Hot Jobs The South African Breweries (SAB)

End Date: October 2, 2026 

Key Roles and Responsibilities:
TMS Operations and Administration

• Execute daily Transport Management System (TMS) planning activities, including IDP planning and urgent order management.
• Manage and maintain master data within TMS, including carriers, SKUs, equipment, vehicle availability, travel times, and FTCT parameters.
• Troubleshoot and resolve system-related issues affecting load creation and planning, including declared value, pallet validation, weight verification, and date controls.
• Maintain and update TMS standard operating procedures (SOPs) for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support transport scheduling activities and ensure compliance with Logistics Control Process (LCP) requirements.

Reporting, Analytics and Performance Management

• Develop, maintain, and enhance Power BI dashboards and reports to provide actionable logistics insights.
• Track, analyze, and report Transport Management System KPIs and Performance Indicators (PIs) aligned to Logistics Strategy objectives, including LSA, WPS, M1, M2, M3, and M4 measures.
• Produce carrier performance scorecards and provide visibility of performance through automated reporting solutions.
• Convert complex data into meaningful business insights and recommendations for decision-making.
• Ensure accuracy, integrity, and availability of logistics data for operational and strategic reporting.

Continuous Improvement and Optimization

• Identify opportunities to improve TMS functionality, processes, and system capabilities.
• Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual processes and improve operational efficiency.
• Maintain and enhance macro-enabled Excel tools used for TMS uploads and data processing.
• Support implementation and delivery of TMS-related projects and system enhancements.
• Challenge current ways of working and recommend innovative solutions to improve logistics performance.

Stakeholder Management and Collaboration

• Prepare data, reports, and action logs to support weekly operational and system review meetings.
• Collaborate with logistics teams, carriers, planners, and system providers to resolve operational and system challenges.
• Build strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders to align transport operations with business objectives.
• Present findings, insights, and recommendations clearly to operational and management teams.

Key Competencies:

Technical Competencies

• Advanced Power BI dashboard development and data visualization.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including macros and complex data analysis.
• SAP proficiency.
• Strong logistics and transport management systems knowledge.
• Data analytics and reporting expertise.
• Process improvement and automation capability.
• Project support and implementation skills.

Behavioural Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Excellent planning, organizing, and prioritization skills.
• Results-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Adaptability and resilience in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to challenge the status quo and drive innovation.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively in diverse and multicultural teams.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years' experience within Logistics, Supply Chain, Transport Operations, or a related environment.
• Proven experience working with Transport Management Systems (TMS).
• Experience in logistics reporting, analytics, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience in Power BI dashboard development and automated reporting solutions.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including macros and data modelling.
• Advanced Power BI development and reporting skills.
• SAP knowledge and practical experience.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of end-to-end supply chain operations.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under tight deadlines.
• Strong presentation and stakeholder management capability.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver accurate reporting and data-driven insights.

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End Date: September 30, 2026

Key Roles and responsibilities:

• To ensure compliance with the OHS Act of 93 and the Road Traffic Act
• Accountable to maintain sustainable fleet standards to the site
• Business hazards are not contained within perimeter fencing but one has to devise smart plans to work in collaboration with multiple  stakeholders
• Ensure compliance of daily stringent inspections of the depot fleet for compliance against legal and company requirements
• Report on daily fleet availability (Trucks, Trailers, FLT’s and MFLT’s) daily
• Ensure good record keeping and legal requirements including maintenance job cards, licensing history, and pre-trip inspections
• Execute and sustain the DPO Fleet and Safety Pillars through DPO Self Assessments and Zone DPO Audits
• Consolidate Asset verification in line with the BRN
• Own master data requisitions and changes
• Understand vehicle-specific maintenance and service requirements for all vehicle categories (trucks, trailers, forklifts and warehouse cleaning equipment)
• To develop and maintain site standards to minimize losses, ensure compliance to legal provisions (e.g. OHS Act, Environmental Act, COVID Act) and limited exposures
• Manage expenditure against the budget (VLC) with monthly latest estimate (LE) align to period phasing (DC)
• Spare Part Management to ensure min / max levels adherence (Includes tyres) and ensure Inventory Controls Process adherence ie stock counts
• Workshop Safety 5s and review maintenance SOP’s to ensure safe practices are followed
• Entrench the Safety culture & SHE programmes
• Implement site procedures and work instructions are maintained, ensure adherence to
• Accountable to ensure that these safety risks are adequately addressed and to monitor audits/surveys/maintenance
• Ownership end to end on Safety standards, governance and culture in the operations
• Execute DPO/VPO/LCP Means and standards, Drive innovation, benchmarking & process improvement initiatives to improve the Sustainable DPO/VPO/LCP KPIs.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Applicable Occupational Health and Safety Act, Road Traffic Act and governance knowledge
• Business and financial acumen
• Inventory control acumen
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word and knowledge of SAP
• Strong analytical ability demonstrated
• Good performance track record
• Health and Safety knowledge
• People management experience (an advantage)

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant 3-year tertiary degree/diploma
• 2 – 3 years fleet functional work experience

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End Date: September 29, 2026 

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Partner with the local Leadership Team to lead, manage and support their teams to delivering on business priorities
• Ensure that the HR service delivered drives business results and supports the business strategy
• Build HR capability and credibility through robust development and coaching
• Embed the People Cycle in the location
• Embed the excellence programme in the area
• Manage the talent processes to support the current and future development and deployment needs of the area
• Support the recruitment process in the area, including ensuring effective on-boarding
• Consolidate and analyse talent data and work with line leaders to ensure that this data is used to inform talent planning
• Ensure that all relevant legislative diversity requirements are met and support is provided to line managers around the diversity agenda
• Support the annual target setting processes, ensuring an aligned collective effort focused on strategic priorities
• Work with the line leadership to assess learning needs in the region required to deliver the business strategy and work with L&D COEs to develop an L&D plan to address gaps
• Manage individual reward matters, with support from COEs and in line with policies
• Ensure IR policies and practices are understood and employed by all
• Manage the resolution of employee relations issues in the location
• Review feedback from Employee Engagement surveys as well as other people data [e.g. exit interviews, KPI scorecards) to understand issues associated with engagement
• Develop and implement appropriate plans to focus on building engagement

Minimum Requirements:

• 5 -8 years Human Resource Generalist experience, with at least 3 years in a management role
• A bachelor degree in HR, Industrial Psychology or equivalent business related degree
• Knowledge of local labour legislation and experience in labour relations is required
• Experience in FMCG is preferred
• Demonstrated experience in managing the HR processes related to the end to-end employee life cycle
• Track record of building excellent relationships and credibility with senior business leaders based on solid commercial understanding and an ability to identify customer needs and go beyond just delivering defined HR solutions
• A track record of building HR capability, shaping culture and leadership behaviours
• Proven experience in solving strategic business problems with pragmatic solutions

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Delivery Productivity Management

• In trade coaching with errant offenders on MBFU, refusals and OODD
• Ensuring that delivery modes share us adhered and continually look for opportunities to pursue cheaper modes
• Master Data verified for accuracy
• Carry out in-trade Owner Driver standard verification
• Adherence to market visit plan within trade presence at a minimum of x4 days a week ensuring adherence to SOPs and OWDs done to open the gap where necessary

Quality Management

• Ensure Quality is clear in the Route Delivery Execution Process and people know and follow it
• Ensure all employees understand the customer complaint process. Process is in place, KPI is tracked and there are action plans to improve results. Consumer complaints GOPS are being tracked and implemented
• Ensure that the driver base is trained and equipped to identify quality related issues and understands correct handling methodology to minimise issues Capacity Occupation and Refusal Management
• Establish SLA with 2DCP on Capacity Occupation daily optimization
• Ensure that appropriate communication channel in place and action plans have been developed to track Refusals
• Ensure return policies are in place, and they cover all items and they are adhered to and updated. Support Service Social Systems
• Establish routines to with CXC to track performance
• Create an environment that allows for cross functional learning and integration

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• SAP experience will be preferred
• Knowledge of customer service principles
• Demonstrates reliability
• Good interpersonal skills / builds good relationships
• Ability to work under pressure
• Verbal ability and communication skills
• Excellent self-management and planning skills
• Strong achievement orientation

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant 3-year tertiary degree/diploma, preferably in Supply Chain and or Logistics
• 2 years’ experience in a customer service role within an FMCG Supply Chain and or Logistics
• Valid Code 08 Driver's License

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End Date: September 29, 2026

Key Outputs and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a safe, healthy, risk-free working environment
• Perform maintenance
• Maintain and repair plant & associated devices
• Operate and maintain all machines & associated devices in the Brewing process
• Optimise plant, process equipment & systems
• Ensure that maintenance tasks are completed appropriately
• Standby duty required as per roster
• Uphold and contribute to a culture of quality & Food safety excellence, taking ownership of systems & processes to ensure the highest standards are met

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Ability to solve problems
• Ability to communicate technical knowledge
• Ability to train, coach and mentor operators
• Ability to optimise usage of resources and reduce wastage
• Interpersonal skills
• Work in teams and collaborate
• Ability to work minimal supervision (strong self-management practices)

Minimum Requirements:

• N3 Technical qualification or higher
• Trade test qualification Mechanical Fitter
• Experience in Packaging would be advantageous
• Summatively assessed in current role would be advantageous
• 2 year’s post trade test experience would be advantageous

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End Date: September 29, 2026

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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End Date: September 29, 2026

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Operations

• Establish/monitor the HR processes throughout the year and coach the line managers
• Ensure excellent execution of the HR processes within the various departments
• Translating business needs into clearly articulated and actionable organization and people plans, informing the year-on-year Capability Strategy for the departments
• Diagnose business performance problems and collaborate with specialist teams to create effective and integrated HR solutions for team
• Provide feedback to specialist teams about HR solution effectiveness and work with them as appropriate to identify continuous improvement opportunities
• Monitor organization performance & provide data for the people/organization scorecard
• Meet local delivery needs (e.g., employee relations/industrial relations, statutory/ regulatory requirements) pulling on specialists and others as required.
• Participate in the governance of HR Operations to define and review the quality and the cost of the service provided
• Ensure data integrity of SAP HR information at local level
• Provide input to People Manager to agree on the organization
• people agenda in the various departments

Recruitment

• Recruit deliberately for competencies as observed through

Industrial Relations

• Meet local delivery needs (e.g., employee relations/industrial relations, statutory/ regulatory requirements) pulling on specialists and others as required

Learning & Development

• Encourage and monitor use of tools, evaluate competency gaps and communicate to L&D
• Develop coaching skills within line managers by providing tools and observing and providing feedback

Reporting

• Diagnose business performance problems and collaborate with specialist teams to create effective and integrated HR solutions for teams & individuals
• Provide feedback to specialist teams about HR solution effectiveness and work with them as appropriate to identify continuous improvement opportunities
• Monitor organization performance & provide data for the people/organization scorecard

VPO

• Lead the People Pillar VPO / DPO Agenda within the relevant departments

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Strong Coaching and Communication Skills
• Stakeholder/ relationship management and Analysis & diagnostic investigation
• Credibility, integrity, presence and resilience
• Grit, agility

Minimum Requirements:

• A relevant HR or business-related degree and post graduate qualification
• 3+ years Human Resources Generalist experience

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End Date: September 29, 2026

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Fixed asset reporting.
• Case reviews including pre & post project reviews.
• Assets under construction monthly follow ups.
• Capitalisation reviews and requests (in accordance to IFRS or applicable legislation) Inventory control effectiveness review.
• Calculate monthly WIP balance and reconcile to SAP.
• Stock count compliance reporting Engineering spares cyclecounts.
• Engineering spares aging review Review and approving of the engineering spares write off account Ensuring that provision for aged stock is released by COF.
• Reviewing and providing commentary on all inventory count differences write offs.
• Excise return reviews Decant compliance (i.e. SARS callouts for verification).
• Facilitate SARS annual / bi annual reviews Ensure an effective control and governance environment is maintained at the plant.
• Completion of brewing and packaging VIC performance analysis and understandingof drivers.
• Discussing VIC performance on a weekly bases with all relevant stakeholders and ensure pro active support is provided as well as ad hoc reports and problem solving.
• Drive financial performance through effective business partnering, tracking value creation initiatives, and providing insights and support to operational stakeholders.
• Prepare and submit weekly brewery VIC performance reports, including commentary and latest estimates (LEs), and perform monthly reconciliations for utility usage, pricing, and VIC additive rates.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of stock-related accounting by completing reconciliations for returnable packaging (RBs, kegs, and crates), validating MBF charges against SAP postings, and resolving identified variances.
• Prepare detailed VIC latest estimates for review by the Plant PPM Manager and support compliance with MICS, ICE, and other internal control requirements.
• Ensure adherence to Source-to-Pay processes for all ZBB costs by monitoring committed expenditure, following up on overdue GRNs, and ensuring goods receipts are processed in accordance with company policies.

Behavioral Competencies

• Working in a multi cultural environment.
• High level of service mindset.
• Coordination skills.
• High sense for accuracy.
• Communicative, team oriented and open for change.
• Ability to work in a well organized, accurate and reliable manner.
• Basic business sense.
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills & problem solver.
• Used to working with deadlines.
• Highly results focused.
• Leads by example, and lives the company’s.
• Presentation skills.
• Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively.

Technical Competencies

• Computer skills (MS Office: Excel, Powerpoint, etc)
• Good knowledge of consolidation & reporting tools (Cognos, BI)
• Knowledge of ERP Systems SAP R/3 Module FI/CO, SAP BW Language skills
• Fluent English in speaking, reading and writing

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant 3-year university degree in i.e. in accounting, business, economics, engineering or similar.
• 2+ years of experience in finance in a manufacturing environment
• Experience in Product Costing.
• Knowledge of Financial Reporting.
• Knowledge of general accounting and consolidation practices.
• Project management, problem assessment and solving skills.
• Working in an ERP environment.
• Working in a process oriented organization.

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End Date: September 29, 2026

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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End Date: September 29, 2026

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Deliver training to the shop floor
• Identify learning opportunities
• Development and management of Apprentices
• Facilitate / Coach / Mentor on VPO and operational training interventions for Level 1 & Level 2 teams
• Responsible for the development and updating of training documentation in their respective areas
• Manage the Level 1 SKAP administrative processes including ensuring all personnel records for SKAP are updated and accurate
• Schedule departmental SKAP assessments and drive adherence to the SKAP assessment plan
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training
• Facilitate the design of foundational practices
• Facilitate and assist in the development of SOP's
• Coach Team Leaders, PEST and Level 1 teams in the effective application of all VPO practices
• Coach level 1 teams on effective problem solving techniques using the appropriate problem solving tools
• Assist in the development of Standard Operating Procedures
• The candidate needs to have a background in maintenance
• Needs to have an understanding of skills development, training needs identification
• Have an understanding of training budgets and training facilitation
• Facilitate the transfer of learning
• Resource appropriate training solutions
• Record training data
• Evaluate The Effectiveness of Training
• Provide a coaching resource for the Performance and management Process (quantity and quality) for site

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Good communication skills
• Motivated Team Player
• Passion for people development
• Excellent facilitation skills
• Good self –management ability
• Analytical ability
• Good interpersonal skills

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Science, Engineering, Supply Chain or formally recognized Training and Development qualification (NQF Level 6 and above)
• Advanced PC Literacy (MS Office)
• At least 3 years' experience in an FMCG Manufacturing environment
• Exposure to and preferably experience in the training environment
• Ability to deliver various learning and / or coaching solutions
• Ability to interact confidently at all levels
• Knowledge of the Skills Development Act and other related Legislation