VPO SPECIALIST: LOGISTICS

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 Implement, entrench and improve the use and effectiveness of VPO in the Pillar of specialization in African Breweries and Vertical Operations to deliver business results.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Drive delivery of expected business results through VPO with specialization in Logistics Pillar.

• Implement the Logistics Pillar to deliver expected business KPI and means results.

• Support Plants to attain VPO Logistics Pillar and the Logistics Department to achieve agreed pillar plans and targets.

• Work together with Logistics function and DPO team when Auditing Sites around Africa.

• Be a deep specialist on VPO Logistics Pillar and also fully knowledgeable on DPO Warehouse Pillar and LogEP.

• Guide, monitor, track and drive Pillar implementation across Africa.

• Train and coach Plant personnel on Logistics Pillar

• Analyse Plant KPI performance vs. means scores, previously identified gaps, agreed actions prior to audits.

• Audit Plants, together with other Pillar Specialists and as a team of two with DPO Warehouse Specialist

• Agree actions and track and monitor closure of actions by plants against agreed timelines.

• Best Practices identification, standardization, and roll out. Escalation to Global when appropriate.

• Test and entrench best practices using PDCA and SDCA and the standard VPO tools.

• Document and track mean scores and action closure.

• Compile monthly VPO report according to the Global VPO Business Cycle.

• Own and Maintain all VPO documentation for your Pillar.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with all levels of the organization.

• Ability to foster effective working partnerships.

• Problem solving ability to be able to guide Plants in developing actions plans to improve both KPI performance and VPO means scores.

• Must enjoy and be effective at training and coaching

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience working in a Plant or Production area is vital.

• +5 years’ experience in Logistics or Supply management.

• Experience in effective implementation of management systems.

• Tertiary degree is essential in a related field.

• Experience in coaching and training and guiding plant leadership teams.

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