Voyager Plant Optimization Manager at Anheuser-Busch InBev

Location: Ilesa, Osun

Job Description
Lead sustainability of the VPO (Voyager Plant Optimization) pillars within the brewery as measured by global auditing criteria (coordination of sustainability phase from self-assessments to follow up of action plans) Demonstrated understanding of VPO principles:

• Ensures that Africa / Global standards have been implemented in the Plant
• Manage the VPO program via a structured VPO Steerco
• Ensure VPO Pillar Owner compliance
• Develop annual VPO plan and set short term plans to achieve these targets
• Monitor VPO progress across all pillars and provide feedback

Serve as the brewery VPO subject matter expert and provide guidance to brewery Senior Management:

• Primary VPO resource for the plant
• Facilitate the Plant 1-year and 3-year planning process
• Manage MCRS
• Evaluate plant meetings and provide feedback to managers on meeting effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve structure and tool usage
• Actively participate and critique plant daily, weekly and monthly meetings and ensure VPO standards are fully implemented and sustained
• Assist Department Management teams in developing sustainability plans to identify and close gaps

Lead and coach Managers on the correct use of the Management pillar tools and methodologies:

• Conduct monthly Management Pillar department reviews and provide constructive feedback to departments on current status with recommendations to drive continuous improvement
• Coaches and guides all levels on the VPO Management Pillar in practice
• Ensure implementation of VPO and the adherence to VPO principles across all pillars

Training:

• Ensure that where training implementation is undertaken, it is done following AB InBev policies and procedures.
• Interact with management teams to determine training needs.
• Where necessary, develop training material to address specific needs of shift based and engineering teams.

Lead, facilitate and coach Problem Solving (5-Why, Ab-reports, PDCA, Gapa, ITF, Belts):

• Conduct problem solving training
• Facilitate problem solving teams
• Review progress and report on effectiveness of problem solving

Support brewery achievement of Supply KPI targets and results:

• Verify KPI results tracking for ZEP/WEP programs
• Support KPI training / education at all levels
• Ensure the accurate and timely submission of monthly VPO reporting info.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.Sc. / HND in Engineering, Science or related discipline.
• Diploma in Packaging / Brewing (IBD)
• 5 years experience in manufacturing environment including 3 years experience in implementing supply chain, production or process improvement related initiatives.

Profile

• Prior experience in applying varied industrial engineering related improvement techniques
• Project management capabilities to ensure delivery of initiatives from start-up through implementation to entrenchment, using appropriate communication milestones
• Ability to initiate improvement activities within a subsystem which would optimize the larger system in which it resides
• Ability to apply problem solving skills at all levels (shop-floor to exec teams)
• A good understanding of Change Management Processes Excellent skills and tools transfer capabilities (Train and coach others)
• Astute at reading interplays and subtleties between stakeholder groupings and individuals
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Clear capability and credibility to influence at all level
• Ability to exert influence on technical teams
• Ability to mobilize teams during periods of varied operational stability.