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  • Posted: Jan 30, 2026
    Deadline: Feb 6, 2026
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  • 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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    Utilities Controller - Newlands Brewery

    • The Key Purpose of this role is to provide multidisciplinary Engineering and Operations skills to ensure general maintenance within  utilities area is carried out within prescribed procedures and time, in order to achieve maximum equipment availability.

    Key Roles and Responsibilities: 

    • Manage all utilities maintenance activities and lead a team of employees across on day shift
    • Diagnoses and interprets problems (fault finding) to optimize production output and with own team carrying out the plant repairs
    • Responsible for the reduction of breakdowns in the utilities area by analysing 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Ensures that Company Quality Standards and are adhered to in the utilities area

    Minimum Requirements:

    • Minimum Qualification: National Diploma Mechanical Engineering / (N6) Mechanical Engineering and Trade Test
    • Knowledge of Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation functions preferred
    • Applied knowledge in ammonia/ refrigeration systems, boilers, air compressors is preferred
    • Maintenance Diploma would be advantageous
    • 3 - 5 years’ experience in Preventive, & Predictive Maintenance of concerned with production plant, involved in the day-to-day 
    • inspections, preventive & predictive maintenance and repair of machinery

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    Packaging Maintenance Controller

    • The key purpose of this role is to co-ordinate, coach and control the activities of the level one maintenance teams in the production environment and to provide specialist technical advice to ensure maximum equipment availability.

    Key roles and responsibilities

    • Ensure the machines are maintained to optimal efficiency
    • Ensure breakdowns are repaired sustainably and effectively
    • Enforce and maintain a safe work area
    • Manage continuous improvement projects
    • Solve situational problems
    • Provide a technical support service
    • Conduct regular audits with improvement actions
    • Manage personal development and performance and lead by example
    • Develop and monitor team goals and provide individual coaching where required
    • Delegate work activities and empower team members to complete them to the highest standards
    • Assess candidates
    • Problem solving largest downtime events and re-occurring breakdowns with a focus on loop closure
    • Manages a team of artisans for effective equipment reliability
    • Manages team activities on a maintenance day

    Problem Solving

    • 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
    • Maintenance Planner or Engineer for direction
    • Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request
    • Take part, as functional expert, in problem solving PDCA, ITF etc

    Housekeeping and Safety

    • Operate in a safe manner at all times, and identify and highlight unsafe work practices so that these may be corrected
    • Carry out work according to the work instructions and adhere to appropriate SAB policies and procedures
    • Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties

    Minimum Requirements: 

    • Minimum National Diploma or N6 Mechanical/ Electrical/ Control & Automation qualification
    • Millwright, Mechanical / Fitter Trade
    • At least 4 years of FMCG experience within a maintenance environment, preferably with some Supervisory / Management experience
    • Detailed mechanical knowledge of plant with in-depth understanding of electrical and instrumentation aspects
    • PC literacy (Microsoft office package/SAP)
    • VPO Maintenance and Management Pillar understanding will be advantageous
    • Demonstrated knowledge of VPO Safety Pillar, policies and procedures

    Deadline:4th February,2026

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    Warehouse Supervisor-1 -Rosslyn Brewery

    • The Key Purpose of this role is to manage shift to efficiently execute both T1 & T2 load plans to satisfy internal and external Customer service levels. 

    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 non conforming 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 standardised 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 Labour Productivity GOP to improve the KPI
    • Allocate and assign labour 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 SOP's 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 PI's to individual warehouse employee level, calenderise 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, baytime 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 diploma/degree 
    • 2+ years Warehouse and or logistics experience 
    • Highly level computer user (MS Office, Oasis, Handheld devices) 
    • SAP proficient 

    Deadline:4th February,2026

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    Digital Workplace Specialist

    • The key purpose of this role is to provide technical assistance and support for our organization's information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of computer hardware, software, networking, and operational technology systems.

    Key Roles and Responsibilities:

    • Hardware support and maintenance on IT infrastructure
    • Software and application support
    • Assist with network administration, cybersecurity, and data backup and recovery
    • Printer, handheld and access control troubleshooting
    • Mobile device support
    • Boardroom and meeting room support
    • IT Stock and Asset management
    • Incident and request management according to ITIL best practices
    • Provide onsite technical support for IT and OT systems, including troubleshooting, maintenance, and repairs
    • Install, configure, and upgrade hardware and software as needed
    • Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues with manufacturing systems, including PLCs, HMIs, Thin-manager and SCADA systems
    • Collaborate with internal teams to ensure smooth operation of IT and OT systems
    • Perform routine maintenance and inspections to prevent technical issues
    • Document technical issues and resolutions for future reference

    Key Attributes and Competencies:

    • Knowledge of manufacturing systems, processes, and equipment
    • Experience with OT protocols and devices (e.g., HMIs, sensors)
    • Familiarity with industrial network architectures (e.g., Ethernet, Wi-Fi)
    • Strong administrative and housekeeping skills in Active Directory and Azure EntraID
    • Knowledge in SCCM and SCOM
    • Some Experience in SQL maintenance / troubleshooting
    • Hand-on End User device management, troubleshooting and repairs
    • Knowledge in Access Control, Printers, Collaboration, Handheld devices and Mobile Devices
    • Proficiency in operating systems (Windows, Linux, etc.)
    • Knowledge of network protocols, devices, and architectures
    • Experience with industrial control systems (ICS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
    • Familiarity with cybersecurity principles and practices
    • Understanding of data backup and recovery procedures
    • Experience with IT service management frameworks (ITIL) and Service Now

    Minimum Requirements:

    • Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field
    • Relevant certifications or training in IT and OT technologies may be considered equivalent to formal education
    • 2-5 years of experience in IT and/or OT support roles
    • Experience working in an industrial or manufacturing environment

    Deadline:5th February,2026

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    Packaging Team Leader --Polokwane Brewery

    • The key purpose of this role is to manage packaging shift teams, within safety criteria, to ensure production volume plan is met. All production should be packaged in accordance with ABINBEV quality process specifications.

    Key outputs and Responsibilities:

    • Responsible for safety of all team members on shift
    • Manage PPE compliance and has the authority to take action against non-compliance
    • Responsible for Machine safe practices, PTW , LOTO and SAM
    • Accountable for all process checks to be done as per prescribed frequency
    • Manage operator compliance Responsible for quality packaged product delivered to the warehouse
    • Ensure Problem solving for all out of control processes
    • Verify compliance with daily routines as per Agenda of Routine
    • Execute Daily schedule :
    • Production, changeovers, cleaning and lubrication, autonomous maintenance inspections and fixes
    • Operate line equipment where needed, provide shop floor hands on support
    • Train on and check the execution of standards by the operation
    • Escalate Major issues to the Performance & Continuous Improvement Manager and Packaging Manager
    • Ensure end of shift results report is complete to enable shift handover Ensure QFR, 5 why and Abnormality reports are done according to triggers
    • Facilitate planned training
    • Control the hourly employees work hours Resolve issues on shift Develop team
    • TNA plan

    Minimum Requirements:

    • Min: National Diploma (Elec, Mech, Industrial, Instrumental)
    • Completed Packaging traineeship /ABINBev Learnership /Artisan Training
    • At least 3 -5 years factory production experience
    • Demonstrated experience in shift production

    Deadline:5th February,2026

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    Packaging Team Leader-1-Ibhayi Brewery

    • The key purpose of this role is to lead the shift-based team/s in the execution of the production plan to the required performance criteria (QCDSM).

    Key Roles and Responsibilities:

    Maintain a safe and healthy working environment

    • Comply with safety, health and environmental procedures and legislation
    • Maintain safety and housekeeping standards

    Optimize Production Performance & Processes ​

    • Manages shift in accordance with VPO tools and principles
    • Manages shift to achieve production plan within the allowed costs
    • Co-ordinate scheduled maintenance and autonomous operations ​
    • Monitor and co-ordinate production processes to within budget.
    • Interpret and implement the production plan for shift
    • Ensure and maintain a safe and healthy work environment
    • Build and foster relationships with customers and suppliers

    Perform Administration

    • Ensure application of admin systems and procedures
    • Administer conditions of employment for team members
    • Contribute to self and team development
    • Prepare and control budgets

    Initiate and Facilitate Team Problem Solving and Decision Making 

    • Apply problem solving and decision-making techniques and principles
    • Facilitate team problem solving

    Manage Human Resources 

    • Develop employees
    • Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate
    • Manage and apply people policies and practices

    Optimize Team Performance 

    • Facilitate effective team dynamics. ​
    • Implement performance management and OPR processes​
    • Communicate effectively in the workplace

    Minimum Requirements: 

    • Post Matric Tertiary Qualification E.g. National Diploma or equivalent in engineering, N6 Engineering studies plus Trade. Degree in Engineering will be an advantage
    • Min - SAP (Where applicable) and Voyager Plant Optimisation (VPO); Experience in a packaging process environment
    • Supervisory level experience
    • Minimum 2 years in FMCG environment
    • Experience of managing and running a high-speed packaging line would be highly advantageous
    • Min - 3 months on the job training
    • Completion of a ABInBev packaging Traineeship

    Deadline:5th February,2026

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    Packaging Line Team Leader X8 - Alrode Brewery

    • The Key Purpose of this role is to lead the SBU in the execution of the production plan, executing quality control and analyses, the  carrying out of autonomous maintenance tasks and the resolution of production problems.

    Key Roles and Responsibilities: 

    • Co-ordinate and perform scheduled maintenance.
    • Monitor production processes.
    • Interpret and implement production plan for shift.
    • Ensure and maintain a safe and healthy work environment.
    • Build and foster relationships with customers and preferred suppliers.
    • Ensure application of admin systems and procedures.
    • Administer conditions of employment for team members.
    • Contribute to self and team development.
    • Prepare and control budgets.
    • Apply problem solving and decision-making techniques and principles.
    • Facilitate team problem solving.
    • Develop employees.
    • Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate.
    • Manage and apply personnel practices.

    Minimum Requirements:

    • Bachelor's degree - Elec, Mech, Industrial, Instrumental, Chemical & Process Engineering.
    • Completed Packaging traineeship ABInBev Leadership or Artisan Training.
    • At least 3-5 years factory production experience.
    • Demonstrated experience in shift production.
    • A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion for problem solving and continuous  improvement.

    Deadline:1st February,2026

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    Packaging Artisan

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

    Key Roles and Responsibilities:

    • 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 packaging process
    • Optimize plant, process equipment & systems
    • Ensure that maintenance tasks are completed appropriately
    • Standby duty required as per roster Key attributes and competencies:
    • Ability to solve problems
    • Ability to communicate technical knowledge
    • Ability to train, coach and mentor operators
    • Ability to optimize usage of resources and reduce wastage
    • Interpersonal skills
    • Work in teams and collaborate
    • Ability to work minimal supervision (strong self-management practices)

    Key Attributes and Competencies:

    • Ability to communicate well
    • Team player
    • Ability to adhere to instructions, work in shifts with minimum supervision and hard worker
    • Sober mind, self-starter and honest.

    Minimum Requirements:

    • Minimum N3 Technical qualification or higher
    • Trade test qualification Electrical
    • 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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    Talent Attraction Co-ordinator

    • The Key Purpose of this role is to own and manage the end-to-end talent attraction process, delivering top talent to drive future growth. This role is for someone passionate, curious, and resilient—skilled in sourcing, candidate engagement, stakeholder management, and leveraging social media strategies to build strong talent pipelines.

    Key Roles and Responsibilities:

    • Use and leverage recruiting tools available to identify candidates from numerous sources, initiates job postings, screens and qualifies candidates and performs reference checks
    • Identify screening criteria and screen prequalified candidates, presenting a shortlist to the hiring managers for review
    • Provide feedback on candidates to hiring managers, agencies and/or directly to candidates
    • Monitor and maintain internal and external job postings
    • Leverage the Employee Value Proposition and other materials to build and improve our employer brand from a talent attraction point of view
    • Ensure the recruitment process lifecycle is completed in a fast, efficient and professional manner at all times, minimizing time to fill
    • Collaborate with people directors, people managers, people business partners and talent and development teams to understand short- and long-term talent objectives and hiring forecasts for the area of responsibility
    • Ensure compliance with company policies and guidelines, recruiting process and regulatory requirements
    • Create search strategies by developing and maintaining market intelligence, researching target companies, and building network relationships to attract and hire top talent
    • Understand the company’s organizational structure and desired skill sets and profiles needed for each position
    • Source, screen, present and managing candidates across multiple functions in the organization
    • Lead routine meetings with functions to discuss active and passive searches, including but not limited to candidate and role status and progress, metrics, key insights, and challenges
    • Share recruitment knowledge base with the team/customers/stakeholders by providing best practices and tips on relevant industries and talent pools
    • Drive continuous improvement in the recruitment process by bringing innovative solutions and leveraging industry benchmarks to address existing gaps and elevate the recruitment team
    • Supporting various special projects as and when needed

    Key Attributes and Competencies:

    • Experience in advising & influencing leaders and teams
    • Ability to own and drive the recruitment process with all levels of leadership
    • Effective analytical and project planning/project management skills
    • Comfortable with communicating professionally to all levels of candidates and leaders
    • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
    • Able to speak and write in English and one other South African language.
    • Upholds the highest level of confidentiality, discretion and integrity​

    Minimum Requirements:

    • Bachelor's degree in business, Human Resources, Industrial/Organisational Psychology or related field required
    • 2 to 3 years Recruitment/Talent Attraction experience, preferably inan FMCG​
    • Previous talent pipeline/program experience will be highly advantageous​
    • Experience with Workday is considered an advantage.

    Deadline:4th February,2026

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    Employee Services Analyst

    • The key purpose of this role is to execute and effectively deliver the transactional People Service processes, ensuring that business needs are consistently being met. This includes Effectively addressing employee queries, ensuring queries are resolved within SLA, drive a customer service mindset, ensure accurate and timeous maintenance of employee data in relevant systems to ensure high employee data integrity.

    Key outputs and responsibilities:

    Agile Ways of Working:

    • As a squad member, this role is responsible for collaboration and embracing the change of agile ways of work, ensuring team accountability and shared responsibility. 
    • It requires ownership of work, pushing the boundaries for excellent delivery and focus on root cause problem solving, using diverse and collective skills to support other members of the squad.

    Delivery outputs:

    • Maintain a customer service mind set to deliver quality transactional and high-volume people services to all Business Units, across all people / work levels
    • Regular upskilling on Zone People processed to ensure continuous support to all Business Units across the Zone.
    • Ensure that all personal employee data change requests on Workday, SAP and Pays pace are processed timeously and accurately. 
    • Ensure effective and efficient query response and resolution in accordance with agreed SLA, including general enquires related to policy and procedures.
    • Ensure that overall employee data integrity is maintained, and that the Workday HR system remains effective 
    • Deliver on the continuous improvement of operational processes by assisting the Employee Services Lead in identifying opportunities and driving implementation of strategies to close gaps
    • Collaborate closely with Global teams and leverage best practices.
    • Support Zone Employees, Managers and BPs with providing adequate and timeous responses to all employee queries

    Key Attributes and Competencies:

    • Business knowledge and acumen
    • Demonstrated ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across the business
    • Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills, with attention to detail
    • Used to working with deadlines
    • Ability to work in a well organized, accurate and reliable manner
    • Working in a multi-cultural environment 
    • High level of service mindset 
    • Coordination skills, Presentation skills and a high sense of accuracy 
    • Communicative, team oriented and open for change
    • Highly results focused
    • Leads by example, and lives the company’s values
    • Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively

    Minimum Requirements:

    • Relevant degree in Human Resources, or related discipline or an equivalent experience​
    • SAP HR, Workday and ServiceNow system experience preferred
    • Knowledge of People Policies across the Zone required

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    Revenue Manager

    The Key Purpose of this role is to support the strategic design and execution of revenue growth initiatives across the Africa zone, partnering with FP&A and senior market leaders to drive pricing, pack architecture, and trade investment strategies that unlock sustainable top-line and margin growth.

    Key Roles and Responsibilities: 

    • Translate and govern global revenue guardrails across the Africa Zone, ensuring disciplined and consistent execution.
    • Consolidate zone revenue insights to shape strategic priorities and value creation agendas.
    • Review and evaluate operating unit pricing and revenue proposals. 
    • Champion and entrench a high-performance revenue management culture across markets through standards, routines, and capability building.
    • Own and drive the accessibility pillar within the POS framework.
    • Evaluate innovation P&Ls, ensuring robust financial rigor.
    • Lead market-level revenue strategy execution. 
    • Deliver rigorous performance analysis and insights, identifying risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
    • Optimize pack and pricing architecture to unlock mix improvement, competitive advantage, and sustainable revenue growth.
    • Govern trade investment effectiveness, ensuring execution excellence. 
    • Engage and influence senior stakeholders to drive alignment and elevate zone revenue capability.

    Key Attributes and Competencies: 

    • Analytical & strategic thinking
    • Stakeholder management
    • Execution discipline
    • Adaptability & cultural sensitivity

    Minimum Requirements: 

    • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or related field; MBA preferred.
    • Commercial strategy, pricing, and finance.  7+ years of experience in FMCG, with strong exposure to sales,
    • Experience working across multiple markets or regions.
    • Strong analytical skills and proficiency in revenue management tools and frameworks.
    • Commercial acumen

    Deadline:6th February,2026

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    PPM Lead

    • The Key Purpose of this role is to have full responsibility for the planning, reporting, and control cycle of Supply budgets for the plant, including Variable Industrial Costs (VIC), Fixed Industrial Costs (FIC), Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB), Capital Expenditure (CAPEX), People costs, and Internal Controls, on a monthly, quarterly, and year-end basis.

    Key Roles and Responsibilities:

    Annual Planning & Budgeting

    • Adhere to all deadlines, milestones, and submission requirements set by the Zone Supply PPM team.
    • Review all budget calculations for Operating Performance Controls (OPCs) and Bills of Materials (BOMs), owning the end-to-end process.
    • Lead the Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) process for the plant, ensuring adherence to all guidelines, templates, and timelines.
    • Support the completion of the CAPEX budget as required.
    • Lead headcount and pay-cost planning for the plant.
    • Ensure all champion initiatives are fully embedded in the budget while avoiding double counting.
    • Prepare management review presentations for Zone leadership, in line with required guidelines, templates, and timelines.
    • Ensure final budgets are accurately uploaded into all relevant systems (Cognos, SCFD, SAP, TM1).
    • Provide accurate bottom-up VIC standards and actuals for MACO reporting.

    Monthly Reporting, Forecasting & Performance Management

    • Prepare and manage the full-year forecast outlook (Latest Estimate – LE) for the plant.
    • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in financial and operational results.
    • Identify risks, determine root causes, and define gap-closing action plans.
    • Consolidate and report LE monthly to the Zone Supply PPM team.
    • Review new Product Cost Estimates (PCEs) and BOMs monthly, as required.
    • Review the plant Profit and Loss statement and validate the accuracy of reported results, ensuring no material misstatements.
    • Review headcount and pay-cost reporting on a monthly basis.
    • Lead the completion and presentation of the monthly plant Time & Money (T&M) deck together with the Plant Manager.
    • Monitor alignment between Budget, CAPEX, and ZBB performance.
    • Manage monthly and year-end closing activities for Supply, including validation of accruals.
    • Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting in line with approved policies and procedures.
    • Manage the relationship with the Network of Capability Centre (NoCC) for outsourced activities.

    Operational Efficiency & Supply Performance

    • Track operational performance targets to achieve World Class Excellence, including metrics such as DBCM, by-product income, and packaging and malting losses.
    • Assess Supply operational efficiency and identify initiatives to optimize performance.
    • Lead action plans to close performance gaps against the Three-Year Plan, Budget, LE, and global benchmarks.
    • Execute management reporting to enable best-in-class operational performance management.
    • Review and manage fixed asset performance and lifecycle.
    • Ensure effective tax compliance at plant level.

    Ad Hoc Analysis, Projects & Strategic Support

    • Provide recommendations to support senior management decision-making.
    • Manage and participate in ad hoc projects as required.
    • Challenge and monitor capacity utilization and footprint strategy where applicable.
    • Perform detailed cost analyses to identify plant-level savings opportunities.
    • Participate actively in Zone benchmarking activities.
    • Conduct strategic studies to streamline and optimize business operations.
    • Ensure consistent application of definitions and reporting standards across functions.
    • Mediate on behalf of Supply PPM on plant performance (P&L) issues or cross-functional conflicts.
    • Act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Supply towards the Plant.

    Governance, Controls & Compliance

    • Maintain an effective financial control environment at plant level, including:
    • Fixed asset verification
    • Inventory control effectiveness
    • Stock counts
    • Facilitate and support SARS audits as required.

    Key Attributes & Competencies:

    • Ability to operate effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
    • High service orientation and stakeholder focus.
    • Strong coordination and organizational skills.
    • High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
    • Communicative, team-oriented, and adaptable to change.
    • Strong business acumen and operational understanding.
    • Excellent analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
    • Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
    • Highly results-focused and performance-driven.
    • Leads by example and demonstrates company values.
    • Strong presentation and communication skills.
    • Ability to work independently and prioritize workload effectively.

    Minimum Requirements:

    • Honours Degree in Accounting.
    • MBA, CIMA, or CA(SA) qualification would be advantageous.
    • Minimum of three years’ experience in a finance role within a manufacturing environment.
    • Experience in product costing.
    • Knowledge of financial reporting and general accounting practices.
    • Experience with consolidation principles and methodologies.
    • Project management, problem assessment, and problem-solving experience.
    • Experience working in an ERP-driven, process-oriented organization.

    Technical Competencies

    • Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
    • Good working knowledge of consolidation and reporting tools (Cognos, TM1, BI).
    • Knowledge of ERP systems, including SAP R/3 (FI/CO modules) and SAP BW.

    Deadline:6th February,2026

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