BU Price S&P at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Job Description

• We are seeking for a highly motivated, super organized self-starter to fill the role of BU Procurement Strategy & Performance Manager in our Team. This individual should be comfortable communicating directly to with the Plant S&P’s, Procurement Category Managers, Country Procurement managers and Zone S&P team. The employee will report to the S&P VIC Manager.

Key outputs and responsibilities

• Price Variance reporting for the BU
• Price variance problem solving
• Price variance savings initiatives support
• Procurement VIC accruals processing and reversals management Monitor & track one offs
• Supplier recon facilitation. Confirming FX & commodity rates as well as reasonability for hidden FX & commodity exposure
• Weekly & Monthly review of PV reasonability and own directive on corrective actions
• Monthly price variance interrogation and commentary with CPM/Cat Man Price reconciliation for COGNOS build up for VIC price
• Monthly VIC RAU T&M deck completeness accuracy, completeness & review (NG BU PPM only)
• Monthly VIC Pack T&M deck completeness accuracy, completeness & review (NG BU PPM only)
• Monthly VIC S&P T&M for price deck completeness accuracy, completeness & review (NG BU PPM only)
• Finished good FX & excise population into CTRM
• Finished goods end to end management
• WAPT & Payables alignment support
• MAP report population
• Preclosing routines to ensure month end in line with expectation
• CTRM: volume accuracy and Validation
• Manage forecast accuracy of consumption volume with planning
• Maintaining & sense check correct conversion factors between material & commodity
• Manage accuracy of monthly actual quantities consumed into LE tool
• Manage accuracy of monthly actual commodity volume into CTRM
• Manage accuracy of forecast quantities consumed into LE tool
• Manage accuracy of forecast commodity volume into CTRM
•  FX exposure population & management for the BU
• Responsible for accuracy of FX exposure in FX currency and timing
• Responsible for FX review with treasury

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant 3-year university degree in i.e., accounting, business, economics, engineering or similar
• MBA / CIMA / CA (SA)would be advantageous

Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in finance in a manufacturing environment
• Experience Product Costing
• Knowledge of Financial Reporting
• Knowledge of general accounting and consolidation practices
• Project management, problem assessment and solving skills
• Working in an ERP environment
• Working in a process-oriented organization

Technical Competencies:

• Computer skills (MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Good knowledge of consolidation & reporting tools (Cognos, TM1, BI)
• Knowledge of ERP Systems SAP, SYSPRO