Job Description
An exciting opportunity for a proactive, unconventional, efficient and meticulous individual with strong financial, critical thinking and communication skills. A team player who enjoys working within a fast-paced environment.
Key outputs and responsibilities:
- Driving efficiencies in the team
- Agile ways of working which requires; ownership of work on the sprint backlog; pushing the boundaries for excellent delivery; focusing on root cause problem solving; using diverse and collective skills to support other members of the team
- Identify opportunities for reporting automation across the NoCC VLC PPM stream
- Identify key controls to be implemented / adhered to across the NoCC VLC PPM stream
- Drive a customer focused mind-set within the team
- Embodies the AB InBev culture and 10 principles
- Energised self-starter with the ability to take initiative
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to work with all levels of the organization
- High sense of urgency and accuracy
- Ability to work in and understand multi-cultural environments, interacting with various Zone and Country teams
- High level of service mindset and ability to handle demanding stakeholders
- Comfortable to work with deadlines under high pressure conditions
- Ability to work in a well organized, accurate and reliable manner
- Strong analytical and reporting skills with a problem-solving mindset
- Budgeting for Logistics across the Africa Zone
- Ensure all Champions initiatives are properly embedded in the budget
- Prepare management review presentations, respecting Zone guidelines, templates and timelines
- Ensure final budget is properly uploaded in all relevant tools e.g. Anaplan
- Highlight risks and opportunities during the month and course-correct where possible
- Support Zone Cycle management process
- Perform variance analysis of actual VLC spend against budgeted spend and LE and provide commentary thereof
- Report month end actuals in line with Control guidelines
- Posting of accurate journal entries on the reporting tools
- Prepare monthly standard decks
- Trouble shoot issues and share improvement ideas with Team Lead
- Deep dive all new variance drivers, find root-causes and work with Logistics team to implement gap-closing action plans
- Adherence to all deadlines, milestones and submission requirements to the NoCC VLC key stakeholders
- Drive the Champions process for all VLC Packages, focusing on Price and Performance initiatives in line with Zone guidelines
- Ensure all projects are measured, reviewed and updated monthly
- Align Champions and Risks and Opportunities outlook
- Support Stakeholders on ad-hoc needs
- Any other related items /projects
- Minimum of 3 years experience in FMCG environment
- Bachelors Degree, CIMA / CA (SA) or progress towards (preferred)
- Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint, with particularly strong Excel skills
- Good knowledge of consolidation & reporting tools (Cognos, TM1, BI)
- Knowledge of ERP Systems SAP, Syspro
- Basic business sense and results focused
Band VII
SAB is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in-line with SAB employment equity plan and talent requirements. We are a company that promotes gender equality. Internal applicants require Line manager approval. Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/relevant information as criteria for short-listing. Interested candidates who meet the above specifications may apply no later than the closing date
