Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients. Our diverse portfolio of well over 400 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; multi-country brands Beck’s, Castle, Castle Lite, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; and local champions such as Aguila, Bud Light, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Skol, and Victoria. Our brewing heritage dates back more than 600 years, spanning continents and generations. From our European roots at the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium. To the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery in St. Louis, US. To the creation of the Castle Brewery in South Africa during the Johannesburg gold rush. To Bohemia, the first brewery in Brazil. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, we leverage the collective strengths of approximately 200,000 employees based in more than 50 countries worldwide.

1.     Lead sustainability of the VPO (Voyager Plant Optimization) pillars within the brewery as measured by global auditing criteria (coordination of sustainability phase from self-assessments to follow up of action plans) Demonstrated understanding of VPO principles.

• Ensures that Africa / Global standards have been implemented in the Plant
• Manage the VPO program via a structured VPO Steerco
• Ensure VPO Pillar Owner compliance
• Develop annual VPO plan and set short term plans to achieve these targets
• Monitor VPO progress across all pillars and provide feedback

2.     Serve as the brewery VPO subject matter expert and provide guidance to brewery Senior Management

• Primary VPO resource for the plant
• Facilitate the Plant 1-year and 3-year planning process
• Manage MCRS
• Evaluate plant meetings and provide feedback to managers on meeting effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve structure and tool usage
• Actively participate and critique plant daily, weekly and monthly meetings and ensure VPO standards are fully implemented and sustained
• Assist Department Management teams in developing sustainability plans to identify and close gaps

3.     Lead and coach Managers on the correct use of the Management pillar tools and methodologies

• Conduct monthly Management Pillar department reviews and provide constructive feedback to departments on current status with recommendations to drive continuous improvement
• Coaches and guides all levels on the VPO Management Pillar in practice
• Ensure implementation of VPO and the adherence to VPO principles across all pillars

4.     Training 

• Ensure that where training implementation is undertaken, it is done following AB InBev policies and procedures.
• Interact with management teams to determine training needs.
• Where necessary, develop training material to address specific needs of shift based and engineering teams.

5.     Lead, facilitate and coach Problem Solving (5-Why, Ab-reports, PDCA, Gapa, ITF, Belts)

• Conduct problem solving training
• Facilitate problem solving teams
• Review progress and report on effectiveness of problem solving

6.     Support brewery achievement of Supply KPI targets and results

• Verify KPI results tracking for ZEP/WEP programs
• Support KPI training / education at all levels
• Ensure the accurate and timely submission of monthly VPO reporting info

Profile

• Prior experience in applying varied industrial engineering related improvement techniques
• Project management capabilities to ensure delivery of initiatives from start-up through implementation to entrenchment, using appropriate communication milestones
• Ability to initiate improvement activities within a subsystem which would optimize the larger system in which it resides
• Ability to apply problem solving skills at all levels (shop-floor to exec teams)
• A good understanding of Change Management Processes Excellent skills and tools transfer capabilities (Train and coach others)
• Astute at reading interplays and subtleties between stakeholder groupings and individuals
• Excellent interpersonal skills -
• Clear capability and credibility to influence at all level
• Ability to exert influence on technical teams
• Ability to mobilize teams during periods of varied operational stability

• Min. of B.Sc./ HND in Engineering, Science or related discipline.
• Diploma in Packaging/Brewing (IBD)
• 5 Years’ experience in manufacturing environment including 3 years’ experience in implementing supply chain, production or process improvement related initiatives

The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/relevant information as criteria for short-listing. Interested INTERNAL applicants who meet the above specifications should inform his/her line manager and apply in writing