Brewery Logistics Manager at International Breweries

The key purpose of this role is to implement and uphold AB InBev’s safety standards, manage the brewery and regional distribution, inventory and warehousing functions, implement standard operating processes in line with DPO and VPO standards, and manage VLC, ZBB and FLC budgets in line with annual flexed targets.

Key roles and responsibilities:

Safety

• Ensures a safe and healthy working environment for internal and external stakeholders
• Ensures that legislative requirements are met and fully implemented
• Maintains a robust system of SIO generation and close out
• Quarterly safety reviews are conducted with the Logistics and Supply Directors to identify risk trends and mitigation plans
• Completes an annual risk review of internal and external processes, identifying relevant mitigation plans and implementing them

Quality

• Ensures that logistics teams adhere to quality guidelines specified by the Zone so that customers receive stock as per AB InBev’s quality guidelines;
• Adheres to Zone blocking mechanisms to ensure that blocked stock is at no time a risk to our stakeholders;
• Manages DOC & stock age for finished goods inventories in order to proactively identify opportunities or alleviate write off risks with functional peers in Planning, Sales and Supply.

DPO/VPO

• Ensures that Daily, Weekly and Monthly Meeting routines are adhered to in line with mandatory DPO/VPO guidelines (OWD's, SCL, MCL, mandatory meetings)
• Conducts the Daily Logistics Meeting as per the specified TOR's listed in the DPO/VPO framework
• Ensures that processes are standardized via SOP's and work standards are monitored and improved by using Operational Work Diagnoses (OWD's)
• Track KPI's on a daily, weekly and monthly basis in line with DPO/VPO requirements; Ensures that appropriate problem-solving tools are applied for out-of-range KPI's in line with DPO/VPO methodology.

Quality

• Maintains a healthy relationship with T1 &T2 carriers to ensure brewery throughput is maintained
• Maintains interactions with RD’s to identify opportunities for return of glass back to the brewery
• Engages with Planning Team around glass availability and sales requirements to support service level
• Ensures there is strict adherence to Inventory Policy within the warehouse
• Manages Service Level Agreements (SLA) on a weekly basis with Fleet, Quality and Sales/CIC
• Escalates relevant MBFU policy transgressions and takes appropriate actions to mitigate packaging downtime
• Manages weekly SLA with Sales with clearly documented information on sizing, sales forecast and potential SCOH; performance measures to be shared weekly includes refusals performance, sales curve index, OODD, drop size and OOS constraints

Cost Management

• Drives a strict adherence to flexed budgets with the delivery, warehouse and inventory management teams;
• Ensures that accountability is aligned to package owners
• Assumes overall accountability for Brewery Logistics spend on both VLC, FLC and SCOH
• Accounts for over/underspends on a weekly and monthly basis dependent on the GL frequency

People Management

• Ensure that the Shop Floor are aligned in terms of goals and meeting routines to drive continuous improvement
• Ensures that Monthly One on Ones are conducted in line with the target review process
• Maintains a healthy industrial relations climate with key stakeholders through documented SLA Meetings
• Communication channels are open to relevant stakeholders via Monthly All Employee meetings
• Follow up on Engagement Survey results with clear actions to correct areas of concern
• Recruitment of talent and building of pipeline
• Perform 180 reviews and address poor performance where required by means of improvement plans and or disciplinary hearings

Profile:

• Degree in Logistics Management or related
• Familiar with local market environments
• Knowledge of relevant legislative requirements
• Knowledge of customer service principles
• Superior planning and leadership abilities
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Adaptability