Career Opportunities at International Breweries Plc

International Breweries Plc - 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.

We are recruiting to fill the positions below:

Job Title: Machine Specialist - Labeler

Location: Ilesa, Osun
Employment Type: Full time
Band: X-A

Job Description
The overall purpose of the Function:

• An opportunity exists for a highly skilled and result-driven Machine Specialist - Labeler in our Plant located in South-West Nigeria reporting to the Maintenance Controller-Packaging.
• The successful incumbent will maintain, calibrate, repair equipment, optimize Labeler and associated devices to ensure Labeler availability and product quality.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Optimize Labeler Availability and Reliability Maintain a Safe, Healthy and Risk-Free Working Environment
• Provide Specialist Technical Support and enhance Labeler, System, and process capabilities
• Optimize Maintenance Team Performance on Labeler
• Maintain, Repair and Optimize Labeler and Associate Devices
• Optimize Process Performance on Labeler
• Facilitate Problem Solving
• Locate Labeler, equipment, spares, and relevant documentation/Systems
• Operate Labeler and process equipment effectively
• Calibrate equipment according to good maintenance practice
• Apply the VPO principles and practices
• Contribute to self and team development and communicate effectively in the Workplace

Qualifications

• Minimum of HND / B.Eng or equivalent in Mechanical or Electrical / Electronic Engineering
• Minimum of 3-5 years as Process Artisans or Maintenance Artisan on high-speed packing lines
• Computer Literate
• Systemic and Analytical problem-solver
• Good leadership Potential
• Good understanding of modern maintenance practices and maintenance system
• Influencing ability with regards to sound maintenance
• Good knowledge of the Packaging production processes and technologies
• Influencing ability with regards to sound maintenance
• Acts with integrity.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Process Artisan, Mechanical - Brewing

Location: Onitsha, Anambra
Job type: Full-time

Overall Purpose of the Function

• An opportunity exists for a highly skilled Brewing Process Artisan, Mechanical. The Successful candidate will operate, maintain, repair, and optimize plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Operate machine and equipment
• Optimize production performance and process
• Maintain, repair, and optimize plant and associated devises
• Maintain safe, healthy, and risk-free working environment
• Work in teams
• React to the results using the VPO tools supplied
• Actively participate in shift meetings, asking questions to test understanding and contributing suggestions. Making use of the action logs to record issues, problems, and improvement opportunities
• Fully understand the team Dream and contribute to achieving it
• Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated

Qualifications

• Minimum of B.Sc. / HND / B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering
• 2-3 Years’ experience in Brewing/FMCG environment
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft office applications i.e. (Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint)

Traits & Competences Required:

• Prepared to work shifts
• The main role is to apply core competencies to achieve optimum plant and process performance
• Manage a process area according to VPO principles and standards
• A logical, analytical problem solver who can operate in an unstructured environment
• A team player (prepared to communicate, listen and assist)
• Initiative and energy
• Achievement Drive (improvement, do better than standard or what was done previously, be the best)

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Supply Network Provider

Location: Ilesa, Osun
Job type: Full-time

Overall Purpose of the Function

• Opportunity exists for Supply Network Planner in International Breweries Plc, reporting to the BU Planning Manager.
• The Supply Network Planner will make proper and feasible production plans, generate and drive adherence to the agreed finished goods inventory policy, guarantee the fulfillment of demand with the lowest cost, and optimize the network allocation of finished product according to finished goods Inventory Policy.
• This role connects every dot of the manufacturing supply chain from demand through to supply, logistics and finance.
• The purpose is to generate feasible monthly supply& inventory plans that meet desired Customer Service Levels while avoiding unnecessary distribution and obsolescence costs.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain adherence to the LCP processes linked to SNP, S&OP and Inventory Policy
• Generating the monthly CONA (tactical horizon) production plan, distribution & inventory plans (using Llama soft/APO/Excel/and/or other business software and models)
• Ensuring the generation and agreement of weekly production plans
• Producing a fully optimized supply plan run with at least 16 months horizon (4 months of current year + 12 months of next year) using budgeted sales and supply parameters.
• Inventory Policy: Generating/updating, agreeing, implementing & tracking the finished goods Inventory Policy within agreed frequencies.
• Driving regular routines to keep master data up to date in the planning tool (all SNP parameters including plants/ DC/ DPG/ products/ resources/ lanes/ efficiencies/ rates/ costs/ penalties), and regularly reviewing with relevant functions in the organization to ensure the data quality and accuracy. Tracking and Monitoring: Identifying and problem-solving risks, constraints, scenarios, performance, trends, opportunities, and KPI management

Qualifications

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Sciences or Commerce
• Preferably 3 - 5 years manufacturing or supply planning experience including production scheduling
• Knowledge of linear programming / optimization analytics advantageous
• Experience of planning tools, techniques and accountabilities ranging from tactical planning, distribution and supplier management.
• Proven experience with ability to influence and interface with senior stakeholders, specifically manufacturing
• Able to understand and interpret sales trends, manufacturing and distribution chains and to convert into appropriate production strategy.
• Operational excellence and improvement bias
• Good communicator across all levels within and external to the organization with personal gravitas and credibility
• Customer focused mind-set and approach
• Proven problem-solving skills with an ability to manage complexity and ambiguity
• Excellent self-management practices
• Proactive, energetic and committed
• Flexible, adaptable and pragmatic
• High tolerance for stress and managing the operational realities of the business

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Distribution Team Leader

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Type: Full-time

Overall Purpose of the Function

• An opportunity exists for a highly skilled and results-driven Distribution Team Leaders, in Logistics Port Harcourt Plant reporting to the Distribution Controller.
• The incumbent will control distribution operations to satisfy customer service needs while optimizing the utilization of company assets and the department’s performance in order to meet standards and remain competitive.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Load planning and truck allocation
• Order execution tracking and escalation
• VPO/DPO implementation
• Daily driver debriefing
• Customer engagement
• SCT planning and execution
• Control delivery schedules
• Assure product quality
• Analyze and respond to distribution performance measures
• Leverage customer relationships
• Monitor fleet availability
• Support Sales function
• Apply administration systems and procedures
• Leverage information systems

Qualifications

• B.Sc / B.Tech / HND in a related field
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in logistics and supply chain function
• Good MS Office proficiency
• Assertiveness and creativity
• Good problem-solving ability
• Attention to detail
• Methodical record keeper
• Ability to work effectively in team
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage self

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Note

• AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with AB InBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. We are a company that promotes gender equality.
• Internal applicants require Line manager approval
• Kindly attach CV in PDF format
• 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 application closing date.

Application Deadline  11th October, 2021.