Planning And Performance Manager

Anheuser Busch InBev; Sonipat; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

End-to-end exposure

Leadership track

Job summary

Anheuser Busch InBev in Sonipat, Haryana, invites a finance professional to join our brewery operations. The role focuses on budgeting, forecasting, cost optimization, capex ROI, and KPI data integrity, collaborating with HQ and brewery leadership.

You will prepare monthly reports, build presentations for reviews, and drive data-driven improvements across processes and cost structures, ensuring alignment with the budget and strategic goals.

Qualifications

• Basic understanding of finance & accounting principles.
• Familiarity with manufacturing operations.
• Experience with SAP ERP preferred.
• 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: work with brewery leadership to forecast actual vs budgeted costs monthly.
• 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 keep actuals within budget.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Data analysis

Communication

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's in Finance

Tools

SAP ERP

PowerBI

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.