Dreaming big is in our DNA. Brewing the world’s most loved beers and creating meaningful experiences is what inspires us. We are owners, empowered to lead real change, deliver on tough challenges, and take accountability for the results. We are looking for talent that shares these values, that is ambitious, bold & resilient. We want talent that is looking for fast career growth, cross-functional experiences, global exposure and robust training & development.

The key purpose of this role is to generate short term brewing and packaging plans to meet forecasted sales while continuously planning stocks to maximize GLY while maintaining inventory policy.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Develop and publish short term brewing, distilling and packaging plans to balance demand and capacity

Plan brewhouse, racking & filtration, distilling and blending to ensure adequate beer and spirits stocks to achieve packaging plan
Agree, publish and monitor brewing and distilling schedules to ensure sufficient cellar stock by brand is available at all times to meet packaging requirements
Agree, publish and monitor packaging schedules to ensure sufficient full beer and spirit stock by brand pack is available at all times to meet actual sales demand
Ensure all resources i.e. materials, empties, shifts etc. are in place to execute the schedule

Master data & transactional data management in and of software system

Locations and types of locations
Products and their parameters such as inventory policy, procurement type, lot size, storage costs, BOM, capacity consumption, production lead time and production cost
Resource capability and capacity by bucket of production, storage, transportation and handling
Transportation policy and cost per lane
Penalties
Transactional data fully updated such as current stock, production plan, in transit stocks, planned transfers and sales orders.
KPI’s, Routines & Reports

Ensures that Daily, Weekly and Monthly Meeting routines are adhered to in line with mandatory LCP & internal guidelines
Ensures that processes are standardized via SOP’s and work standards are monitored and improved by using Operational Work Diagnoses (OWD’s);
Track KPI’s on a daily, weekly and monthly basis in line with LCP requirements
Ensures that appropriate problem-solving tools are applied for out of range KPI’s in line with LCP methodology.
Publish reports on time as per LCP guidelines and internal processes.
Qualifications & Experience:

Logistics Degree or a 3 – year Degree in related field such as Industrial Engineering/ Supply Chain Management/ Commerce
Preferably 3 – 5 years manufacturing and or supply planning experience including production scheduling
Proven experience with ability to influence and interface with senior stakeholders, specifically manufacturing
Additional Information:

AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in-line with AB InBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. We are a company that promotes gender equality. Internal applicants require Line manager approval. Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/relevant information as criteria for short-listing. Interested candidates who meet the above specifications may apply no later than 04 August 2022.