Planning and Performance -Manager

Anheuser Busch InBev; Sangareddy; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Anheuser Busch InBev in Telangana's Sangareddy region seeks a Finance Analyst to oversee budgeting, forecasting and cost optimization for the brewery. You will collaborate with HQ PPM, department leads and operations teams to ensure spends stay within budget and KPIs are accurate.

You will lead monthly reporting, build presentations for leadership reviews, assess capex ROI and drive data-driven improvements across cost centers while upholding high ethical standards and ownership of work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field.
• Experience with SAP ERP in manufacturing preferred.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Budgeting: work with HQ PPM and department leads to build cost efficiencies for budgeted variable and fixed costs.
• Forecasting: collaborate with brewery leadership to compare actual vs budgeted costs monthly and keep variances in check.
• Optimization: identify opportunities to reduce costs and deliver savings against budget.
• Capex: partner with Capex team to build business cases and track ROI post-implementation.
• Brewery KPIs: ensure data integrity of KPIs and keep actuals within budget.
• Monthly routines: adhere to monthly reporting schedules and submit reports to HQ PPM on time.
• Presentations: prepare materials for weekly/monthly/quarterly leadership reviews.
• Analysis: run data analyses to improve KPIs and close gaps in processes.

Skills

Finance & Accounting

Forecasting

Budgeting

Cost control

Excel

Data analysis

SAP ERP

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's in Finance/Accounting

MBA (Finance)

Tools

Power BI

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.