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

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Preparation of standard reports to be cascaded to key stakeholders
• Adhere to all identified key controls in the NoCC ZBB PPM Stream
• Drive a customer focused mind set in the team
• Prepare relevant information for the consolidation and submission of Champions Initiatives

Agile Ways of Working

• As a squad member, this role is responsible for collaboration and embracing the change of agile ways of work, ensuring team accountability and shared responsibility
• It requires ownership of work on the sprint backlog, pushing the boundaries for excellent delivery and focus on root cause problem solving, using diverse and collective skills to support other members of the squad

Annual Plan / Budget includes, but are not limited to

• Deliver on the budgeting process for ZBB across the NoCC, ensuring that all deadlines, milestones and submission requirements are met
• Providing 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
• Perform the final budget upload in all relevant tools (SAP, Anaplan)
• Completion of bottom up budget process

Champions

• Support the ZBB PPM Lead to drive the Champions process for all ZBB Packages
• Measure, update and review all projects monthly
• Support ZBB PPM Lead to align Champions and R&O outlook
• Monthly Actuals (reporting/analysis/review/LE)
• Highlight risks and opportunities during the month and course correct where possible
• Prepare month end actuals in line with Control guidelines
• Provide inputs for Governance reporting (incl. FBI’s issued reports, vehicle tracking etc.)
• Prepare monthly standard decks

Monthly Full Year Forecast outlook (LE)

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

Adhoc

• Support Finance, Commercial and Marketing team across the Zone when required

Key attributes and competencies:

• Excellent analytical and reporting skills & problem solver
• Used to working with deadlines
• Ability to work in a well organized, accurate and reliable manner
• Working in a multi cultural environment
• High level of service mindset
• Coordination skills, Presentation skills and a high sense of accuracy
• Communicative, team oriented and open for change
• Basic business sense
• Highly results focused
• Leads by example, and lives the company’s values
• Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively
• Fluent English in speaking, reading and writing

Minimum requirements:

• Relevant 3 year university degree in i . e. in accounting, business, economics, engineering or similar
• Minimum of 3 years experience in FMCG environment
• Computer skills (MS Office: Excel,
• Powerpoint , etc ), with particularly strong Excel skills
• Good knowledge of consolidation & reporting tools (Cognos, TM1, BI)
• Knowledge of ERP Systems SAP, Syspro