DTech: VLC PPM Specialist - Sandton at The South African Breweries (SAB)

An exciting opportunity for a proactive, unconventional, efficient and meticulous individual with strong financial and communication skills. A team player who enjoys working within a fast-paced environment.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Driving efficiencies in the team
• Agile ways of working which requires; ownership of work on the sprint backlog; pushing the boundaries for excellent delivery; focusing on root cause problem solving; using diverse and collective skills to support other members of the team
• Identify opportunities for reporting automation across the VLC PPM stream
• Identify key controls to be implemented / adhered to across the VLC PPM stream
• Drive a customer focused mind-set within the team

Annual Plan / Budget includes, but are not limited to:

• Budgeting for International Logistics across the Zone
• Calculation of annual budgets for Returnable Packaging
• Communicate annual plan calendar and milestones to finance teams
• Ensure all Champions initiatives are properly embedded in the budget
• Prepare management review presentations, respecting Zone guidelines, templates and timelines
• Ensure final budget is properly uploaded in all relevant tools
• Completion of bottom-up budget process
• Map and understand the end-to-end International logistics processes and conduct all required information gathering to identify and document pain points/opportunities, to improve the International logistics operation and KPI performance by implementing technology/analytics/process improvements

Monthly Actuals (reporting/analysis/review)

• Highlight risks and opportunities during the month and course-correct where possible
• Report month end actuals in line with Control guidelines
• Posting of accurate journal entries on the reporting tools
• Prepare monthly standard decks
• Trouble shoot issues and share improvement ideas with Team Lead
• Deep dive all new variance drivers, find root-causes and work with Logistics team to implement gap-closing action plans
• Adherence to all deadlines, milestones and submission requirements to the NoCC VLC key stakeholders

Monthly Full Year Forecast outlook (LE)

• Identify opportunities to continuously improve results
• Identify risks, respective root causes and create gap-closing action plans

Champions

• Drive the Champions process for all International Logistics Packages, focusing on Price and Performance initiatives in line with Zone guidelines
• Ensure all projects are measured, reviewed and updated monthly
• Align Champions and Risks and Opportunities outlook

Ad-hoc

• Support on ad-hoc Audit Requirements
• Calculations of transfer pricing on new projects/initiatives
• Any other related items /projects 

Profile:

• Embodies the AB InBev culture and 10 principles
• Energized self-starter with the ability to take initiative
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to work with all levels of the organization
• High sense of urgency and accuracy
• Ability to work in and understand multi-cultural environments, interacting with various Zone and Country teams
• High level of service mindset and ability to handle demanding stakeholders
• Comfortable to work with deadlines under high pressure conditions
• Ability to work in a well organized, accurate and reliable manner
• Strong analytical and reporting skills with a problem-solving mindset
• Minimum of 3 years experience in FMCG environment
• Bachelors Degree, CIMA / CA (SA) or progress towards (preferred)
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint, with particularly strong Excel skills
• Good knowledge of consolidation & reporting tools (Cognos, TM1, BI)
• Knowledge of ERP Systems – SAP, Syspro
• Basic business sense and results focused