Brewing Area Manager job at AB InBev

About the Organization

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, commonly known as AB InBev, is an American-Belgian multinational drink and brewing company based in Leuven, Belgium and is the largest brewer in the world.

Job Description

The key purpose of this role is to manage and coordinate production plan from Central Planning in the Brewing Department as well as leading brewing People, Plant, Process and Systems in order to achieve the required standard of product quality and output in the most efficient and effective manner.

Duties and Responsibilities

Facilitate team problem solving
Utilise short interval control [SIC] to identify and manage opportunities
Communicate effectively in the workplace
Conduct regular GEM assessments. Support the pillar owners in the self-assessment process and evidence
Ensure effective application of the VPO standards
Ensure teams competence and understanding of the VPO standards for all pillars through pillar owners
Lead the Change process to implement the VPO standards
Support all 7 pillars in the workplace
Manage occupational health, safety and risk for the production teams
Apply performance management principles for employees (production teams)
Apply self-performance management principles
Develop employees for current role and future roles to ensure proper pipeline
Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate
Manage and apply personnel practices
Provide effective leadership

Ensure employees are trained on technical and VPO standards
Control fixed and variable costs
Minimise waste
Ensure conformance to brewing production plans
Ensure conformance to brewing specifications and standards
Ensure maintenance integrity
Ensure effective cost management on fixed and variable costs including byproduct
Optimise process availability to achieve delivery and reliability targets
Support engineering integrity
Support production and process optimisation including trials, VA and CAP in projects
Ensure adherence to environmental standards by teams