Product Owner - BEES Features & Expansion at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Support and collaborate with tech partners to ensure successful project delivery especially integration of commercial systems
• Define, drive and manage the BEES roadmap for feature and partner expansion:
• Lead technical deep dives and discovery
• Ensure effective stakeholder engagement throughout to ensure that all stakeholders sign off on the to be processes and or BEES Features
• Adoption and implementation of to be processes and or tech solutions including all relevant training and training materials
• Vendor finance and performance management, where required
• Building relationships with key stakeholders & stakeholder management across projects (Partners, In Country, BU, Zone & Global teams)
• Partnering with key stakeholders to ensure a successful transition between project and BAU processes, ensuring holistic documentation and training
• Have a continuous learning mindset to ensure cutting-edge technology, automation and operations are leveraged to drive process efficiency, service quality and end user / customer experience
• As a product owner, the role is responsible for collaboration and embracing agile ways of work, ensuring team accountability and responsibility as well as managing the backlog with a customer facing mindset
• It requires ownership of the RTM digital transformation agenda, pushing the boundaries for excellent delivery and focus on root cause problem solving, using diverse and collective skills to support, manage and lead members and stakeholders

Profile:

• Embodies the AB InBev culture and 10 principles
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent
• Prior Commercial or Route to Market experience
• Strong technical skills/understanding
• Strong leadership capabilities
• Strong project management & stakeholder management capabilities
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to work with all levels of the organization
• Ability to work in and understand multi-cultural environments, interacting with various Customers, Country, BU, Zone and Global teams
• Strong analytical and problem solving mindset
• Considers diverse perspectives when faced with complex problems
• Must be able to work under pressure and executes with discipline and a sense of urgency
• Agile and able to pivot quickly
• Works with energy and enthusiasm to solve business problems
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint
• Travel flexibility