Raw Materials & Scheduling Manager at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Job Description
The key purpose of this role is to produce and optimize regional short- and medium-term production plans, manage and implement effective procurement, storage and supply of all raw materials for Ibhayi Brewery as per production plan, to ensure optimal delivery against production plan for the purpose of achieving business goals. To ensure optimum volume throughput and utilisation of brewery resources, VPO practices and people, to support central planning in the supply of stock for grid requirements.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Manage all Raw Material items in Brewing and Packaging
• Manage Raw Material Handling Contract
• Leadership of the VPO Logistic pillar
• Lead the Raw Material team in a manner that drives ownership empowerment and team interaction.
• Monitor and ensure Brewing and Packaging Raw material supply to production through correspondence with Raw Material Operators and factor into production plans
• Support employee development and training
• Manage Forklift, Rail Funky and Weighbridge availability and maintenance
• Ensure adherence to the Africa Zone Inventory Control Policy by means of governance through weekly and monthly inventory counts
• Implement improvement projects across the value chain  Implement and sustain VPO Management Practices to support the Logistics Department
• Thorough understanding of Packaging & Brewing Processes
• Develop production schedules and manage changes as necessary: weekly and daily packaging and brewing / racking schedules which align to Central Planning’s requirements, whilst taking into account production constraints and optimally utilising production resources.
• Compile short, medium and long term
• Production plans across the value chain.
• Plan and Support New Product Development and Promotion Initiatives
• Monitor container availability and supply to the Brewery through interaction with stakeholders (Warehouse, Brewery and Container Planning)
• Agree and report reliability numbers to stake holders according to the reporting schedule
• Plan Brewhouse, Racking & Filtration and Blending to ensure adequate beer stocks to achieve the Packaging plan
• Manage Daily SIC reporting to ensure accuracy and availability as per required deadlines
• Manage reconciliation of stock units between packaging and warehouse
• Ensure Logistic team adherence to PTP standards

Profile:

• B Comm Logistics or Equivalent qualification in Logistics, Brewing or Commercial
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a Manufacturing environment at a supervisory level
• An in depth understanding of the Brewing and Packaging Processes
• Advanced excel skills
• Good general computer skills and knowledge of SAP and Advanced Scheduling
• Ability to lead and manage change
• Knowledge of Divisional Planning process, and manufacturing execution systems will be advantageous