Performance & CI Manager

AB InBev Africa; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 30 000 - 60 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic individual to manage foreign exchange and cash management risks across its African subsidiaries. This role involves ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards while optimizing production processes and fostering team development. The ideal candidate will possess strong people management skills and a passion for continuous improvement. If you are a self-starter with a knack for problem-solving and effective communication, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a significant impact in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of factory production experience at a management level.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure brewery quality and safety targets are met.
• Analyze plant performance data for improvement opportunities.
• Conduct training needs analyses for team members.

Skills

People Management

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Process Optimization

Coaching and Mentoring

Education

Relevant Degree (Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, Instrumentation)

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?

Key purpose

The key purpose of this role is to manage the foreign exchange, money market, debt, and cash management risk on behalf of the subsidiaries of ABInBev that operate within the Africa region. This entails monitoring, maintaining, executing, and reporting on the group treasury risk management policy, under the banner of the Africa Zone Treasury.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Occupational Health, Safety, and Risk: Ensure that brewery quality and safety targets are met.
• Ensure overall reliability of production, process optimization, asset management, and plant availability.
• Adherence to AB InBev and global packaging quality standards.
• Ensure packaging strategy implementation and support.
• Ensure line audits are complete by machine as per Zone Technical Experts guidelines.
• Conduct training needs analyses and develop training plans for team members.
• Develop appropriate competencies in the team and ensure cross-skilling within the packaging shift team.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to Packaging Levels 1, 2, 3.
• Analyze plant performance data to identify opportunities for performance improvement and waste reduction.
• Investigate plant failure modes and causes for repeat failures to address root causes.

Key Attributes and Competencies

• Proven people management skills and a track record of disciplined work ethic with a passion for problem solving and continuous improvement.
• Excellent understanding of VPO and effective communication skills.
• Good presentation skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Self-managed, assertive, and capable of effective communication at all business levels.
• Creative, broad-minded thinker with a dynamic personality, self-starter, and energetic.
• Ability to be a change agent with influential power.
• Provide operational support to autonomous shift-based teams on process problem solving, offering expert advice and guidance.
• Willingness to challenge the status quo and uphold process and quality standards.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring, addressing deviations through non-conformance management procedures.

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant Degree (Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, Instrumentation).
• Belt training certification.
• Packaging technical/management/global management trainee experience.
• At least 3-5 years of factory production experience at a management level.

Additional Information

• Band: VII

SAB is an equal opportunity employer, committed to gender equality. Internal applicants require line manager approval. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Management reserves the right to consider additional relevant information during shortlisting.