Job Openings at The Heineken Company

Key Responsibilities

• Integrate Health and Safety in all trade QA related workflows and procedures.
• Integrate food safety in operational trade procedures and monitor consumer concerns.
• Collection of safety data and utilisation.
• Lead quality improvements initiatives in trade.
• Support the operational teams to identify, understand and eliminate all trade quality anomalies
• Support identification and maintenance of Q-Points.
• Manage trade recalls and withdrawals.
• Facilitate Incident Management team meetings.
• Facilitate Crisis Management team meetings.
• Lead customers and consumer communication.
• Lead PQ Pillar: introduce and utilize advanced UPS techniques (Unified Problem Solving) for Trade related issues
• Identification and driving of CVE through in-depth analysis of process, technology, recipes, Raw and packaging materials
• Technological advice to all stakeholders.
• Integrate standardized trade quality activities into operational systems by reviewing and optimising systems, checklists, and standards.
• Maintenance and optimization of all relevant trade quality management systems.
• Management and optimization of all processes in the quality department.
• Follow up on customer complaints: Verification of corrective & preventive action.
• Support the development of Quality “Champions” within the operational teams.
• Lead the introduction, participate in revising and optimizing (PDCA) the process: all trade related concerns
• Adapt working patterns (shift patterns, overtime, temporary labour, etc.) to meet fluctuating trade quality demands.
• Ensure that all employees receive appropriate training and continuous learning on quality control and assurance related skills &  techniques 
•   Promote the food safety and quality awareness through facilitation of workshops, trainings, webinars, reward & reecognition
•   Updates management on a regular basis (week/monthly) on results and trends related to trade quality.
• Ensures that reporting systems are maintained and seeks to continuously improve.
• Analyses data to identify single events, trends, and business impact
• Compilation of annual budgets for the Trade Quality function.
• Control budget expenditure on a monthly basis and reporting and follow up on all variances.
• Proactively creates plans to address unexpected demand peaks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree. Higher education in Food Technology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Agronomy Engineering Chemistry
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in food and beverage production and technology, quality control and assurance systems at a senior level
• Experience in managing a team
• Quality and Food Safety Management Systems
• Laboratory operations in food and beverage production environment
• Brewing / Packaging / Utilities / NPI
• People management and leadership
• Continuous improvement methodologies like TPM / Lean / 6 Sigma
• Fluent in English

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You will be required to do the following:

• Manage the planning function of Engineering/maintenance, site services and Production maintenance.
• Assist with budget compilation and management.
• Ensure adherence to Quality Management systems.
• Maintain master data, PM schedules and task lists on SAP.
• Manage all routine maintenance tasks effectively by sourcing spares, liaising with the centralized workshop personnel and external contractors, and managing the quality of the tasks performed.
• Scrutinize maintenance schedules of all equipment to improve productivity.
• Plan and ensure timeous execution of all statutory work according to the OHS Act
• Adhere to OHS Act requirements.
• Manage selected Capex and abnormal maintenance projects.
• Manage people.

The successful candidate must have the following experience/skills:

• Grade 12 plus a relevant tertiary qualification in Mechanical and or Electrical Engineering
• A Trade Test certificate will be considered advantageous.
• Computer literacy (MS Office, Word, Excel on an intermediate level of competency)
• Knowledge of workshop and engineering tools will be an advantage.
• Experience in Maintenance Planning will be an advantage.
• Able to supervise the correct implementation and utilisation of administrative procedures.
• Understands how to interpret management information relevant to own work area.
• Able to use initiative to solve WCM process problems when they occur during implementation.
• Able to implement all the WCM process steps in own work area.
• Able to evaluate all the information and clues before making a decision.
• Can develop alternative strategies to handle changes/situations in own working area.
• Can re-concentrate own ideas / tactics when confronted with new Information
• Is pro-active to a certain degree and anticipates problems before they arise.
• Deals not only with the symptoms of a problem but searches in a creative manner for underlying reasons for the cause of the problem.
• The ability to plan a task or job realistically, allocating time to priorities and building in time for contingencies.
• The ability to organise resources and effectively delegate tasks to maintenance teams.
• Can set controls over arrangements and follow up in own work area.
• Must be able to function within a team environment.

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Key responsibilities

• Financial valuation of Annual Plant based on S&OP volumes.
• Monthly ROFO financial valuation based on S&OP volumes.
• Annual financial valuation of Strategic plan.
• Profitability analysis on data to explained monthly trends due input adjustments
• Assist business with financial modelling and profitability analysis against plan.
• Prepare functional specifications for any financial planning system development requirements.
• Quality assures financial planning systems configuration and development, key business partner to D&A and ICT teams.
• Perform user support by diagnosing and resolving system problems.
• Key contact for on-going financial planning system improvement and administration.
• Collaborate with BI team to design and document solutions.
• Research new technology and functionality of existing systems.
• Collaborate with broader finance team on business process & system improvement opportunities.
• Financial valuation of Annual Plant based on S&OP volumes.
• Monthly ROFO financial valuation based on S&OP volumes.
• Annual financial valuation of Strategic plan.
• Profitability analysis on data to explained monthly trends due input adjustments
• Assist business with financial modelling and profitability analysis against plan.
• Prepare functional specifications for any financial planning system development requirements.
• Quality assures financial planning systems configuration and development, key business partner to D&A and ICT teams.
• Perform user support by diagnosing and resolving system problems.
• Key contact for on-going financial planning system improvement and administration.
• Collaborate with BI team to design and document solutions.
• Research new technology and functionality of existing systems.
• Collaborate with broader finance team on business process & system improvement opportunities. 

Education & Experience

• BCom Accounting or relevant degree
• Good understanding of SAP BW data models and architecture
• Excellent working knowledge of Integrated Planning in SAP BW (BW-IP)
• Embedded BPC planning experience will be beneficial
• Good working knowledge of SAP Analysis Office
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Good understanding of financial principles is essential
• SAP ERP experience, preferably FI-CO, CO-PA, and SD modules
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines