Energy and Fluids Coordinator

The key purpose for the incumbent, reporting to the Zone E&F Director will provide functional leadership for plant Energy & Fluids within the designated Africa Zone business unit. They will be the single point of contact (SPOC) for E&F for the BOP. Working closely with the BU-BOP, this will include setting strategic direction for Energy & Fluids and working with country business units to deliver this strategy, to achieve safe, reliable and cost-efficient plants.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Strategy

• Agrees strategic direction for the function aligned to business needs and the VPO
• Ensures alignment of the business strategy
• Develops and implements KPI’s and reporting systems and analyses the KPI’s to provide business insight

Governance & Standards

• Ensure compliance to applicable statutory maintenance requirements for Utilities
• Ensure SHE maintenance work practices and procedures are developed and adhered to
• Ensure governance/compliance to maintenance standards and practices are adhered to
• Ensure technology upgrades are in line with business standards
• Audit Energy and Fluids across Zone & ensure countries close audit gaps

Energy & Fluids Execution

• Provides support to breweries in identification of Energy & Fluids 1 year and 3-year glide paths and plans
• Development of VA initiatives for breweries
• Delivers on identified VA initiatives
• Actively involved in the compilation, execution of Utilities budgets
• Ensure resource availability to improve E&F and brewery efficiency (i.e.TEL)
• Implement E&F Global processes and best practices (GOPs, SWEEP, Levers etc.)
• Process integration of Capin projects
• Ensure optimum Utilities Shutdown plans are in place

Continuity and Risk

• Develop and standardize system Utilities availability BCP plans for countries and plants
• Develops and implements approaches to mitigate obsolescence
• Ensure sharing of best practices for Utilities management
• Monitors Utilities quality parameters (IQMS)
• Implements Ammonia and Steam Process Safety Management programs

Skills Development & Transfer

• Assist in the development plans for all E&F positions. Provide coaching for E&F across the breweries
• Supports the development and roll out of E&F Technical Packages
• Develop and implement Energy and Fluids best practices

Projects (Investments)

• Assist in defining cost effective capital investment to support the strategic plan
• Utilities SME for Capital projects, ensuring E&F best practices are incorporated into design specifications
• Evaluates plant capacity and expansion plans to ensure efficient Utility capacity
• Support the operational readiness plan

Partnering with Suppliers

• Identify key suppliers and support Procurement to formulate technical specifications

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Good process knowledge and understanding
• Self-motivated
• Detail orientated
• Ability to influence those around you
• Quick delivery of agreed actions
• Can effectively and concisely communicate with others
• Proven experience in solving technical problems with pragmatic solutions
• Efficient networker between countries, plants and zone
• Good knowledge of the safety requirements
• Very strong communication skills from executive level through to shop floor
• Strong systemic and strategic thinking balanced with a practical realism
• Strong analytic skills and problem-solving capability tempered with a bias for action
• Ability to influence others and build relationships in all levels of the organisation
• Lives out the company values
• Travel for 50 % of the time

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• At least 5 years FMCG or beverages experience in industrial electrical and mechanical engineering and maintenance
• Is an experienced practitioner of the manufacturing way and VPO
• Familiar with OSHA and plant legislative laws

Additional Information:

• Band: VI

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