Jobs at International Breweries

The key role of this position is to provide administrative support in an effective and efficient manner to the Plant Manager and other staff as may be required.

Key Outputs and Responsibilities:

• Prepare professional correspondence, reports and documents under the direction of the plant manager
• Receive, direct and relay telephone, email, general correspondence and other incoming information to the right people in an efficient and timely manner
• Organize and coordinate meetings, conference and travel arrangements
• Arrange internal meetings and take minutes where needed
• Stakeholder management and Maintaining company reputation with Vendors and external stakeholders
• Generate invoices and follow-up on payment defaults
• Generate payment documents
• Maintain schedules and calendar of the plant manager
• Ensure that all office equipment, are in working order and that proactive maintenance is routinely carried out to avoid disruption to service
• Receive visitors into appropriate meeting rooms and ensure their comfort and convenience
• Undertake any other duty and ad-hoc responsibilities appropriate to the post as requested by Management

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision, proactively seeking guidance, clarification and feedback
• Sound written and oral communication
• Drive and resilience
• Ability to self-manage within a pressurized working environment.
• Innovative approach with an attention to detail
• Decision-making skills
• Planning and organizational skills
• Honesty and integrity
• Applied strategic thinking
• Proactive and motivated initiator
• Team player and leader
• Good understanding of SAP to raise Purchase requisition and generate Good Receipt Note
• Knowledge of VPO will be added advantage

Minimum Requirements:

• At least a first degree from a recognized university
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in administration and facility/office management
• Effective decision-making skills
• Proficiency in the use of MS-office tools i.e. Excel, Word and Power-point 

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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

The key accountabilities for this role include but are not restricted to:

• Price Variance reporting for the BU
• Price variance problem solving
• Price variance savings initiatives support
• Procurement VIC accruals processing and reversals management
• Monitor & track one offs
• Supplier recon facilitation. Confirming FX & commodity rates as well as reasonability for hidden FX & commodity exposure
• Weekly & Monthly review of PV reasonability and own directive on corrective actions
• Monthly price variance interrogation and commentary with CPM/CatMan
• Price reconciliation for COGNOS builds up for VIC price
• Finished good FX & excise population into CTRM
• Finished goods end to end management
• WAPT & Payables alignment support
• MAP report population
• Preclosing routines to ensure month end in line with expectation

CTRM: volume accuracy and Validation

• Manage forecast accuracy of consumption volume with planning.
• Maintaining & sense check correct conversion factors between material & commodity
• Manage accuracy of monthly actual quantities consumed into LE tool
• Manage accuracy of monthly actual commodity volume into CTRM
• Manage accuracy of forecast quantities consumed into LE tool
• Manage accuracy of forecast commodity volume into CTRM

FX exposure population & management for the BU

• Responsible for accuracy of FX exposure in FX currency and timing
• Responsible for FX review with treasury

Mark up: BU markup validation and accuracy

• Liaising with control & MUBEX on differences and matching
• Support in reconciliation on Mark up between what has been generated by ERP and what has been posted by Mubex

Annual

• Bottom-up budget load into ERP
• Bottom-up Budget support on accuracy interrogation and adherence to 1YP
• LE volumes, historic prices. UoM alignment in BU tool
• Bottom-up timeline management
• Bottom-up/top-down reconciliation for plug analysis and allocation and 1YP target accuracy
• Comm/NC split correct by plant by material

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Knowledge of Financial Reporting
• Knowledge of general accounting and consolidation practices
• Project management, problem assessment and solving skills
• Working in an ERP environment
• Working in a process-oriented organization
• Computer skills (MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Good knowledge of consolidation & reporting tools (Cognos, TM1, BI)
• Knowledge of ERP Systems SAP R/3 Module FI/CO, SAP BW

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant 3-year university degree in i.e., accounting, business, economics, engineering or similar
• MBA / CIMA / CA (SA) would be advantageous
• 3+ years of experience in finance in a manufacturing environment
• Experience Product Costing