BU ZBB Procurement Performance Manager at International Breweries

The Key Purpose of this role is to fully own the Budget, forecast and tracking of Supply & Procurement BU South ZBB. Including, driving initiatives and projects with different stakeholders to deliver required synergies without compromising the quality of our products, safety of our people, and the perception of our consumers. Additionally, to drive coordination, alignment and consolidation, across the BU for VIC and champions and ensuring adherence to business cycle.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

ZBB

• Monthly Routines (reporting/analysis/review) for Supply & Procurement ZBB packages.
• Support the implementation and drive the governance of the Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) with relevant stakeholders.
• Monthly ZBB actuals & ZBB Champions initiatives tracking reporting and review.
• Benchmarking across Plants to identify synergies and opportunities.
• Responsible for actuals reporting in line with Control guidelines.
• Provide early view on actuals of the month.
• Provide actuals review and analysis during monthly deep dive meetings.
• Deep dive in all new variance drivers, find route cause and work with the Plant PPM’s on identifying adequate gap closing action plans.
• Partner with VOPS and Procurement directors on identifying cost impact on champion initiatives.
• Perform Latest Estimate (LE) process for the BU for ZBB Supply and Procurement Function monthly for submission to FP&A & FD. Collate risks and determine if any savings are bankable.
• Conduct annual ZBB business cycle for the BU for Supply and Procurement Function. Develop 1YP and budget base assumptions:
• Combine recent performance and benchmarks with planned initiatives to build base assumptions.
• Develop and continuously improve model at a comprehensive level of detail.
• Track major project initiatives and report impacts to 1YP / budget costs.

Business Cycle

• Lead consolidation at BU level for Monthly VIC Actuals reporting.
• Ensure BU adherence to month end closure checklist.
• Own the BU routine for target tracking and communication to BU leadership.
• Lead tracking and monitoring as well as consolidation at BU level for Champions initiatives and lead BU routines.
• Lead BU Level PPM Dashboard compliance and adherence.
• Support the PPM lead in setting up all management reporting for the BU.
• Develop and maintain BU best practice processes related to report and insight generation and help standardize across the BU.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to convey a clear message.
• Strong in decision-making, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership capabilities, confident and resilient.
• Thrives under pressure, executes with discipline and a sense of urgency to deliver superior results.
• Strong stakeholder management and can work across teams and interact assertively at all levels.
• Motivated team player comfortable working independently.
• High level of service mindset and demonstrated ability to influence action at a senior leadership levels.
• Proven ability to successfully challenge the status quo and implement.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or similar qualification.
• +3 years experience in financial and accounting management or similar management experience in FMCG or Beverage industry.
• +3 experience in business budgeting, planning and analysis.
• Experience within Business Management an advantage.
• Experience in supply is preferred.
• Solid knowledge of accounting and control activities.
• Knowledge of ZBB Policies.
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial information.
• Highly skilled in Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI.
• Experience in Anaplan is preferred.