Current Vacancies at The Heineken Company

Purpose

• The Heineken BTL & Sponsorship Manager is responsible for bringing the Heineken brand strategy to life in the real world, leading the development and execution of best-in-class BTL, experiential, event and sponsorship activation across priority consumer touchpoints and trade channels.
• The role owns the end-to-end activation journey — from translating brand strategy into activation plans, through agency briefing, production and partner management, to flawless in-market execution and evaluation.
• The role is accountable for ensuring Heineken shows up distinctively, consistently and brilliantly, driving brand power, recruitment, trial, engagement, conversion and premiumisation. Sponsorships are managed as strategic activation platforms to maximise consumer engagement, brand impact and commercial value.

Key responsibilities:

BTL Strategy & Activation Leadership

• Lead Heineken's annual BTL and activation agenda, aligned to brand and commercial priorities.
• Translate brand strategy and campaigns into impactful activation programmes across priority channels, occasions and consumer touchpoints.
• Identify opportunities to drive recruitment, trial, engagement, conversion and premiumisation through BTL and experiential activity.
• Establish activation standards and playbooks that deliver consistent, scalable and distinctive Heineken execution.

Activation Delivery & Execution Excellence

• Own the end-to-end delivery of BTL activations, events, experiential platforms and visibility programmes from brief through to execution and evaluation.
• Ensure every activation meets high standards of brand expression, consumer experience, production quality, timing and budget.
• Partner with Trade Marketing and Sales to maximise execution quality and commercial impact in market.
• Conduct regular market and activation visits, proactively identifying and resolving execution gaps and opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvement by capturing and sharing activation best practice.

Sponsorship & Event Activation

• Manage Heineken's local and global sponsorship and event portfolio in line with brand priorities and consumer passion points.
• Convert sponsorship rights and assets into compelling consumer experiences, maximising participation, visibility, content and commercial opportunities.
• Build strong relationships with rights holders, partners and internal stakeholders to unlock long-term value.
• Partner effectively with the internal Events & Sponsorship team to ensure aligned planning and execution.

Agency, Supplier & Partner Management

• Lead BTL, experiential and production agencies and suppliers to deliver best-in-class activation and execution.
• Provide clear, inspiring briefs and challenge partners to raise creative and executional standards.
• Hold agencies and supplirs accountable for quality, timelines, budgets, innovation and delivery.
• Manage the wider production ecosystem effectively, resolving issues quickly and maintaining strong partner relationships.

Budget, Governance & Performance

• Own the BTL and sponsorship budget, ensuring effective investment, financial discipline and cost optimisation.
• Define and monitor KPIs covering execution, consumer engagement, brand and commercial impact.
• Lead post-activation reviews and apply learnings to improve future performance.
• Ensure all activity meets company governance, legal, procurement and responsible alcohol marketing requirements.

Team Leadership & Capability

• Lead, coach and develop the Heineken BTL & Sponsorship team (2 direct reports) to deliver activation and execution excellence.
• Build a culture of ownership, accountability, pace, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Build organisational capability through activation playbooks, standards and best-practice sharing.

Experience and Skills

• 7+ years' relevant experience in BTL, experiential marketing, activation, events or sponsorships, preferably within FMCG, consumer goods or an agency environment.
• Proven experience in end-to-end activation delivery, including production and on-the-ground execution across all trade channels.
• Experience managing agencies, suppliers, partners and complex multi-stakeholder projects.
• Experience managing budgets and delivering against brand and commercial objectives.

Skills & Competencies:

• Activation & execution: Strong understanding of BTL and experiential marketing with proven ability to turn strategy into outstanding in-market execution.
• Project & production management: Highly organised with strong attention to detail and ability to manage complex timelines and multiple priorities.
• Commercial acumen: Understands how activation drives brand and business outcomes and manages investment effectively.
• Agency & stakeholder management: Able to brief, influence, challenge and motivate agencies, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Problem solving & agility: Solutions-oriented, decisive and able to manage challenges effectively in fast-moving, live environments.
• Consumer & brand focus: Passionate about creating distinctive consumer experiences that strengthen the Heineken brand.
• Ownership & accountability: Takes end-to-end responsibility and drives delivery with pace and high standards.

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Purpose of the role

• Lead the profitable and sustainable growth of Savanna by setting a clear brand vision, translating strategy into integrated commercial action and mobilising teams, agencies and cross-functional partners behind shared outcomes.
• The Marketing Manager is accountable for strengthening Savanna's leadership in South Africa, building the brand for long-term global relevance and leading the innovation and renovation agenda across product, pack, experience and new growth spaces.

What success looks like

• A clearly aligned brand ambition, growth strategy and annual operating plan.
• A high-performing team with clear accountability, strong capability and an inclusive, winning culture.
• An integrated agency ecosystem producing distinctive, effective and commercially relevant work.
• Cross-functional teams aligned to priorities, decisions, timing and execution standards.
• Sustained brand, volume, value, penetration and profitability growth.
• A consumer-led innovation pipeline that delivers incremental growth and strengthens brand relevance.

Key accountabilities

Brand growth leadership

• Own the Savanna brand vision, positioning, purpose, distinctive assets and multi-year growth strategy, ensuring consistency while evolving the brand for future growth.
• Translate consumer, category, culture, customer and competitor insight into clear strategic choices, growth priorities and measurable brand plans.
• Drive brand health, penetration, market share, volume, value and profitability through focused portfolio, communication, channel and commercial choices.
• Monitor performance and external shifts, identify opportunities or risks early, and lead decisive course correction where required.
• Act as the senior brand authority for Savanna, creating clarity on what the brand will do, what it will not do and where resources will be concentrated.

People and team leadership

• Lead, coach and develop the Savanna brand team, with clear goals, decision rights and performance expectations.
• Build a high-trust, high-accountability culture that encourages courageous thinking, constructive challenge, pace, ownership and consumer obsession.
• Create an effective team operating rhythm covering strategy, priorities, project governance, performance reviews, learning and development.
• Build succession depth and capability across brand strategy, commercial acumen, innovation, communications, digital, consumer insight and execution.
• Role-model inclusive leadership, honest conversations, active feedback, recognition and continuous learning.

Matrix leadership across departments

• Lead through influence across Sales, Trade Marketing, Group Key Accounts, Finance, Revenue Management, Insights, Innovation, Supply Chain, Operations, Procurement, Legal, Corporate Affairs and global or regional teams.
• Create one aligned Savanna agenda across functions, converting the brand strategy into shared priorities, workstreams, milestones and commercial outcomes.
• Clarify ownership and decision rights, resolve trade-offs, remove barriers and escalate material risks to protect delivery.
• Build strong relationships across the matrix and use evidence, commercial logic and brand conviction to secure alignment and resources.
• Ensure decisions are made at the right level and that cross-functional teams remain focused on the few initiatives that will have the greatest growth impact.

Agency ecosystem leadership

• Lead the integrated agency village across creative, media, digital, social, PR, influencer, design, research, sponsorship, experiential and below-the-line partners.
• Set a single, inspiring strategic brief and create clear standards for quality, distinctiveness, effectiveness, integration, timing and budget stewardship.
• Establish strong governance across briefing, scope, roles, deliverables, approvals, performance reviews and learning.
• Challenge agencies to deliver culturally relevant, locally resonant and globally scalable ideas that strengthen Savanna's distinctive voice.
• Build productive senior agency relationships while holding partners accountable for strategic and commercial impact.

Consumer and cultural leadership

• Keep the consumer at the centre of decision-making, using segmentation, demand spaces, brand health tracking and bespoke qualitative and quantitative research.
• Combine formal data with insight from consumers, customers, trade partners, the salesforce and cultural observation.
• Identify emerging cultural tensions, occasions and behaviours that Savanna can credibly lead or shape.
• Map the consumer journey and remove friction across awareness, consideration, purchase, experience, advocacy and repeat.

Breakthrough communications and experiences

• Lead the development of integrated through-the-line communication across television, radio, out-of-home, digital, social, PR, creators, sponsorships, events, experiences and commerce.
• Protect and evolve Savanna's distinctive tone, humour, visual identity and creative platform across every consumer and customer touchpoint.
• Ensure creative work is strategically sharp, locally relevant, responsible, channel-fit and designed to deliver measurable brand and business outcomes.
• Lead sponsorship, ambassador, influencer and content partnerships, including strategic fit, negotiation, governance and performance evaluation.
• Use zero-based budgeting principles and performance learning to improve the quality and return of communication investment.

Integrated commercial planning and execution

• Partner with Sales, Trade Marketing, Group Key Accounts and channel teams to translate brand strategy into integrated commercial plans by channel, customer and occasion.
• Align consumer activity, trade programmes, promotional choices, availability, visibility, assortment and execution standards.
• Develop a clear store-back and outlet execution playbook across on-trade, off-trade, fragmented trade and e-commerce.
• Track regional, channel, customer and store-level performance and lead action to close execution or performance gaps.
• Ensure the brand agenda supports customer growth through high-velocity packs, relevant occasions and compelling value creation.

Brand profitability and resource stewardship

• Own the brand income statement and make choices that maximise sustainable revenue, margin and return on investment without compromising long-term brand equity.
• Manage A&P, operating expenditure and capital requirements with disciplined prioritisation, forecasting and control.
• Identify margin-enhancing opportunities across cost of goods, mix, pack-price architecture, revenue management, promotional effectiveness and portfolio choices.
• Evaluate the incremental impact and return of major initiatives, stop or reshape low-value activity and reallocate resources to the strongest growth opportunities.
• Partner with Finance and Revenue Management to maintain a commercially robust growth plan and transparent performance outlook.

Innovation and renovation leadership

• Own the Savanna innovation ambition and pipeline, balancing core brand renovation, adjacent growth and breakthrough opportunities.
• Use consumer insight, category foresight, occasions, unmet needs and competitive analysis to define opportunity spaces within and beyond the bottle.
• Lead cross-functional innovation squads across Insights, Product Development, Packaging, Supply, Operations, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Revenue Management, Sales and Trade Marketing.
• Guide projects from opportunity definition and concept development through validation, business case, stage-gate decisions, launch and post-launch learning.
• Ensure innovation is distinctive to Savanna, incrementally grows the portfolio, is operationally feasible and has a clear route to scale.
• Lead renovations, pack upgrades and phase-in/phase-out planning with disciplined implementation and minimal write-offs.
• Maintain a balanced pipeline across near-term delivery, medium-term platforms and longer-term growth bets.

Governance, reputation and responsible marketing

• Ensure all brand activity meets legal, regulatory, responsible marketing, procurement and corporate governance requirements.
• Protect Savanna's reputation through strong issue anticipation, stakeholder alignment, approval discipline and appropriate response planning.
• Maintain clear project governance, decision records, risk visibility and leadership communication across major initiatives.

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Purpose of the Job:

• To sell and promote Heineken Beverages' Brand portfolio by creating brand awareness and building brands in line with strategic objectives. The successful candidate will have to reside in either Hluhluwe or Hlabisa.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and developing relationships with existing and new customers.
• Achieve monthly sales targets through new business and upselling current customers.
• Use data to inform customers’ understanding of which products can help them reach their goals and how to achieve this.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities and maintain a healthy pipeline for future deals.
• Present products to customers in a professional and knowledgeable manner
• Conducting market research to keep up to date with industry trends and competitor activity.
• Build and maintain a strong brand image.
• Communicate and collaborate with other members of the sales and marketing team.
• Drive and maintain Accessibility, Affordability, Availability and Activation
• Run price driven promotions.
• Maintain call strike rate in accordance with targets.
• Share and implement new ideas regarding sales and improving effectiveness of the sales teams and/ or the effectiveness of marketing activities.
• Take responsibility for personal improvement and skills development.
• Follow Heineken Beverages’ policies and procedures and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Job Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in Sales, Marketing, or a related field is preferred. Relevant industry training and certifications are an advantage.
• A minimum of 3 years of sales experience
• Relevant experience within the Alcoholic Beverage or broader FMCG industry would be preferable.
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets
• Numerical and business acumen experience
• High levels of energy, persistence, drive as well as a sense of urgency.
• The ability to work optimally in a high performance and competitive environment.
• Ability to plan realistically and take action to deliver on time.
• Excellent negotiating skills to gain commitment to solutions by using your influencing and networking skills.
• Have a passion for customer service by making clients and their needs a primary focus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High versatility to adapt to changing environment.
• Ability to effectively manage customer relationships.
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels.

Demonstrates HEINEKEN Behaviours aligned to role expectations: 

Deliver:

• Play to win & celebrate success.
• Deliver the goods.

Shape:

• Think consumer first.
• Make courageous moves.    

Connect: 

• Champion a culture of belonging.
• Learn, share & reapply.

Develop:

• Have real conversations.
• Embrace learning & growth.

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• The P2P Admin Consultant forms part of a team within the Finance and Administration Team who are responsible for providing on-going support to the Procurement system. This role would include Accounts Payable and Coupa system support . This role is responsible for providing an efficient service to all employees and suppliers enquiring through the Helpdesk.

Key Responsibilities:

Execution and Optimization:

• Deliver effective execution of the Coupa platform to support business operational needs.
• Record and implement approved improvements to optimize Source to Pay (S2P) functionality.

Help Desk Development:

• Develop and promote the Source to Pay Help Desk function both within and outside the organization to meet customer service objectives.
• Cross-function collaboration with Accounts Payable, ITC and Master Data teams for Coupa access.

Troubleshooting and Support:

• Offer first-line support across the business as well as suppliers
• Manage escalations and to ensure timely resolution.

Customer Support and Vendor Onboarding:

• Support Sales teams with vendor onboarding and assistance to external stakeholders.
• Deliver Just-In-Time (JIT) order releases.

Training and Knowledge Management:

• Train internal business users and external customers on the usage of various tools and applications.

Application Management:

Coupa Application Support including handling Service Requests in ServiceNow:

• SLA compliance, call management, and quality assurance for requests and incidents assigned to ServiceNow.
• Attend to inbound and outbound calls for technical or account queries.

Key Competencies:

Professionalism and Credibility:

• Exhibit clear professional communication, behaviour, and actions that inspire trust, respect, and high credibility across the organization.
• Provide exceptional customer service to all internal and external stakeholders.

Collaboration and Relationship Building:

• Build effective working relationships with managers, peers, external clients, and internal teams to foster a collaborative and productive work environment.
• Fully understand end-users’ needs and resolve queries or issues positively and promptly.

Performance and Personal Growth:

• Take ownership of personal performance goals and actively contribute to the success of the team.
• Engage in culture-shaping initiatives, including IDPs (Individual Development Plans) and EPMS (Employee Performance Management Scorecards).
• Manage career development with plans aligned to organizational goals.

Education and Experiece:

• Matric Certificate.
• Diploma in Supply Chain Management, Business Admin and Customer Service would be advantages.
• 1–3 years of relevant work experience within in an FMCG company.
• Strong expertise in responding to and managing escalated Coupa account and system queries.
• Experience in supplier management and regular query resolution.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Customer service experience with professional behaviour and credibility.
• Strong administration skills and excellent telephone etiquette.
• Experience in an inbound and outbound call environment.

Closing Date: 6 Sept 2026

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• Heineken Beverages has an exciting opportunity available to a suitable candidate for potential placement in our Materials department. This position will be based at Wadeville Production. 
• The successful candidates will report to the respective Team Leader.

Key Performance Areas would include, but are not limited to:

• Sorting and repacking of returnable packaging materials as per agreed quality standards of supplier
• Storage and stacking of returnable packaging materials.
• Adhere to safe working procedures, practices, and safety regulations always.
• Actively involved in all Mini business activities
• Perfom reasonable tasks as and when required.
• Assist with Forklift drivers’ duties as part of development

The successful candidate must have the following experience/skills. 

• Grade 12 or equivalent qualification
• Experience as a general worker in a Production environment.
• 2 - 3 Years Forklift driving experience
• Valid and up to date Forklift driver license is required
• English Proficiency is a must
• Basic Computer Literacy
• Medical Fitness
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Must be physically healthy and strong to perform strenuous duties from time to time.
• Ability to initiate action spontaneously without being urged on to do so.
• Must be willing to work shifts, including night shift, overtime and weekends if required.
• Ability to work within a team is essential.
• Clean and Sober Habits

Closing date:  7 September 2026

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You will be required to do the following:

• Knowledge of wiring diagrams
• Reading and understanding of electrical drawings in a plant environment
• Methodical fault finding / detection and maintenance of electrical motors, pumps, control panels and distribution boards to required standards,
• Excellent working knowledge of sensor control, VSD, HMI, switch gear, AC motors, relay logic, temperature controllers, industrial instrumentation, etc.
• Basic understanding of PLC input/outputs
• Repairs of production machinery including site related electrical work.
• Adhere to all safety procedures, policies, and regulations – total compliance OHS Act
• Excellent housekeeping
• Active involvement in mini business operating activities.

The successful candidate must have the following experience/skills:

• Matric and Trade Certificate – Electrician
• 3-5 relevant working experience in the FMCG electrical / automation environment 
• Working experience with bottling machinery will be a distinct advantage.
• Familiar with S7 and high-speed machinery  
• Must be self-motivated, innovative, and able to work without or limited supervision.
• Support business improvements, operational and segment goals
• Able to work and cope under pressure and make decision where necessary.  
• Possess good communication skills on all levels.
• Must be responsible and punctual – adhere to Heineken Values
• Must be willing and able to work shifts and overtime if required.
• Strong ability to do problem solving, fault-finding and knowledge of various problem-solving methods.
• To reflect good leadership behavior - towards colleagues, superior and company values