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 & Responsibilities:
- Support operations in safe working practices
- Support operations on VPO implementation and compliance
- Conduct and lead performance optimization initiatives (plant and process capability studies)
- Support in the maintenance of standards, quality methods, Injection moulding knowledge and benchmarks
- Supporting projects implementation (innovation, cost reduction, new materials, new technologies, etc)
- Support operations in reducing losses in the processes, energy consumption and water usage including champions initiatives
- Support operations in the Total cycle of operational plant performance target setting, follow up & outcome
- Increasing capacity via Capex implementation or via debottlenecking
Technical Knowledge
- Specialised knowledge of the injection moulding process and quality standards
- In depth knowledge on maintenance processes and standards in Injection moulding
- In depth knowledge of Injection moulding Good Operating Practices (GOPs)
- Support Zone in value engineering and innovation
Continuous Improvement
- Strong knowledge with problem solving and coaching ability
- Complete detailed data analysis and lead problem solving initiatives
- Complete best in class benchmarking and implement
- Support execution of Value Engineering projects and initiatives
- Identify risks and develop mitigation plans
- Improve and manage maintenance (asset management, predictive maintenance) and production KPI reports
- Develop and continuously improve key performance indicators to measure value engineering benefits
Stakeholder Management
Minimum Requirements:
- University Degree/BTech – Mechanical Engineering or a related field or National Diploma Polymer Technology
- 5 to 10 years experience in Injection Moulding with an exposure and understanding of crate manufacturing preferred
- Experience with world class manufacturing principles
- Ability to understand the Injection Moulding production process in detail
- Ability to define, develop and execute testing plans for new technology products and infrastructure
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and multi-disciplinary projects
- Ability to define project scope, execution plan and team structure for project implementation
- Ability to manage and monitor scoping multiple projects concurrently
- Must possess strong understanding of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and how they relate to a business
- Ability to communicate with and have impact and influence
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly grasp complex subject areas
- Strong VPO experience and execution required (internal candidates).
- Excellent at owning, managing and driving change
- Communicates effectively by conveying information and ideas in a clear, meaningful, and timely manner, providing information to ensure understanding
- Sound knowledge of production and quality systems, such as SAP and Manufacturing Systems
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Key Roles and responsibilities:
- Ensuring that the brewery complies with all global technical governance requirements.
- Control and ensure implementation of local and franchise brewing manual content.
- Regulate concession and permit systems• Enforce adherence to standards governed through the PTS (Process & Product Technical Specifications).
- Audit of plants against standard audit template.
- Identify non compliance and opportunities.
- Give specific recommendations to the brewing manager and plant manager regarding action required.
- Feedback to Zone Brewing Manager and highlight areas of concern.
- Co ordinate process changes.
- Co ordinate quality improvements.
- Co ordinate Global Brands brewing.
- Co ordinate project implementation in the Brewing department.
- Identification of out of control situations or trends from quality results and process monitoring.
- Work with Brewing manager to resolve the problems using VPO tools and practices.
- Ensure that appropriate process monitoring and control systems are in place.
- VPO driven MCRS must allow for adequate identification of brewing concerns.
- Monitor all aspects of raw materials.
- Ensure deep understanding of VPO standards.
Key attributes and Competencies:
- A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining.
- Quality
- Proven team leadership skills.
- Highly assertive
- Outstanding interpersonal and facilitation skills.
- Analytical problem solver and demonstrated ability at implementing effective problem solving.
- Enquiring and curious mind set.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
Minimum requirements:
Education:
- BSc Degree or equivalent in Biological Sciences, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering, Completed
- Traineeship, Checked out brewer
Training:
- Completed brewing traineeship
- 2 years experience as Brewing Area manager in Brewhouse, Cellars and/or Filtration.
Experience:
- At least 2 years production experience.
- Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a brewery (financial, operational, people).
- Good understanding of Standard Work Practices and VPO methodologies.
- Exceptional knowledge of MES, eQMS , PaQT , PTS.
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Direct and manage local VOPs Logistics Stocks:
- Ensure all barley movements are executed to ensure timeous stocks at malting plants [Select, plan, order, monitor and intake of local barley according to Tactical Plan]
- Ensure accurate stock levels at all times
- Co-ordinate the capture of local barley stock quantities and quality data located at co-operatives and outside storages for planning and draw-off purposes
- Select, plan and instruct depots to transfer specific local barley lots of particular quality that will allow blend-makeup as per Tactical Plan
- Report any deviations to enable the update of the Tactical plan
- Responsible for stock control of all VOPs owned stock at 3rd party sites, month end processes and the communication thereof
Implement and sustain assigned LCP Pillars:
- Develop the LCP implementation plan based on the current zone requirements and aspirations
- Adhere to all LCP routines and standards
- Utilize all the LCP problem solving tools and implement recommendations thereof
- Always participate in all the Zone LCP Audits for improved LCP implementation
Interaction with external service provides/customers:
- Ensure lasting solid working relationships and healthy co-operation, co-ordination and sustainable communications are developed as the success of this position is highly reliant on the performance of numerous internal and external services and suppliers
- Ensure and maintain excellent working relations with the Finance team, Central Planning [local malt supply] and Mubex [malt exports to Africa]
- Plan and manage daily inventory movements
- Ensure proper logistics by liaising with rail and road transporters on at least a weekly basis and as plans change and supply of rail wagons / road trucks deviates
Key Attributes and Competencies:
- Good stock and freight inventory knowledge
- Strong analytical ability to convert data into valuable business insights
- Attention to detail
- Good communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good and problem-solving ability
- Stakeholder relationship management
Minimum Requirements:
- 3 years degree/diploma (preferably Accountancy /supply chain management)
- 2-3 years’ experience in production at a supervisory or junior management level
- Computer literate SAP literacy advantageous
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Providing complex and multiple diary management and travel arrangements
- General administration facilities support.
- Liaising with external and internal stakeholders. Scheduling internal and external meetings, including co-ordination of agendas. Creating professional presentations and other general documents
- Departmental support for SharePoint (updating and managing), MCRS Management, T&M support (presentation preparation) Handling Day to day enquiries when people are out of the office
- Organise events such as team meetings and other conferences. Ensuring all relevant information is prepared and distributed in advance, and booking meeting rooms, catering, equipment etc.
- Excellence program support for documentation, audits, SOP management and status tracking.
- Management of expenses, inputting data and reconciliation • Budget & PTP support, management and reconciliation
- Manage SOE Director’s calendar & support with engagement initiatives, award administration and team communication.
Minimum Requirements:
- Relevant secretarial qualification PA/secretarial experience
- Computer literacy ability to use MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
- Strong business orientation and appreciation of other functions
- Ability to work under pressure and yet remaining meticulous and have attention to detail
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and good communication Ability to prioritize and manage conflicting priorities Ability to operate independently and take initiative Knowledge of SAP
- Basic project management experience • Ideally experience of FMCG, beverage or consumer goods industry
- To ensure the efficient and smooth functioning of the team Handling conflict, diary management, strong interpersonal skills
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for safety of all team members on shift and safe behaviour
- Manage PPE compliance and has the authority to take action against non compliance
- Responsible for Machine safe practices, Permit To Work , Lockout/Tagout and Safe Access to Machines
- Accountable for all process and product checks to be done as per prescribed frequency
- Manage operator compliance to autonomous maintenance requirements
- Responsible for quality product delivered to the warehouse
- Ensure Problem solving for all out of control processes
- Verify compliance with Operator daily routines as per Agenda of Routine
Execute Daily Schedule
- Production, changeovers, cleaning and lubrication, autonomous maintenance inspections and fixes
- Operate equipment where needed, provide shop floor hands on support
- Train and check the execution of standards by the operation
- Escalate Major issues to the Technical Expert or Production Manager
- Ensure end of shift results report is complete to enable shift handover
- Ensure Quick Fix Routines, 5 why and Abnormality reports are done according to triggers
- Facilitate planned training
- Control the hourly employees work hours, resolve issues on-shift
- Ongoing training needs analysis
Minimum Requirements:
- Min: National Diploma (Polymer Technology Elec, Mech, Industrial, Instrumental)
- At least 3-5 years injection moulding production experience
- Demonstrated experience in shift production management
- A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion for problem solving and continuous improvement
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Key Roles & Responsibilities:
- Support and collaborate with tech partners to ensure successful project delivery especially integration of commercial systems
- Define, drive and manage the BEES roadmap for feature and partner expansion:
- Lead technical deep dives and discovery
- Ensure effective stakeholder engagement throughout to ensure that all stakeholders sign off on the to be processes and or BEES Features
- Adoption and implementation of to be processes and or tech solutions including all relevant training and training materials
- Vendor finance and performance management, where required
- Building relationships with key stakeholders & stakeholder management across projects (Partners, In Country, BU, Zone & Global teams)
- Partnering with key stakeholders to ensure a successful transition between project and BAU processes, ensuring holistic documentation and training
- Have a continuous learning mindset to ensure cutting-edge technology, automation and operations are leveraged to drive process efficiency, service quality and end user / customer experience
- As a product owner, the role is responsible for collaboration and embracing agile ways of work, ensuring team accountability and responsibility as well as managing the backlog with a customer facing mindset
- It requires ownership of the RTM digital transformation agenda, pushing the boundaries for excellent delivery and focus on root cause problem solving, using diverse and collective skills to support, manage and lead members and stakeholders
Profile:
- Embodies the AB InBev culture and 10 principles
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent
- Prior Commercial or Route to Market experience
- Strong technical skills/understanding
- Strong leadership capabilities
- Strong project management & stakeholder management capabilities
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to work with all levels of the organization
- Ability to work in and understand multi-cultural environments, interacting with various Customers, Country, BU, Zone and Global teams
- Strong analytical and problem solving mindset
- Considers diverse perspectives when faced with complex problems
- Must be able to work under pressure and executes with discipline and a sense of urgency
- Agile and able to pivot quickly
- Works with energy and enthusiasm to solve business problems
- Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint
- Travel flexibility
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Key Roles and Responsibilities
Governance & Standards
- Support plant with C&A project implementation and ensure that they adhere to the C&A standards within the project.
- To support the plant with control and automation project implementations by ensuring correct control and automation standards are followed and advising on technologies where applicable.
- Assist with technology selection by providing the plant with insight into new technologies and making recommendations around these technologies.
- Provide the plant with Global Technical Specifications (GTS) and Zone Technical Specifications (ZTS) where they exist or assist the plant in developing new standards in conjunction with the regions.
- Provide the plant with advice of technology implementation during design and commissioning of projects.
- Lead design and architecture workshops and ensure that a sound design and architecture solution is developed.
- Ensure that the correct technologies are selected to deliver the solution.
- Co-ordinate with System Integrators to ensure our C&A standards are adhered to during divisional control and automation projects
- Review, update and specify C&A standards.
- To be the custodians of all manufacturing standards by reviewing standards, updating these standards and developing new standards.
- Understand current standards and know why and how to implement these.
- Coach plant staff on current standards.
- Review standards and make recommendations to improve standards.
- Create new standards for new technologies and get plant manager approval.
- Train systems staff in new standards.
- Audit plant against C&A standards and ensuring compliance.
- Conduct an unbiased audit on specified systems and process within the manufacturing system’s environment.
- Document findings of the audit and assist the plant in creating action plans and to close out gaps.
- Assist with implementation of standards and processes where applicable and having follow-up meetings.
Maintenance & Support
- Resolve issues that have been escalated or assigned as quickly as possible.
- Log issues that have been escalated and report on these on a weekly basis.
- Communicate root cause and resolution details.
- Interact with vendor to ensure quick resolution of issues escalated.
- Escalating issues to vendors where required by logging the call with them and keeping track of root cause and resolution.
- Provide vendors with feedback on software tested and work with them to resolve any issues.
- Escalate issues that cannot be resolved, to vendors.
- Keep track of vendor escalated issues.
- Support the change control process at the plant to ensure that approved changes are made in accordance with approved procedures and vendor recommendations to the control and automation system as specified by the plant manager and site engineers.
- Follow-up on the effectiveness and sustainability of changes made.
- Ensure plant efficiency by maintaining C&A systems uptime and resolution of C&A breakdowns in as short a time period as possible.
- Attending to and resolving C&A breakdowns both during and after office hours either remotely or by coming to site.
- Conducting after action reviews to engineer, design and execute sustainable preventative measures.
- Support plant with problems experienced in the Control and Automation layer that has been escalated to Tech Supply, ZBS Maintenance or Solutions.
- To support plant with operational control and automation issues that have been escalated to Tech Supply, ZBS Maintenance or Solutions.
- Audio visual support for projectors, zoom rooms, auditoriums, training rooms and boardrooms.
- Escalation points for all help desk issues.
- Ensure that manufacturing server checks are being done including Avmar backup checks – part of workflow verification to ensure backups are done - hardware, cluster health, server operating system, server application, time sync, SQL, anti-virus, SCCM, SCOM, incidents being driven to closure and deviations are being resolved or incidents logged by manufacturing systems resources or Solutions.
- Ensure that Inter plc network maintenance – switches for inter plc network not managed by the network team but by region – is being done.
- Act as single point of contact for outsourced Solutions services: Cameras, IT generators, IT UPS, IT networks.
Continuity & Risk:
- To ensure and maintain control and automation systems uptime by continuously assessing and mitigating risks, resolving breakdowns and instituting sustainable prevention measures.
- Conducting C&A risk assessments and recommending mitigation as per the site risk assessment process.
- Executing mitigation efforts in reduction of the risks identified.
- Developing and Testing Disaster Recovery Procedures including ensuring data and configuration back-ups can be successfully restored.
- In the event of a disaster or unforeseen event - executing the disaster recovery procedures in accordance with the Business Continuity Plan.
- Correctly scope project and CAPEX to reduce or eliminate high risk items including but not limited only to hardware and software obsolescence and operational technology (OT).
- Assist identifying and resolving security vulnerabilities in partnership with Security Operations Centre and Solutions.
- Ensure antivirus and anti-malware systems are up-to-date and functioning correctly.
Skills:
- Improve control and automation knowledge at the plant to ensure faster escalation of issues.
- Prepare material for and participate in weekly knowledge sharing sessions.
- Develop own and close Skills Acquisition Process (SKAP) training plan.
- Supports the pipeline development of apprentices, instrument artisans and Technicians.
Projects (Investments):
- Provide input to the Business Case by reviewing business cases and making recommendations to the plant.
- Provide the plant with advice of technology implementation during design and commissioning of projects.
- Provide technical leadership for divisional control and automation projects in a timely manner.
- Assist with determining scope of the project through communication session with the business, stakeholders and users and documenting the requirements.
- Manage development and testing of solution.
- Lead commissioning of the solution at the plant.
- Execute small optimization projects, hence adding value in terms of cost saving.
- Coordination of Control and Automation aspects of CAPEX projects.
Optimize:
- Support plant process optimisation in terms of Quality, Cost and Speed improvements.
- To support the plant with process optimisation efforts in terms of improving quality, cost and speed of plant processes.
- Provide insight and feedback on how processes are controlled to plant management team so that optimisation proposals can be engineered.
- Analyse and resolve long-term operational issues experienced in the plant.
Minimum Requirements:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, Mechatronic Engineering or Computer Science.
- In-depth knowledge of Process Control.
- Specialisation in Industrial Control & Automation.
Experience:
- At least 3 years in industrial control and automation or completion of Control and Automation technical traineeship.
- FMCG or beverages experience in industrial control and automation.
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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
- Good interpersonal skills
- Excellent negotiating skills
- Flexibility to work long hours
- Team participation and good leadership skills
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Key roles and responsibilities:
Customer Development:
- Manage and build customer relationships with AB InBev Customers. Formal On-Consumption Outlets.
- Drive weekly customer calls per outlet to build effective partnerships and resolve customer issues.
- Ensure all customer master data is input, current, correct and maintained.
- Achieve customer sales volume targets.
- Ensure AB InBev is the preferred supplier for Formal On-Consumption customers.
- Grow Market Share throw world-class product category management.
- Ensure merchandising (visibility of the brands in terms of POS and Chillers) in the customers and retail outlets.
- Closely monitor actions of the competition.
AMPPS Delivery:
- Complete and influence the AMPPS survey by delivering on every targeted plan; availability; merchandising; price; promotions; Space Monitor volumes by outlet to ensure 100% availability of key brands and packs through forward planning.
- Manage stock rotation to ensure 100% availability.
- Drive the effective execution of selective merchandising implementation in the consumption and purchase zones as per the In-Trade Execution Guidelines (ITEG).
- Negotiate and execute Trade execution elements in all outlets.
- Implement National and Regional promotion campaigns throughout the year.
- Ensure effective positioning of brands by tracking and monitoring competitive cold and visibility space to drive maximum volume growth.
Asset Management:
- Manage AB InBev refrigeration assets by driving governance and compliance for the SAB audit.
- Manage all AB InBev assets in the outlets including permanent merchandising and signage.
- Ensure AB InBev products are stocked in fridges as per ITEG.
- Conduct asset verification surveys (Fridges, etc.).
- Assist customers with Model stock system to manage stock replenishment and minimize stock outs.
- Manage stock rotation and quality.
Minimum requirements:
- Minimum requirement of grade 12.
- Relevant 3-year tertiary qualification (Sales/Marketing qualification preferred).
- At least 2 years’ experience in a sales/marketing/FMCG environment.
- Valid unendorsed Code 8 driver’s license.
- Basic computer literacy and experience working with Microsoft Office.
- Local area knowledge is a requirement.
- Ability to work in a flexible working environment (working on weekends).
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Key roles and responsibilities:
- Review SAP downtime in preparation for the morning meeting with the maintenance controller
- Advance terminator to Unit manager level
- Develop SWIs, SOPs, and schedules reviewed and train operators.
- Training of operators and shift artisans to close skill Gaps
- Obtain quotes for spare parts from OEM/AMM and or reverse engineering as required and manage the RTS process to recover ZBB.
- Perform store walkabout and review store bin holding min and max levels
- Support with shut planning by utilizing medium- and long-term action plans
- Update AWS daily and track machine-specific performance and KPIs
- Where requested, provide guidance and advice to the production teams on machine operation, machine fault finding, and correct responses to machine failure modes
- Where requested, provide coaching, mentoring, and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift-based teams
- Carry out work during the planned, routine, and opportunity maintenance window by the planned maintenance schedule issued by the Planner
- Where scheduled work cannot be completed, feedback to the Maintenance Planner for direction, this may involve rescheduling the work or prioritizing outstanding work
- Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks during planned maintenance windows
- Complete any administration and SAP tasks in support of planned maintenance, Standby duties – be available for call out when required
- Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities, and learnings from maintenance activities
- Carry out Autonomous Operations as per requirements
- Participate in machine grouping improvement using Artisan Workstation
- Carry out routine maintenance activities by the maintenance schedule where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance (where required, additional resources may be called in to assist)
- Verify that where running repairs have been carried out, this has addressed the problem
- Where necessary, call in additional resources to assist in problem-solving or escalate to the Maintenance Controller for direction
Minimum Requirements:
- Minimum N6 Mechanical (Must be trade tested)
- Or National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
- 2 years’ experience in an FMCG Environment
- Basic knowledge of electrical
- Strong Mechanical aptitude
- Strong Analytical thinking
- Experience in Krones and KHS Machines
- Experience with conveyor system
- Ability to do standby and call-out
- Have a reliable car/transport
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Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Monitor boiler performance
- Measure and monitor trends of performance attributes
- Apply OHS procedures
- Maintain workplace safety, housekeeping and risk free standards
- Optimise production performance
- Operate plant and process equipment
- Monitor processes Interpret production plan and maintain the utilities operation
- Report plant, machine and process problems
- Conduct autonomous operator maintenance and operator breakdown maintenance tasks
- Work in team and communicate effectively in the workplace
- Contribute to self and team development
- Prepare boilers for government inspections and ensure safety standards are adhered to
Minimum Requirements:
- Matric OR Grade 12 Technical skill
- Trade test would be an advantage
- Computer Literacy
- 2 years general production experience in an FMCG environment
- Experience in a utilities/ processing environment will be an advantage
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Key roles and responsibilities:
- Distributor volume targets monitored and communicated daily.
- Ensure that distributors adhere to model stocks for all brands and packs
- Ensure ALL relevant sales KPIs are achieved in area (Pricing, availability visibility etc)
- Retail customer in area is called on weekly
- Sales teams presentable at all times and action being taken against non-compliers
- After sales service delivered.
- Communication channels in place to establish a good relationship with customers
- Timeous feedback to customers and management on matters of concern
- Prompt response to customer queries
- Presentable at all times
- Has all necessary trade documentation at all times
Minimum requirements:
- Graduate in Sales, Marketing Business Administration or related Fields
- Disciplined and hard working
- 1 years' experience in marketing/sales and distributing fast moving consumer goods
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Key outputs and responsibilities:
- Operate machine and equipment
- Optimize production performance and process • Maintain, repair, and optimize plant and associated devises
- Maintain safe, healthy, and risk-free working environment
- Work in teams.
- React to the results using the VPO tools supplied
- 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.
- Fully understand the team Dream and contribute to achieving it.
- Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated
Minimum Requirements:
Qualifications & Experience:
- Min. of B.Sc./HND/B.Tech in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related course.
- 2-3 Years’ experience in Brewing/FMCG environment
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft office applications i.e. (Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Safety
- Ensures a safe and healthy working environment for internal and external stakeholders
- Ensures that legislative requirements are met in line with the Section 16.2 appointee requirements
- Maintains a robust system of SIO and SHO generation and close out.
- Quarterly Safety reviews are conducted with the RLM and RSD to identify risk trends and mitigation plans
- Completes an annual risk review of internal and external processes, identifying relevant mitigation plans and implementing them
Quality
DPO
- Ensures that Daily, Weekly and Monthly Meeting routines are adhered to in line with mandatory DPO guidelines (OWD's, SCL, MCL, Mandatory meetings)
- Conducts the Daily Logistics Meeting as per the specified TOR's listed in the DPO framework
- Tracks KPI's on a daily, weekly and monthly basis in line with DPO Terms of Reference. Ensures that appropriate problem solving tools are applied for out of range KPI's in line with DPO Methodology
- Ensures that Processes are standardized via SOP's and work standards are monitored and improved upon using Operational Work Diagnostics
- 5S routines and improvement exercises are conducted on a weekly and monthly basis to uphold standards in Trucks and Work Areas
- Annual Business Descriptions are developed per functional area, taking into account SWOT Analysis and key business imperatives
- Lead DPO Implementation at the Brewery
Continuous Improvement
- Fosters a culture of continuous improvement by ensuring that routines and process are aligned to best in class standards through effective benchmarking
- Engages with HRBP and ensures that the Training Needs Analysis (TNA) document is maintained in line with ongoing operational requirements for staff development
- Ensures that TNA weekly and Monthly training schedules are adhered too
- Drives a problem solving culture through the use of DPO Problem solving tools (e.g. 5 Why, Abnormality Reports, OWD's, GAPA, PDCA) from frontline to senior management
- Vehicle contingency plans exist for the replacement of contracted vehicles and drivers
- Delivery fleet size and mix calculated to ensure optimum cost and customer service effectiveness and delivery within the Distribution area
- Obsolescence Risks taken up with commercial for action plans
- Manage Full Beer Returns Process
- Plan and Manage Trade Visits and Drive Compliance
- Develop Peak sizing and Planning for all critical periods.
- Manage Customer and Driver master data
- Conduct bi-annual Customer service evaluation and analyses customer feedback with actions
- Management of SLAs (Planning , Commercial , Dedicated Carrier/3PL Teams etc
IR
- Maintains a healthy IR climate by conducting documented monthly engagements with Union representatives
- Ensure that the frontline are aligned in terms of goals and meeting routines to drive continuous improvement
- Ensures that Monthly One on Ones are conducted in line with the target review process
- Maintains a healthy IR climate with Partners (Owner Drivers, Temp Labour, Outsourced Services) through documented SLA Meetings
- Communication channels are open to relevant stakeholders via Monthly All Employee meetings
Governance
- Ensures that internal compliance controls are adhered to in terms of Vendor payments, SOX and CSA controls
- Ensures that management teams are trained on the Code of Business Conduct and strict adherence is in place
- Effective use of the Compliance Channel is maintained
- Delivery fleet and drivers consistently comply with the statutory requirements
Service Level
Budgets
- Drives a strict adherence to flexed budgets with the Delivery teams.
- Ensures that Management teams conduct sizing on a weekly and monthly basis in line with the Sales plan. Sizing risks are identified and relevant actions taken to mitigate
- Accounts for over/underspends on a weekly and monthly basis dependent on the GL Frequency
- Manage Budget Process and Develop Budget
Develop People
- Create an operational environment that that inspires positive organizational effectiveness through the development of team members within Dream People Culture and the Leadership Capability Model
- Recruits diverse talent
- Develops people through knowledge sharing and insights
- Provides timely and constructive feedback while effectively coaching for performance
- Manage Own and Team Development and Performance
- Manage Dedicated Carriers and 3PL Contractors and Drive performance improvement
- Set, Cascade Team & Individual goals
Minimum Requirements:
- 3 year Degree in Logistics or any other related field
- Minimum 4 years experience including Management, Logistics, Distribution/Warehousing and Finance
- Familiar with local market environments
- Knowledge of all relevant legislative requirements
- Knowledge of customer service principles
- Good interpersonal skills / builds good relationships
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good verbal and communication skills
- Good self-management principles
- Excellent coaching capability
- Strives for continuous improvement
- Demonstrates leadership skills
- Good decision making ability
- Excellent numerical ability
- Good analytical ability
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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
Minimum requirements:
- 3-year degree qualification
- At least 2 years’ experience in a sales/marketing/FMCG environment
- Valid unendorsed Code 8 driver’s license
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:
ASSET CARE:
- Manage all utilities maintenance activities and lead a team of employees across on day shift
- Diagnoses and interprets problems (fault finding) to optimise production output and with own team carrying out the plant repairs
- Responsible for the reduction of breakdowns in the utilities area by analyzing breakdowns, complying with the PM requirements and implementing Continuous Improvements.
- Review and Implementation of Planned Maintenance Procedures (Daily, Weekly and Monthly Checklists)
- Ensures that service levels agreements are maintained at the required standards by carrying out all breakdown, preventative and predictive maintenance effectively
- Participate in executing the department’s asset care strategy and ensure the machine performance of the utilities department is maintained
- Coaches and develops the engineering skills of other maintenance and operational staff
- Control and oversee maintenance cost against available budget
- Ensure engineering standards applied correctly
- Draws up, Coaches and develops engineering skills to other maintenance and operational staff using OPL and SOPs
PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING:
- Responsible for fault-finding and problem solving of engineering/ operational problems in the utilities area by ensuring that the appropriate corrective action regarding any deviation from standards is taken
- Takes responsibility and coach team members to use the 4 phases of problem solving
- Identifies the major engineering losses in utilities area and investigates using problem solving methodologies (5 Why, Stage 1 etc.)
- Review emergency works orders and initiate investigations and corrective
- action
- Capability to develop and lead cross functional teams to deliver Business needs
SAFETY AND HYGIENE:
- Ensure team compliance with acts and procedures
- Maintain 5 S and housekeeping standards
- Ensure reporting, investigation, documentation and action of incidents as per the relevant acts and procedures
- Promote safety awareness
- Ensure compliance with special work permit requirements by own employees and contractors
ADMINISTRATION:
- Manage Level 1 & 2 team goals in utilities area.
- Conduct individual and team performance reviews and one on ones
- Provide performance feedback
- Lead all VPO initiatives in the department
- Apply and sustain industrial relations initiatives, policies, procedures, agreements & core values
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Key roles and responsibilities:
- All activities will be undertaken in support of the Model Farm Production Manager
- Provide support to the Model Farm production team during all production practices e.g. planting, spraying and harvesting
- Contribute to a safe and efficient working environment on the Model Farm
- Operate workshop and farming equipment
- Take part in maintenance planning meetings, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
- Carry out work in accordance with the planned maintenance and production practices schedule as issued by the Model Farm Production Manager
- Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities
- Partake in inspection, reporting, upkeep and repairing of identified breakages, damages and leakages
- Carry out routine upkeep of the Model Farm infrastructure and grounds
- Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate problem-solving techniques
- When carrying out repairs, assess the problem and determine a course of action
- Complete the administration relating to any maintenance activities e.g. PO’s
- 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 Model Farm Production Manager
- Assist fellow team members to resolve problems
- Communicate effectively
- 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 ABInBev policies and procedures
- Carry out housekeeping tasks and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties
Minimum Requirements:
- National Senior Certificate
- 3 -5 Years small grain commercial farming experience
- Experience in operating small grain farming equipment
- Technical, mechanical and construction experience
- Minimum EC 1 Code Driver’s license
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Monthly Cycle
- Deliver the FP&A Monthly Cycle to ensure all key performance deliverables are met.
- Collaborate with relevant functions to gain a thorough understanding of business performance.
- Partner with countries on key performance step change projects.
- Prepare presentations of monthly results for the Zone Management Committee and the Zone Leadership Team for global CEO and CFO review.
- Drive the Finance Excellence Project to enhance the role of FP&A and support Business Units.
- Lead the optimization and improvement of standard management reporting across Business Units, including Revenue Management initiatives.
- Continuously digitize the monthly cycle process.
Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB)
- Oversee the Full Africa Zone ZBB Management, ensuring alignment with Procurement and other functions (Marketing, Sales, Supply, People, Legal, and Corporate Affairs).
- Conduct overall reviews of ZBB Packages at month-end to understand variances and deep-dive into overruns to assess risks and savings.
- Prepare the month-end ZBB deck for presentation to the Zone CEO and VP Finance.
- Execute the Latest Estimate (LE) process for the Zone monthly for submission to Global, collating risks and determining bankable savings.
- Conduct the annual ZBB business cycle for the Zone, developing 1YP and budget base assumptions.
- Lead ZBB deliverables with stakeholders such as Zone Package Owners and Procurement Teams.
- Drive the execution of ZBB in the Africa Zone, including policy localization and initiative tracking.
- Identify and share best practices in expense management within the Zone.
Required Qualifications, Skills, and Capabilities
- Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Economics, or equivalent experience. CA, CIMA, or MBA strongly preferred.
- 3-4 years in a business environment; experience managing people is a plus.
- Strong understanding of business processes, strategy, and finance. Proficient in accounting and financial statements.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Syspro, Cognos, and SAP.
- Fluent in English.
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