Hot Jobs at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Reporting & Governance: Ensure accurate reporting and appropriate governance of all elements contained on the balance sheet, adhering to best practices and regulatory requirements and responsible for All Treasury MICS Controls
• Process Improvement: Conduct continuous reviews of processes within working capital and implement improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.
• Treasury Management: Perform daily activities related to the maintenance of treasury transactions for the Africa BU using IT2, SAP and SAP 4 HANA, ensuring proper recording and accuracy.
• Treasury Project Oversight: Manage and oversee treasury-related project work, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and align with financial objectives. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project execution.
• Accounting Oversight: Review and ensure that journals are processed correctly with matching deals, resolve any discrepancies, and maintain accuracy in the accounting of treasury transactions and deals.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Work collaboratively with various internal and external stakeholders to resolve any issues or concerns related to financial transactions or reporting.
• Treasury Bank Account Maintenance: Maintain treasury bank accounts within the accounting system, including the allocation of treasury banking transactions and conducting regular reconciliations.
• Month-End & Year-End Activities: Lead month-end and year-end close processes, including general ledger close, journal and balance sheet reconciliations, and preparation of financial information for internal and external reporting purposes.
• Team Support: Support the team to meet weekly and monthly targets, ensuring compliance with SLAs and KPIs.

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in treasury operations, with preferably 2-3 years in a managerial role.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in treasury management systems (TMS), ERP systems, and financial analysis tools. Strong understanding of financial instruments.
• Analytical Skills: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial data.
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with senior management and external stakeholders.
• Leadership Skills: Proven leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and develop a high-performing team.
• Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy and attention to detail in all aspects of work.

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Key roles and responsibilities:

Inventory Counts

• Physically perform and lead the morning inventory count process
• Identify the root cause of inventory count variances and put action plans in place through problem solving tools to improve the Inventory Accuracy KPI
• Reduce Supply Chain Overheads through the utilization of problem-solving tools
• Create and manage warehouse management tools to ensure FEFO.
• Track and trend Inventory Accuracy
• Ensure movement of materials reflects in the SAP system at all times

Layout Implementation

• Ensure adherence to the layout in line of certain warehouse activities e.g., Empties zone; Refusal zone; Order Picking zone; Repack zone; Finished Goods zone

Improve Quality Standards

• Manage, track and trend 1. warehouse cleanliness, 2. pest control schedule adherence, 3. cross contamination from non-food grade chemicals, 4. daily temperature control and 5. product exposure
• Ensure 75% Compliance to the Global Warehouse GOP
• Implement and adhere to a Location-Based Inventory System to identify stored product
• Ensure adherence to blocking standards on nonconforming inventory
• Product quality induction programme conducted
• Track, trend and manage repacking operation to conform to quality standards and to improve repacking productivity

Picking standards

• Adhere to a standardized picking process and ensure compliance through management routines to ensure a safe and productive process
• Track, trend and manage picking accuracy and productivity through management tools

Productivity & Capacity Managed

• Ensure 75% Compliance to the Warehouse Labor Productivity GOP to improve the KPI
• Allocate and assign labor activities utilizing the SKAP tool

Warehouse Management

• Implement, track, trend and improve 5S results
• Support the design of the management cycle e.g., Business Descriptions, SLA's, Process Maps, Indicators and ensure understanding by all warehouse employees
• Develop and continuously validate SOPs through management routines and tools and ensure understanding by all warehouse employees (LnA)
• Team rooms managed and updated through routine meetings to solve problems and drive performance
• Develop and maintain SCL routines and track adherence thereof
• Use problem solving tools e.g., 5 WHY, Abnormality Reports, SIC, OPLs, RACI's, OWD's, PDCA's, etc. to develop action plans to show improvement on PI's and KPI’s
• Cascade KPI's and PIs to individual warehouse employee level, calendarize the KPI/PI achievements and monitor individual target

Safe Warehouse Practices

• Ensure & maintain a safe warehouse operation driving awareness and compliance to all the relevant safety blocks

Loading and Unloading activities

• Track and measure the PI of the loading/unloading bay allocation tool with action plans to improve productivity
• Track, trend and manage related KPI's/PI's e.g., TCT, bay time utilization, Hl/man Hour

Key Attributes and Competencies

• Good interpersonal skills / builds good relationships
• Superior planning ability
• Ability to work under pressure
• Good verbal and communication skills
• Good self-management practices
• Strong achievement orientation
• Ability to adapt to and implement change effectively
• Excellent coaching capability

Minimum Requirements:

• 3-year relevant degree
• 2+ years Warehouse and or logistics experience
• Highly level computer user (MS Office, Oasis, Handheld devices)
• SAP proficient

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for reprocessing activities and manual allocations - Reconciling the general ledger and bank account, process​ and posting of variances.
• Perform activities, including but not limited to calculations, journals and banking reconciliations (including the Operational Management of IT2 interface reconciliations) as well as obtaining information from the banking portals, to ensure that the bank movements have been processed correctly in SAP.
• Process payment advice received from customers. Work in close collaboration with credit and collection teams to ensure timely and correct payment matching is done. Resolve any unmatched issues. Correct accounts receivable item entry errors. Post and reverse accounts receivable items.
• Provide solutions to requests submitted. Provide commentary on open item management. Adhere to internal control protocols and provide information as required to internal and external audit.
• Present and implement corrective action and preventive action for recurring process related issues. Perform Root Cause analysis for recurring or high severity issues resulting in issue reduction. Identify automation opportunities to improve the way we operate and work closely with technology to leverage system functionalities to improve the process. Trouble shoot issues and share improvement ideas with Team Lead.
• Auto Clearing – Which is performing daily, automation clearing of posted and matching transactions.
• Posting of transaction to customer, vendor and general ledger accounts, this includes revaluation accuracy on foreign bank accounts.
• Ensuring agreed timelines relating to payment activities are met. Match, clear and allocate ETF transaction on SAP once reflecting in the banking platform, as well as managing returned funds.
• Performing general ledger and bank reprocessing, allocating open item transactions and foreign gain and losses, liaise with banks and internal stakeholders to resolve queries.
• Maintaining Write Offs and Sabfin Interest Journals.
• Preparing ZRITR report.
• Process manual bank statements.
• Responsible to ensure revaluation accuracy on foreign bank accounts.

Key Competencies & Attributes:

• End-to-End payments process knowledge/understanding.
• Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively.
• Ability to build productive working relationships – internally and externally

Minimum Requirements:

• Finance Qualification or equivalent
• 3-5 years’ experience Banking experience
• SAP experience

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Key outputs and responsibilities:

Asset Care

• Partake in the development of the asset care plan for the brewing, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice
• Implement the asset care plan for the brewing, ensuring the engineering team have the required competencies
• Ensure that asset care goals are incorporated into engineering team and individual goals
• Audit compliance to the asset care program by both the engineering team and shift based teams
• Ensure that asset care competencies are developed in the engineering team
• Where training needs have been identified, through the training specialist, ensure these are addressed
• Exercise budgetary controls over the asset care requirements of brewing

Plant Reliability

• Responsible for the overall reliability and uptime of brewing plant
• Lead the engineering team in the provision of asset care and engineering support to the shift based production teams
• Verifies that engineering team are carrying out routine and planned maintenance, and validates quality of work
• Verifies that the maintenance systems are working properly and that data integrity and information accuracy maintained
• Reviews plant reliability to ensure equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously
• Takes part in maintenance problem solving, and ensure that engineering team is applying the correct problem solving techniques

Plant Optimisation

• Takes part in regional and central office plant optimization trials, providing advice, assistance and guidance where required
• Evaluates impact of new plant and equipment, and signs off all plant modifications and changes
• Analyses plant performance data to identify opportunities for improvement to plant performance, and initiates opportunity evaluation
• Analyses plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to identify and correct root causes
• Takes part in evaluating continuous improvement opportunities identified by the production teams or engineering support
• Ensures that continuous improvement is built into engineering team goals and forms part of regular goal review sessions

Team Leadership

• Lead the engineering team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction
• Lead the development of engineering team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members
• Conducts regular engineering team goal review session, and conduct regular one-on-one and performance reviews
• Ensure training need analyses are conducted and training plans developed for team members
• Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the engineering team

Safety and Housekeeping

• Ensure that the engineering team apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirement when carrying out their tasks
• Ensure implementation of the appropriate SAB and legislative policies (such as OSH act) on safety and housekeeping
• Ensure that safety and housekeeping receive appropriate focus through regular checks and safety audits
• Where unsafe work practices have been identified, the Brewing Engineer is responsible for correcting this

Key attributes and competencies:

• Ability to ensure that all equipment and resources are available for an effective maintenance system
• Ability to manage and ensure an effective spares stock levels and to ensure that costs are within budget
• Ability to ensure that principles of VPO are implemented within brewing department
• Ability to ensure that plant start-ups and shut downs are done safely and properly
• Knowledge of the OH&S Act and NOSA standards
• Ability to effect good HR processes to ensure that people are disciplined, motivated, developed and properly managed to ensure effective team performance
• Analytical and evaluative skills
• Sound interpersonal and communication skills - Articulate
• Conceptual skills
• Accurate, decisiveness and persuasiveness
• People handling and leadership skills

Minimum requirements:

• BSc Engineering or equivalent tertiary education
• 3-5 years as a Section Engineer ideally in an FMCG company
• Experience with modern VPO Maintenance Pillar
• Previous exposure in brewing or similar process
• Government Certificate of Competence would be an advantage

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Quality Management

• FG and Raw Materials Inventory quality fundamentals standards are adhered to as per DPO & VPO requirements​
• FG and Raw Materials 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​
• Daily Inventory counts for FG & Raw Materials 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 & DPO product age standards​
• FG and Raw Materials Inventory accurately blocked in SAP with physical blocking mechanism in place as per VPO/DPO standards for quality related & obsolescence stock​
• All FG & Raw Materials salvages are re-packed as per VPO & DPO standards​
• All obsolescence stock is decanted as per standard policy & procedure​

Inventory Management

• Independent inventory counts conducted on all FG & Raw Materials Inventory reconciled to SAP inventory. Inventory count difference identified, investigated, resolved & reported. Un-resolved inventory count differences escalated to BLM & RLM with commentary & action plans​
• 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​
• All physical movements of Raw Materials Inventory are transacted in SAP accurately. Issuing raw materials to and from Packaging Lines validated, write-offs are verified against signed-off documentation in line with physical movements​
• Raw Materials, GRN processing, RTP Management for receipts & issues, Ordering -Tracking of deliveries and monitoring of stock levels vs production volumes (ACT vs Planned volumes)
• 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 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 Raw Materials, T1 & T2 shipments for departure & arrival - Random checks conducted to ensure compliance

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
• Attention to Detail
• Problem Solving Ability

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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-off's 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.
• 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:

• Optimize 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
• Actively participate in meetings and goal reviews
• Utilize 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
• 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
• 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)

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Responsible to support the development of Category Strategies within Corporate Services Category, which falls under the control of the Regional Procurement office (RPO) in line with Procurement Excellence Program requirements.
• Responsible for the successful execution of Category Strategies across all 11 markets in Africa Zone in line with Procurement Excellence Program requirements.
• Provide Regional support for Categories managed centrally by the Global Procurement Office (GPO).
• Recommend & embed ways of working for Procurement interface with all stakeholders across the business.
• Provide commercial advice and work jointly with internal stakeholders to implement best practice and management of Procurement principles across Africa Zone.
• Manage stakeholder relationships across different functions in the organization to drive value through centrally negotiated agreements.
• Manage Supplier relationships and resolve disputes in collaboration with functional counterparts.

Strategic Category Sourcing:

• Ownership of Simple Packages for the RPO through data analytics related to the Categories and plan for execution.
• Definition and execution of Category Strategies; This includes mitigation of risks within the Category and creating value through identified opportunities.
• Analyse spend and user specific requirements for all sub-packages within the Category.
• Conduct market research to assess Zone dynamics related to the Category and use research outcomes for future planning and value generation in line with company strategy.
• Develop, in conjunction with GPO/Zone counterparts, Category Strategies for each sub-package, as guiding documents for value generation within the Category.
• Manage supplier relationships and internal & external collaborations across the Corporate Services scope.
• Negotiation with suppliers which results in compliant contract agreements beneficial to the business.

Support Sourcing Strategy Execution:

• Ensure readiness across both Zone and country for strategy execution.
• Resolve and escalate supplier performance issues where necessary.
• Support Collaborative Optimization activities where applicable.
• Handle second level escalations with suppliers/internal stakeholders to resolve performance issues.
• Collaborate with supplier and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation of Category Manager sourcing outputs / agreements.
• Ensure suppliers are correctly enabled through the PSS.
• Ensure contractual terms & conditions are effectively “operationalised” within business.
• Support collection and analysis of Zone ZBB, WAPT, eAuction analytics and driving Champions initiatives across all sub-packages within scope.
• Accountable for monthly reporting as per the KPIs within the Corporate Services packages.
• Drive collaboration between RPO, PSS, GPO, FP&A, and other parties involved in daily Category activities.
• Track sourcing events and projects to ensure delivery of targets and support business operations.
• Enhance and develop ways of working with Country, RPO, and GPO counterparts.

Continuous Improvement:

• Execute regional and country big bet initiatives in line with the Champions methodology.
• Execute regional value engineering projects across the Category.
• Define and executive innovation and sustainability strategies within sub-packages in scope.
• Drive supplier development initiatives with supporting functions within the company.

Supply Chain & Risk Management:

• Optimize the Supply Chain to drive value for the business by being responsive to business and customer needs – e.g., budget spend control, best practice implementation, benchmarking and use of KPIs to drive monthly business performance visibility.
• Identify and manage risks in the Supply Chain within scope.
• Ensure appropriate mitigation plans are in place and that risks are communicated appropriately within business through appropriate channels (i.e., R&O and T&M monthly routines).

Finance:

• Drive and deliver effective budgets as agreed with key stakeholders.
• Track and report on initiatives monthly.
• Monitor and report on monthly spend and Latest Estimate (LE) forecast.

Minimum Requirements:

• University Degree
• Minimum 2 years’ management experience
• Basic knowledge of finance and accounting allowing the ability to run/read analysis P&L and balance sheet
• Communicating effectively by conveying information and ideas in a clear, meaningful, and timely manner, providing information to ensure understanding across different levels in the company
• Pan African / Regional or Global Category management experience
• Sound knowledge and understanding of Procurement strategic sourcing methodologies
• Good knowledge, understanding and use of Microsoft Office tools
• Sound knowledge of Procurement systems such as Ariba
• Knowledge of SAP is an advantage

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Key outputs and responsibilities:

• Operating and Process Control
• Operating the process area according to the work instructions and adhering to usage standards
• Carrying out the required quality checks as described in the quality control and analysis work practice 
• Recording waste on the appropriate documentation or information systems, and reviewing waste trends to identify problems or opportunities timeously
• Constantly reviewing process performance against target, and completing all short interval control documentation 
• Responding rapidly to upstream or downstream triggers that result in stoppages
• Appropriate problem-solving approaches, as detailed in the problem-solving work practice must be followed
• Performing housekeeping tasks, applying 5s principles and following safe work practices
• Unsafe work practices must be identified and corrected
• Assisting fellow team members in the execution of their tasks 

Problem Solving

• When problems occur, applying the appropriate techniques (e.g. 5y, quick fix routines etc.) the identify and correct the problem
• Where the process artisan is unable to resolve the problem, involve fellow team members or escalate to the team leader if necessary
• Where problems have been resolved, verify that the problems have been eliminated
• Continuous Improvement Using run/control charts and trend analysis, to identify sources of waste and variation in the process
• Using short stop analysis, Pareto charts and other tools seek to identify opportunities to simplify activities
• Where improvement opportunities have been identified, these must be recorded on the team gap list
• The process artisan should involve other team members in evaluating opportunities and call-in specialist resources to assist if required

Maintenance of Plant and Equipment

• Carry out in-depth cleaning, lubrication and inspection of machines according to the work instructions, and following the schedules supplied by the maintenance planner
• Carrying out routine maintenance activities according to the maintenance schedule
• Where routine maintenance reveals larger problems, and the process artisan is unable to resolve these, it must be escalated to the team leader
• Taking part in maintenance and cleaning days 
• This work must be executed in support of the maintenance support team and in accordance with the schedule issued by the maintenance planner
• Taking part in maintenance postmortems

Minimum Requirements:

• Trade test qualification as a Millwright 
• Minimum N3 Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership
• Lead the packaging team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction
• Lead the development of packaging team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members
• Conduct regular Packaging team goal review sessions, and conduct regular one-on-one and performance reviews
• Ensure training need analysis are conducted and training plans developed for team members
• Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the packaging team
• Safety and Housekeeping
• Ensure that the packaging team apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks
• Ensure implementation of the appropriate SAB and legislative policies (such as OSH act) on safety and housekeeping
•  Ensure that safety and housekeeping receive the appropriate focus through regular checks and safety audits
• Where unsafe work practice have been identified, the packaging manager is responsible for correcting this
• Ensures adherence to PPE policy
• General production housekeeping
• Safe maintenance practices audited
• Ensures adherence to SHE system requirements
• Drive the implementation of VPO in accordance with the Zone and Plant implementation actions.
• Drive Safety and legal compliance in the Packaging Hall

Manage plant, process and systems:

• Translates and implements packaging, manufacturing and business strategies across the packaging hall
• Ensure that all team members are fully conversant with the Voyager Plant Optimisation
• Develop and drive implementation plans to progress maturity in the manufacturing way principles and practices
• Ensure conformance to specifications and standards
• Drives maintenance integrity
• Optimises process capability
• Leads packaging projects as required
• Coordinates packaging logistics and supports engineering integrity
• Packaging Productivity
• Proactively control fixed and variable costs
• Minimise waste
• Manage, measure and monitor packaging effectiveness through: Packaging efficiency, Trade quality, Raw material usage
• Rate, Waste through beer loss
• IQMS parameters
• Production costs per Hl to global benchmarks
• Maintenance cost per Hl to global benchmarks
• Responsible for the overall reliability of the packaging hall

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc Mechanical Engineering or equivalent Engineering degree
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Production Maintenance Management with deep expertise in asset management
• Experience of managing and running a high speed packaging line would be highly advantageous
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in managing people
• Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a packaging hall (financial, operational, people)
• A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality
• Demonstrated understanding of relevant legislation, specifically health and safety and labour legislation
• Proven experience in managing Industrial Relations within the workforce
• Managing people ability as well as ability to drive performance
• Leadership ability (ability to lead the packaging hall)
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to develop and control budgets
• Ability to implement appropriate HR processes to manage, motivate and develop
• Ability to manage complex projects of significant number
• Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum
• High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high pressure environment

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Engagement with all functions within the business to provide detailed review of the intercompany process.
• Review of Intercompany account analysis and reconciliations for completeness and integrity.
• Overall release of balance sheet journal entries (accruals, intercompany recharges invoices, FI payments).
• Prepare the Intercompany Trial balance for Cognos reporting.
• Managing the health of all intercompany balance sheet accounts in terms of ageing, validity of transactions.
• Establishing and enforcing proper accounting methods, policies and principles internally in line with global policies and externally with regards to financial reporting standards.
• Drive the reduction and resolution of reconciling intercompany difference on Cognos.
• Ensuring adherence and proper documentation to satisfy audit and statutory requirements including MICS and SOX Controls and SLAs.
• Providing ongoing financial accounting technical & business support to the zone for all underlying intercompany process.
• Prepare and present month end reporting packs to stakeholders in line with their expectations.
• Assist team with weekly and monthly targets and all relevant SLAs and KPIs.
• Assist team in identifying process improvements, excellence and process automation and efficiency opportunities to improve the way we operate and work closely with technology to leverage system.
• Perform Ad hoc requests and projects.
• Present and implement corrective action and preventative action for recurring process related issues.
• Understanding of Exchange Control Legislation and Company Requirements.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively.
• Ability to build productive working relationships – internally and externally.
• Effective and strong leadership skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management.
• Strong interpersonal / business skills and time management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to ensure that the team works efficiently, is customer centric and delivers on business expectations.
• Analytical approach / good problem-solving skills, planning and organizing.
• Ability to uphold confidentiality, integrity and availability of information, records or processes associated with services provided.
• Ability to be flexible with duties and scope of work.
• Strong intercompany Business knowledge and commercial acumen.
• Knowledge of imports and exports and Transfer Pricing preferred.
• Understanding of the Agile Methodology and WOW.

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree in accounting or related field, post-graduate qualification will be an advantage.
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years in managing financial performance in Intercompany space.
• Competency in Computer skills (MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI), with particularly strong Excel skills.
• Knowledge of SAP, Syspro, COGNOS system.

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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

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Key outputs 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 Packaging equipment across the Packaging Hall
• Participation in projects in Packaging aligned to the program requirements and brewery priorities
• Apply VPO principles
• Diagnosis of systemic and situational problems and troubleshooting 
• Participation in Packaging team structures including acting roles in identified leadership positions within Packaging
• Communication of learnings and solutions across various levels of the business

Minimum requirements:

• BSC or BTech or equivalent in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering
• 2 years Packaging Experience advantageous

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Key outputs and responsibilities:

• Effective communication skills
• Good presentation skills
• Self-managed and assertiveness
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the business Creative and broad-minded thinker
• Dynamic Personality
• Must be a change agent (influential power)
• Self-starter and energetic
• Willingness to challenge the “status quo”
• Owner Mind-set • Excitement to function in a dynamic and fast changing environment
• Problem Solver • Passion for Beer and Brewing

Profile:

• A completed BSc degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent BTech

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Key outputs 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 Packaging equipment across the Packaging Hall
• Participation in projects in Packaging aligned to the program requirements and brewery priorities
• Apply VPO principles
• Diagnosis of systemic and situational problems and troubleshooting 
• Participation in Packaging team structures including acting roles in identified leadership positions within Packaging
• Communication of learnings and solutions across various levels of the business

Minimum requirements:

• BSC or BTech or equivalent in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering
• 2 years Packaging Experience