Regional Logistics Controller at The South African Breweries (SAB)

End Date: March 18, 2026 

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

Cost Leadership

• Responsible for actual costs in DC’s.
• Ensure all DC costs are complete and accurate.
• Manage Balance Sheet entries.
• Ensure the accuracy and reliability of the results including transfer price, VIC/VLC, ZBB and asset booking.
• Ensure first-time-right postings, avoiding accounting errors and postings of manual journals.
• Manage DC inventory and capital expenditure (CAPEX), ensuring compliance with booking procedures, onsite management, and reviewing internal process compliance.
• Ensure asset bookings conform to PRC and IFRS standards, asset management processes align with internal control policies, and relevant processes operate as efficiently as possible.

Controls and Compliance

• Serve as the first line of defense and oversee the execution of controls as defined by Internal Control.
• Ensure that DC assigned controls accurately reflect the reality of the processes, including reviewing the PR-GR cycle and returnable package management.

Cost Management:

• Analyze costs, Benchmark of DC costs and make sure posted accurately Reasonability/accuracy of accruals
• Reconciliation of utility costs  (water, electricity, effluent) between internal and municipal readings & ensure accuracy of the accrual
• GRN Compliance (Open PO Management, UOM receipting accuracy)
• Review and understanding of the reallocation journals. Root cause analysis and process improvement to reduce number of journals.
• Approve journals and ensure DAG compliance
• Driver Recon’s and Proof of delivery Recons– Ensuring that its accurately accounted for (Invoicing completeness, sundry debtor aging)
• Returnable packaging – Accurate Accounting + Controls
• MBFU recharge reconciliation (Missing, broken, foreign, unwashable glass)

Inventory Management

• Ensure inventory management compliance of FG’s, RM and Empties.
• Review quarterly stock counts, perform reconciliations, and ensure differences are posted.
• Attend quarterly stock counts and review monthly processes.
• Conduct stock movement analysis and investigate anomalies.
• Ensure inventory controls are adhered to in all DC’s; conduct CSA audits and support training for DC’s on inventory controls.
• Execute adhoc stock counts at high-risk sites based on DC risk scorecards, stock count variances and stock pack reviews.
• Report to DC’s and DM’s on obsolete stock to reduce the risks of write-offs.
• Highlight and flag daily control check non-adherence and support closure of issues.

CAPEX Management

• Ensure capitalization is captured correctly.
• Validate capitalization in DC’s.
• Support DC Managers with physical verification of assets.
• Identify and request impairments.
• Ensure compliance with ZBB, VLC, and SCO policy.

Logistics Control Support

• Ensure stock count SOP’s are understood and training is given to all stakeholders.
• Share best practice across teams.
• Monitor DPO vs compliance and ensure DPO requirements are well understood.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Support the Financial Planning and PPM teams on forecasts by providing inputs for LE & 1-year plan.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or CA
• 2–3+ years’ experience in an industry context
• Previous controlling experience (preferably site manufacturing)
• Working knowledge of Accounting
• Knowledge of SAP/Syspro, Business Warehouse, Anaplan (advantageous)