VPO Manager - VOPS Alrode at The South African Breweries (SAB)

End Date: March 20, 2026 

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with Safety standards and guidelines and drive a safety culture to ensure safety in the work environment.
• Management Pillar Owner for the Plant.
• Use effective Loss and Waste analysis to identify gaps in the Plant. Management system vs. VPO. Drive actions to close the gaps.
• Monthly review of VPO gap closure and score managed.
• Quarterly review of VPO managed. Monthly and quarterly updates sent to the Zone.
• Co-ordinate VPO for the Plant working with other Pillar owners to ensure an integrated VPO implementation and improvement process.
• Interface with Zone VPO team with regards to monthly and quarterly reporting for VPO for the Plant (across all Pillars)
• Identify and develop VA initiatives for future VA commitments and drive and monitor current year committed VA initiatives.
• Ensure Plant's routine meetings (MCRS and TOR's.) are documented and standardized.
• Interface with Zone VPO management Pillar and regional VPO team members to ensure Plant implementation and
• Improvement plans meet expectations.
• Ensure and assure suitable training capability exists (material and facilitators) suitable to cover Management Pillar training needs.
• Co-ordinate, track and monitor GOPs compliance across Plant. Submit monthly compliance scores to Zone.
• Lead, coach and train team members.
• Ensure continuous improvement in engagement of people in the Plant.
• Own, guide and standardize 5S implementation across the Plant Departments.
• Co-ordinate and assure Tracking and Monitoring Management Pillars and Plant VPO information for the Plant and to the Zone is correct and timeously submitted.

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years experience in Manufacturing Excellence or Department Management 
• Tertiary qualification in Engineering (Advantageous)