Job Opportunities at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key Roles and Responsibilities: 
Safety Policy & Compliance 

• Implement and uphold AB InBev Safety Policy, Standards, and Corporate Governance requirements.
• Ensure compliance with the OHS Act of 1993, the Road Traffic Act, and other relevant legislation.
• Conduct ongoing shop-floor coaching on the OHS Act to promote a culture of safety.
• Ensure all new employees and contractors are inducted into the SHE (Safety, Health, and Environment) programme.
• Identify and communicate workplace hazards to all staff.
• Maintain and update site procedures and work instructions, ensuring relevant staff training is conducted.

Fleet Management 

• Provide sustainable fleet and safety support to both on-site and remotely supported locations, including sales and commercial operations.
• Conduct routine inspections of the logistics fleet to ensure compliance with legal and company standards.
• Report daily on fleet availability (trucks, trailers, forklifts, and Moffetts) across all site functions.
• Manage the preventative and corrective maintenance plan and schedule for all vehicle categories, ensuring continuous fleet availability.
• Oversee the COF (Certificate of Fitness) and licensing processes.
• Obtain quotes from suppliers for fleet maintenance and repairs.
• Submit new master data requisitions and changes to the Regional Fleet Manager for approval.
• Understand and manage vehicle specific maintenance and service requirements for all vehicle types, including warehouse cleaning equipment.
• Manage spare parts inventory, ensuring adherence to minimum and maximum stock levels (including tyres).

Risk Management & Auditing 

• Safeguard stakeholder interests by proactively identifying and mitigating safety and loss risks across all AB-InBev operations.
• Be available for emergencies and collaborate with multiple stakeholders to address business hazards beyond the site perimeter.
• Manage internal self-audits, analyse findings, and monitor the implementation of corrective actions.
• Implement and sustain DPO (Distribution Process Optimisation) and VPO (Voyager Process Optimisation) Fleet and Safety Pillars through self-assessments and zone audits.
• Attend weekly Distribution Centre (DC) Fleet Meetings, providing insights on fleet and contractor performance in line with Terms of Reference (TOR).
• Conduct asset verification in accordance with the Business Reference Number (BRN) process.
• Maintain and archive records and documentation as per SAB and legal requirements, including maintenance job cards, licensing history and pre-trip inspections.

Environmental & Legal Compliance 

• Develop and maintain site standards to minimise losses, ensure legal compliance (OHS Act, Environmental Act, COID Act), and limit legal liability.
• Oversee the maintenance of the environmental programme and execution of required internal and external audits.
• Ensure that fire and explosion risks are adequately addressed through regular audits, surveys, and maintenance.

Financial & Operational Support

• Support the Regional Fleet Manager in managing expenditure against the budget (VLC), providing monthly latest estimates (LE) aligned to period phasing (DC).
• Empower operators and line managers to deliver effective, modern leadership in operations.
• Manage workshop safety using 5S principles and review maintenance SOPs to ensure safe practices are followed.

Reporting & Systems 

• Utilize CR360 to report non-conformances, incidents, and accidents.

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant 3-year tertiary degree or diploma.
• 2-3 years of hands-on experience in fleet management or a related functions.
• Solid understanding of the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1993 and the South African Road Traffic Act.
• Familiarity with governance codes and compliance requirements.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Word and Excel) and working knowledge of SAP

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Key Responsibilities

The key accountabilities for this role include but are not restricted to:

• Including ABInBev Safety Policy and Standards and Corporate Governance and ensures protection of stakeholder interests through the mitigation at source of loss and safety risk, pure and speculative across the broad spectrum of the AB-InBev operations
• Fleet for this role encompasses all fleet – All FLTs on Site, Moffets on Site and Trucks/Trailers on Site
• Conduct shop-floor ongoing coaching on OHS Act
• To ensure compliance with the OHS Act of 93 and the Road Traffic Act
• Accountable to providing sustainable fleet/safety support to the sites stationed at and remotely contracted to support including the sales/ commercial operations
• The safety professional need to be available for emergencies. Business hazards are not contained within perimeter fencing but one has to devise smart plans to work in collaboration with multiple stakeholders
• Conduct daily stringent inspections of the fleet for compliance against legal and company requirements
• Report on daily fleet availability (Trucks, Trailers, FLT’s and MFLT’s) in all functions of the site
• Maintain and archive records and documentation as per SAB and legal requirements including maintenance job cards, licensing history, and pre-trip inspections
• To manage internal self-audits
• Analyse findings and monitor implementation of corrective action
• Implement and sustain the DPO Fleet and Safety Pillars through DPO Self Assessments and Zone DPO Audits.
• Implement and sustain for the Logistics Department the VPO Maintenance , Environmental and Safety Pillars through VPO Self Assessments and Zone VPO Audits.
• Attending Weekly DC Fleet Meeting providing insight on fleet and contractor performance aligned to the TOR
• Asset verification in line with the BRN
• Submit all new master data requisitions and changes to Regional Fleet Manager to be updated.
• Understand vehicle-specific maintenance and service requirements for all vehicle categories (trucks, trailers, forklifts and warehouse cleaning equipment)
• To empower operators and line managers to be able to provide an encompassing 21st century leadership to operations.
• To develop and maintain site standards to minimise losses, ensure compliance to legal provisions (e.g. OHS Act, Environmental Act, COID Act) and limit legal liability exposures
• To be accountable for the maintenance of the environmental programme and the execution of required internal and external audits
• Ensure all workplace hazards are identified and communicated to all staff.
• Ensure all new employees and contractors are inducted on the SHE programme
• Ensure site procedures and work instructions are maintained, issued to staff and relevant staff training is conducted
• Accountable to ensure that these safety risks are adequately addressed and to monitor audits/surveys/maintenance to ensure that fire and explosion risks are minimized
• Manage the preventative and corrective maintenance plan and schedule and adhere stringently to schedules for all vehicle categories to ensure the fleet is continuously maintained and available
• Continuous management of COF and licensing process
• Obtain quotes form supplies on fleet maintenance and repairs
• Support RFM in managing 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)
• Workshop Safety 5s and review maintenance SOP’s to ensure safe practices are followed
• UtiliseCR360 to report non-conformances, incident and accidents

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant 3-year tertiary degree / diploma
• 2 – 3 years fleet functional work experience
• Applicable Occupational Health and Safety Act of 93, South African Road Traffic
• Act and governance knowledge
• Business and financial acumen
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word and knowledge of SAP
• Strong analytical ability demonstrated
• Good performance track record
• Heath and Safety knowledge
• High levels of integrity and honesty
• Strong self-management qualities
• Good analytical and problem solving ability
• Planning skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure
• Demonstrate initiative
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good verbal ability and communication skills
• Ability to adopt to change – resilient
• Demonstrate appropriate levels of assertiveness
• Good negotiation skills

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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 customers and retail outlets
• Ensure merchandising (visibility of the brand 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 competitor

Minimum Requirements:

• 3-year degree qualification
• At least 2 years' experience in a sales/marketing/FMCG environment
• Valid unendorsed Code 8 drivers' license
• Basic computer literacy and experience working with Microsoft office
• Local area knowledge is a requirement
• Excellent administration skills

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Key Outputs 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:

• Minimum of B.Sc. or HND in Social sciences or any relevant discipline.
• Minimum of 1 year sales experience with International Breweries.

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Inventory Counts

• Physically perform and lead the morning inventory count process
• Identify the root cause of inventory count variances and put action plans in place through problem solving tools to improve the Inventory Accuracy KPI
• Reduce supply chain overheads through the utilization of problem-solving tools
• Create and manage warehouse management tools to ensure FEFO

Track and trend inventory accuracy

• Ensure movement of materials always reflects in the SAP system for all warehouses that hold packaging raw materials under Newlands operations (E.g., Movement of Material to and from SLOCs, RTP Returns and GRNs reflects physical quantity received/moved/dispatched)
• Ensure adherence to the layout in line of certain warehouse activities e.g. Staging SLOCs, RTP Sorting Operations, ABS Layout 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 adherence to a location-based inventory system to identify stored product
• Ensure adherence to blocking standards on non-conforming inventory
• Product quality induction programme conducted
• Trace, trend and manage RTP operation to conform to quality standards
• Implement and execute quality checks on all inbound raw materials
• Ensure 75% Compliance to the Warehouse Network Productivity GOP to improve the KPI
• Allocate and assign labour activities utilizing the SKAP tool

Minimum Requirements:

• 3-year relevant diploma/degree
• 3+ years Warehouse and or logistics experience advantageous
• Highly level computer user.
• SAP proficient

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

• Provide specialist support to the shift based teams during operations. This will include standby and day shift support where requested, assist as a functional expert in problem solving. This must be undertaken in support of the process artisan
• Where requested, provide guidance and advice to the shift based teams on machine operation, machine fault finding, correct responses to machine failure modes and alarm management
• Where requested, provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams
• Take part, as functional expert, in regional, central office and manufacturing systems plant optimization trials
• Dotted line support to the Automation PTE and Systems team

PLANNED MAINTENANCE

• Take part in maintenance planning meeting, contributing suggestions and clarifying work required
• Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner
• Where scheduled work can not be completed, feed back to the maintenance planner for direction. This may involve rescheduling the work or prioritising outstanding work
• Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in during planned maintenance windows
• Partake in maintenance postmortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE

• Partake in C&A related maintenance schedules issued by the Maintenance Planner and as stipulated by the C&A GOP
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule
• Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate problem solving techniques. If required, additional resources may be called in to assist
• Where problems have been uncovered, and it is required to include the work in the planned maintenance schedule, this must be communicated to the Maintenance Planner
• Ensure that C&A governance i.t.o disaster recovery, inspections and calibration are diligently carried out

RUNNING REPAIRS

• On request, partake in carrying out running repairs on plant and equipment, or support the Shift Artisans in carrying out repairs
• When carrying out repairs, assess the problem and determine a course of action
• Where required, specialist assistance may be called in. This may include internal resources such as Instrument
• Technicians, or external resources such as Contractors or Suppliers
• Where repairs indicate that major work is required, such as re-wiring a motor, this must be transferred to the engineering workshop for attention
• Verify that where running repairs have been carried out, this has addressed the problem
• Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs that the Technician has carried out. This includes all SAP inputs
• Where running repairs cannot be carried out, communicate this to the Maintenance Planner to ensure the work is planned nto the next planned window

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 FFA's on request

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:

• National Diploma/N6 in Electrical Engineering/ Industrial Electronics/Instrumentation/Electro techniques
• Trade tested
• Experience with Siemens PLC programming ( Siemens certifications would be an advantage)
• Knowledge or experience of working in a production environment particularly in FMCG

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Operating equipment and manage associated processes & performance in packaging
• Interpret and implement production plan for shift
• Operate manual and automatic machines on line as per standards
• Ensure process quality and productivity
• Perform administration work such as tracking and monitoring of processes and take action when required
• Manage PIMS & POMS and take corrective action on negative trends
• Use of OFR’s (As per triggers)
• Contribute towards AB reports as required
• Ensure and maintain a safe and healthy work environment

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum Grade 12
• Post matric or equivalent (e.g. N4) -National Diploma or Equivalent
• Added advantage IOB Certificate
• Training: Min 9 months on the job training and having completed SKAP within 12 months
• Experience within a Packaging FMCG industry

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Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work with the data engineers, scientists and insights team to provide high quality analytics, business-focused insights and automated reporting
• Provide insights and analytics to enable digital optimisation techniques for campaigns and on-going data support
• Help support and drive the future state data vision and efficiencies in digital execution
• Support digital strategy to grow the volume of consumers that can be identified and profiled within digital channels and assist to share this data across channels for omni-channel success
• Continually improve our digital data strategy to support our business KPIs and to facilitate a deeper understanding of digital asset performance
• Follow industry and emerging best practices in shaping the marketing analytics capability including a focus on data organisation, data quality, documentation, and ongoing process improvement
• Performing ROI analysis to evaluate efficiency and effectiveness of different marketing campaigns/channels
• Provide analytical and decision support on new initiatives
• Partner with insights team on qualitative and quantitative market research projects

Minimum Requirements:

• Matric
• Higher Certificate/Diploma or relevant tertiary qualifications / certifications
• 2+ years  data and analysis / media experience / market research – key being the ability to clean, interpret and visualize data for storytelling
• Experience using Reporting Tools (Power BI / Datorama / Looker Studio / Tableau / Emplifi)
• Strong quantitative and analysis skills
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Coding skills advantageous (SQL, python, R, etc)
• Statistical knowledge advantageous

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Key roles and responsibilities:

• Use consumer insights, research and relationships to identify potential innovations
• Determine Feasibility (can we make money), Desirability (does anyone want the product) and Viability (can we make it at all) for innovations using incomplete and sometimes conflicting data
• Inspire and run cross functional project teams to deliver innovations on time
• Solve diverse challenges across the supply chain
• Give creative input to the product’s positioning, packaging and commercialisation for maximum impact in the market
• Innovation idea and opportunity identification by applying the Front-end innovation process
• Developing and sustaining a balanced short- to long-term innovation pipeline for the respective Zone sub-category and brands
• Building, expand, develop, romance liquid and pack innovations that support the business’ financial objectives, identifying and working with different business models
• Planning and delivering regional and local innovation projects through SMARTgate up to launch by defining effective solutions against consumer desirability, technical and supply feasibility, and financial viability
• Development of differentiated and compelling brand positioning, -purpose, -ladder, core creative idea and marketing mix
• Building concept business cases including P&L at SKU level to determine optimal concept financial viability
• Influencing stakeholder at different levels, building and maintaining collaborative cross-functional relationships across the Zone
• Supporting innovation capability building, ZBB management

Profile:

• A three year related degree in a prerequisite; post graduate degree in business/marketing preferred
• Minimum 5 years related working experience in brand management, consumer insights and/or marketing strategy consulting environment; consumer goods preferred; experienced in ATL and TTL creative and campaigns preferred
• Strong project management skills and proven track record of project delivery
• Established leadership ability at mid level
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects across multidisciplinary teams.
• Proven track record or launched innovation initiatives
• Problem Solving/ Agile Methodology capable
• Financial business case understanding

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Key roles and responsibilities:

• Build and maintain strong POC relationships and address any key pain points by working with different SAB teams (e.g. Brand Teams, Trade Marketing etc.) ensuring the highest level of customer service
• Manage customer expectations and ensure that their needs are met in a timely fashion
• Develop and implement customer specific business programs and account plans
• Develop new sales opportunities for Premium Brands
• Educate and train customers on SAB’s Premium category to ensure correct in store positioning and execution of the Brands to enhance the consumer experience
• Assist the Premium Co. Team to drive market share, meet financial targets and growth objectives for SAB Premium Brands in key FOP Outlets
• Assist the Premium Co. Team to develop comprehensive Brand Plans for the Premium Category
• Provide the Premium Co. Team with key customer insights on the Super Premium Alcohol category to ensure category strategy alignment to consumer needs

Minimum requirements:

• Minimum 3 Year Tertiary Qualification
• 3 - 5 Years Sales experience within FMCG
• Valid Driver's License (Essential)

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Analysis of sales information to generate local insights Support District Manager with Business Planning requirements with weekly insights and analysis across support teams
• Support sales manager with quarterly sales plans localized deep dive and trend analysis
• Weekly opportunity or issue identification for the sales team
• Analyse standard reporting packs and provide recommendations to sales managers and to the district manager
• Daily, weekly and monthly reporting on performance down to sales rep level (volume, pricing, retention, BEES, trade Schemes, availability, calling, promotions & scorecards)
• Maintains the integrity an accuracy of sales Masterdata
• Assisting sales managers and district manager with customer free beer credits
• Purchase order creation and other PTP queries for sales manager and district manager

Minimum Requirements:

• B Com/or Related Business Degree
• Experience 1-2 years sales experience would be advantageous

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Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, healthy, and risk-free working environment in line with company safety standards
• Perform maintenance and repairs on plant equipment and ensure machines are safe prior to intervention
• Diagnose and resolve electrical faults to minimize downtime
• Optimize plant performance through continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure all work complies with required standards, including SABS regulations
• Execute maintenance tasks according to standard work instructions
• Identify defects, non-standard conditions, and implement sustainable solutions
• Support operations teams through coaching and technical guidance
• Manage spare parts requirements and maintenance records via SAP

Minimum Requirements

• N4 Technical Qualification or higher
• Trade Test Certificate (Electrical)
• Minimum 2 years post-trade experience (advantageous)
• FMCG/Packaging experience (advantageous)
• Basic computer literacy (MS Excel, Word, SAP exposure advantageous)
• Willingness to work shifts

End Date: May 1, 2026

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Key Roles and Responsibilities

Shift based production performance and processes

• Interpret and implement production plan for shift
• Monitor and control production processes on shift using the correct tools as per the VPO standards (OWS, Team Rooms, 5S, etc)
• Perform quality analysis and ensure process quality and productivity is achieved on your shift
• Manage waste and by-products on shift

Shift Team performance

• Ensure and maintain a safe and healthy work environment
• Communicate effectively in the workplace
• Use escalation procedures to ensure that time to react is reduced
• Execute on VPO implementation plans as per the VPO standards
• Ensure proper understanding of VPO standards
• Execute on goals and ensure shift goals are met

Perform administration

• Ensure application of administration systems and procedures 
• Contribute to self and team development
• Ensure all the administration is executed on time as per the VPO standards

Problem solving

• Apply problem solving and decision-making techniques and principles to control the process within acceptable limits. 
• Ensure problem solving is initiated as per triggers on the OWS

Development

• Drive your development plan
• Ensure training bucket compliance and SKAP plan execution

Minimum Requirements

• Min.  Matric or equivalent e.g. NQF level 4 (ONLY Internal)
• National Diploma or equivalent (External) IBD Certificate
• IBD certificates (Either of the three papers)
• Min – 12 months on the job training @ SKAP process
• 12 months - 5 years' experience in a brewing environment or previous experience in a process-controlled manufacturing environment, ideally in food FMCG products
• Previous experience in a process-controlled manufacturing environment, ideally in food FMCG products
• Understanding of the Brewing process Value Chain from Raw materials transfer to BBT, including E&F throughout to Packaging
• PC literacy (Microsoft/SAP)
• Logical, analytical problem solver
• Team player

End Date: May 1, 2026