VOPS & Procurement PPM Specialist - Sandton at The South African Breweries (SAB)

An exciting opportunity for a proactive, unconventional, efficient and meticulous individual with strong financial and communication skills, who is a team player and enjoys working within a fast-paced environment.

The incumbent will be fully responsible for the monthly completion of standard reporting on WAPT (Weighted Average Payment Terms), review of the P&L and accountability for ensuring that results are not materially misstated for Procurement in the Zone Completion of reconciliations between systems (e.g. SAP vs BW; SAP vs HFM, SCFD).
Completion of monthly analysis files e.g. Weighted average payment terms (WAPT) reports, forecasted Latest Estimates (LE) and Commodity Tracking
Population of standard tracking & monitoring (T&M) presentation decks for each Business Unit as well as for the Zone reporting to Global,

Key roles and responsibilities:

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

• Adhere to all deadlines, milestones and submission requirements to the Zone Procurement team
• Complete all budget calculations w.r.t price (working with Category Managers)
• Completion of budget SCFD submission by plant and submission to Global (GCC)
• Ensure final budget is properly uploaded in all relevant tools (COGNOS, SCFD, Syspro, TM1, BPC)

Weekly & Monthly Process includes, but are not limited to:

• Highlight risks and opportunities during the month and course-correct where possible.
• Prepare month end actuals in line with Control guidelines.
• Prepare monthly standard decks as required by stakeholders.

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.

Profile

• Relevant 3 year university degree in accounting, business, economics,
• Engineering or similar.
• High sense for accuracy
• 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
• 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
• Communicative, team oriented and open for change
• Basic business sense
• Highly results focused
• Leads by example, and lives the company’s values
• Presentation skills
• Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively
• Fluent English in speaking, reading and writing