses and correct utility problems when possible:
- Notifying utility engineer for any equipment needing addition attention or repair
- Continuously improve the operational skills, to reduce energy cost and Constantly explore and improve.
- safety consciousness at work.
- Study safety knowledge and technology, improve safety skills.
- Periodical and continuous cleaning and to keep the machines “like new” status
Qualifications
- Minimum of Level-II in General Mechanic/industrial/electrical or any other Technical related fields
- Minimum 3-years’ experience in an FMCG industry.
Apply through fill out the form https://forms.gle/poRboLzHAutsjfsX8 or throgh Email. lidiya.tamirat@et.wilmar-intl.com
Position 4: Cost Accountant
Roles & Responsibilities
- Coordinate the month-end count, variance analysis, and collection of justifications for reporting to management
- Monthly reporting of production variance analysis to top management, followed by an investigation of gaps and corrective actions
- Work closely with the operation team to understand and explain the main drivers of production variance
- Prepare a weekly consumption report, compare actual cost to standards, and make recommendations for correction
- Manage standard cost maintenance, variance analysis, and adjustments in consultation with production team and management
- Report the fixed expenses for each line and recommend the best output depending on line efficiency.
- Prepare and share the insurance report with the insurer on a monthly basis.
Requirements
- BA degree in Accounting or Finance
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant financial experience, with demonstrated success in the cost and management accounting
- Experience in business partner is preferred
- Proficient in accounting software and Microsoft Excel
Apply through fill out the form – https://forms.gle/MY18cebSFhfkhvm16 or through Email – hana.seyum@et.wilmar-intl.com
Position 5: IMS Documentation control Officer
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain a centralized document control system (physical and/or electronic).
- Register, classify, and archive incoming and outgoing documents.
- Ensure proper document numbering, version control, and formatting Workflow Optimization
- Collaborate with QA/QC, EHS Managers to automate document review cycles and electronic signatures.
- Issue controlled copies of documents to relevant departments.
- Track document distribution and ensure only current versions are in use.
- Withdraw obsolete documents and maintain archive records.
- Compliance & Quality Assurance
- Ensure documentation complies with company procedures and standards.
- Support internal and external audits.
- Maintain document control procedures in line with ISO requirements.
- Maintain logs for document revisions, approvals, and distribution.
- Ensure safe storage and easy retrieval of records.
- Protect confidential and sensitive documents.
- Compliance & Quality Assurance
- Ensure documentation complies with quality /company procedures and standards.
- Support internal and external audits.
- Maintain document control procedures in line with ISO requirements
- CAPA Management: Track Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) to ensure documentation is updated following a non-conformance.
Required Qualifications
- BSC /BA in any Field of study.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in Documentation process for the Laboratory Management System or Integration Management System
Apply Through / fill out the form – https://forms.gle/zWDhUz4UvxWwwDKX7 or through Email – hana.seyum@et.wilmar-intl.com
Position 6: Senior Account payable Accountant
Roles & Responsibilities
- Responsible for checking and posting payment in SAP.
- Prepare payment after sure all payment documents have proper approval, completeness, originality and validity of supporting documents and filing.
- Make sure that the proper vendor and cash accounts are selected when ERP before posting.
- Carefully perform Settlement/Disbursement of the Vendor Invoices, and other payments on ERP.
- Check the right financial entries and codes are on payment journals.
- Compute all required governmental tax before preparing payment before posting the payment journal on ERP.
- Settlement/Disbursement of the Vendor Invoices, and whatever concerned with the payments.
- Maintaining up-to-date payment posting
- Reporting all daily work-related activities
- Being on the look-out for delayed or missed payments and other such irregularities
- Assisting with closing at the end of every month.
- Prepare Daily Payment Schedule.
- Prepare & process bank transfer & CPO base payments
- Input payment request data into internet banking platform porter and inform approvers to ensure payment transferred to vendor within a day.
- Investigating and resolving any irregularities or enquiries
- Control and follow-ups retention account balances.
- Follow up and report bank balances on daily basis.
- Validate and post all bank advise in to SAP
- Perform reconciliation of check, bank transfer & CPO payments with SAP record and bank statements on daily basis.
- Inform Senior Accountant AP regarding all the advances paid on a daily basis.
- Make sure that all payment vouchers and withholding tax transactions are recorded and posted on the system.
- Accept and work any additional tasks that given from immediate supervisor and department heads.
- Following very specific and strict deadlines for transactions posting & on time processing payments.
- perform any other related AP tasks
Qualification
- BA Degree in Accounting & Finance or relevant field
- Minimum 4 years’ relevant experience of which 2 years as Sr. Accountant or Sr. Account Officer in manufacturing industry.
- SAP knowledge is a plus
- Good knowledge of the Ethiopian Tax regulations
Apply through Fill out the form – https://forms.gle/vp7JzQpdaDUzwUab8 or through Email – hana.seyum@et.wilmar-intl.com
Position 7: Procurement Head-Raw Material
Roles and Responsibilities:
- In conjunction and coordination with the concerned parties in the supply chain department, assure getting the right kind of PI’s from foreign suppliers and submit to banks for possible forex allocation;
- Schedule, Control & Monitor domestically sourced category purchases ensuring lowest TCO while managing desired quality, inbound freight optimization while selecting, developing and promoting local suppliers, developing enduring relationships ensuring JIT management controls.
- Participate and contribute, to product development activities including TCO of formulation, packaging and efficacy to the new product development committee.
- Supports the product development & technology initiatives for the category.
- Manage Procurement cost.
- Maintain minimum procurement operation.
- Assure maximum inventor turnover.
- Devise innovative and accepted ways to ensure minimum time that floated bids stay in the procurement cycle.
- Set a standard and follow-up efficiency towards minimum response time to demand request.
- Schedule, Control & Monitor Import Category purchases ensuring lowest TCO while managing desired quality, inbound freight optimization and timing, ensuring minimum inventory levels and cash flow management with due regard to economic pressures & FX availability.
- Ensure all activities related to the function comply with relevant Acts, legal demands and ethical standards.
- Participate in the company’s management team meetings, strategy, Health & Safety program, insurance/benefits committees and others as required.
- Meet targets articulated in supply chain plans, product development briefs in terms of product quality, timeliness and cost.
- Resolve quires which can come from 3rd party stack holders.
- Be responsible and accountable for sourcing and supplying specific Category.
- Closely interact and support Technical & Sales and Marketing management teams.
- Represent the company as the ‘Procurement Office Representative’ of Repi Wilmar on Category Suppliers/Vendors.
- Manage Planning, sourcing and appointing of all inputs to the company which Repi acquires for its manufacturing and other needs;
- Make sure that PO is issued or contractual service agreement is made with selected suppliers;
- Assure on time settlement of Documents with Finance;
- Track weekly the stock/inventory status of the Category items based on inventory policy and trigger reorder decisions.
- In congestion with Logistic division, plan delivery of products on JIT.
- Over look in close team work approach with Quality Control incoming materials by such methods as physical counts, random weight checks, request advising or rejection of any spoiled commodity, reconditioning of underweight bags, etc.
- Implement systemic contract management control points by Compiling and submit correct and reconciled delivery documents, invoices for payment process.
- Other related Tasks
Specification:
- MA/BA in BA Degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Transport Management, Business Management, Accounting or any other related field of study
- Minimum 7 years’ which one (1) years as Senior Procurement Officer/Procurement/Category Specialist or equivalent capacity preferably in FMCG industry.
- SAP knowledge
- Negotiation skill
Apply through – Fill this form – https://forms.gle/GYYf7PPYxdpmGtrQ8 or through email – hana.seyum@et.wilmar-intl.com
Position 8: Store Keeper
Roles & Responsibilities
- Seek shipping notification for both local and abroad form procurement section.
- Arrange storage space for the incoming shipment.
- Facilitate the inspection of incoming orders.
- Receiving of the spare parts, consumables, promotional items, fuel-lubricant, and fuel by tallying physical goods (quantity and visual inspection) against shipping documents (DO, PL, PO & invoices)
- Sign for only received shipments
- Prepare GRN through SAP and distribute the copies to finance and other section
- Receive request of items from different departments/units
- Make sure that requests are made properly in the system and dully authorized
- Dispatch the items as per the requested quantity and condition
- Dispatch items using FIFO method (using stock tagging date of receipt and quantity)
- Ensure appropriate warehouse storage space utilization is maintained considering type of items, cube, floor load capacity, aisle space and accessibility
- Ensure appropriate warehouse layout is in placed in the warehouse
- Ensure that stacking/placement of items are appropriate
- Ensure stored items adequately and accurately marked for proper identification and easily located
- Ensure the safeguarding of items, facilities, Pallets and MHE by ensuring and continues inspection of security of the warehouse
- Ensure the overall warehouse areas are clean & shine, Aisles are clean, and Implement 6S in the warehouse (Sort, set in order, Standardize, Shine, Sustain and Safety)
- Ensure all warehouse records are up to date all the time including bin cards
- Ensure reconciliation of warehouse records and SAP with physical items
- Provide Stock status report periodically and upon request
- Make sure that cycle counts (perpetual inventory) for high value and or critical items are conducted at least once in a week period to identify if there is a discrepancy and make sure reported immediately (To Tally system & Physical balance)
- Arrange items for month/year end physical inventory and participate accordingly
- Maintained a SAFE ZONE to employees by ensuring all hazards are identified and removed.
- Report all unsafe conditions, near misses and unsafe behaviors
- Report all accidents and incidents within the time frame
- Engaged with material handlers continuously through safety talk to create awareness
- Assure a high level of housekeeping standard within the warehouse
Qualification
- Diploma/Level III in any field of study with a minimum of two years relevant experience in a warehouse environment as Store Keeper or Warehouse Officer or equivalent capacity.