DPO Analyst - Bryanston at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Job Summary

There are 5 vertical pillars, which have all the technical knowledge to be applied at DPO operations:

• Safety
• Distribution Planning
• Delivery
• Warehouse
• Fleet

Also, there are 2 cross-functional pillars. One of them that is the foundation of all the managing process: People Pillar; and the other one crosses all knowledge from other pillars and tie them to results: Management Pillar

The key purpose of this role is to support the respective Pillar Specialist in driving the improvement of the Pillars across Africa. The Analyst will be the support of the DPO Pillar Specialist.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Support the respective Pillars annual targets/glidepaths setup across Africa
• Support the Pillar Specialist in his/her Monthly tracking of the respective Pillars self-assessments against glidepaths
• Monthly Routines: Ensure monthly routines between Pillar Lead and Zone/BU Pillar owners take place
• Support the adoption of the IAL and other Digital tools related to the Pillars you are accountable for
• Monthly Pillar reports to be developed and reported on in support with the Pillar Specialist
• Track the implementation of the best practices
• Ensure monthly adherence to digital tool usage for best practices
• Support the development and updating of the respective Pillar Playbooks
• Best Practice and/or Shared Learning workshops to be held with lagging sites
• KPI Management: Assist in the implementation of tracking tool to track these K/PI’s on a monthly basis
• Ensure the respective PI’s are tracked by the sites in the sites relevant routines
• Support in ensuring reporting adherence of all the respective Pillar's KPI’s on a monthly basis, according to reporting deadlines
• Ensure allocation of the respective Pillar coaches for respective Pillars
• Review sites final C2C Pillar pages and scores
• Support in ensuring all sites loading evidence onto the online portal
• Logistics Convention: Support the successful annual Logistics convention with the rest of the team
• Ensure allocation of the respective Pillar coaches for respective Pillars
• Develop key C2C focused approach
• Share good practice deck after C2C
• Review sites final C2C Pillar pages and scores
• Ensure all sites loading evidence onto the online portal
• Logistics Convention:
• Support the successful annual Logistics convention with the rest of the team
• Support, and own (where applicable) the implementation of LCP blocks aligned to your Pillars across the BU’s and Zone
• Support the LCP monthly routines per BU and Zone

Profile:

• Relevant Bachelors degree in Planning, Supply Chain Management or Logistics
• 1-2 years operational or planning experience in FMCG
• Strong Knowledge of respective Pillar/s requirements (specifically at operational level)
• Excellent understanding of DPO (structure, approach and requirements)
• Understanding of ABInBev Logistics principles
• Demonstrable problem solving skills with an ability to manage complexity and ambiguity
• Must be able to work under continuous pressure for extended periods
• Clear and strong communication skills
• Must be willing to travel extensively
• Excellent coaching skills
• High levels of integrity and honesty
• Innovative thinker
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Demonstrate initiative and drive
• Critical decision making ability 
• Customer centric