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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

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The key purpose of this role is to operate and maintain defined Brewing equipment and related processes to achieve optimal effectiveness.

Key outputs and responsibilities:

Operating and Process Control

• Operating equipment in Brewing process areas according to VPO standards
• Constantly reviewing process performance against target, and recording short stops and correcting any out of controls using the VPO tools
• Recording waste and movement of product on the appropriate documentation or information systems. Review trends to identify & resolve problems

Maintenance of Plant and Equipment

• Carrying out autonomous operations as defined for the process areas
• Identify defective plant, and report these through to the Process Artisan or Team Leader to assist with resolution
• Assisting the Process Artisan/Machine specialist in executing running repairs on shift

Quality Control and Analysis

• Carrying out the required quality checks and analyses and recording the results on the appropriate information system
• The list of quality checks to be executed is contained in the work instructions
• React to the results using the VPO tools supplied

Communication

• Actively participate in shift meetings, asking questions to test understanding and contributing suggestions. making use of the action logs to record issues, problems and improvement opportunities
• Fully understand the team Dream and contribute to achieving it
• Make use of relevant communication media (e.g. shift logbook) to stay informed and inform others of issues
• Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated

Problem Solving

• Where problems occur, use the VPO problem solving tools to resolve and record the issues

Minimum Requirements:

• Min. of B.Sc./HND or equivalent in Engineering
• Experience in Brewing process Environment