PRODUCT SPECIALIST

Dreaming big is in our DNA. Brewing the worlds most loved beers and creating meaningful experiences is what inspires us. We are owners, empowered to lead real change, deliver on tough challenges, and take accountability for the results. We are looking for talent that shares these values, that is ambitious, bold & resilient. We want talent that is looking for fast career growth, cross-functional experiences, global exposure and robust training & development.

Job Purpose:

The Growth Logistics Planning team is responsible for the roll out of all transformation technology for Logistics Planning. The Project Specialist will be accountable for partnering with the business, scrum team and external vendors to deliver all Planning related initiatives.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Work closely with the scrum master, scrum team, and external customers and stakeholders to deliver technology products that our customers love and that create value for our business
• Manage multiple projects on multiple sites by ensuring clear delegation of duties and effective communication
• Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure and communicate effectively to a wide range of stakeholders
• Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions
• Accurately document requirements, testing results and training materials
• Work with the technical development and operations team to improve planning products
• Define training methodologies and roll out strategies
• Support the business throughout the change process
• Define project KPIs and track for improvement
• Leading ongoing reviews of business processes and developing optimization strategies
• Conducting meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings and performing requirements analysis. Documenting and communicating the results of your efforts
• Effectively communicating your insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management
• Gathering critical information from meetings with various stakeholders and producing useful reports
• Working closely with clients, technicians, and managerial staff
• Ensuring solutions meet business needs and requirements.
• Performing user acceptance testing
• Train and support users throughout roll out
• Support users post go live
• Updating, implementing and maintaining procedures

Profile

• Proven track record delivering projects within agreed timelines
• Technology related B Degree or business-related qualification advantageous
• Well-articulated and structured communication skills is a mandate as the person will be pivotal in communicating with business from across the globe and development team
• Understanding of ABInBev Logistics and Planning principles
• Retains the pulse of domain or business area by remaining connected to various stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrable problem-solving skills with an ability to manage complexity and ambiguity
• Strong understanding of Agile & Scrum with a proven track record of delivery
• Business Analysis skills
• Requirement documentation and elicitation

Additional information:

• Band: VII

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

In accordance with South African Breweries (Pty) Ltd duty to provide and maintain a workplace that is safe for of our employees and their families, our customers and visitors, and the community at large from infectious diseases that may be reduced by vaccinations, we require all new appointments to be vaccinated as a condition of employment at our company.