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time left to apply End Date: March 21, 2025 (13 hours left to apply)

job requisition id 30079415

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It's who we are as a company. It's our culture. It's our heritage. And more than ever, it's our future. A future where we're always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life's moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The key purpose of this role is to ensure consistent material supply to the BU South.

1. Supplier management (operational level)
2. S&OE and S&OP implementation and management
3. Provide ST & LT material requirements to key stakeholders
4. Ensuring material supply against requirement
5. Stock level management as per Inventory Policy at Brewery and Supplier
6. Expediting of urgent deliveries
7. Materials management for NPD, promotions and discontinuations
8. Obsolescence tracking and management
9. Risk identification and mitigation
10. System and Master Data maintenance
11. Identify and implement cost avoidance and cost reduction initiatives
12. KPI tracking, reporting on Supply Chain Overheads
13. Reports
14. CP process implementation and maintenance

1. Ability to negotiate with and influence Suppliers
2. Strong analytical skills
3. Strong Problem solving ability
4. Excellent presentation, report drafting, and interpersonal skills
5. Discipline and rigor around process and attention to detail
6. Commerce, supply chain/logistics or engineering degree preferred
7. Ability to use SAP, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
8. Familiarity with Supply chain principles, from Purchasing through to manufacturing

• Band: VII

SAB/ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with SAB/ABInBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short listing.

The South African Breweries (SAB) has reimagined what a beer company can be and has anchored this in a powerful brand purpose – We Dream Big to Create a Future With More Cheers – which articulates who we are and where we are going.

At SAB it's always about more than the beer.

We are driven by our passion to demonstrate the unique power of beer to propel South Africa forward. Since our inception over a century ago, SAB has grown to become South Africa's largest brewer, a powerful economic contributor, a leader in sustainability, and a champion of responsible consumption.

SAB is one of South Africa's admired companies and corporate brands. The company has 7 breweries and 42 depots in South Africa, a total workforce of approximately 5000, and supports a beer economy 'from seed to sip' of over 250000 jobs. Its portfolio of beer brands meets the needs of a wide range of consumers and includes leading brands in beer and beyond such as Castle Lager, Carling Black Label, Corona, Brutal Fruit, and Flying Fish.