BREWING AREA MANAGER

The South African Breweries; iBhayi; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

The South African Breweries is seeking a Brewing Area Manager to lead area teams and deliver on production plans while upholding VPO standards and tight cost controls. The role emphasizes quality, technical depth, and people leadership within a brewery environment.

Responsibilities include promoting quality, solving complex brewing problems, and driving process improvements in CAPEX/VA projects, while ensuring safety and environmental compliance across the area.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirements include a BSc degree in a relevant science or engineering field.
• Completed brewing traineeship and IBD qualifications are strongly preferred.
• IBD Papers 1,2 & 3 completed and passing status desirable.
• SAP modules and White belt certification are advantageous.
• At least 2 years of production experience with management exposure in brewing.

Responsibilities

• Promote beer brewing quality excellence across the value chain.
• Communicate brewing process and product quality standards clearly.
• Provide leadership to ensure commitment to product quality in the brewing department.
• Apply brewing quality systems in the workplace.
• Assess technical requirements and support process/product optimisation including CAPEX/VA.
• Audit area standards to ensure effective management and adherence to VPO pillars.
• Lead problem solving and decision making with brewing management and operations teams.
• Control fixed and variable costs and minimize waste.
• Ensure conformance to production plans and environmental/quality standards.
• Foster health, safety, and risk management for area teams.
• Develop employees and maintain a healthy industrial relations climate.

Skills

Brewing management

Quality systems

Problem solving

Leadership

Cost control

Education

BSc Degree in Biological Sciences, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering

Completed brewing traineeship

Master Brewer IBD qualification

IBD Papers 1,2 & 3 completed

SAP modules; White belt certification

Tools

SAP

MES

eQMS

PaQT

Job description

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The K** ey **** P **urpose of this role as a Brewing expert, lead and manage area teams to deliver sound operational and technical practices in the brewing department underpinned by prescribed VPO practices. The Brewing Area Manager is required to meet the required production plan, adhering to the principles of all VPO pillars. the role is required to maintain a high level of control against the budgeted KPI’s as well as the variableand fixed costs controllable within the team.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Promote beer brewing quality excellence in the value chain

• Communicate brewing process and product quality information / standards

• Effectively communicate changes in the brewing process or standards

• Provide leadership to ensure commitment to product quality in the brewing department

• Apply brewing sub department quality systems in the workplace

Provide Brewing process expertise (Technical depth) and Lead problem solving processes

• Assess brewing technical requirements and decisions where required

• Support implementation of recommendations

• Support implementation of process and product optimisation including CAPin and VA projects and trials

• Audit area standards (quality, process and work-practices) to ensure effective management of the area

• Support all 7 pillars standards in the workplace relating to VPO

Facilitate team problem solving and decision making

• Apply problem solving and decisionmaking techniques and principles

• Interacts with brewing management and operations teams to ensure appropriate people are involved in problem solving sessions

• Communicate brewing process and product quality information / standards

• Effectively communicate changes in the brewing process or standards

• Provide leadership to ensure commitment to product quality in the brewing department

• Apply brewing sub department quality systems in the workplace

Provide Brewing process expertise (Technical depth) and Lead problem solving processes

• Assess brewing technical requirements and decisions where required

• Support implementation of recommendations

• Support implementation of process and product optimisation including CAPin and VA projects and trials

• Audit area standards (quality, process and work-practices) to ensure effective management of the area

• Support all 7 pillars standards in the workplace relating to VPO

Facilitate team problem solving and decision making

• Apply problem solving and decisionmaking techniques and principles

• Interacts with brewing management and operations teams to ensure appropriate people are involved in problem solving sessions

Manage Health, Safety & Risk

• Manage occupational health, safety and risk for the area teams

Manage Productivity

• Control fixed and variable costs

• Minimize waste

Manage the brewing process

• Ensure conformance to brewing area production plans

• Ensure conformance to brewing area specifications and standards

• Ensure maintenance integrity in brewing area

• Ensure effective cost management on fixed and variable costs including byproduct

• Optimise process availability to achieve delivery and reliability targets

• Support engineering integrity

• Support production and process optimisation including trials, VA and CAPEX projects

• Ensure adherence to environmental standards by area teams

• Ensure adherence to quality standards by area teams

System expertise

• Ensure adequate adherence and compliance to system processes as prescribed by MES, PTS, eQMS, PaQT and all other prescribed elements of technology for beer production through the brewing department

Management of People

• Apply performance management principles for employees (production teams)

• Apply self-performance management principles

• Develop employees for current role and future roles to ensure proper pipeline?

• Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate

• Manage and apply personnel practices

• Provide effective leadership

• Ensure employees are trained on technical and VPO standards

• Drive the high-performance levels of autonomous teams without shift supervision

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc Degree in Biological Sciences, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering

• Completed brewing traineeship

• Master Brewer IBD qualification obtained - Studying towards MB Qualification desirable but not essential

• SAP modules; White belt certification would be highly advantageous desirable but not essential

• IBD Papers 1,2&3 completed and passed

• At least 2 years production experience, of which 1 years’ operating at a management level within Brewing

• Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a brewery (financial, operational, people) and brewing technical expertise

• A good performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality

Additional Information:

• BAND: VII

SAB is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with SAB employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing.