NOCC Logistics PPM Lead - HQ Sandton at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key roles and responsibilities

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

• Lead the budgeting process for T1 & T2 Logistics & Warehouse for ROA
• Communicate annual plan calendar, milestones, and PIs to Logistics team
• Partner with Zone Logistics team to ensure that price escalations are estimated accurately, as well as on identifying and quantifying Procurement Initiatives
• Provide accurate ZBB requirements by package
• Provide the facts and figures for all relevant budget calculations
• Ensure all Champions initiatives are properly embedded in the budget
• Prepare management review presentations, respecting Zone guidelines, templates, and timelines
• Ensure the final budget is properly uploaded into SCFD
• Completion of the bottom-up budget process
• 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 mindset in the team

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
• Accurately report on Price, Volumes, Mix & Performance on a monthly basis
• Coordinate the actuals reporting process together with Control & PPM Team
• Deep dive all new variance drivers, find root-causes and work with Logistics team to implement gap-closing action plans
• Ensure SCFD actuals are correctly reported
• Ensure Mark-up is correctly calculated and aligned with VILC Zone Team
• Assistance with Monthly T&M and GLM decks
• Ensure ZBB Logistics costs are correctly reported

Monthly Full Year Forecast outlook (LE)

• Identify opportunities to continuously improve results
• Identify risks, respective root causes and create gap-closing action plans
• Work with PPM team to ensure accurate VLC LE Reporting
• Work with PPM team to ensure accurate ZBB LE Reporting

Champions

• Drive the Champions process for all Logistics Packages, focusing on Price and Performance initiatives in line with Zone guidelines
• Identify owners for each project
• Ensure all projects are measured, reviewed and updated on monthly
• Align Champions and R&O outlook

Ad-hoc

• Perform strategic studies to streamline the business
• Support PPM Logistics South Africa and Zone when required

Profile

• BCom, CIMA / CA (SA) or progress towards (preferred)
• 3 years experience in managing financial performance in FMCG or Beverage industry
• High sense for accuracy
• Computer skills (MS Office: Excel, Powerpoint, etc), with particularly strong Excel skills
• Good knowledge of consolidation & reporting tools (Cognos, BI)
• Knowledge of ERP Systems – SAP, Syspro
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills & problem solver
• Used to working with deadlines
• Ability to work in a well organized, accurate and reliable manner
• High level of service mindset
• Coordination skills
• Communicative, team oriented and open for change
• Highly results focused
• Leads by example, and lives the company’s values
• Presentation skills
• Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively