VPO Manager at AB InBev | October 2024

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 implement, entrench and improve the use and effectiveness of VPO in the plant to deliver business results.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with Safety standards and guidelines and drive a safety culture to ensure safety in the work environment

• Management Pillar Owner for the Plant

• Use effective Loss and Waste analysis to identify gaps in the Plant Management system vs. VPO. Drive actions to close the gaps

• Monthly review of VPO gap closure and score managed

• Quarterly review of VPO managed

• Monthly and quarterly updates sent to the Zone

• Co-ordinate VPO for the Plant working with other Pillar owners to ensure an integrated VPO implementation and improvement process

• Interface with Zone VPO team with regards to monthly and quarterly reporting for VPO for the Plant (across all Pillars)

• Identify and develop VA initiatives for future VA commitments and drive and monitor current year committed VA initiatives

• Ensure Plant’s routine meetings (MCRS and TOR’s) are documented and standardized

• Interface with Zone VPO management Pillar and regional VPO team members to ensure Plant implementation and improvement plans meet expectations

• Ensure and assure suitable training capability exists (material and facilitators) suitable to cover Management Pillar training needs

• Co-ordinate, track and monitor GOPs compliance across Plant

• Submit monthly compliance scores to Zone 

• Lead, coach and train team members

• Ensure continuous improvement in engagement of people in the Plant

• Own, guide and standardize 5S implementation across the Plant Departments

• Co-ordinate and assure Tracking and Monitoring Management Pillars and Plant VPO information for the Plant and to the Zone is correct and timeously submitted

Minimum requirements:

• 5+ years’ experience in Manufacturing Excellence or Department Management

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering (Advantageous)

Additional information:

• BAND: VII

ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with SABInBev 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.