Current Vacancies at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Achieve sales targets for assigned areas
• Manage and supervise Distributors of assigned sector (orders, payment, re-distribution
• Ensure IB products are available in reasonable stock (complete range) in the customers and retail outlets
• Ensure merchandising (visibility of the brands in terms of POS and Chillers) in the customers and retail outlets
• Ensure chillers are properly placed in the performing outlet and used exclusively for IBPLC products in the assigned sector
• Monitor the recommended price of our product at sales outlets
• Closely monitor actions of the competition

Minimum Requirements:

• 3 year degree qualification
• At least 2 years’ experience in a sales/marketing/FMCG environment
• Valid unendorsed Code 8 drivers license
• Basic computer literacy and experience working with Microsoft Office
• Local area knowledge is a requirement
• Excellent administration skills

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Establishing and enforcing proper accounting methods, policies, and principles internally in line with global policies and externally with regards to financial reporting standards.
• To ensure accurate reporting and appropriate governance of all elements contained on the balance sheet.
• Continuous improvement review and implementation for all processes housed in working capital.
• Engagement with all functions within the business to provide detailed review of the working capital performance & Balance sheet.
• Reviewing the impact of margin performance on all the elements of working capital.
• Overall release of balance sheet journal entries (accruals, sundry debtors, owner drivers, FI payments (third party payments), CMI claims, inter depot claims).
• Balance sheet reconciliation review and investigation for all balance sheet accounts.
• Manage the health of all balance sheet accounts in terms of aging, the validity of transactions within the account, debit transactions in credit accounts, and vice versa.
• Establish and enforce proper accounting methods, policies, and principles internally in line with global policies and externally about financial reporting standards
• Prepare and present balance sheet cash flow forecasts/LE.
• Ensure adherence and proper documentation for MICS and SOX.
• Provide ongoing financial accounting technical support for the business to the zone for the balance sheet.
• Prepare Balance sheet presentation status to the BU Director
• Prepare balance sheet commentary for month end reporting
• Strong process knowledge
• Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Ability to generate team cooperation
• Analytical approach / good problem-solving skills
• Capable of being entrusted with “confidential” information
• Ability to be flexible with duties and scope of work

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree in Accounting or related field and post-graduate qualification.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in FMCG environment, with 3-5 years prior related
• position experience required
• Computer skills (MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI)

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Creation of baseline consolidated Major Equipment Outage Plan (MEO) for the BU, using process templates.
• Maintenance of consolidated or master plan for ongoing or cyclic updates to the BOP and BU Leadership.
• Coordination with brewery Technical Services Managers, Section Engineers, Maintenance Planners and regional maintenance coordinators to gather inputs for the plan.
• Effective engagement with Zone SNP, NPD, Projects, ZTEs and RPSS/MUBEX for alignments on Major Equipment Outages (MEO) plan.
• Liaise with OEM/Contractors for timely machine audits and involvement in maintenance execution.
• Critically evaluate work planned for Major Equipment Outages (MEO)s. Any work that can be done on a maintenance day is planned accordingly.
• Verify that Major Equipment Outages (MEO) related invoices are timeously processed for on time payments to avoid stop supply.
• Work with procurement in expediting on time delivery of parts to avoid delays of MEO execution.
• Identify and realize cost savings through initiatives such as spares bundling, schedule optimizations, identifying Alternative.
• Material Manufacturers, Reverse Engineering and Zone Engineering Centre opportunities.
• Conduct planning review meetings with various stakeholders as per GOP and guided by TORs.
• Compute KPIs and publish weekly reports on KPIs as well as progress on MEOP GOP compliance and status.
• Be able to communicate changes made and justify them.
• Monitor the cost of the overhaul plan.
• Track the performance before and after Major Equipment Outages (MEO).
• Timeously update the Outage Execution score dashboard in accordance with Safety, Planned vs Actual, Performance, Cost, Plan attainment and GOP Scores.
• Develop maintenance planners on maintenance and Major Equipment Outages (MEO) planning process as well as conducting training
• on the process.
• Track the regional strategic spare parts, identify the opportunity to share the regional plant spare parts, reduce risk of the regional inventory.
• Support Zone spares planner on reduction of CWC.

Minimum Requirements:

• Btech or Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• At least 3-5 year's FMCG or beverages experience in Industrial engineering and maintenance.
• Experienced practitioner in of the manufacturing way and VPO.
• Familiar with OSHA and plant legislative laws.

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise and recommendations in managing support and new initiatives to enhance our existing Microsoft based systems.
• Identify opportunities that can improve efficiency of business processes.
• Coordinate application development for multiple projects if required.
• Assist in troubleshooting software application issues. 
• Troubleshoot technical issues and identify modifications needed in existing applications to meet changing user requirements.
• Analyze data contained in the corporate database and identify data integrity issues with existing and proposed systems and implement solutions.
• Provides assistance and advice to business users in the effective use of applications and information technology.
• Write technical procedures and documentation for the applications including operations, user guide, etc.
• Produce technical documentation for new and existing applications.
• Participate in meetings with other IT teams to discuss progress and issues to be resolved.
• Participate on IT project steering committees and be involved in the design phase of any new IT software development projects.
• Assist in the creation of the system design and functional specifications where required.
• Serve as a liaison and facilitator between all business units to assist in addressing and resolving IT software issues.
• Ensure appropriate standards and procedures are adhered to during the development process to support a quality deliverable.
• Deliver services within operating budgets.
• Manage operational risk and controls taking proactive action where necessary.

Minimum Requirements:

• Preferred – Bcom (or B degree) in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering.
• Experience with cloud computing.
• Experience with Wintel systems, design and architecture.
• Min – 4 to 5 years in a technical management role. Certification in Azure and or similar cloud computing and server.
• Good communicator and people skills.
• Strategic/holistic/broad minded thinker able to convince with little or no authority Must have innate curiosity of how things work Tough enough to challenge the 'built by us" syndrome thrives on ambiguity of structure, authority and resources.
• Experience in managing the output of multiple vendors.

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Key roles and responsibilities

• Operating equipment and manage associated processes & performance in packaging
• Interpret and implement production plan for shift
• Operate manual and automatic machines on line as per standards
• Ensure process quality and productivity
• Perform administration work such as tracking and monitoring of processes and take action when required
• Manage PIMS & POMS and take corrective action on negative trends
• Use of MES etc. process checks and downtime acknowledgment
• Use of OFR’s (As per triggers)
• Contribute towards AB reports as required
• Ensure and maintain a safe and healthy work environment by raising SIO's.

Minimum requirements:

• Minimum Grade 12
• Post matric or equivalent (e.g. N4) -National Diploma or Equivalent
• Technical background
• Added advantage IOB Certificate
• SAM/LOTOTO
• Training: Min 9 months on the job training and having completed SKAP within 12 months
• Experience within a Packaging FMCG industry

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Publish monthly plans produced by the NoCC team and escalate risks to BU Planning manager & SNP manager
• Produce a monthly 12–18 month forecast aligned to S&OP and CONA publish
• Ensure RACI is followed between procurement, MRP and quality departments
• Ensure SLA’s adhered to by suppliers, working closely with procurement on long term solutions for supply security
• Ensure the effective usage of Barnton/ 09 planning systems
• Control/Loss Prevention and Obsolete Management
• Risk identification and mitigation on long term risks
• KPI tracking – Inventory Out of Range, CWC, DIO
• LCP Material and Management Pillar
• Problem solving + action plans on detracting KPIs
• Preparation S&OP deck with Key call outs on material availability for the rolling 12 months

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant Bachelors degree in Planning, Supply Chain Management or Logistics
• 3 – 5 years operational or planning experience in FMCG
• Deep Knowledge of NoCC Logistics and Planning processes, specifically inventory management
• Understanding of ABInBev Logistics and Planning principles
• Improvement through root cause and trends analysis using Belt methodology

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Planning, optimising and controlling optimum stock levels across the sales depots, Breweries and distributor grid for South Africa;
• Ensuring that business enablers (process and systems) are aligned to achieving current business objectives
• Management of Load planning and TMS optimization, including Distributor interface
• Generation of a Weekly deployment plans to ensure adherence to defined stock standards
• Generation of daily deployment plan within the context of resource constraints and expediting requirements, alignment with T1 on operating hours and capacity
• Custodian of age concession management on behalf of planning
• Ensuring that business enablers (process and systems) are aligned to achieving future business objectives
• Specific activities related to the management and distribution of NPD type stock
• Stock age issues and quantifying potential write off risks
• Management of the Inventory Deployment team to ensure;
• a good understanding of central planning and broader business functions resides in team
• good inter and intra communication
• positive attitude and continues improvement
• Strategic/tactical accountability to South Africa for load planning in terms of:
• Continuous review and inputs to Advanced planning cycles in an attempt to improve on stock availability at a lower cost & optimized load planning

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant Bachelor's degree in Planning, Supply Chain Management or Logistics
• 3 – 5 years operational or planning experience in FMCG
• Deep Knowledge of NoCC Logistics and Planning processes, specifically inventory management
• Understanding of ABInBev Logistics and Planning principles
• Improvement through root cause and trends analysis using Belt methodology
• Demonstrable problem-solving skills with an ability to manage complexity and ambiguity

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the Energy and Fluids Process.
• Operate as a leader in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Lead team members to participate in all work planning operational communications, problem solving and evaluations.
• Have team leadership and team participation skills.
• Have a people development orientation.
• Have vigilance and energy.
• Have a concern for detail.
• Have a concern for doing thing correctly and continuously improving.
• Optimize shift performance.
• Optimize team performance.
• Manage Human Resources (Level 1).
• Facilitate team problem solving and decision making.

Minimum Requirements:

• N6/National Diploma in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering.
• Degree would be advantageous.
• Deep knowledge and prior experience in Energy and Fluids and associated department.
• Good understanding of OHS and NOSA requirements.
• PC literate (Microsoft/ SAP).
• Assessed as competent in your current role would be advantageous.
• Minimum 5 years experience in Utilities Plant
• CAT A required (NH3).
• CAT B (NH3) would be advantageous.

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead Quality Assurance across VOPs facilities through Zone-level coordination in line with VPO standards.
• Support facility Quality Managers and partners with VOPs leadership to implement, audit, and enforce QA policies and procedures.
• Oversee Quality Assurance across the full VOPS supply chain—from raw material intake to delivery at breweries.
• Act as a Quality Expert to VOPs leadership, driving continuous improvement in the Quality Management System.
• Manage quality requirements for brewing ingredients, auxiliary materials, and chemical inputs by engaging with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Oversee supplier quality via programs like TraceGains and auditing practices, maintaining and updating the approved supplier list.
• Conduct regular and re-accreditation audits, and supports Supplier Development Initiatives.
• Report to the Zone Quality Manager and supports Food Safety, Quality Culture Programs, and VPO implementation at all facilities.
• Collaborate with peers to enhance the Quality Assurance value chain across the Zone through VPO-aligned practices.

\Minimum Requirements:

• BSc Degree or equivalent in Biological Sciences, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
• At least 3 to 5 years demonstrated experience in quality management, quality assurance and/or brewing management; a completed Brewing/ Quality Traineeship or Quality Manager experience would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of Food Safety, Supplier Quality,  Laboratory Management, Specification Management, Legal Requirements as well Maltings, Brewing &  Packaging  knowledge.
• Knowledge of SAP,PTS, MES, Tracegains, Power BI  and the applicable digital tools associated with our Company
• Good understanding of Standard Work Practices and other VPO methodologies

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Plant and Process:

• Optimise Plant & Process Performance where appropriate
• Operate the Brew house Plant and Process
• Operate Beverage Fermentation Plant and Process
• Operate Beverage Filtration Plant and Process
• Operate the Packaging (kegging and bottling) Plant and Process
• Performing housekeeping tasks, applying 5s principles and following safe work practices.
• Unsafe work practices must be identified and corrected.
• Support the creation (drafting and documenting) of standard work procedures (including quick fix routines and problems
• Quality control and analysis:
• Carry out the required quality checks and analyses and recording the results on the appropriate information system.
• Where quality problems have arisen, apply the appropriate problem-solving techniques (e.g. Quick fix routines) to resolve.
• Escalate any identified or unresolved problems to BAM

Communication:

• Actively participate in meetings and goal reviews.
• Utilise the gap list to record issues, problems and improvement opportunities.
• Fully understanding the team goals and participating in team goal review sessions.
• Making use of relevant communication media (e.g. shift logbook) to stay informed and inform others of issues.
• Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality
• Complete autonomous maintenance tasks problem-solving activities

Problem Solving:

• Respond rapidly to upstream or downstream triggers that could result in out-of-control process situations.
• Apply problem solving techniques (e.g. 5Y, quick fix routines etc.) to identify and correct problems.

Work In Teams:

• Develop others in own skills as well as the learning of the skills of other specialist Brewery Technicians.
• Be a logical, analytical problem solver who can operate in an unstructured environment.
• A team player (prepared to communicate, listen and assist).
• Demonstrate Initiative and energy.
• Achievement Drive (improvement, do better than standard or what was done previously, be the best
• Be available to work flexible hours (outside of normal office hours and sometimes over the weekends) to meet production.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12
• Basic PC Literacy (Microsoft/ SAP)
• Problem solving skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work shifts

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Key Roles & Responsibilities:

FG Quality Management:

• FG Inventory quality fundamentals standards are adhered to as per DPO & VPO requirements
• FG Inventory accurately blocked in SAP with physical blocking mechanism in place as per VPO/DPO standards for quality related & obsolescence stock
• Ensure compliance to the freshness & rotation policy as per VPO & DPO standards
• Inventory count are recorded accurately with quantities & BBD x SKU& bin cards clearly displayed as per DPO & VPO standards
• Inventory concession policy applied & approved as per VPO product age standards
• FG Inventory accurately blocked in SAP with physical blocking mechanism in place as per VPO/DPO standards for quality related & obsolescence stock
• All FG salvages are repacked as per VPO & DPO standards
• All obsolescence stock are decanted as per standard policy & procedure Inventory Management
• Independent inventory counts conducted on all FG Inventory reconciled to SAP inventory . Inventory count differences identified, investigated, resolved & reported. Un-resolved inventory count differences escalated to BLM / DCLM & RLM with commentary & action plans
• Breakages, Obsolescence & salvages stock are signed-off & processed in SAP accurately
• All daily controls, open shipments for T1 & T2 are reviewed & resolved. All claims are processed timeously with signed-off backup documentation & SAB re-imbursed
• POC & T2 driver route settlement corrections reviewed, approved & signed-off
• SCO BUD vs ACT costs are monitored with gaps & action plans reports

Fleet Expenditure Against the Budget:

• Governance and Risk
• All Documentation signed-off by relevant persons, filed & securely stored as per Inventory Control Policy - Inventory stock & T2 shipment packs, gate register, etc.
• Security cameras in key points on site & random verification conducted
• 3 Point independent checks are conducted on all T1 & T2 shipments for departure & arrival - Random checks conducted to ensure compliance
• All physical movements of FG Inventory are transacted in SAP accurately. T1 & T2 movements, Packaging receipts validated by line counters, write-offs are verified against signed-off documentation & gate sheets

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Engineering, Commercial, Supply Chain, Logistics or Sciences
• 2-3 years’ experience in a Stock Control environment
• MS Office proficiency

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Conducting in-depth consumer data research, leveraging both 1st and 2nd party data sources
• Developing audience prospecting and segmentation strategies
• Providing data-driven media buying recommendations
• Designing and supporting A/B and hypothesis testing plans
• Assisting with pre-launch campaign optimization and acquisition strategy
• Contributing to data enrichment and event tracking initiatives
• Validating data quality and supporting accurate attribution
• Writing SQL queries to access and transform data across various sources
• Partnering with Data Engineers to maintain clean, reliable, and scalable datasets
• Recommending creative asset lifecycle strategies based on performance data
• Developing 1st party data usage strategies
• Producing insightful reports and delivering marketing performance analysis

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Statistics, Data Science, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field required 
• 3 + years data management / data and analysis / media experience – key being the ability to clean, interpret and visualize data for storytelling
• Proficiency in SQL is required for querying, extracting, and manipulating data across large datasets
• Experience using Reporting Tools such as Power BI/ Data Studio / Looker or Tableau experience

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Facilitate daily and monthly physical inventory count
• Conduct stock count according to company standards and procedures
• Ensure that hand helds used in the stock process are set up correctly and maintained accordingly
• Stock Management
• Adhere to all physical pre stock take procedures
• Print and action pre stock take reports
• Process all stock adjustments prior to starting stock take, including sorted containers
• Start stock take on SAP and upload physical stock count from stock take system
• Print stock variance report and investigate all variances
• Post all authorized unresolved variances daily
• End stock take on SAP and print relevant posting and audit reports
• Compile daily stock pack and have pack signed off by relevant parties
• Conduct ad hoc stock counts for unresolved variances
• Assist with resolving and correcting invoice queries
• PD Shipments
• Ensure that all post goods issues have been processed
• Check that no deliveries have been post goods issues without shipments
• Follow up all inter depot in transit shipments if not received
• Inter depot claims must be logged in accordance to claim procedure
• Confirm inter depot movements with Breweries on a monthly basis
• Maintain product quality
• Ensure FIFO principle is applied to stock movements by printing bin pulling sheets for warehouse
• Adherence to stock age policy, ensure that all concessions are raised and approved
• Adherence to product recall policy
• Frozen stock must be physically isolated on floor and moved to the blocked stock zone on SAP to stop orders from being placed against stock and to reflect the correct days of cove
• Conduct ad hoc stock counts for unresolved variances
• Facilitate daily and monthly physical inventory count
• Conduct stock count according to company standards and procedures
• Ensure that hand helds used in the stock process are set up correctly and maintained accordingly
• Stock Management
• Adhere to all physical pre stock take procedures
• Update relevant visual districts
• SD Shipments
• Ensure that all post goods issues have been processed for all deliveries and driver corrections
• All proof of delivery notes have been checked and accounted for
• Check and sign off missing and unsigned invoice register daily
• Ensure that all daily load plans and distribution gate registers have been checked and are on file
• inter depot gate register and filed
• Follow up all inter depot in transit shipments if not received
• Inter depot claims must be logged in accordance to claim procedure
• Confirm inter depot movements with Breweries on a monthly basis
• Maintain product quality
• Ensure FIFO principle is applied to stock movements by printing bin pulling sheets for warehouse
• Adherence to stock age policy, ensure that all concessions are raised and approved
• Adherence to product recall policy
• Frozen stock must be physically isolated on floor and moved to the blocked stock zone on SAP to stop orders from being placed against stock and to reflect the correct days of cover
• Monitor outer packaging quality
• Missing broken and foreign reporting
• Ensure missing broken and foreign surveys are conducted according to policy
• Ensure missing broken and foreign survey sheet captured daily
• Communicate missing foreign and broken for follow up with customers
• Charge depots/drivers for shortages Start stock take on SAP and upload physical stock count from stock take system
• Print stock variance report and investigate all variances
• Post all authorized unresolved variances daily
• End stock take on SAP and print relevant posting and audit reports

Minimum Requirements:

• 3-year relevant diploma/degree
• 2-3 years’ experience in warehousing and inventory management
• Computer literate
• SAP literacy advantageous
• Proficiency in MS Office

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• The Technical Traineeship is primarily a hands-on, self-study program where the Trainee is expected to gain a full understanding of the theory, principles and operation of Utilities equipment across the Brewery
• Participation in projects in Utilities aligned to the program requirements and brewery priorities
• Apply VPO principles
• Diagnosis of systemic and situational problems and troubleshooting
• Participation in Utilities team structures including acting roles in identified leadership positions within Utilities
• Communication of learnings and solutions across various levels of the business

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum BSc, BEng or B-Tech Qualification in Electrical/ Mechanical Engineering