Brewing Area Manager at International Breweries

The Key Purpose of this role is to lead and manage area teams to deliver sound operational and technical practices in the brewing department underpinned by prescribed VPO practices. The Brewing Area Manager is required to meet the required production plan, adhering to the principles of all VPO pillars. the role is required to maintain an high level of control against the budgeted KPI's as well as the variable and fixed costs controllable within the team.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Promote beer brewing quality excellence in the value chain
• Provide Brewing process expertise (Technical depth) and Lead problem solving processes
• Facilitate team problem solving and decision making
• Manage Health, Safety & Risk, Manage Productivity, Manage the brewing process
• Management of People
• Occupational Health, Safety and Risk Ensure that Brewery quality and taste targets are met
• Ensure overall reliability of production Process optimisation and asset management and plant availability
• Adherence to AB InBev and global brewing quality standards
• Brewing Strategy implementation and support
• 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 optimisation 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

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Effective communication skills.
• Good presentation skills.
• Self managed and assertiveness.
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the business
• Creative and broad-minded thinker.
• Dynamic personality.
• Must be a Change agent (Influential power).
• Self starter and energetic.
• Provide operational support to autonomous shift based teams on process problem solving, supplying expert advice and guidance.
• Willingness to challenge the "status quo" and uphold process an quality standards within the operational environment
• Coaching and mentoring : with deviations addressed through the non-conformance management procedure and capin process.

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc Degree in Biological Sciences, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
• Completed Traineeship
• IBD Papers 1,2&3 completed and passed * Completed brewing traineeship
• At least 2 years production experience, of which 1 years’ operating at a management level within Brewing.
• Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a brewery (financial, operational, people) and brewing technical expertise*A good performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality
• Excellent understanding of VPO