Manufacturing Systems Manager at Anheuser-Busch InBev

Location: Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Job Description

• An exciting career opportunity exists for a highly skilled and result driven Manufacturing Systems Manager in Ilesa Plant reporting to the Technical Services Manager, Ilesa Plant.
• The incumbent will be accountable for the management and execution of the Control and Automation function within the brewery.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures strategic alignment to tech supply strategy and global technical standards (GTS) for automation  
• Accountable for the implementation and execution of the Control and Automation block of the maintenance pillar
• Provide process control engineering expertise to the line teams
• Implement and support all relevant C&A GOP's
• Deliver value through well managed and maintained systems  
• Deliver value through continuous improvement within the brewery
• Act as plant interface to Solutions
• Strategy functional alignment to the business needs and the manufacturing way  
• Alignment to the business strategy set by ZBS (Zone Brewery Support) and Solutions  
• Partnering with zone maintenance and  tech supply to define C & A roadmap for the brewery  
• Assist in defining capital investment required to support the strategic plan as defined by ZBS.
• Ensure control and automation governance standards and practices are adhered to  
• Ensure technology upgrades are in line with GTS standards  
• Ensure audit findings are closed  
• Clear and effective change management procedures for manufacturing systems  
• Ensure resource availability to execute projects in brewery  
• Provides C&A operational support at brewery level to ensure maximised productivity, efficiency and availability  
• Ensure integrity of the control layer including MES integration  
• Accountable for system BCP and DRP plans for the brewery  
• In partnership with Solutions, develop and implement approaches to hardware and software obsolescence  
• Accountable for manufacturing system security  
• Contribute to the sharing of best practice between breweries  
• Ensure adherence to antivirus and support patch requirements  
• Vendor Management with support from ZBS/Solutions to enhance the effectiveness of C&A vendors  
• Validation of system integrator effectiveness and quality. Necessary service level agreements to be in place with vendors  
• Provide single point of contact between brewery and solutions  
• Facilitate team problem solving and decision making  
• Lead the manufacturing systems team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction  
• Lead the development of systems’ team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members  
• Comply with and administer Zone people cycle
• Ensure training needs 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 systems team

Qualifications
Qualifications, Experience and Skills required:

• HND / B.Sc in Electrical Electronic or Mechatronics Engineering  
• A Master's Degree will be an added advantage
• 3+ years in Controls & Automation experience.

Must be conversant with:

• Networks and servers  
• Microsoft server software  
• Manufacturing Execution systems (MES)
• PLC systems  
• Manufacturing processes  
• S88 batch control standard  
• Field instrumentation and networks  
• SCADA systems.

Key Competencies and Attributes:

• Proactive with high energy levels  
• Ability to anticipate situations and take charge  
• Curiosity and desire to learn  
• Ability to optimise to improve or automate routine tasks  
• Takes accountability for performance improvements within production  
• Ability to learn new systems quickly  
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills  
• Good Interpersonal & People Management Skills  
• Attention to detail.