Hot Jobs at The South African Breweries (SAB)

• The Key Purpose of this role is to drive the execution of the learning & development strategy and ensure delivery of key learning initiatives within the Solutions & Finance functions

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Implement the Global & Zone L&D strategy within the functional area
• Maintain an accurate functional capability and skills matrix by job family or other appropriate job designation
• Conduct functional capability needs analysis by analyzing the output of the competency assessment and other functional data reports to identify L&D opportunities
• Make recommendations to inform the L&D 1YP for the function
• Manage the end-to-end process of L&D content development ensuring the relevant stakeholders are included in the process
• Maintain functional learning catalogue—align with Leadership and Enterprise Development Leads to ensure the function has access to leadership and enterprise programmes
• Execution of the L&D pillar of Functional Excellence Programmes in accordance with global and zone guidelines
• Manage admin and logistics of training modules to ensure great employee experiences
• Manage L&D needs on functional projects in collaboration with the Change Management team
• Create and manage learning pathways on functional trainee programmes
• Maintain routines with functional People Leads to present L&D data analytics for strategic decision making and ensure tracking and monitoring of the L&D 1YP 
• Communicate L&D updates in People Committee meetings and functional townhalls
• Manage the functional training budget according to the 1YP and ZBB guidelines
• Partner with Global counterparts to ensure AFR implementation of global functional learning programmes
• Facilitate functional training as required or train facilitators to execute training modules
• Manage relationships with external L&D service providers
• Ensure understanding and drive governance of the Zone L&D structure
• Maintain functional learning and enrollment on Workday as measured by the global healthcard

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Learning & development
• Stakeholder management
• Adaptability
• Time management
• Collaboration
• Agile
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Attention to detail,
• Curious, Ambitious and Resilient.
• Analytics-driven decision making.
• People-centric mindset. Ownership

Minimum Requirements:

• University Degree (Human Resources, Business Administration or similar)
• Minimum of 3-4 years work experience 
• Advanced English
• Intermediate Excel 

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• The Key Purpose of this role is to ensure effective Warehouse stock control at all times

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• To ensure weekly stock rotation is conducted
• Contribute to Warehouse DPO Pillar 
• To ensure daily stock taking is conducted
• Ensure all isolated stock is blocked according to blocking procedure
• Ensure all breakages are recorded accordingly
• To ensure signage and boards are placed to alert forklifts that stock taking is in progress

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Intensive knowledge of the product
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Numerical accuracy

Minimum Requirements:

• Diploma in  Commercial,  Logistics /CIPS will be added advantage 
• Two (2) years experience in an FMCG environment.

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• The Key Purpose of this role is to work towards achieving growth in volumes sold, growth in market share and increased competitiveness through providing market driven differentiated service that builds sustainable competitiveness within clearly identified segments.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Achieve sales targets for assigned areas
• Manage and supervise Distributors of assigned sector (order, payment, re-distribution)
• Ensure IB products are available in reasonable stock (complete range) in the customers and retail outlets
• Ensure chiller 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 sales/marketing/FMCG environment
• Valid unendorsed Cod 8 drivers' license
• Basic computer literacy and experiencing working with Microsoft Office
• Local area knowledge is a requirement
• Excellent administration skills

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• The key purpose of the team leader packaging is to lead the SBU in the execution of the production plan, executing quality control and analyses, the carrying out of autonomous maintenance tasks and the resolution of production problems.

Key roles and responsibilities:
Operating and Process Control:

• Ensuring the SBU understands and adheres to the operational, quality and process standards, work instructions and maintenance schedules and performance target.
• Mentoring, supporting and coaching team members in the correct execution of their tasks.
• Checking and verifying that team members are monitoring process performance, carrying out required quality checks and recording the information on the appropriate systems.
• Reviewing and sign off of shift performance and ensuring that all required administration tasks in support of the production team are carried out.
• Where production problems have been escalated to the team leader, deciding on a course of action to resolve the problem. This may involve calling in specialist resources.
• Developing teams and ensure training needs are met by carrying out training needs analysis, one-on-one's and performance reviews.
• Where a team leader has identified a training need, corrective action must be initiated.
• Driving performance management, leading the development of team goals and carrying out performance reviews and team target review sessions.
• Ensure end of shift results report is complete to enable shift handover Ensure QFR, 5 why and Abnormality reports are done according to triggers

Maintenance of Plant and Equipment:

• Checking that the team, in accordance with work instructions and maintenance schedules carries out required autonomous maintenance tasks and any required running repairs on shift.
• Ensuring that the process artisan carries out running repairs on shift, mentors and coaches the process operator on autonomous maintenance and carries out work in support of the maintenance specialists. 
• Ensuring that the process artisan takes part in maintenance and cleaning days in support of maintenance specialist and takes part in maintenance post mortems. 
• Takes part in maintenance planning meetings, where appropriate, and highlights maintenance problems requiring attention. 
• Where maintenance issues have been escalated to the team leader, the team leader with the Packaging artisans must provide guidance and call in additional resources if required.

Quality Control and Analyses:

• Ensuring that the SBU understands and adhere to quality standards, and verifying that team members are carrying out routine quality checks and analysis according to the work instructions.
• Carrying out quality trend analysis to identify problems and opportunities timeously, and where quality problems have occurred and been escalated to the team leader, deciding on an appropriate course of action to resolve. 
• This may involve calling in specialist resources such as the core lab. Where quality information has triggered a FFA, the team leader must ensure that the required and relevant SBU members are involved. Where quality trend analysis indicate the need for a FFA, the team leader must initiate one.

Communication:

• Preparing for the daily shift meeting by reviewing past shift performance and identifying issues for team discussion.
• Leading the daily shift meeting, making use of a standard agenda, and ensuring that team members actively part-take.
• Ensuring that issues and opportunities raised during the daily shift meetings are recorded on the gap list for action, and that these actions have accountabilities assigned.
• Communicating the production schedule, shift production and quality performance and other relevant information to team members.
• Conducting a hand-over meeting with incoming shift team leader. Issues to be communicated include process performance, quality, production schedule, problems and issues.
• Checking that hand over procedures is followed (e.g. housekeeping, change parts etc.) and that team member is conducting a hand over to incoming team members. 

Problem Solving:

• Coaching, mentoring and supporting team members in using the correct problem-solving techniques (such as 5y, quick fix etc.) to solve situational problems. Where problems have been escalated to the team leader, deciding on an appropriate action.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, Instrumentation, Chemical, or Process) Minimum 3 – 5 years Manufacturing industries
• Completed Packaging Traineeship, ABInBev Leadership, or Artisan Training (Planning experience will be an added advantage)
• 3–5 years of factory production experience
• Proven shift production expertise, and a strong performance record marked by discipline, problem-solving skills, and a drive for continuous improvement.

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• The Key purpose of this role is to work towards achieving growth in volumes sold growth in market share and increased competitiveness through providing market driven differentiated service that builds sustainable competitiveness within clearly identified segments.

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: Education

• 3-year degree qualification.

Experience:

• At least 2 years’ experience in a sales/marketing/FMCG environment.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Valid unendorsed Code 8 driver's license.
• Basic computer literacy and experience working with Microsoft Office.
• Local area knowledge is a requirement.
• Excellent administration skills.

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• The Key purpose of this role is to work towards achieving growth in volumes sold growth in market share and increased competitiveness through providing market driven differentiated service that builds sustainable competitiveness within clearly identified segments.

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: Education

• 3-year degree qualification.

Experience:

• At least 2 years’ experience in a sales/marketing/FMCG environment.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Valid unendorsed Code 8 driver's license.
• Basic computer literacy and experience working with Microsoft Office.
• Local area knowledge is a requirement.
• Excellent administration skills.

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• The key purpose of this role is to maintain, repair and optimize plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality at minimum cost without sacrificing standards. 

Key Roles and Responsibilities: 

Planned Maintenance 

• Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
• Ensure backlog meets minimum hours and schedules are reviewed as per required frequency
• Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner
• Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in during planned maintenance windows
• Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities

Routine Maintenance 

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

Problem Solving 

• Where problems have occurred during routine activities, apply the correct problem solving approach to resolve
• Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request take part, as functional expert, in AB- Report , SDCA and PDCA on request

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
• Present 5’s plans to team and management when required
• Raise sio’s and close sio’s related to your machine area

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 Inspection and coding specialist 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 

Key Attributes and Competencies: 

• Ability to solve problems on FMCG machines 
• Ability to communicate technical knowledge to operation staff improving their skills sets
• Ability to train, coach and mentor operation staff on ATO and 5’s principles
• Ability to optimise usages and reduce wastage with permanent solutions 

Interpersonal Skills

• Work in Teams and Collaborate
• Strong self-management practices 
• Ability to problem solve using basic problem-solving tools (5 why; fishbone) and involved in high level problem solving to identify root causes and loop closures – AB Reports, SDCA, PDCA 

Minimum Requirements:

• N6 or higher qualification
• Mechanical OR Millwright

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• The key purpose of this role is to perform optimization/modification of process control systems.

Key Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Interacts daily with the production teams to resolve quality equipment related problems
• Assists in the implementation of plant and process improvement projects
• Standby duties – be available for call out when required
• Carries out specialised maintenance work in on quality equipment - calibration and set up work, complex component replacement, etc
• Ensures availability of specified critical spares and recommendations on maintenance regimes
• Verification/validation of quality equipment operation
• Uses SAP, other systems and reports as appropriate to analyse information in order to identify deviations from process capability relating to quality equipment
• Sigga / SAP maintenance schedules management compliance
• Problem Terminator compliance (previously known as 5 WHY)
• Develop and maintain equipment performance report (ERI)
• Develop and maintain SOPs / SWI’s in Acadia
• Support in management of breakdown of equipment
• Instrument set-up – NPD support
• Supplier liaison (SPP)
• Supports development of training material and coaches operational teams to ensure optimal operation of quality equipment
• Provides specialist subject matter expertise and diagnostic skills in problem solving
• Provides expert information to assist in compilation of maintenance budgets (including spares stock holding)
• Continuously improves technical competence to ensure that latest thinking on operating and maintaining the quality equipment is applied
• Ensure a safe, healthy and risk free working environment Work in teams, support VPO initiatives

Key Attributes and Competencies: 

• Concern for attention to detail and accuracy
• Team player
• Good administration & problem-solving skills
• Good technical knowledge
• Good self-management practices
• Good knowledge of SAP and excel

Minimum Requirements: 

• Min - N6 / National Diploma and Trade Test Qualification in Instrumentation and Control
• Minimum of 3 years instrumentation equipment maintenance and PLC experience advantageous

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• The key purpose of this role is to ensure the accuracy and integrity of risk reporting, with a focus on hedging activities, review of financial results & accounting treatment, and validation of foreign exchange exposures within the Treasury Management System (IT2). Acting as the owner of risk management documentation, the manager maintains and updates all records while overseeing daily risk operations to drive operational excellence, accurate reporting, and compliance with internal policies and external regulations. This role is accountable for applying risk management frameworks, identifying opportunities in Forex and hedging strategies, and championing continuous process improvements that strengthen reporting quality, governance, and overall risk management capabilities.

Key Roles & Responsibilities: 

• Monitoring financial markets (FX, commodity and interest rates) to support the formulation and implementation of strategies that ensure best execution of hedging activities, so that the core requirements of treasury policies are delivered.
• Providing Global Group Treasury and the ABInBev Finance community with in-depth analysis and commentary on the Foreign Exchange (FX) and interest rate markets and Zone insurance; providing relevant and timely reporting on developments in currency markets and interest rates. Participation in weekly trading strategy sessions.
• Understand local regulations across each market governing the management of financial risk.
• Formulation of hedging strategies (within the confines of the Group Treasury Risk Policy); Event-driven financial & analytical modelling & analysis.
• Hedge execution on behalf of Countries; undertaking spot and forward foreign exchange (FX) dealing to hedge actual or projected currency exposures in accordance with Group treasury policies and procedures; MTM reviews and validation of deals captured in IT2.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory frameworks, policies, procedures, Service Level Agreements and other policies.
• Chair regular Country conference calls to plan treasury execution to ensure FX policy compliance is achieved and review of exposure forecast accuracy (Commodity & FX).
• Economic forecasting and trend analysis (Macroeconomic updates, insights and reports) including Bank engagement and relationship management.
• ISDA (International Swaps & Derivatives Association) negotiation and management with financial partners.

Key Attributes and Competencies: 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to communicate complex issues in a simple and concise manner.
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to work in a matrix environment
• Ability to communicate with all levels within the organization as required, particularly with the Finance functions within the countries and at Zone
• Planning / process and deadline management without compromise
• Leadership & interpersonal skills.

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant degree
• Appropriate knowledge of finance and treasury operations
• Good analytical and insight-generation skills
• 2-3 years of relevant experience in Risk management

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• The Key Purpose of this role is the effective operation of the PDM system, including the capture and updating of documents, and the auditing of the PDM system

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Actively drives Quality awareness on site
• Owner of TNA for quality management system competence
• Support non-conformance management and ensure loop closure
• Assist in the planning, development and implementation of the Quality management systems in the brewery
• Align document controller goals and objectives with business strategy
• Assist in the implementation of the quality management process
• Site champion for all document and record keeping by ensuring PDM is managed as per the SAP configuration system
• Ensure all documentation including work practice documentation is current and reflective of the process
• Motivate key personnel to take accountability for Document management within their area of responsibility
• Develop and maintain procedures, work instructions, standard operating practices and site-specific policies for Document
• Control and Records
• Plan and manage internal and external audits

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Sound knowledge and experience of the food safety system and standards
• Computer Literacy
• Keen interest in data manipulation
• Good all-round knowledge of AB-InBev manufacturing processes and philosophies
• Proven knowledge and experience in integrating and facilitating a multi- disciplinary group of skills, specialists and functions
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Results focused with the ability to continuously raise the bar to achieve operational excellence

Minimum Requirements:

• Tertiary Qualification in Sciences (or equivalent)
• 3 year related tertiary qualification
• 3-5 years in a quality assurance discipline with solid understanding of systems and knowledge of brewery processes
• Previous auditing experience would be advantageous