Current Openings at The Heineken Company

Key Performance Areas would include, but are not limited to: 

• Achieve business and production plan.
• Achieve production requirements against targets.
• Achieve product quality.
• Leadership behaviour reflecting company values, corporate governance and team orientation.
• Manage innovation and business improvements in support of operational and segment goals.
• Leading, motivating and managing a production team and overseeing the smooth operation of machines and equipment.
• Improve OEE
• Minimise losses and write-offs.
• Reducing unplanned down time
• Limiting rework and non-conformances
• Management of Workflow Improvement processes (Mini Business Area)
• Maintenance
• Managing administrative duties
• Managing the development of team 
• Contribute to a balanced scorecard of PQCDSM. 

The successful candidate must have the following qualification(s), skills, and experience: 

• Minimum of two years relevant experience as a Production Supervisor 
• Minimum of two years in a high-speed, high-tech Bottling environment
• Trade or Relevant Technical qualification (National Diploma or Degree) 
• Computer literacy particularly MS Office
• Experience within an FMCG environment will be advantageous.
• NQF 5 Manufacturing Management or Operations Management would be an added advantage.
• Ability to work independently, identify and solve problems and make relevant decisions.
• Ability to work under pressure in a production environment.
• Be self-motivated and action driven.
• Be a team player and innovator.
• Sound leadership and conflict management experience
• Strong numerical aptitude and analytical abilities are essential.
• Knowledge of ISO/ HACCP Quality Management systems
• Must be able to work shifts and extended hours if required.

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Key performance areas include (but are not limited to):

• Manage security operations and access control, ensure effective control measures are in place
• Perform and assist with incident investigation and identification of root cause and corrective and preventative measures
• Coordinate an effective Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment system
• Liaise with Emergency Services
• Ensure compliance and coordinate the Integrated Safety, Health, Environmental, Risk and ISO System
• Contribute towards HSE departmental goals and improvements to achieve best practices and standards
• Coordinate the site‘s safety and environmental meetings and standards
• Responsbile for contractor management and ensuring compliance
• Conducts training, awareness and orientation overviews and induction for staff and visitors
• Lends support into the Food Defense team activities
• Ensure compliance to OSHACT and ISO14001, 45001 and related standards
• Detecting, measuring, monitoring and reducing of non conformances
• Drive optimisation and improvement of HSE systems and proccesses which enhance safety, compliance and reduce risks
• Provide support and guidance to all staff, visitors and contractors so as to minimse injuries and incidents and non conformant behaviours.
• Drives and evaluate the effectiveness of the emergency response plans and loss prevention systems
• Champions adherence to relevant HSE Policies, Procedures, Work instructions and SOP's.

The successful candidate must have the following qualifications, experience, skills and attributes:

• Minimum of Grade 12.
• SAMTRAC or equivalent qualification/certification.
• Relevant National Diploma or Degree will be highly advantageous
• At least 3 – 5 years’ relevant experience
• Sound knowledge of relevant legislation and risk control standards i.e. OSH Act; Fire Prevention Standards; COID Act; Municipal & Building regulations; SABS codes; etc.
• Sound knowledge of H&S; Food Safety; Quality & Environmental Management Systems
• Ability to plan, organize, co-ordinate and facilitate
• Strong investigative and initiating skills
• Ability to perform risk assessments
• Ability to work independently and under pressure
• Ability to influence management to follow risk management strategies
• Networking skills (ability to engage stakeholders).
• Influencing/ motivational skills
• Leadership skills
• Team player with strong relationship building ability
• Own reliable transport essential

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Key Performance Areas include (but are not limited to):

• Ensure effective Planning & Execution of Blending & Maturation Activities, including loss management
• Effective variance reporting – L&M, Production Order, Bulk, etc.
• Effective stock management
• Ensure departmental compliance with relevant Internal Control Checklists (ICC) – Cellar, Bulk Stock and Procurement
• Compile and manage annual OPEX budget for Blending & Maturation departments, including variance reporting
• Responsible for Customs and Excise accounts and ICC’s
• Liaise with local SARS office to ensure operational compliance with Customs & Excise requirements
• Maintain a high SA Spirit Quality Index (Quality Themes)
• Perform role as member of the Wellington tasting panel
• Achieve Supply Chain Excellence (E² Targets)
• Drive departmental savings projects pipeline
• Effective leadership and development of subordinates
• Responsible for ensuring HSE related compliance in Blending and Maturation departments

The successful candidate must have the following qualifications, experience, skills and attributes:

• Relevant Diploma/Degree  
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in a leadership role
• Sound knowledge and understanding of all Excise requirements
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent leadership qualities
• Attention to detail orientated
• Ability to work effectively and accurately under pressure
• Organised and results driven
• Must be a team player with strong networking abilities
• Good problem solving ability and reconciliation skills
• Advanced SAP knowledge
• Punctuality and attendance reliability

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Key Responsibilities:

• Ensures data quality and integrity through the implementation of appropriate data validation and cleansing techniques.
• Optimizes and fine-tunes the performance of queries, reports, and data processes for efficient data retrieval and analysis.
• Works closely with business users, data analysts, and other stakeholders to understand their reporting and analytical requirements.
• Translates business requirements into technical specifications and designs effective BI solutions.
• Provides guidance and support to data analysts and end-users in using BI tools and interpreting data.
• Develops visually appealing and interactive dashboards, reports, and data visualizations using BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, QlikView, or similar.
• Presents complex data in a simplified and meaningful manner to facilitate data-driven decision-making.
• Monitors and troubleshoots issues related to data integration, data quality, and performance.
• Performs regular maintenance activities, including data backups, security enhancements, and software upgrades.
• Continuously evaluates and implements improvements to enhance the usability, efficiency, and scalability of BI solutions.
• Stays updated with emerging trends, tools, and technologies in the field of business intelligence.
• Evaluates and recommends new tools, methodologies, and approaches to enhance the organization's BI capabilities.
• Shares knowledge and best practices with the team and contributes to the continuous improvement of BI processes.

Education and Expereicne:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field. Masters Degree is preferred
• Proven experience as a Business Intelligence Developer or in a similar role, with at least 6 years of experience designing and implementing BI solutions.
• Strong proficiency in BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, QlikView, or similar.
• Proficient in SQL and data modeling techniques (star schema, snowflake schema, etc.).
• Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and dimensional modeling.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand complex data structures and business requirements.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Continuous learning mindset and ability to adapt to evolving technologies and business needs.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Designing and developing integration solutions: Integration and System Developers are responsible for designing and developing integration solutions that enable different systems to communicate and share data seamlessly. This involves understanding the architecture of each system and identifying integration points, defining data mappings, and designing integration workflows.
• Testing and debugging integration solutions: Integration and System Developers are responsible for testing integration solutions to ensure they work as intended. They perform unit testing, integration testing, and regression testing to ensure that the integrated systems work seamlessly. They also debug any issues that arise during testing.
• Collaborating with stakeholders: Integration and System Developers work closely with technical specialists, software engineers, system administrators, and other stakeholders to ensure that integration solutions meet business needs. They participate in meetings and discussions to understand requirements, identify integration points, and discuss technical solutions.
• Maintaining and supporting integration solutions: Integration and System Developers are responsible for maintaining and supporting integration solutions throughout their lifecycle. They monitor performance, troubleshoot issues, and perform regular updates and maintenance to ensure that the solutions continue to work seamlessly.
• Staying up-to-date with industry trends: Integration and System Developers stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies. They attend conferences, read technical publications, and participate in online forums to stay abreast of new tools and techniques for integrating systems.
• Stay abreast of current application landscape programming standards and functionality evolution.
• Stay abreast of developments and enhancements of current integration stack

 Education and Experience:

• National Diploma in Software Development or equivalent
• 2 years’ experience on APIGEE API platform
• XML, JSON & JavaScript
• Understanding of Docker application and Docker containers
• Basic understanding of SOAP, WSDL and OData technologies
• APIGEE Edge and MicroGateways
• Basic understanding of Google Cloud Logging.
• Experience with APIGEE API management tools
• Google APIGEE API Development Portal
• APIGEE Edge management and debugging
• Using the APIs to integrate between internal and external systems
• Experience in the API layer with security (including OAuth 2.0, TLS, certificates, KeyStore and Trust Store), custom analytics, throttling, caching, logging, request and response modifications, using APIGEE, catering for amongst others, high availability, load balancing and failover configurations.
• Knowledge of existing API testing tools (Postman, SoapUI, or any equivalent)
• Converting web services from SOAP to REST or vice-versa
• MS Dot Net skills
• C# skills
• OpenText Enterprise scan skills will be advantageous
• Excellent communication skills
• Open to collaboration across teams
• Willing to learn new technologies 
• Self-management in terms of time and priority
• Highly engaged and motivated
• Willing to go the extra mile to get things done
• Experience with working with offshore teams
• Experience in Agile/Scrum & DevOps methodologies & Thought leadership

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Requirements:

• Relevant Tertiary Education
• 2-3 years Sales experience in FMCG or relevant field 
• Flexible 44 working hour week
• Weekend promotions
• Awareness and understanding of the implications of fundamental commercial implications on day-to-day decisions
• A basic awareness of the key fundamentals of budgeting, control and reporting
• Understand the primary key drivers of sales in different channels
• Demonstrate an understanding of how technology works within the sales process
• Product relevance by channel, cluster and tier understood and applied
• Ability to persuade customers to buy products or to increase sales and to identify and capitalize on sales opportunities

Key Responsibilites:

• Drive market share 
• Drive and maintain Accessibility, Availability and Activation and Affordability for clients
• Drive RSP 
• Brand portfolio approach across all categories Beer, Wine, Spirits and RTD
• Drive power pack compliance agreements with customers
• Build partnerships with customers
• Call strike rate
• Drive continuous improvement and implement business improvement initiatives

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Key responsibilities:

First Line Maintenance:

• Provide first line corrective action and troubleshooting for production automations system failures, to minimise downtime and losses.    
• Takes a lead role in programming, fault finding and maintenance of PLC hardware and software and in the development of SCADA systems.
• To independently intervene to adjust the software for an automation system, observing the quality standards and always informing the supplier responsible for executing the maintenance contract of the relevant system.
• To advise and support shift technicians in corrective action for production automation system failures.
• To provide management information on breakdowns and work order progress via monthly reporting of breakdowns and stoppages.
• Fully assist maintenance technicians on breakdowns, after a pre-determined escalation period has expired.
• Manage service delivery and support to the brewery by effective leadership and team performance management

Preventative Maintenance:

• Ensure implementation of an effective preventative maintenance programme for all Brewery automation systems.
• Actively uses and assists with the development of the Computerised Maintenance Management System to effectively maintain and manage assets.
• Manage the specification, installation, maintenance and development of the sites automation network, hardware architecture and automation software library.
• Specifies the maintenance standards for instrumentation and control systems and monitor compliance.
• Control and maintain automation systems up-time by continuously assessing and mitigating risks, resolving breakdowns and instituting sustainable prevention measures

Compliance:

• Ensure automation systems operate safely and meet all legislative, and Heineken standards. 
• Ensure all Sedibeng Brewery automation systems comply with legal regulations, and Heineken rules, guidelines, standards, procedures and instructions.
• Maintain automation systems in a safe operational condition.
• Maintain knowledge of latest legislative regulations and Heineken standards, and ensure application at Sedibeng Brewery.
• Define and implement standards for field based control and instrumentation equipment to support the sites automation strategy.
• Develop the current control/software hierarchy across brewing and packaging to lever productivity and cost benefits.
• Work in conjunction with the Maintenance Engineer to optimise the value from all compliance/technical support and maintenance contracts within own field.
• Manage cyber security through vulnerability risk assessments, patching and management of obsolescence

Process Improvement:

• Co-ordinate improvement actions for process deviations, resulting from in process automation or computerisation.
• Participate in TPM improvement teams - TPM Involvement, Directly as a team member and indirectly providing assistance to crafts who have been allocated with automation related tasks.
• Act as project sponsor/owners representative on all automation capital investment
• Enable process optimisation by modifying software and functional descriptions of process automation where required. 
• Set priorities for modification activities, in consultation with Departmental Managers and external executing parties.
• Perform risk analysis on obsolete and out-of-support equipment and develop a mitigation or upgrade plan.

Calibration:

• Ensure accuracy of on-line process measurement systems by maintaining effective calibration programmes.
• Ensure effective calibration programmes are in place for all on-line instrumentation.
• Actively participate in calibration of on line instrumentation.
• Maintain instrument control and calibration documentation to the standards required by the quality system.
• Ensure that all live modifications are carried out with the utmost accuracy to ensure personnel and plant safety, environmental discharge and product quality is not compromised in any way.
• Minor Modification process, Involved in the assessment of automation related modifications and carrying out modifications usually with the involvement of technicians as part of the up-skilling process.

Plant Modification:

• Ensure quality of automation modifications and automation of new construction projects
• Evaluate modification proposals to ensure compliance with legislative and Heineken standards.
• Evaluate designs for new installations to ensure compliance with legislative and Heineken standards.
• Conduct acceptance testing and evaluation of automation systems after delivery of modifications or installation of new plant.
• Assisting site based project engineers to ensure that any new projects/additions conform to the site standards and are fully integrated into existing mature control systems.
• Develop all control room/equipment SCADA and HMI’s in line with Heineken standards.

Staff Development:

• Assist Development of Sedibeng Brewery Staff in respect of automation systems;
• Conduct training, performance management and skill development of technicians and artisans
• Co-ordinate training programmes for new plant and installations in coordination with automation contract partners and external suppliers.
• Ensure work instructions and documentation for automated systems are maintained and updated.
• In conjunction with the Training and development manager, mentor and coach the engineering technicians to increase their competency in automation and control systems on site.
• Promote staff awareness and compliance with relevant legislation.

Safety, Health and Environment:

• Ensure the department operates within company SHE standards and OHS Act, through continued education and training and obtaining the co-operation and commitment of all staff to observe all safety rules, procedures and processes in order to drive zero accident mentality.

Continuous Improvement:

• Drive improvement processes and set priorities in order to develop, implement and maintain best in class standards and basic conditions.
• Collaborating with stakeholders internal & external to identify opportunities to solve problems through technological advancements and digitalisation
• Developing innovative solutions geared towards improving processes and key KPI’s
• Identifies, prioritizes and eliminates process losses

Budget responsibilities;

• Ensure all Capital & Maintenance related projects are conducted and completely within budget requirements for Packaging/Brewing/Utilities

People Management role;

• Leads a team of highly motivated, well-trained and competent staff by agreeing departmental performance standards, providing regular feedback and developing staff training programs.

Qualifications and experience;

• ND in Electrical/Process Control/Instrumentation/Automation
• Bachelor’s Degree in Enegineering
• 5 years’ experience gained in a production or technical environment.