Junior Technical Advisor

About Puratos

Puratos creates, manufactures, and supplies high-quality ingredients for bakers, pastry chefs, and chocolatiers who value excellent food quality. The company began in Belgium in 1919 and has grown from a small father-and-son business into a global organisation with more than 9,000 employees, 93 innovation centers, and over 65 manufacturing sites across 81 countries.

Driven by innovation, a pioneering mindset, and a strong community focus, Puratos offers an environment where people can contribute to meaningful work and help shape the future.

Position Overview

The Port Elizabeth branch is looking for a Junior Technical Advisor to strengthen the local sales team. Reporting to the Sales Manager, this role supports sales growth through baking demonstrations, customer training, technical guidance, and product presentation.

Responsibilities

• Prepare baked goods and demonstrate finished products across assigned channels, while teaching customers how to use the company’s products.
• Partner closely with the sales team to help achieve sales targets.
• Produce all products to a high standard.
• Coach and support new team members as well as colleagues within the department.
• Train customer bakers on product usage and application.
• Present finished goods to groups of at least ten people and promote solution-based selling.
• Support business growth together with the sales team.
• Plan and carry out daily and weekly bakery production, then implement it at store level.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships.
• Provide technical advice where needed.
• Be willing to sleep away from home when required.
• Train and facilitate groups of up to 25 people and manage the group effectively.
• Develop new and creative products using existing and newly developed products.
• Perform well under pressure during shows, presentations, and store openings.
• Present to varied audiences, including management, internal teams, and bakers.
• Calculate, teach, and implement costings at store level.
• Apply baking knowledge using baker’s percentage and recipe formulation.
• Handle other duties aligned to operational needs.

Requirements

• Grade 12.
• Valid driver’s licence.
• At least 8 years’ experience as a baker and confectioner, including a minimum of 3 years in a supervisory role; managerial exposure is an advantage.
• B2B experience is beneficial.
• Experience in the food sector or FMCG environment is an advantage.
• Strong computer skills, especially in MS Office, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Sound arithmetic ability with the capacity to calculate and teach store-level costing.
• Ability to work beyond standard hours, including occasional overtime.
• Strong presentation and facilitation ability.
• Excellent English communication skills, including reading and writing; additional languages are an advantage.
• Good written comprehension and the ability to understand information communicated through speech and text.
• Professional traits including hard work, teamwork, service orientation, creativity, innovation, trustworthiness, and openness to feedback.
• Competence in collaboration, communication, performance focus, training and facilitation, continuous improvement, and customer relationship management.

Offer

Puratos provides a dynamic, entrepreneurial workplace where initiative and new ideas are encouraged. The role comes with a competitive salary and market-related benefits, along with the chance to grow and shape your position over time.

Additional Information

This is a full-time, onsite position based in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The closing date is 30 June 2026. Internal employees must submit applications through SuccessFactors, except for Warehouse and Production Floor staff.

The role may require occasional overtime and staying away from home for work assignments.

Interested candidates who meet the requirements may apply through the company’s application process.