The South African Breweries (SAB) is a subsidiary of AB InBev. Founded in 1895, SAB is South Africa’s top brewer and leading distributor of beer.
For more than 120 years SAB has been an integral thread in the social fabric of our country and continues to play a crucial role in the national economy. The company operates seven breweries and 40 depots in Sout...
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Assisting the IT Internal Controls Lead with questions on MICS, SOX, SODs, control policies and Excellence Program in Zone;
- Assisting with implementation of IT Internal Control in all entities/locations in Zone by liaising with the different functions;
- Assisting the IT Internal Controls Lead to ensure that the IT processes defined with the control owners are correctly translated for the Zone, embedding the proper IT internal controls;
- Tracking and monitoring of implementation/compliance progress within the Zone;
- Engage with control owners to define action plans to close gaps and increase compliance, communicates with all involved functions;
- Ensure SOX and MICS compliance by interacting with control owners (Solutions, Internal Controls and other departments);
- Assisting the IT Internal Controls Lead with updating and maintaining of MICS with any changes to risks, controls (including local design), control owners and other control details based on process changes in the Zone, IT Internal Control and any other requirements;
- Accountable for ensuring that scoping, design and testing is performed adequately as per the defined IT Internal Controls standards including Monthly review of Self assessments, Quarterly assessments; Operational efficiency cycle testing and year end testing.
- Maintain the assignment of control design and testing and completion of working papers and test results including details of any deficiencies raised;
- Any deficiencies are communicated and closed as soon as possible by agreeing and implementing sustainable actions in conjunction with management in the different functions;
- Assisting the IT Internal Control Lead to ensure timely and accurate issuing and reporting of the self-assessments to BU/Zone IC (MICS, Policies) and local management within the different functions;
- Assisting the IT Internal controls Lead with requests from local External Auditors to ensure alignment on timelines regarding scoping, progress, reporting of results, etc.;
- Local travel (within Africa) maybe required – estimated at 40% at a maximum
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent is a requirement; and
- ITIL Foundation or equivalent will be beneficial
- Between 3 to 4 years relevant IT Audit experience;
- Understanding of the principles and application of good corporate governance and IT Internal controls, with specific knowledge of the Zone corporate governance environment;
- In-depth understanding and hands-on experience of Sarbanes Oxley Act, IT Internal Audit or governance role with focus on IT Controls reporting;
- Computer literate with a good understanding of the utilisation of Microsoft Office;
- Exposure to Sarbanes Oxley Act technology tools i.e. SAP GRC would be advantageous;
- Good understanding control design of audit testing principles; and
- Good understanding of the SAP environments including IT governance frameworks.
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Finished Goods & Raw Material Quality Management
- Ensure Compliance Finished Goods and Raw Materials Inventory Quality Fundamental standards
- Non-Compliance to Quality Standards as per BCA/LSA and MICs Requirements are addressed with the Quality Manager and Team
Finished Goods & Raw Material Stock Age Management
- Analyse and Assess Obsolescence Risks with a 3-month view vs Sales and 13-week Pack and Brew Forecasts
- Engage Stakeholders to mitigate risk
- IP vs Physical Stock Holding Analysis to ensure Optimal Inventory Levels are maintained for OTIF and DIO/OOR KPI Performance Improvement. This includes Empties
- All Obsolescence Stock is Decanted/Discarded as per Global Policy & Procedure
Inventory Management of Finished Goods, Empties and Raw Materials
- Facilitate daily and monthly physical inventory count according to company standards and procedures
- Pre Count Reports to be Reviewed and Cleared
- Reconcile that all GRNs have taken place (E.g. Raw Materials, New Glass and Crates and Market Place)
- STO In-transit Reports (T1 and T2) are clear of ageing Shipments
- Virtual Warehouse cleared and only reflects Current Production on both Finished Goods and Empties
- All Transfers Between Raw Materials Warehouses and Packaging/Brewing Process Areas are reconciled (Transfer Documentation vs ERP)
- Verification that 3 Point Checks were conducted on all Inbound and Outbound Shipments/Load
- Daily Reconciliation to ERP of Independent Inventory Counts conducted on all SKUs and Material Codes
- Inventory Count Differences Identified, Investigated and Reported
- Inventory Count Differences escalated to Warehouse Controller to develop Commentary, Problem Solving & Action Plans to be reported to BLM/DCLM
- Post Count Reports and Inventory Pack is signed and reviewed with the BLM Daily
Breakages Management
Returns PO Management
MBFU
Inbound Losses
Diesel
Bottle Loss
- Daily, Weekly and Monthly Reporting on Mass Balance by Area Results
- Daily, Weekly and Monthly Reporting on GL Loss Results
- Packaging Interface Analysis to ensure Transfers and Receipts are Accurate
- Loss Control Point Analysis/Heat Map and reporting of Losses in these areas and ensuring they reflect in the GLs
Governance and Risk
- All Documentation signed-off by relevant persons, filed & securely stored as per Inventory Control Policy – E.g. Inventory stock packs, T1 & T2 shipment packs, Gate Register, etc.
- SCOH Budget vs Actual costs are monitored and reported on to BLM/RLM. Action Plans are put in place with Warehouse Controllers to Resolve and Problem-solving approach is followed
- Security cameras in key points on site & random verification conducted
- Ensure implementation and compliance of VPO Excellence Programs
- Inventory count difference identified, investigated, resolved & reported. Un-resolved inventory count differences escalated to BLM / RLM with commentary & action plans
People
- Enhance people capability
- Employees are managed in accordance with the Company’s Performance Management philosophy and principles
- Input into Training needs analysis to ensure sustainability and continuation
- Provide on the job coaching and mentoring to ensure continuous improvement
- Manage Employees in a manner that maintains a healthy industrial relations climate
- Employee’s punctuality and attendance managed to meet operational requirements
- Effective Leave Management
- Time and attendance, overtime and shifts via SAP administration effectively managed
- Ensure that all Employees are conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures
- Support social systems
- Create an environment that allows for cross functional learning and integration
- Minimize overtime and temporary employee usage
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 outputs and responsibilities:
Group Account Engagement
- Manage and communicate social systems with the Group Account commercial department, providing data driven analytics for Monthly, Quarterly and yearly Customer Performance Reviews
- Negotiating SLA’s, Collaborative Forecasting and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders.
- Closing the internal Communication gap between all departments regarding Group Accounts Customer Centricity
- Ensure that ABInBev’s ways of working is understood by the customer and any issues or queries is relayed timeously back to Internal Management
- Understand and align how each major Group Account is evaluating our performance and ensure that there are monthly routines with customer dealing with Customer pain points.
- Act as the main point of contact for Group Accounts, addressing POD queries with stores once deliveries have been executed and POD’s have queries on them
- Responsible to implement Global Group Account Management practices as detailed in the Group Account Toolkit
- Aligning Customer Matrix with internal KPI Calculations and reporting on them weekly with Group Accounts Managers
Customer Experience Surveys (Group Accounts)
- Engagement with All Group Accounts that are part of the Advantage Survey and custodian of process gaps
- Tracking and Reporting on projects that have been implemented based on Secondary Drivers in Advantage
- Monitor customer satisfaction and assist in the implementation of strategies to enhance the overall customer journey.
Internal Excellence Programs (LCP)
- Conducting training sessions, implementing quality control measures, and analysing data to identify areas for improvement.
- Design and deliver training programs to enhance the skills and knowledge of logistics team members
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of internal excellence programs.
Continuous Improvement
- Proactively identify opportunities for process optimization and cost reduction within the logistics function for Group Accounts.
- Responsible for delivering on mode evolution expectations within Group Accounts
- Stay updated on industry trends and Global Best Practices to drive continuous improvement in logistics operations.
- Collaborate with external partners and industry experts to gain insights and benchmark performance.
- Regularly review and analyse logistics data to identify areas for optimization and implement appropriate solutions.
Minimum Requirements:
- Relevant 3-year university degree in i.e., Logistics, Finance, Supply Chain Management or similar
- 3+ years of experience in Customer Experience Management and/or
- 3+ years of experience in Commercial
- Data Analytics – Intermediate to Advanced Excel Knowledge
- Working in a Sales orientated organization
- Sales and Distribution experience and advantage
- Computer skills (MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint, Word and SAP Mandatory)
- Good knowledge of Sales and Operational Processes
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Develop strategic business plans
- Compile quarterly operational sales plan in relation to the 3 year business plan Develop an annual time and territory management plan
- Determine annual budget requirements
- Provide customers service excellence
- Provide merchandising and signage support
- Implement national, regional and ad-hoc promotional activity
- Implement customer call frequency
- Establish sound business relationships
- Develop tailored service packages
- Achieve predetermined sales volume and market share targets
- Leverage sales information services
- Monitor retail liquor pricing
- Maintain product quality
- Comply with SAB credit policy
- Conduct SEC evaluations
- Manage Human Resources
- Develop employees
- Manage IR climate
- Apply personnel function
Minimum Requirements:
- B Comm, IMM or similar sales and marketing qualification
- 3 - 5 years management experience
- Valid Drivers License
- Computer literate
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- To develop strategic business plans
- Compile quarterly operational sales plan in relation to the 3-year business plan
- Develop an annual time and territory management plan
- Determine annual budget requirements
- Provide customers service excellence
- Provide merchandising and signage support
- Implement national, regional and ad-hoc promotional activity
- Implement customer call frequency
- Establish sound business relationships
- Develop tailored service packages
- Achieve predetermined sales volume and market share targets
- Leverage sales information services
- Monitor retail liquor pricing
- Maintain product quality
- Comply with SAB credit policy
- Conduct SEC evaluations
- Manage Human Resources
- Develop employees
- Manage IR climate
- Apply personnel function
Minimum Requirements:
- B Comm, IMM or similar sales and marketing qualification
- 3 - 5 years management experience
- Valid Drivers License
- Computer literate
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Aseptically Sampling, Handling and Preparation for microbiological analysis
- Sterilization of Culture media using techniques like autoclaving and Isolation of Microorganisms
Perform Various Micro Techniques:
- Colony counts (e.g., pour plating, spread plating).
- Microbial identification using biochemical tests, staining techniques (e.g., Gram stain), and microscopy.
- Molecular techniques (e.g., PCR) if trained and required.
- Operate and calibrate specialized lab equipment, including microscopes, incubators, autoclaves, centrifuges, and other analytical instruments.
Quality Control and Assurance:
- Maintain detailed and organized records, ensuring traceability and regulatory compliance.
- Analyze and interpret data from tests, including reading plates for bacterial counts and evaluating microbial growth.
- Assist with report writing and presentations as needed.
- Monitor and maintain an adequate inventory of reagents, media, supplies, and consumables.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and sterile laboratory environment including waste management of biohazardous substances etc.
- Participate in the development and optimization of microbiological methods and procedures.
Governance:
- Standards are in place and well understood
- Training and operational assessments are done against the specified methods
- Verification of the execution of the procedures to ensure that they comply with the standards
- Verifying Quality Control and Analysis in utilized by packaging, raw materials and quality production teams
- Ensuring for quality packaged product is delivered by designated production lines
- Ensuring execution of required quality checks and analyses, and accuracy of results inputted on the appropriate information system
- Ensure that VPO tools are utilized and imparted to production teams
Maintenance of Equipment:
- Ensure and conduct autonomous operations as defined for the instrumentation
- Ensure equipment is operated according to SOP’s
- Perform routine maintenance, cleaning, and calibration of laboratory equipment.
- Develop work instruction to empower autonomous maintenance of equipment, to ensure its uptime
- Identify defective equipment, and report these to the Team Leader, Instrumentation Technician and Lab Specialist
Communication:
- Actively participate in shift meetings, asking questions to test understanding and contributing suggestions. Making use of the action logs to record issues, problems and improvement opportunities
- Make use of relevant communication media to stay informed and inform others of issues
- Utilizing VPO digital tools to improve understanding of process and standards
- Required to escalate out-of-control processes to all Stakeholders
- Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated
Problem-Solving:
- Ensure Problem solving for all out-of-control processes using the VPO problem solving tools to resolve and record the issues
- Ensure QFR and why are done timeously
Minimum Requirements:
- MSc/BSc Microbiology, Biotechnology or equivalent
- Minimum of 1 - 2 years working experience in FMCG industry
- Understanding of brewing & packaging process and environment
- Assertive and analytical
- Proactive
- Proven leadership ability
- Understanding of the principles and practices of Manufacturing Excellence
- Available immediately
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- As a squad member, this role is responsible for collaboration and embracing the change of agile ways of work, ensuring team accountability and shared responsibility.
- It requires ownership of work on the sprint backlog, pushing the boundaries for excellent delivery and focus on root cause problem solving, using diverse and collective skills to support other members of the squad.
- Develop new reporting in PowerBI, primarily build off Azure and SQL platforms
- Day to day management of reporting environment and root cause problem solving of failures
- Develop tools for effective data capture & information management
- Support the roll out of new reporting requirements to the Zone, train & coach colleagues in the effective use of new tools (e.g. PowerBI, PowerApps, PowerAutomate)
- Develop and implement smarter and quicker ways of presenting information
- Validate New Reports and System Developments
Minimum Requirements:
- 3rd level qualification preferably in Engineering, Science or Information Systems/Management
- Computer skills (MS Office, Excel, Powerpoint, Sharepoint, etc)
- Good knowledge of data & reporting tools (PowerBI, Power Query, Tabular Editor, SQL, Azure, SAP, Syspro, Brewdat)
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Minimum Requirements:
- N2 Certificate including the relevant trade theory subjects and a minimum of 3 years relevant work experience; OR
- Technical trade theory programs quality assured by a SETA deemed to be at NQF level 3 and a minimum of 3 years relevant work experience; OR
- Relevant Engineering NCV at NQF level 3 and a minimum of 3 years relevant work experience; OR
- Relevant engineering NCV 4 plus completion of all relevant work experience modules and a minimum of 18-months relevant work experience; OR
- Technical Grade 12 with Maths, Science, and related trade theory subject and a minimum of 3 years relevant work experience; OR
- Grade 9 and a minimum of 4 years relevant work experience; OR
- Relevant (directly related to the trade theory subjects) N6 certificate OR
- National Technical Diploma (T,S or N stream) with 18 months relevant work experience
Trades Offered:
- Millwright
- Fitter & Turner
- Fitter
- Electrical
- Instrumentation & Control
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Key Outputs and Responsibilities:
- The 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 equipment across the various department
- Participation in projects is aligned to the program requirements and brewery priorities
- Apply VPO principles
- Diagnosis of systemic and situational problems and troubleshooting
- Participation in team structures including acting roles in identified leadership positions within the department
- Communication of learnings and solutions across various levels of the business
Minimum Requirements
- BSC, BEng or Btech or equivalent in Mechanical, Electrical/Electronics, Energy or Mechatronics
- BSC Chemical Engineering
- BSC/BTech Biotechnology, Analytical Chemistry or Chemistry or Biology
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Promote Beer Brewing Quality Excellence in the Value Chain:
- Communicate brewing process and product quality information / standards
- Effectively communicate changes in the brewing process or standards
- Provide leadership to ensure commitment to product quality in the brewing department
- Apply brewing sub department quality systems in the workplace
Provide Brewing Process Expertise (Technical depth) and Lead Problem Solving Processes:
- Assess brewing technical requirements and decisions where required
- Support implementation of recommendations
- Support implementation of process and product optimisation including CAPin and VA projects and trials
- Audit area standards (quality, process and work-practices) to ensure effective management of the area
- Support all 7 pillars standards in the workplace relating to VPO
Facilitate Team Problem Solving and Decision Making:
- Apply problem solving and decision-making techniques and principles
- Interacts with brewing management and operations teams to ensure appropriate people are involved in problem solving sessions
- Verifies that corrective action has been implemented and that the problem has been resolved
Manage Health, Safety & Risk:
- Manage occupational health, safety and risk for the area teams
Manage Productivity:
- Control fixed and variable costs
- Minimise waste
Manage the Brewing Process:
- Ensure conformance to brewing area production plans
- Ensure conformance to brewing area specifications and standards
- Ensure maintenance integrity in brewing area
- Ensure effective cost management on fixed and variable costs including byproduct
- Optimise process availability to achieve delivery and reliability targets
- Support engineering integrity
- Support production and process optimisation including trials, VA and CAPEX projects
- Ensure adherence to environmental standards by area teams
- Ensure adherence to quality standards by area teams
System Expertise:
- Ensure adequate adherence and compliance to system processes as prescribed by MES, PTS, eQMS, PaQT and all other prescribed elements of technology for beer production through the brewing department
Minimum Requirements:
- BSc Degree in Biological Sciences, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
- Completed brewing traineeship
- IBD Papers 1,2&3 completed and passed
- At least 2 years production experience, of which 1 years’ operating at a management level within Brewing
- Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a brewery (financial, operational, people) and brewing technical expertise
- A good performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality
- Master Brewer IBD qualification obtained - Studying towards MB Qualification
- SAP modules: White belt certification would be highly advantageous
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