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.

The primary function of this position is to lead the shift-based team/s in the execution of the production plan to the required performance criteria (QCDSM) 

Responsibilities and Accountabilities 

• Maintaining safety, Quality and Environmental standards  

• Drive and maintaining VPO implementation  

• Developing, tracking and monitoring team PI's and KPI's 

• Timely reaction to negative trends (out of controls)  

• Participating and managing problem solving activities 

• Delivering the packaging plan 

• Continuously improving - QCDSM  

• Supporting and coaching team members 

• Managing the teams MCRS 

Qualifying and improving VPO 

• Engage with the Plant regarding their VPO dream by owning and driving VPO across the Department 

• Representation during milestone audits will be necessary to support the Plant’s VPO dream 

• Min. of B.Sc./HND in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering. 

• 3-5 Years’ experience in a packaging process environment 

Traits & Competences Required: 

• Be able to work shifts  

• Ability to make decisions  

• Be a team-player as well as an effective leader  

• Attention to detail, Computer literate  

• Bias for action/comfortable with initiating action  

• Able to lead meetings and make presentations  

• Analytical and systematic thinking ability, to enable effective problem solving  

• Sound communication skills  

• Ability to manage people as well as ability to drive performance through the VPO tools 

• Good interpersonal and communication skills  

• Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum  

• High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high-pressure environment 

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

The company policy requires that your immediate manager is informed of your intention to apply for the role and only shortlisted candidate will be contacted and specify the plant where the role you are applying for seats.

Internal applicants please ensure you attach line manager approval as well, ONLY CANDIDATES WITH LINE MANAGER APPROVAL WILL BE SHORTLISTED.

International Breweries PLC is an equal opportunities employer and we promote gender equality in the company.