Job Opportunities at Anheuser-Busch InBev

Location: Onitsha, Anambra

Job Description

• The primary function of this position is to lead the Process Engineering function in the Brewery and optimize the generation and utilization of all utilities within the process areas in the Plant.  

Responsibilities and Accountabilities 

• Apply engineering principles in assisting Brewing and E&F production teams to achieve optimal plant performance
• Provide line support for situational and systemic problem-solving
• Execute identified process optimization initiatives  
• Execute identified process capability studies
• Provide design support for regional capital projects  
• Support the execution of regional capital projects
• Lead small CAPIN projects in Brewing and/or E&F plants
• Provide coaching to process engineering trainees
• Assist with the identification and closure of Brewing and E&F technological gaps
• Manage, co-ordinate and implement improvement projects to ensure optimization of Brewing and E&F plant and process
• Identifying and delivering initiatives to deliver step change performance improvement and process stability in order to realize true process capability
• All work is carried out using the VPO principles 
• Understands, Implements and Complies to the GOP requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum of B.Sc./HND in Mechanical Engineering. 
• 2-3 Years as Process Engineer 

Traits & Competences Required: 

• Deep understanding of Energy & Fluid and Brewing plant, Process Controls and Automation, design and commissioning
• Rigorous analytical skills and ability to apply them to complex problems  
• Ability to develop project plans and meet project deadlines  
• Ability to multi-task  
• Work on his/her own initiatives.

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Location: Onitsha, Anambra

Job Description

• The primary function of this position is to Performs optimization /modifications of process control systems.
• Supports the installations of process control systems.
• Maintain, calibrate, repair equipment, optimize Packaging equipment and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Comply with safety, health and environmental procedures and legislation  
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards  
• Locate plant, equipment, spares, and relevant documentation / systems  
• Plan and prepare the job  
• Carry out repairs / maintenance  
• Continuously improve (optimize) plant, process equipment and systems  
• Operate plant and process equipment  
• Calibrate instruments
• Communicate effectively in teams  
• Contribute to self and team development  
• Apply 5S standards and practices in the workplace  
• Operate and control the process according to SOP’s  
• Conduct autonomous maintenance  
• Manage quality at source  
• Improve personal competence and flexibility  
• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment  

Qualifications

• Min. of B.Sc./HND in Electrical Engineering
• 2 Years on the job training

Expected Standards:

• Analytical ability and attention to detail  
• Display initiative and ability to interact and influence at all levels of the organisation, within a team environment and with suppliers  
• Motivated self-starter with high energy levels  
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines  
• Good interpersonal and communication skills  
• Team player

Traits & Competences Required:

• Interpret process description specifications and conduct modifications /optimisations of process control software as per specifications and software standards. Identify process control software deviations and resolve or recommend solutions
• Support the process control software change management process
• Maintain process control software integrity and security
• Support the development of and upgrade preventative maintenance procedures for process control systems
• Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions, working with manufacturers and field representatives as necessary to procure replacement parts  
• Maintain working knowledge of new technology instrumentation, software, etc., through reading and/or attending conferences, workshops or other training  

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Location: Onitsha, Anambra

Job Description

• The primary function of this position is to lead the shift-based team/s in the execution of the production plan to the required performance criteria (QCDSM).

Responsibilities and Accountabilities 

• Maintaining safety, Quality and Environmental standards  
• Drive and maintaining VPO implementation  
• Developing, tracking and monitoring team PI's and KPI's 
• Timely reaction to negative trends (out of controls)  
• Participating and managing problem solving activities 
• Delivering the packaging plan 
• Continuously improving - QCDSM  
• Supporting and coaching team members 
• Managing the teams MCRS.

Qualifying and improving VPO:

• Engage with the Plant regarding their VPO dream by owning and driving VPO across the Department 
• Representation during milestone audits will be necessary to support the Plant’s VPO dream.

Qualifications

• Minimum of B.Sc / HND in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering. 
• 3-5 Years’ experience in a packaging process environment 

Traits & Competences Required: 

• Be able to work shifts  
• Ability to make decisions  
• Be a team-player as well as an effective leader  
• Attention to detail, Computer literate  
• Bias for action/comfortable with initiating action  
• Able to lead meetings and make presentations  
• Analytical and systematic thinking ability, to enable effective problem solving  
• Sound communication skills  
• Ability to manage people as well as ability to drive performance through the VPO tools 
• Good interpersonal and communication skills  
• Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum  
• High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high-pressure environment.

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Job Description

• Opportunities exist for highly skilled and result driven Maintenance Controller E/C&A -Packaging in our Onitsha Plant reporting to the Packaging Engineer. The successful incumbent with excellent understanding of Control and Automation Processes will provide for the efficient supply of all Automation services to the Packaging departments within the brewery

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Ability to manage a maintenance department  
• Mental alertness
• Analytical and evaluations skills
• Problem solving skills
• Articulate communication
• Good interpersonal skills
• People handling ability
• Accuracy, judgement, decisiveness and persuasiveness
• Work organization and drive
• Motivational and developmental skills
• Enforce required standards   
• Prepares the allocated area ZBB Maintenance budget
• Complies to approved budget
• Highlights risk areas ahead of time

Expected Standards

• Analytical ability and attention to detail  
• Display initiative and ability to interact and influence at all levels of the organisation, within a team environment and with suppliers  
• Motivated self-starter with high energy levels  
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines  
• Good interpersonal and communication skills  
• Team player

Qualifications

• Min. of B.Sc. / HND in Electrical Engineering
• 3 - 5 Years on the job training  

Traits & Competences Required:

• Interpret process description specifications and conduct modifications /optimisations of process control software as per specifications and software standards. Identify process control software deviations and resolve or recommend solutions
• Support the process control software change management process
• Maintain process control software integrity and security
• Support the development of and upgrade preventative maintenance procedures for process control systems
• Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions, working with manufacturers and field representatives as necessary to procure replacement parts
• Maintain working knowledge of new technology instrumentation, software, etc., through reading and/or attending conferences, workshops or other training  
• Provide engineering/projects support and recommendations for new and existing equipment about installation, upgrades and enhancement
• Troubleshoot Packaging as well as Brewing and E&F process control systems when required

Additional Information:

• The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/relevant information as criteria for shortlisting.

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Location: Onitsha, Anambra State

Job Description

• Opportunity exists for a highly skilled Utilities Process Artisan.
• The Successful candidate will operate, maintain, repair, and optimize plant and associated devices in Utilities to ensure plant availability and product quality.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities 

• Operate machine and equipment.
• Optimize production performance and process 
• Maintain, repair, and optimize plant and associated devises.
• Maintain safe, healthy, and risk-free working environment 
• Work in teams
• React to the results using the VPO tools supplied  
• 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  
• Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated 
• Carrying out autonomous operations as defined for the process areas   
• Identify defective plant, and report these through to the Team Leader or Maintenance Controller to assist with resolution
• Assisting the Machine specialist in executing running repairs on shift 
• Actively participate in team 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

Expected Standards:

• Management skills.
• People handling ability.
• Mental alertness, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Conceptual skills.
• Engineering Specialist- Subject matter expert.

Qualifications

• Min. of B.Sc / HND / B.Tech in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• 2 - 3 Years experience in FMCG environment .
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft office applications i.e. (Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).

Traits & Competences Required:

• Prepared to work shifts.
• The main role is to apply core competencies to achieve optimum plant and process performance.
• Manage a process area according to VPO principles and standards. 
• A logical, analytical problem solver who can operate in an unstructured environment.
• A team player (prepared to communicate, listen and assist).
• Initiative and energy.
• Achievement Drive (improvement, do better than standard or what was done previously, be the best).

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Location: Onitsha, Anambra

Job Description

• Opportunity exists for a highly skilled Packaging Process Artisan, Electrical and Mechanical. The Successful candidate will operate, maintain, repair, and optimize plant and associated devices to ensure plant availability and product quality

Responsibilities and Accountabilities 

• Operate machine and equipment 
• Optimize production performance and process 
• Maintain, repair, and optimize plant and associated devises 
• Maintain safe, healthy, and risk-free working environment 
• Work in teams
• React to the results using the VPO tools supplied  
• 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   
• Complete required hand over to incoming shift team members, ensuring the issues relating to plant performance, quality and maintenance are communicated 

Expected Standards:

• Management skills
• People handling ability  
• Mental alertness, analytical and problem-solving skills  
• Conceptual skills 
• Engineering Specialist- Subject matter expert

Qualifications

• Minimum of B.Sc./HND/B.Tech in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• 2-3 Years’ experience in Packaging/FMCG environment  
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft office applications i.e. (Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint) 

Traits & Competences Required: 

• Prepared to work shifts  
• The main role is to apply core competencies to achieve optimum plant and process performance
• Manage a process area according to VPO principles and standards          
• A logical, analytical problem solver who can operate in an unstructured environment
• A team player (prepared to communicate, listen and assist)
• Initiative and energy
• Achievement Drive (improvement, do better than standard or what was done previously, be the best)

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Location: Onitsha, Anambra

Job Description

• Opportunities exist for highly skilled and result driven Instrument Artisan – Packaging in our Onitsha Plant reporting to the Maintenance Controller Packaging.
• The successful incumbent with excellent understanding of problem-solving tools will monitor and control the Packaging process and equipment and perform autonomous maintenance

Responsibilities and Accountabilities 

• Plan and Prepare the Job 
• Stop the machine/process if it appears to endanger safety and quality of the processed product. If the stoppage is longer than 10 minutes, the Instrument Artisan must inform the Team Leader of the problem 
• Maintain the equipment according to good maintenance 
• Maintain housekeeping standards in his area of operation 
• Operate plant and process equipment  
• Maintain a safe and healthy working environment.

Expected Standards:

• Apply 5S standards and practices in the workplace  
• Operate and control the process according to SOP’s  
• Conduct autonomous maintenance  
• Manage quality at source  
• Improve personal competence and flexibility  
• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ND or its equivalent degree in a relevant area of study such as Mech/Elect or Electromechanical
• 1 – 2-year Experience in similar role will be an added advantage

Traits & Competences Required:

• Perform preventative maintenance and calibration of measurement & control instrumentation by consulting manufacturers manuals to determine tests and calibration procedures
• Support the development of and upgrade preventative maintenance procedures for measurement & control instrumentation. Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions, working with manufacturers and field representatives as necessary to procure replacement parts.
• Maintain working knowledge of new technology instrumentation, software, etc., through reading and/or attending conferences, workshops or other training.
• Provide engineering/projects support and recommendations for new and existing equipment regarding installation, upgrades and enhancement
• Maintain standard instrumentation test equipment and analyse results to evaluate performance and determine need for adjustment
• Record instrumentation calibration and specification data on calibration sheets and maintenance schedules.

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Job Description

• Opportunity exists for a Microbiologist and Food Safety Specialist - Quality in International Breweries Plc Ilesha, reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager.
• The Microbiologist and Food Safety Specialist will manage brewery Food Safety standards and specifications and to define, develop and implement optimal brewery wide microbiological standards and work practices to ensure compliance to microbiological processes, food safety standards and product specifications

Duties and Responsibilities 
Amongst other duties, the job holder will be responsible for the following: 

• Ensure quality control and food safety governance for the brewery 
• Standards are in place and well understood  
• Training is done against the specified methods
• Verification of the execution of the procedures to ensure that they comply with the standards
• Ensure that equipment is calibrated and is functioning as per original standard  
• Highlight of any deviations to the Brewing manager, Packaging manager and Plant manager for action and stopping of the process when necessary 
• Manage Quality Control Environment 
• Conform to value chain requirements  
• Manage QC administration  
• Optimise the availability of measuring equipment  
• Maintain and control consumable stock levels  
• Optimise quality control management system 

Optimize Team Performance:

• Lead quality strategy as per VPO 
• Manage interactions with external suppliers (cleaning contractors) and internal stakeholders (Brewing, Packaging, Engineering, etc.) in relation to implementing and optimizing hygiene standards and work practices to prevent microbiological contamination within the brewery
• Apply problem solving and decision-making techniques and practices and facilitate team problem solving. E.g. Lead the Hygiene Steering Committee comprising of team leaders and department heads to assess and analyze hygiene practices and identify alternatives for resolution
• Apply a holistic understanding of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) practices critical to Brewing and Packaging processes to prevent microbiological infections
• Revise and develop best operating practice standards and procedures to improve microbiological compliance within brewery
• Audit microbiological laboratory to ensure compliance to hub and global microbiological methodology and frequencies
• Provide leadership and technical expertise to optimize microbiological work practices through problem solving

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Microbiology/ Biological Sciences or equivalent 
• 2 - 3 Years in Laboratory, Brewing or Packaging Operations

Traits and Competencies Required:

• Assertive and analytical
• Proactiveness
• Proven leadership ability 
• Good knowledge of Food Safety and Micro Laboratory Systems, processes and analyses  
• Good understanding of HACCP, GMP standards and CIP requirements. 
• Computer literate 
• Good all - round knowledge of AB InBev manufacturing processes and philosophies  
• Proven knowledge and experience in integrating and facilitating a multidisciplinary group of skills, specialists and functions  
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good auditing skills Information systems knowledge  
• Analytical ability
• Problem Solving ability Ability to work in teams 

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Job Description

• Opportunity exists for a Route-To-Market Manager in our Commercial Team.
• The Route-To-Market Manager will spearhead a comprehensive change process that will bring about major improvements to the way we sell, distribute and make available our products to our trade and consumers.

Duties and Responsibilities Amongst other Duties
The job holder will be responsible for the following:

• Conduct EDS surveys where appropriate and necessary to determine real outlet universe.
• Use suitable extrapolation techniques to estimate outlet universe outside geographies subjected to EDS as well as estimated consumer intensities
• Work closely with Tech sales team to assess financial aspects of RTM mappings and determine measured approaches
• Update the RTM process from a strategic point of view, including relevant market changes & resources limitations
• Work closely with distribution & procurement with regards to 3rd party transport tendering process to ensure alignment with RTM objectives
• Manage and coordinate the smooth implementation of DMS/ SF integration as per agreed project parameters
• Ensure that DMS is fully integrated and embedded into working and reporting models and its commercial chain
• Ensure ongoing DMS information and insights are used as a tool of RTM management to drive continuous improvement in our RTM capability.
• Coordinate within the Area to improve the distributor compensation model that will incentivise volume, share growth and delivery performance.
• Understand the cost of distribution by the distributors relative to the margins (split between rural and urban plus geographic size of the territory).
• Determine optimal margins for Bulk-breakers channel based on geography.
• Update the Sales resourcing design every 2 years.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a First Degree in relevant field.
• Minimum of 4 years FMCG experience.

Key Competencies and Attributes:

• Excellent management & leadership skills.
• Practical knowledge of market structures and consumer trends in Nigeria.
• Numeracy Skills - ability to work with detailed analysis.
• Process and Project management.
• Ability to persuade and get results through managing diverse group.
• High attention to details.