DPO Pillar Specialist-1 at The South African Breweries (SAB)

• The key purpose is to create specific Pillar specialists, that will own the Pillar/s across Africa. This could be either one Pillar, or 2 Pillars. This will assist in clear ownership of the practices, approach, coaching and support of their respective Pillars.

Key roles and responsibilities:

Pillar targets

• Coordinate and manage the respective Pillars annual targets/glidepaths across Africa (per site)
• Monthly tracking of the respective Pillars self-assessments against glidepaths
• Track key identified focus blocks monthly progress
• Ensure Pillar glidepaths are loaded into the Portal as Pillar ‘Plans’
• Ensure that target cascading is aligned across all BU’s and sites

Monthly Routines

• Ensure monthly routines between Pillar Lead and Zone/BU Pillar owners take place
• Implement IAL for these routines
• Monthly Pillar reports to be developed and reported on

Year-end process

• Tracking and sign-off of sites final achievements (as part of C2C reports)
• Identification of respective Pillar nominations for DPO awards
• Ensure following year Pillar/s strategies as per normal annual management cycle

Logistics Convention

• Support the successful annual Logistics convention with the rest of the team

KPI Management

• Identification of key KPI’s linked to focus blocks
• 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
• Ensure reporting adherence of all the respective Pillar KPI’s on a monthly basis, according to reporting deadlines

C2C

• 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

LCP

• Support, and own (where applicable) the implementation of LCP block across the BU’s and Zone
• Support the LCP monthly routines per BU and Zone
• Best practices and shared learnings
• Coordinate and manage the respective Pillars best practices and shared learnings across Africa
• Track the implementation of the best practices
• Ensure monthly adherence to digital tool usage for best practices
• Source and coordinate best practices from other zones for the respective Pillars
• Development and updating of the respective Pillar Playbooks
• Best Practice and/or Shared Learning workshops to be held with lagging sites

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• 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

Minimum Requirement:

• Relevant Bachelors degree in Planning, Supply Chain Management or Logistics
• 3 – 5 years operational or planning experience in FMCG
• Deep Knowledge of respective Pillar/s requirements (at operational and strategic level)
• Excellent understanding of DPO (structure, approach and requirements)
• Understanding of ABInBev Logistics principles