CONA Specialist

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 optimization of  production and allocation to prevent lost sales across the grid of southern countries by o9, communicate opportunities and bottlenecks well in advance with clear escalation to Supply Review & Exec S&OP, presenting a monthly unconstrained production plan solved to DC level as per LCP Requirement – 12-18 months forward. scenario planning with various cost inventory levels – all scenarios solved for lost sales by DC, main connection between SCD, Supply teams and Demand planning, focus on long term capability, capacity and cost while focusing on protecting service level and deliver mix and enable commercial plan. Responsible for providing the cash flow budget and monthly full year LE on finished goods, translate production plans by brewery into numerical KPI’s (GLY, NST, OAE) and ensure full understanding by brewery and lines, least Cost Model maintenance, alignment and update (VIC, VLC & VILC), responsible for maintaining inventory policy data books for RSI modelling.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Publish an optimized monthly long term production plan from M+2 with at least a rolling 12 months incorporating WSNP handover

• Monthly Production plan with cost and allocation optimization solving for lost sales down to DC level

• Manage key Supply Planning KPI’s & Costs (T1 VLC;  CONA & Allocation Efficiency; WSNP efficiency)

• Lead and prepare Supply Review deck in accordance with TOR and

• Sign off on monthly inventory LE’s to cash flow team

• Ensure monthly ‘handshake’ on S&OP process between WSNP & CONA teams as well as with the Supply team

• Attending all S&OP routines and S&OE

• Input analysis  - demand publish accuracy

• Input analysis – capacity, capability, line speeds, NPD and project timelines. 

• Output analysis – Lost sales

• Output analysis – IR movements and T1 cost

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Effective numeracy and analytical skills & problem solving at both operational and tactical levels

• Ability to manage complexity and ambiguity

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills required across different levels of seniority in the organization

• Strong negotiation skills and ability to build rapport and influence across all levels in the organisation

• Excellent self management practices with a pro-active, energetic and committed approach

• Excellent analytical understanding and strong excel capabilities advantageous

• Ability to manage multiple streams of information optimally with attention to detail

Minimum Requirements:

• Candidate should have a Bachelor's degree with a preference but not restricted to Supply Chain, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics qualifications

• A minimum of 5-year Planning experience required.

• An orientation towards the quantitative disciplines of mathematics, statistics and economics would be advantageous

Additional Information:

• BAND: VI

SAB is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with SAB 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.