Exciting New Vacancies at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key outputs and responsibilities:

• Principles of quality assurance
• Knowledge and understanding of principles of quality control and related governance systems​
• Understanding and application of quality assurance expertise & how this fits in broader value chain context​
• Apply quality assurance practices within a specific functional area​
• Apply theoretical, problem-solving and lateral thinking in the design of new processes and systems​
• Communicate practices and solutions to the rest of the team
• Participate in QA team structures
• Diagnose systemic and situational problems​
• Interface with other brewery disciplines to meet functional and/or project management objectives​
• Positive thinking orientation
• Problem solving orientation

Profile: Experience 

• B. Tech / BSc in relevant field of study
• 2 years quality control related experience in an FMCG would be advantageous​

Key competencies and attributes

• Demonstrable problem solving skills
• Excellent self-management practices
• Proactive, energetic and committed
• Flexible, adaptable and pragmatic
• Action-oriented, proactive, self-sufficient, conscientious, motivated, tenacious, resilient
• High tolerance for stress and managing the operational realities of the business Must be willing to relocate to any brewery within the zone post the conclusion of the traineeship

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Key roles and responsibilities:

Operational Support

• Provide specialist support to the shift-based teams during operations
• Assist as functional expert in problem solving
• Provide guidance and advice to the shift-based teams

Planned Maintenance

• Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
• Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner
• Partake in maintenance post-mortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities

Routine Maintenance

• Partake in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule
• Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate PS techniques

Running Repairs

• On request, partake in carrying out running repairs on plant and equipment, or support the Shift Artisans in carrying out repairs
• When carrying out repairs, assess the problem and determine a course of action
• Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs that the Technician has carried out as per SAP requirements

Problem Solving

• Where problems have occurred during routine activities, apply the correct problem-solving approach to resolve
• Where required, call in additional resources to assist in problem solving or escalate to the Engineering Controller for direction
• Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request Take part in FFA's on request

Improvement

• Improve SWI's, SOP's and maintenance tasks on an ongoing basis to ensure that the loop is closed out to prevent issues arising

Housekeeping and Safety

• Operate in a safe manner at all times, and identify and highlight unsafe work practices so that these may be corrected
• Carry out work according to the work instructions and adhere to appropriate AB InBev policies and procedures
• Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties

Profile: 

• N6 Certificate
• Trade test qualification in Electrical, Mechanical or Millwright
• 3 5 years in a Brewing or production environment
• 1-3 Years technical mechanical/electrical and brewing/bottling
• Experience in a leadership capacity in a FMCG environment
• Management skills
• Mental alertness, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Conceptual skills
• Engineering Specialist SME – Subject matter expert

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Key roles and responsibilities:

• Sampling is carried out as per manualised methods
• Relevant apparatus, equipment and reagents are prepared as per manualised method 
• Analysis is performed using fundamental laboratory techniques and practices
• Accurate results generated, recorded and reported on time
• Carry out lab equipment maintained and calibration as per manualized methods
• Comply to company safety policy and procedure (Hazardous substance, PPE, MSDS, Safety incidents, lab safety rules)
• Adhere to 5S and housekeeping schedules
• Conduct required and requested quality audits, completing the appropriate documentation and communicating the results 
• Coach, check, mentor and assist shift-based production teams on problem solving and correct use of problem-solving techniques
• Take part in regional and divisional process optimisation initiatives as require 

Profile: 

• Minimum - National Diploma in Biotechnology, Analytical Chemistry or equivalent
• Minimum of 2 years working experience in FMCG industry 
• Knowledge of VPO quality 
• Must be hardworking, Honest and self-motivated
• Must be dynamic & a good team Player 
• Excellent commitment to Occupational Safety & health, Environmental implications of the job
• Understanding of process control within a brewing/process environment

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Key roles and responsibilities:

• Generate, optimise and control weekly production/inventory plans for the supply network across the 13 week horizon (3 months)
• Management of production planning system(s) & master data
• Daily/weekly communication with various teams including Supply (Breweries), Material requirements planning (MRP), Circular Packaging, Demand Planning, Inventory
• Deployment, Major Equipment Outages Planning
• Understand, analyse and review 13-week plan inputs (e.g., Brewery capacity, Demand plan, Gross Line Yield, Downtime, Material availability) in order to
• minimize costs while driving KPI achievement
• Following up on the execution of the production/inventory plan
• Reporting weekly on KPI/production performance highlighting areas of potential risk or opportunities in the 13-week plan
• Identify and analyse deviations to production/inventory plans in order to drive performance improvement
• Drive OTIF delivery (Service Level) & VILC savings
• Preparation for Weekly S&OE meeting

Profile:

• Qualifications and experience
• Relevant Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management,
• Logistics, Engineering or any other relevant Commerce qualification
• Preferably 1 - 3 years working experience.

Skills and competencies

• Strong analytic and numerical skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to engage and influence multiple stakeholders
• Ability to understand and interpret trends
• Good leadership qualities
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to manage complexity and ambiguity
• Proactive, energetic and ambitious
• Resilient and able to manage change effectively
• Strong attention to detail

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Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensure deadlines are met
• Ensure timeous outputs
• Ensure accuracy of payrolls
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work closely with regions
• Tracking/Distributing/checking of all Payroll input
• Detailed knowledge of current SAB/ABI procedures, policies and conditions of employment
• Receiving and managing all input from the business
• Validating correctness of input received
• Employee will supply backup for changes made for the payroll Controller
• Ensure pay slips are distributed to all regions
• Ensure queries are resolved within SLA
• Be a team player
• Validate variance reports to ensure accuracy of payroll
• Pay attention to detail when input is received
• Maintain confidentiality
• Be able to problem solve
• Submit daily trackers on time to Payroll controller
• Processing of all payroll input e.g. new engagements, Terminations, Promotions
• Ensure correct processing of Christmas Bonus in December

Key Competences & Attributes

• Sound knowledge of the relevant legal aspects e.g. PAYE
• Ability to liaise effectively
• Analytical and problem solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Good communication skills
• Good Excel & MS Office
• Controls, checks and authorize wages and salaries payrolls
• Management of Ad hoc queries from HR/Benefits

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12 with 1- 3 years payroll experience.
• Detailed knowledge of SAP/ HR
• Knowledge of payroll policies and procedures

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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

Profile

• 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:

FG Quality Management

• FG Inventory quality fundamental 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 re-packed as per VPO & DPO standards
• All obsolescence stock are decanted as per standard policy & procedure

Inventory Management

• Independent inventory counts conducted on all returnable containers & 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
• All physical movements of containers are transacted in SAP accurately
• T1 & T2 movements, Packaging receipts validated by line counters, write-off's are verified against signed-off documentation & gate sheets
• Breakages, Obsolescence & salvages stock are signed-off & processed in SAP accurately
• All open shipments for T1 & T2 are reviewed & resolved
• All container claims are processed timeously with signed-off backup documentation & SAB reimbursed
• POC & T2 driver route settlement corrections reviewed, approved & signed-off
• SCO BUD vs ACT costs are monitored with gaps & action plans reports Governance and Risk
• All Documentation signed-off by relevant persons, filed & securely stored as per Inventory Control Policy – Inventory stock packs, T1 & 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

Profile

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Engineering, Commercial, Supply Chain, Logistics or Sciences
• 2-3 years’ experience in a Stock Control environment
• MS Office proficiency
• Attention to detail
• High level of accuracy
• Ability to manage self
• Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities
• Sound knowledge of the SAP R3 system
• Good verbal ability and communication skills
• High levels of Integrity and ethics

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Key roles and responsibilities: 

Operational Support

• Provide specialist support to the shift-based teams during operations
• This will include standby and day shift support
• Where requested, assist as a functional expert in problem solving in giving support to the operators
• Where requested, provide guidance and advice to the shift-based team on mechanical & electrical equipment, mechanical & electrical fault finding and correct responses to failure modes
• Where requested, provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams
• Take part, as functional expert, in Regional and Central plant optimisation trials

Planned Maintenance

• Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner
• Where scheduled work cannot be completed, feed back to the maintenance controller for direction
• This may involve rescheduling the work or prioritizing outstanding work

Maintain Brewing and Packaging Equipment

• Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in support during planned maintenance
• Complete any administration and SAP tasks in support of planned maintenance
• Partake in maintenance post-mortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities

Routine Maintenance

• Partake in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule
• Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate problem-solving techniques
• If required, additional resources may be called in to assist
• Carry out condition monitoring activities where these have been allocated to the Technician in accordance with the CM schedule

Running Repairs

• On request, partake in carrying out running repairs on plant and equipment, or support the Shift Artisans in carrying out repairs
• When carrying out repairs, assess the problem and determine a course of action
• Where required, specialist assistance may be called in
• This may include internal resources such as Instrument Technicians, or external resources such as Contractors or Suppliers
• Where repairs indicate that major work is required, such as re wiring a motor, this must be transferred to the engineering workshop for attention
• Verify that where running repairs have been carried out, this has addressed the problem
• Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs that the Technician has carried out
• This includes all SAP inputs
• Where running repairs cannot be carried out, communicate this to the Maintenance Planner to ensure the work is planned into the next planned Window

Profile: 

• Matric
• N4 Certificate/Millwright Certificate
• Experience in Brewing and Packaging will be advantageous
• Maintenance planning experience is advantageous
• Personal drive to develop structures to improve plant uptime and reliability
• Problem solving skills
• Planning skills
• Mental alertness, and analytical skills
• Conceptual skills

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Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Strategy Creation and Operational Execution:
• Defining a strategy that supports the increased availability of cold beer
• Development, implementation and Execution of Annual Cold Plans according to cold capacity need by channel/Outlet.
• Developing a 3-5 year investment plan that supports cold beer availability
• Development, implementation and management of cold programs to drive the cold agenda in trade
• Drive strategic and operational execution requirements to improved ROI and profitability in each channel
• Customer Service and Outsourced Supplier SLA Management:
• Development of strategic and operational execution standards across all areas of Cold

Asset Management

• Design and deliver a “fit for purpose” cooler asset management process and tools to ensure that our competitive advantage is leveraged into the future and our assets protected.
• End to end asset management aligned to Governance Principles​

Budget Development and Management:

• Development and Management of the total Capex and Opex Budget: R200M F15
• Work with ABI to find efficiencies through synergies to bring down operational costs​

Project Management and Innovation

• Project management of national alternative cooling solution installations and roll out according to budget and national need for alternative cooling
• Source best practices globally and drive the introduction of new innovations on Cold

Training and Capability Development:

• Conceptualize and lead the creation and implementation of training material for internal and external use to create/enhance cold culture
• Conceptualize and lead the development of Cold Capability Building programmes for the SAB organisation, customers and suppliers
• Ensure Regional Asset Team Capability Building based on cold strategy Responsible for communication programme to build the Cold Beer Culture Internally and Externally

Profile:

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• 5 years experience relating to total asset management
• Total business knowledge relating to systems, finance, sales, brands and operations
• Project Management
• Good understanding of the South African market, route-to-market and operating model
• Thought leader and innovative thinker
• Ability to assimilate a complex, competitive and rapidly changing environment into clear projects and prioritised focus areas
• Ability to deal with multiple complexities

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Key roles and responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong POC relationships and address any key pain points by working with different SAB teams (e.g. Brand Teams, Trade Marketing etc ) ensuring the highest level of customer service
• Manage customer expectations and ensure that their needs are met in a timely fashion
• Develop and implement customer specific business programs and account plans
• Develop new sales opportunities for Premium Brands
• Educate and train customers on SAB’s Premium category to ensure correct in store positioning and execution of the Brands to enhance the consumer experience
• Assist the Premium Co. Team to drive market share, meet financial targets and growth objectives for SAB Premium Brands in key FOP Outlets
• Assist the Premium Co. Team to develop comprehensive Brand Plans for the Premium Category 
• Provide the Premium Co. Team with key customer insights on the Super Premium Alcohol category to ensure category strategy alignment to consumer needs 

Profile

• Minimum 3 Year Tertiary Qualification
• 3 - 5 Years Sales experience within FMCG 
• Valid Drivers License (Essential)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with aptitude for building relationships with Key Stakeholders at different levels
• Relationship Management
• Customer Service 
• Strong Negotiation Skills 
• Problem Solving
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong Commercial Acumen 
• Extensive knowledge of SAB’s Premium Category 
• Attention to detail
• Highly Professional 
• Ability to innovate and be creative when it comes to events and activities
• Work well independently 
• Able to work outside of normal working hours

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Key roles and responsibilities 

• Marketing Package annual budgeting which includes the communication of guidelines, with the use of resource allocation tool to the country People Leads and ZBB Managers
• Final approved budget for ZBB on the Marketing Package to meet the Marketing target and drive synergy
• Marketing Package monthly tracking and monitoring, to review variances against the budget, risks and opportunities
• Analysis to support the People country leads and Director in managing costs and identifying opportunities to ensure the budget is delivered
• Marketing Package monthly forecasting to align with the ZBB timelines and input for the country and BU EBITDA forecasting
• Forecasting for the P&L and ZBB to ensure that the budget is met and opportunities and risks are communicated timeously
• Marketing KPI tracking
• Consolidation and tracking of Marketing KPIs for the Marketing Director to report on in the monthly functional and BU leadership meeting
• Adhoc projects and analysis
• Provide analysis and key recommendations based on the project objective and expected outcomes
• Insights and analysis of performance for forecasting
• Expected insights on performance to assist leadership team with decision making
• Find solutions to problems
• Work across cross functional teams to develop solutions to problems
• Drive policy compliance
• Prepare Townhall deck on a monthly basis
• Prepare Global requests when required
• Bi-weekly MLT agenda 

Additional:

• Implement Zone BU policies, procedures and systems to control and report marketing resource status on a near real-time basis. Identify best practices and standardize processes across all groups.
• Direct and control the marketing & sales package policies across all business entities. Develop and communicate new policies/revise existing policies as needed.
• Serve as marketing & sales key contact to provide resolution of issues and control failures, implementation of business and organization changes, identification of mitigating controls, and migration to GHQ's MICS.
• Develop marketing budget allocations by brand and function, ensuring compliance with Marketing objectives and brand positioning statements; develop and establish procedures and systems to identify and track metrics to provide a basis to evaluate marketing program efficiency and effectiveness (ROI).
• Adherence to the local and global ZBB policies Role has a great impact in analyzing Marketing Package performance contributing to the Marketing budget. Identification of Risks and Opportunities to be shared with the People Director, Finance Director and BU Presidents. Extrapolating synergy opportunities including follow up of key actions. Decisions on key timelines, identifying opportunities and making recommendations for decisions to be taken by the leadership teams in the BU and functions.

Profile:

• A degree and 3 to 5 years experience in the business dealing with Finance and Analytics
• A Finance degree and experience in Supply or Commercial is desirable
• Proficient knowledge and experience in PowerPoint and Excel for working on analysis and presentation
• SAP/Syspro and HFM system knowledge and experience is desirable
• Proactive, diligent and well organized employee who can interact and communicate with members at all levels

Key roles and responsibilities 

• Marketing Package annual budgeting which includes the communication of guidelines, with the use of resource allocation tool to the country People Leads and ZBB Managers
• Final approved budget for ZBB on the Marketing Package to meet the Marketing target and drive synergy
• Marketing Package monthly tracking and monitoring, to review variances against the budget, risks and opportunities
• Analysis to support the People country leads and Director in managing costs and identifying opportunities to ensure the budget is delivered
• Marketing Package monthly forecasting to align with the ZBB timelines and input for the country and BU EBITDA forecasting
• Forecasting for the P&L and ZBB to ensure that the budget is met and opportunities and risks are communicated timeously
• Marketing KPI tracking
• Consolidation and tracking of Marketing KPIs for the Marketing Director to report on in the monthly functional and BU leadership meeting
• Adhoc projects and analysis
• Provide analysis and key recommendations based on the project objective and expected outcomes
• Insights and analysis of performance for forecasting
• Expected insights on performance to assist leadership team with decision making
• Find solutions to problems
• Work across cross functional teams to develop solutions to problems
• Drive policy compliance
• Prepare Townhall deck on a monthly basis
• Prepare Global requests when required
• Bi-weekly MLT agenda 

Additional:

• Implement Zone BU policies, procedures and systems to control and report marketing resource status on a near real-time basis. Identify best practices and standardize processes across all groups.
• Direct and control the marketing & sales package policies across all business entities. Develop and communicate new policies/revise existing policies as needed.
• Serve as marketing & sales key contact to provide resolution of issues and control failures, implementation of business and organization changes, identification of mitigating controls, and migration to GHQ's MICS.
• Develop marketing budget allocations by brand and function, ensuring compliance with Marketing objectives and brand positioning statements; develop and establish procedures and systems to identify and track metrics to provide a basis to evaluate marketing program efficiency and effectiveness (ROI).
• Adherence to the local and global ZBB policies Role has a great impact in analyzing Marketing Package performance contributing to the Marketing budget. Identification of Risks and Opportunities to be shared with the People Director, Finance Director and BU Presidents. Extrapolating synergy opportunities including follow up of key actions. Decisions on key timelines, identifying opportunities and making recommendations for decisions to be taken by the leadership teams in the BU and functions.

Profile:

• A degree and 3 to 5 years experience in the business dealing with Finance and Analytics
• A Finance degree and experience in Supply or Commercial is desirable
• Proficient knowledge and experience in PowerPoint and Excel for working on analysis and presentation
• SAP/Syspro and HFM system knowledge and experience is desirable
• Proactive, diligent and well organized employee who can interact and communicate with members at all levels