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

End Date: April 3, 2026

Key Roles and responsibilities

• Annual Plan / Budget
• Adhere to all deadlines, milestones and submission requirements to the Zone Supply PPM team
• Review all budget calculations for OPC’s/BOMs and own the end-to-end process
• Lead the ZBB budget process for the plant and ensure all guidelines, templates and timelines are adhered to
• Support on the completion of the CAPEX budget as required
• Lead the headcount and pay cost planning process for the plant
• Ensure all champions initiatives are properly embedded in the budget while avoiding double counting
• Prepare management review presentations for Zone, respecting guidelines, templates and timelines
• Ensure final budget is properly uploaded in all relevant tools (COGNOS, SCFD, SAP, TM1)
• Provide correct bottom-up VIC standards and actuals for MACO reporting

Monthly Process (reporting/analysis/review/LE)

• Responsible for the preparation of a full year forecast outlook (LE) for the plant
• Identify opportunities to continuously improve results
• Identify risks, respective route causes and identify gap closing action plans
• Consolidate and report LE on a monthly basis to the Zone Supply PPM team
• Review of new PCE’s/BOMs on a monthly basis as and when required
• Review of the plant P&L and validation that the results reported are accurate and there is no material misstatement
• Review of headcount & pay cost reporting on a monthly basis
• Leads the completion and presentation of the monthly plant T&M deck with the Plant Manager
• Monitors coherence between Budget, CAPEX and ZBB Performance of the Plant
• Responsible for monthly and year end closing activities in supply (esp.. validation of accruals)
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of financial results in line with approved policies & procedures
• Manage Relationship with Network of Capability Centre ( NoCC ) for outsourced activities
• Tracks performance targets for the Brewery Operations to reach World Class Excellence Operational efficiency. ( e.g. TEL calculation, by product income tracking, packaging & brewing beer loss etc
• Assess Operational efficiency Supply, identify initiatives and lead actions plan to optimize the Supply performance and to close the gaps towards 3YP, Budget, LE, Global Benchmarking
• Executes Management Reporting for the plant to enable best in class operational performance management
• Review of fixed asset management
• Ensure effective tax compliance

Ad Hoc

• Define recommendations to support Senior Management decisions
• Manage projects as required; participate in ad hoc projects
• Challenge and monitor capacity utilization and footprint strategy where applicable
• Perform detailed analyses to determine cost opportunities at a plant level and participates actively in zone benchmarking act ivi ties
• Perform strategic studies to streamline the business
• Ensure the application of coherent definitions and reporting requirements.
• Mediate on behalf of Supply PPM on performance (P&L) issues/ conflicts across functions.
• SPOC for the Supply function towards Plant
• Maintain an effective financial control environment at the plant, this includes but is not limited to ensuring that the follo win g activities take place:
• Fixed asset verification
• Inventory control effectiveness
• Stock counts
• Excise return reviews
• Decant compliance
• Facilitate SARS audits

Minimum Requirements
Education:

• Relevant 3-year university degree in i.e., accounting, business, economics, engineering or similar
• MBA / CIMA / CA (SA) would be advantageous

Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in finance in a manufacturing environment
• Experience Product Costing
• Knowledge of Financial Reporting
• Knowledge of general accounting and consolidation practices
• Working in an ERP environment