Operations Manager at SAB Miller

Key Accountabilities:

• Translate divisional core strategies with key focus on TCD (Total cost of Distribution)
• Develop annual budgets and forecasts
• Optimise warehouse capacity and layout
• Determine optimal fleet configuration
• Maximise fleet availability
• Manage asset acquisition
• Ensure optimal human resourcing
• Ensure stock availability
• Minimise breakages, losses and wastage
• Assure product quality
• Control expenditure against budgets and forecasts
• Analyse and respond to operational performance measures (KPI’s)
• Develop employees

Requirements:

Competency and Skill Requirements:

• A commercial degree or in logistics management
• Well rounded FMCG supply chain at a senior level
• Extensive line management experience, preferably experienced in a matrix managed environment
• Familiarity with planning systems
• Effective at collaborating upwards, downwards cross-functionally and across borders
• Financial knowledge: Break even analysis, Interpretation of income-statements, balance sheets, cash flows, capital expenditure, depreciation, fixed and variable costs.
• Excellent leadership qualities with the ability to deliver results within a fast paced environment
• Ability to work under enormous pressure
• Have a highly developed understanding of finance and its interrelationships into other functions
• Understand forecasting and business modeling
• Communication and presentation skills