Latest Recruitment at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key purpose:

Perform optimisation/modification and maintenance of process control systems

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 specialized 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 analyze 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 in order 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

Profile:

• N6 and a Trade Test Qualification
• Minimum of 3 years instrumentation equipment maintenance and PLC experience advantageous
• 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

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The key purpose of this role is the safe operation of one or more discrete processes in the Brewing plant (e.g., Wort Cooling, Yeast Handling, Racking, SV operation, Bright Beer), the execution of process tasks, 5S, ATO, Quality Control checks and analyses to produce a consistent product of the right quality at optimum cost.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Operate the Brewing Plant and Process​
• Performing housekeeping tasks, applying 5s principles and following safe work practices
• Unsafe work practices must be identified and corrected.
• Support the creation (drafting and documenting) of standard work procedures (including quick fix routines and problems​
• Will to work in a manual plant that requires the movement of raw materials, machinery and hoses during various processes and operations​
• Carry out the required quality +checks and analyses, and recording the results on the appropriate information system
• Where quality problems have arisen, apply the appropriate problem-solving techniques (e.g., Quick fix routines) to resolve​
• Escalate any identified or unresolved problems to CRO
• Actively participate in meetings and goal reviews
• Utilize the gap list to record issues, problems and improvement opportunities
• Fully understanding the team goals and participating in team goal review sessions
• Making use of relevant communication media (e.g., shift logbook) to stay informed and inform others of issues
• Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality​
• Complete autonomous maintenance tasks problem-solving activities
• Respond rapidly to upstream or downstream triggers that could result in out-of-control process situations
• Apply problem solving techniques (e.g., 5Y, quick fix routines etc.) to identify and correct problems
• Be a logical, analytical problem solver who can operate in an unstructured environment
• A team player (prepared to communicate, listen and assist)
• Demonstrate Initiative and energy
• Achievement Drive (improvement, do better than standard or what was done previously, be the best)
• Be available to work flexible shift hours configuration (outside of normal office hours and and over the weekends) to meet production

Profile:

• National Diploma – Chemical Engineering / Biotechnology
• Completed IST in Brewing
• Ability to work shifts
• Experience in working in a NPD process environment
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving ability

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The key purpose of this role is to ensure optimum plant production scheduling and utilization of raw materials and people, to produce quality products at minimum costs which meet customer and legislative requirements.

Key outputs and responsibilities:

• Provides logistical leadership to all logistics, planning, exports and raw materials issues
• Leads raw materials planning, forecasting, ordering, payment, budget control, supplier management and effective quality controls
• Ensures alignment and synchronization of the regional production plan to inform the Brewing, Packaging and Warehouse operational plans
• Consolidates and standardizes supplier and internal customer service levels and reviews SLA’s regularly
• Operational management of all logistical day to day regional activities from raw materials intake through Brewing, Packaging and Warehousing
• Optimizes stock management and performance
• Manages human resources and ensures team synergies
• Develops and documents the standards and operational procedures for all logistical requirements • Designs, costs and deploys all regional projects and technological advancements
• Facilitates systemic problem solving and drives continuous improvement to minimize non value adding activities to improve waste or drive process improvements
• Adherence to the health, safety and environmental standards
• Department of Labor stacking exemptions complied with
• Railway Safety Regulator requirements complied with
• Site housekeeping standards maintained to ensure adherence to site safety standards as head of Logistics Safety, Health and Environmental Committee
• Ensure compliance to all relevant legislation 3rd party contract management
• Contractors managed against the Service Level agreement
• Ensure contractors alignment to business strategy
• Create an engaging environment to foster business partnerships and good relations
• Continuously engage contractors to extract maximum productivity responsibly
• Minimize use of temporary service providers and manage within relevant legislation
• Ensure contractors comply with SAFE requirements Supplier Management
• Manage On time In full component of supplier customer service
• Develops and manage budgets and forecasts
• Controls expenditure against budgets and forecasts
• Minimize overtime and temporary employee usage
• Authorizes expenditure and ensure adherence to the Procurement to Payment policy
• Continuously look for financial optimization opportunities internal and external
• Weekly monitoring of general ledger accounts to ensure adherence to budget and forecasts
• Monthly financial performance analyzed and necessary plans put in place to correct if required Equipment management
• Engage suppliers to maintain optimal equipment uptime
• Ensure adherence to legislation
• Conduct regular inspections to ensure compliance to legislation and internal measures
• Monitor and understand key performance indicators and implement corrective action plans where required
• Enhance people capability
• Ensure the Company’s DPC is communicated and understood by all employees
• Employees are managed in accordance with the Company’s Performance Management philosophy and principles
• Input into Training needs analysis to ensure sustainability and continuation
• Provide on the job coaching and mentoring to ensure continuous improvement
• Manage Employees in a manner that maintains a healthy industrial relations climate
• Employee’s punctuality and attendance managed to meet operational requirements
• Time and attendance, overtime and shifts via SAP administration effectively managed
• Ensure that all Employees are conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures
• Support social systems
• Create an environment that allows for cross functional learning and integration
• Regular team meetings conducted to understand performance, ensure achievement of short and long term objectives (MCRS)
• Support Administrators that work across functions.

KPIs

• Volume throughout : 9.0 million hl optimised and grown through flexibility
• LEF/GLY/FE gap
• 6 Packline raw material management. Run strategy compliance
• Brewing & Packaging reliability
• People calendar adherence
• Label glue usage
• Income statement, fixed costs, stock write offs, CAPIN projects managed vs Budget KPI’s
• IFC & internal audit score cards
• GRIR/ZMIR6
• Transfer loss, can & nrb losses
• People calendar adherence
• Contractor compliance
• Hygiene/PRP ​
• Downtime (Quality & Service)
• LTI's ​ • Complexity ​
• 3 x Brew houses
• 2 x racking lines
• 3 x filter lines
• Combi FV / SV Dedicated BBT's
• Tank Beer

Profile:

• 3 year tertiary qualification, preferably in Supply Chain and Logistics
• 8 years’ experience within an FMCG/Supply Chain environment at a managerial level
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office & SAP
• 2-3 years previous experience in a Brewing / Packaging environment
• Good interpersonal skills / builds good relationships
• Good problem solving ability, attention to detail, logical and analytical
• Knowledge of all relevant legislation
• High energy levels with a bias for action
• Proactive, initiative and good self-starting ability
• Business and financial acumen and strong project management & problem solving capability
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to lead a team
• Strong systems aptitude and affinity with technology

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The key purpose of this role is to provide the plant with a comprehensive and professional environment and occupational health and safety system. Ensuring compliance to environment and safety systems, standards and work practices to achieve targets set for the VPO environment and safety pillars as well as the environment and safety KPI’s.

Key outputs and responsibilities:

• Maintain safe healthy and risk free working environment
• Ensure safety, healthy & environmental legislation compliance
• Ensure compliance the VPO Standards for the environment and safety pillars
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards Manage Human Resources
• Develop employees based on identified needs through OPR sessions
• Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate
• Manage technical pipeline for key roles in safety and environment team
• Support apprenticeship and artisan development for site Leads the management and implementation of the Safety and Environment VPO Pillar in the plant
• Ensure requirements of all 23 Blocks of the Safety Pillar are implemented
• Performs Safety and environment monitoring and audits
• Performs regular VPO Safety and environment Pillars' audits and reviews using the Pillar Questionnaires
• Performs legal Compliance Audit
• Monitors and analyses leading and lagging Safety and environment KPI’s and implements interventions to improve
• Ensures all Safety and environment Incidents and Observations are captured and reported in Credit360
• Manage the problem solving process to ensure all Safety and environment accidents/incidents are captured and reported in Credit360 and escalated as per VPO requirements
• Ensures all efficient and effective problem solving and implementation of loop closure for all Safety and environment/accidents reported in Cr360 as per VPO requirements
• Ensures optimum use of Safety App or equivalent system to raise Safety and environment Incidents and Observations
• Performs Loss and waste analysis on Safety and environment Incident and Observations
• Develops an action plan to close SIO's based on priority
• Performs safety and environment monitoring using the Supervisor or Managers Check Lists Leads the safety and environment strategies as per VPO-Safety and environment Pillars
• Implement Behavioural Safety Program at all levels
• Implement focused safety and environment interventions for critical/priority blocks
• Apply relevant Safety and environment Standards & SOPs
• Develops and coordinate Safety and environment Investment Programme
• Implement Safety and Environment VPO and associated GOP's
• Manage progress according to glide paths set and agreed
• Implement E&S Dashboards and sustain derived improvement Manage small Safety and Environment site Capex Projects
• Mange Safety and environment requirements during Projects execution
• Project completion on time and in budget
• Ensure safety and environment compliance of all new equipment during commissioning

Profile:

• 3 year appropriate tertiary qualification, i.e. B Tech: Mech or Electrical, BSc Mech or Electrical
• Tertiary qualification in Safety and environment Management and Auditing
• Successful Completed ABInBev trainee program (Brewing, Packaging, Logistics, Maintenance or E&F)
• South African Department of Labor issued Government Certificate of Competence or equivalent legal requirement for appointment to the position of responsible person for Safety and environment
• Minimum 5 years experience in a Fast Moving Consumer Goods environment
• Experience in both safety and environment management
• 3-5 years experience in either Safety/environment Facilitator or Controller role