Brewing Area Manager

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

 

 

The Key Purpose of this role is to lead and manage area teams to deliver sound operational and technical practices in the brewing department under pinned by prescribed VPO practices. The Brewing Area Manager is required to meet the required   production plan, adhering to the principles of all VPO pillars. The role is required to maintain a high level of control against the budgeted KPI’s as well as the variable and fixed costs controllable within the team.

 

 

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

 

Promote Beer Brewing Quality Excellence in the Value Chain

Communicate brewing process and product quality information/standards
Effectively communicate changes in the brewing process or standards
Provide leadership to ensure commitment to product quality in the brewing department
Apply brewing subdepartment quality systems in the workplace

 

Provide Brewing Process Expertise (Technical Depth) and Lead Problem-Solving Processes

Assess brewing technical requirements and decisions where required
Support implementation of recommendations
Support implementation of process and product optimisation including CAP-in and VA projects and trials
Audit area standards (quality, process and work-practices) to ensure effective management of the area
Support all 7 pillars standards in the workplace relating to VPO

 

Facilitate Team Problem-Solving and Decision-Making

Apply problem solving and decision-making techniques and principles
Interacts with brewing management and operations teams to ensure appropriate people are involved in problem-solving sessions
Verifies that corrective action has been implemented and that the problem has been resolved

 

Manage Health, Safety & Risk

Manage occupational health, safety and risk for the area teams

 

Manage Productivity

Control fixed and variable costs
Minimize waste

 

Manage the Brewing Process

Ensure conformance to brewing area production plans
Ensure conformance to brewing area specifications and standards
Ensure maintenance integrity in brewing area
Ensure effective cost-management on fixed and variable costs including by-product
Optimise process availability to achieve delivery and reliability targets
Support engineering integrity
Support production and process optimisation including trials, VA and CAPEX projects
Ensure adherence to environmental standards by area teams
Ensure adherence to quality standards by area teams

 

System Expertise

Ensure adequate adherence and compliance to system processes as prescribed by MES, PTS, eQMS, PaQT and all other prescribed elements of technology for beer production through the brewing department

 

Management of People

Apply performance management principles for employees (production teams)
Apply self-performance management principles
Develop employees for current role and future roles to ensure proper pipeline
Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate
Manage and apply personnel practices
Provide effective leadership
Ensure employees are trained on technical and VPO standards
Drive the high-performance levels of autonomous steams without shift supervision

 

Minimum Requirements:

 

BSc Degree in Biological Sciences, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field\
At least 5-years production experience/FMCG
At least 1 year operating at a management level within Brewing (Preferred)
Completed brewing traineeship
IBD Papers 1, 2 & 3 completed and passed
Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a brewery (financial, operational,  people) and brewing technical expertise
A good performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality

 

 

Desirable But Not Essential:

 

Master Brewer IBD qualification obtained Studying towards MB Qualification
Additional business qualification
White belt certification would be highly advantageous

 

 

Additional Information:

 

Band: VII

 

 

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. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing.