Brewing Area Manager at International Breweries

The key purpose of this role is to safely lead and manage technical improvements to deliver the KPI’s as called out in the Manufacturing Strategy.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Ensure that Brewery quality and taste targets are met
• Ensure overall reliability of production Process optimization and asset management and plant availability
• Adherence to AB InBev and global brewing quality standards 
• Ensure that brand and brewing process standards are met
• Ensure that brewing technical and brand audits are conducted as per the QA audit schedule – and deviations identified and managed through the non-conformance management process
• Tasting adherence and regional brewing best practice development as per the AB InBev standard.
• Facilitate team problem solving and decision making
• Ensure training need analyses are conducted and training plans developed for team members
• Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the brewing shift team
• Provide coaching and mentorship to brewing levels 1, 2, 3
• Ongoing optimization of brewing quality and production processes
• Drive implementation of process and product optimisation including CAPin and VA projects and trials
• Analyses plant performance data to identify opportunities for improvement to plant performance and initiates opportunity evaluation
• Analyses plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to correct root causes
• Ensures that continuous improvement is built into brewing team goals. Analyses plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to correct root causes
• Ensures that continuous improvement is built into brewing team goals and forms part of regular goal review sessions
• Manage financial performance (prepare and manage budgets) and monthly financial Short Interval Control

Minimum Requirements:

• At least 3-5 years production experience, of which 3 years’ operating at a management level within Brewing.     
• Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a brewery (financial, operational, people)
• A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality
• Solid understand of performance management principles