Brewery Logistics Manager

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Fleet & Safety:

• Ensures a safe and healthy working environment for internal and external stakeholders
• Ensures that the site(s) operates in a lawful and ethical manner, abides to the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act, Road Transport Act, Governance Codes (Combined Code) of practice pertaining to Safety and Fleet Management
• Ensures that legislative requirements are met and fully implemented
• Maintains a robust system of SIO generation and close out
• Quarterly safety reviews are conducted with the Logistics and Supply Directors to identify risk trends and mitigation plans
• Completes an annual risk review of internal and external processes, identifying relevant mitigation plans and implementing them
• Ensures company fleet is in good operating condition
• Implement and enforce safety protocols and procedures across all site and regional operations to ensure compliance with industry standards
• Conduct regular safety audits and risk assessments to identify potential hazards and implement corrective actions promptly

Quality:

• Ensures that logistics teams adhere to quality guidelines specified by the Zone so that customers receive stock as per ABInbev’s quality guidelines
• Adheres to Zone blocking mechanisms to ensure that blocked stock is at no time a risk to our stakeholders
• Manages DOC & stock age for finished goods inventories in order to proactively identify opportunities or alleviate write off risks with functional peers in Planning, Sales and Supply

DPO/VPO:

• Ensures that Daily, Weekly and Monthly Meeting routines are adhered to in line with mandatory DPO/VPO guidelines (OWD’s, SCL, MCL, mandatory meetings)
• Conducts the Daily Logistics Meeting as per the specified TOR’s listed in the DPO/VPO framework
• 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 DPO/VPO requirements; Ensures that appropriate problem- 3 solving tools are applied for out-of-range KPI’s in line with DPO/VPO methodology
• Lead innovation and benchmarking efforts to identify process improvement opportunities that enhance sustainable DPO/VPO/LCP KPIs

Service Level:

• Maintains a healthy relationship with T1 &T2 carriers to ensure brewery throughput is maintained
• Maintains interactions with RD’s to identify opportunities for return of glass back to the brewery
• Engages with Planning Team around glass availability and sales requirements to support service level
• Ensures there is strict adherence to Inventory Policy within the warehouse
• Manages Service Level Agreements (SLA) on a weekly basis with Fleet, Quality and Sales/CIC
• Escalates relevant MBFU policy transgressions and takes appropriate actions to mitigate packaging downtime
• Manages weekly SLA with Sales with clearly documented information on sizing, sales forecast and potential SCOH; performance measures to be shared weekly includes refusals performance, sales curve index, OODD, drop size and OOS constraints Cost Management
• Drives a strict adherence to flexed budgets with the delivery, warehouse and inventory management teams
• Ensures that accountability is aligned to package owners • Assumes overall accountability for Brewery Logistics spend on both VLC, ZBB and SCOH
• Accounts for over/underspends on a weekly and monthly basis dependent on the GL frequency
• Utilize data analytics to assess operational efficiency and customer satisfaction, adjusting as necessary to meet targets
• Act as a liaison between the country operations and commercial, supply functions to align on customer service strategies

Cost Management:

• Drives a strict adherence to flexed budgets with the delivery, warehouse, fleet & safety, and inventory management teams
• Ensures that accountability is aligned to package owners
• Assumes overall accountability for Brewery Logistics spend on VLC, ZBB, SCOH and CAPEX
• Accounts for over/underspends on a weekly and monthly basis dependent on the GL frequency

People Management:

• Ensure that the Shop Floor are aligned in terms of goals and meeting routines to drive continuous improvement
• Ensures that Monthly One on Ones are conducted in line with the target review process
• Maintains a healthy industrial relations climate with key stakeholders through documented SLA Meetings
• Communication channels are open to relevant stakeholders via Monthly All Employee meetings
• Follow up on Engagement Survey results with clear actions to correct areas of concern
• Recruitment of talent and building of pipeline
• Perform 180 reviews and address poor performance where required by means of improvement plans and or disciplinary hearings
• Conduct regular performance reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members, promoting professional development and growth

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Good interpersonal skills / builds good relationships
• Superior planning ability
• Ability to work under pressure
• Good verbal and communication skills
• Good self-management principles
• Ability to adapt to and implement change effectively
• Excellent coaching capability, Strives for continuous improvement
• Demonstrates leadership skills, good decision-making ability
• Excellent numerical ability, Good analytical ability and advanced excel skills

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree or more in Logistics or any other related field
• 5+ years in FMCG, distribution or supply chain planning operating at a managerial level
• Knowledge of all relevant legislative requirements
• Knowledge of customer service principles
• Credibility within the business, familiar with local market environments

Additional Information:

• BAND: VI

ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with ABInBev employment equity plan and talent requirements