Planning And Performance Manager

Anheuser Busch InBev; Neemrana; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Anheuser Busch InBev India Neemrana is seeking a finance-oriented professional to support budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization for the brewery. You will partner with HQ PPM and department leads to drive cost efficiencies and track ROI on capex initiatives.

The role emphasizes KPI data integrity, monthly reporting, and presenting insights to India leadership. SAP ERP experience and beverage industry exposure are preferred.

Qualifications

• Basic understanding of finance & accounting principles.
• Familiarity with manufacturing operations.
• Experience with SAP-based ERP systems preferred.
• Past experience in Beer/Alco-beverage/Soft drink industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Budgeting: Collaborate with HQ PPM and department leads to build cost efficiencies for budgeted costs.
• Forecasting: Forecast actual cost vs budget monthly and ensure alignment.
• Optimization: Identify opportunities to optimize costs and deliver savings.
• Capex: Build business cases for required capex and track ROI post-implementation.
• Brewery KPIs: Ensure data integrity of KPIs and stay within budget.
• Monthly routines: Adhere to monthly reporting routines and submit analyses on time.
• Presentations: Prepare materials for weekly/monthly/quarterly reviews with India leadership.
• Analysis: Use data analysis to improve KPIs and reduce costs.

Skills

Finance basics

Manufacturing operations

SAP ERP

Beverage industry experience

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Accountabilities:

• Budgeting: Work with HQ PPM & Department Leads at brewery to build cost efficiencies for budget both variable & fixed costs
• Forecasting: Work with brewery leadership team to forecast actual cost vs budget cost for the year every month. Ensure that actual cost incurred in any given month is within the forecast
• Optimization: Work with HQ subject matter experts & brewery leadership team to find opportunities to optimize the cost further and deliver savings against budget cost
• Capex: Collaborate with Capex team to build business cases for required capex in the brewery, provide ROI for the capex and track actual ROI vs business case ROI post project implementation
• Brewery KPIs: Ensure data integrity of KPIs input by brewery operations team on a regular basis, collaborate with brewery leadership team to ensure actual KPIs remain within budget
• Monthly Routines: Ensure adherence to monthly routines set up by global reporting team, submit required reports & analysis on time with HQ PPM team
• Presentations: Build presentations for weekly/monthly/quarterly review of brewery performance with India leadership
• Analysis: Help brewery leadership & operations team to improve KPIs & reduce costs by opening gaps in existing processes/ways of working through rigorous data analysis

Knowledge Skill:

• Basic understanding of finance & accounting principles
• Familiarity with manufacturing operations
• Candidates with experience of using SAP based ERP in previous organization will be given preference.
• Candidates with past experience of working in Beer/Alco-beverage/Soft drink industry will be given preference

Professional Skill:

• Logical and analytical thinker with ability to foresee & plan for future risks.
• Comfortable in working with large sets of unorganized data.
• Strong communication skills & ability to influence others.
• Highly proficient in Excel, PowerPoint & other office tools, candidates proficient in PowerBI will be given preference.
• Self-motivated, someone who thrives in ambiguous/chaotic situations.
• Someone who demonstrates high degree of ownership of their work and has big career ambitions.
• Highly ethical & maintains integrity in toughest of situations

What is on offer:

• An opportunity of a lifetime – to understand end-to-end supply chain of a manufacturing plant – both operational as well as financial aspect
• As a shadow of the brewery manager – this role prepares the candidate for future leadership roles in supply chain vertical.