Job Openings at Seven Up Bottling Company

Position Overview

• Responsible for the project design of instruments and electronic equipment as well as the implementation of related projects to ensure completion at the desired timeline.
• Responsible for services needed by the plants in terms of the troubleshooting, maintenance and spare parts needed to ensure continuous operation and better performance.

Responsibilities

• Ensure writing and maintaining program backups and software for all equipment in the plant.
• Conducts calibration of all electronic instruments such as transducers and maintains all electronic equipment in the company such as electronic bottle inspectors, fill height detectors, COBRIX, and PLCs.
• Lead regular inspections for automation and electrical components of the PET line and ensures line maintenance are carried out by the team as per maintenance plan.
• Develops a list of critical electronic spare parts that will be available to prevent stoppages of the production lines/utility. Plans for timely requisition and acquisition of the needed spare parts, with diligence to keep parts inventory levels to the minimum.
• Effectively communicate to management any critical actions needed to restore the condition of the equipment to 100% reliability.
• Develops and ensures compliance to the maintenance program for all instrumentation and electronics.
• Plan and ensure seamless executions of annual maintenance and cleaning of all electronics components.
• Builds and reinforces relationships with Production, Quality Assurance, Production Planning and relevant government regulatory agencies.

Qualifications

• A minimum of Bachelor of Engineering Degree (B.Eng.) or HND in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
• 3 – 5 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a beverage bottling company in a managerial capacity.
• Experienced in budgeting and people management
• Knowledge of bottling operations: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety
• Operational planning expertise/experience
• Must Possess CMRP CERTIFICATION or similar
• Engineering certification will be an added advantage.
• Experience in plant manufacturing operations, project planning & implementation.
• Previous new equipment or line installation or extension could be an advantage.

Application Closing Date
7th April, 2024.

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Job Summary

• The Maintenance Planner is responsible for developing and executing the maintenance strategy relating to production lines, drives innovation and improvement of lines, manages people and resources to ensure uncompromised safety, availability and quality while minimizing the impact on the environment.

Responsibilities

• Establishes, monitors and reinforces control on maintenance strategy execution
• Actively participates in organization and scheduling of annual overhaul of production lines and facilities
• Improves efficiencies by increasing preventative maintenance across the plant and to minimize breakdowns and reduce mean time between failures.
• Ensures optimal spare parts and maintenance materials inventory management
• Schedules routine maintenance activities taking into consideration production program and monitors execution (using SAP where appropriate)
• Carries out root cause analysis on breakdowns
• Evaluates effectiveness of corrective actions using all available data

Qualifications

• A minimum of Bachelor of Engineering Degree (B.Eng.) or HND in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
• 3 - 5 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience.
• Experienced in budgeting and people management
• Knowledge of bottling operations: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety
• Operational planning expertise/experience
• Must Possess CMRP CERTIFICATION or similar Engineering certification will be an added advantage.
• Experience in plant manufacturing operations, project planning & implementation.
• Previous new equipment or line installation or extension could be an advantage.
• Understanding of business case/cost benefits analysis preparation and basic financial analysis tools.
• Good understanding and experience of current WC manufacturing methodologies.
• Good understanding of HQSE modalities and codes.
• Good understanding of GMP and GHK (5S) standards.

Application Closing Date
10th April, 2024.

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Position Overview

• Facilitating prompt and accurate payment processes for all vendors.

Responsibilities

• Initiating vendor payment by accurately and promptly raising Letters of Authority to deliver, thereafter forwarding for approval.
• Maintaining updated records of purchases, invoices, delivery information, and other essential data.
• Updating various payment tracker tools; Preform Tracker, Sugar Trackers, AGO Trackers, General Vendor Trackers etc.
• Reconciliation of vendors’ vs SBCs accounts utilizing each vendor’s statement of account.
• Identification, collation and escalation of overdue payments.
• Closing and transferring (where required) of local and overseas LADs at the end of each period.
• Liaising with the sourcing and finance team for updates regarding procurement timelines.
• Liaising with regions Pan-Nigeria, providing them with updates on payment invoice details pertaining to sugar to enable their decision making.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 2 cognate years experience, preferably in the FMCG industry, handling a similar role.
• Intermediate level proficiency in the Microsoft Suite, especially Excel.
• Ability to use ERP efficiently.

Application Closing Date
30th April, 2024.

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Job Brief

• We are currently recruiting for a logistics officer who will be responsible for monitoring stock levels and overseeing the movement of incoming and outgoing goods.

Responsibilities

• Achieving distribution daily/period targets.
• Assist in planning, oversight, management, and coordination of logistics support operations to ensure smooth accomplishment of product
• Preparing accurate reports (daily and monthly).
• Ensuring the fleet availability from each (other transport company).
• Relating with relevant stakeholders on distribution activities.
• Track the real-time status of all orders and categorize them accordingly
• Preparing delivery schedules.
• Maintaining optimal stock levels at minimum cost.

Requirements

• 3 years of working experience as a logistics officer, preferably in the food and beverage sector.
• B.Sc / HND in Marketing, Business, or an equivalent
• Additional qualification in logistics/fleet and supply chain management is an added advantage.
• Communication skill
• Problem Solving skill
• Result Oriented

Application Closing Date
8th April, 2024.

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Job Brief

• Seven-Up Bottling Company is currently recruiting for Territory Development Manager who will be accountable for the daily sales execution and management of TDOs /TDEs within assigned territory towards the actualization of the overall sales target.

Responsibilities

• Ensure sustained growth of SBC’s market share in key SKUs within assigned territory.
• Recognize opportunities to continually increase SBC’s market share through identification of untapped channels and new routes, understanding of customer business drivers, and new product launch.
• Activate local and national marketplace initiatives and promotions to continuously build brand development and maximise brand performance.
• Identify potential sales risks, opportunities, and misses for the distributor(s), communicate accordingly, and recommend solutions.
• Responsible for the territory’s sales tracking and numeric distribution to achieve planned objectives.
• Implement quality & control measures at distributor outlets - FIFO, stock numbers, through the assigned direct report.
• Organise, guide, and motivate direct reports to achieve sales targets within the agreed profit margins.
• Submit market trend reports received to the line manager on a monthly basis.
• Conduct regular fieldwork with the direct report to ensure all agreed sales initiatives are properly executed; provide feedback to the distributor and the sales team for improvement.
• Partner with product supply team, logistics, and warehouse to ensure product availability.
• Coach direct reports on selling skills.
• Encourages direct reports to attend scheduled learning and development programmes.
• Ability to use mobile sales force automation applications to drive sales and improve customer experience.

Requirements

• B.Sc / HND in a Management course or any relevant field.
• 5 years+ sales experience in route to market and sales management with a proven track record of sales of beverage.
• A postgraduate degree in a relevant field will be an advantage.
• Leads prospecting
• Customer relationship management
• Excellent leadership/coaching Skill
• Good communication skills
• Negotiation skill
• Goal oriented and target driven.

Application Closing Date
11th April, 2024.

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Position Overview

• Effective and efficient checking activities at the gate house and accurate security records leading to security and safety of lives and property. Ideal candidates must have avery good idea of industrial security and must be well trained on security issues.

Responsibilities

• Daily checking of security records at the gate house.
• Traffic control and monitoring of activities at the loading bay.
• Supervising the Checkers’ activities, suppliers, contract staff and environmental agencies.
• Monitor the random checking of trailers, trucks together with other stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum of HND
• Candidate must be computer literate.

Application Closing Date
10th April, 2024.