Planning & Performance Manager

Company Description

Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients. Our diverse portfolio of well over 400 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; multi-country brands Beck’s, Castle, Castle Lite, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; and local champions such as Aguila, Bud Light, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Skol, and Victoria. Our brewing heritage dates back more than 600 years, spanning continents and generations. From our European roots at the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium. To the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery in St. Louis, US. To the creation of the Castle Brewery in South Africa during the Johannesburg gold rush. To Bohemia, the first brewery in Brazil. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, we leverage the collective strengths of approximately 200,000 employees based in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Job Description

The purpose of the Planning & Performance Manager role is to continuously drive Uganda’s Jinja Supply costs to an optimal level by coordinating in a challenging fashion the Financial Planning and Performance

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Define and Lead the process for Supply Uganda 

• Relevant University degree in finance or related field  

• Solid knowledge of financial accounting and control activities  

• Good knowledge of audit, tax and treasury activities  

• Experience in Product Costing  

• Expertise in Project Management, problem assessment and solving skills 

• Good communication skills  

• Excellent presentation skills, able to convey a clear message (storyline building), making complex matters easy for understanding  

• Strong business acumen, having a wide understanding of other key AB InBev business areas (Safety, Quality, Brewery operations, Logistics, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, Finance, etc…)  

• Working in a process-oriented organization 

• Working in a multi-cultural environment  

• High level of service mindset  

• Coordination skills 

• High sense for accuracy 

• Communicative, team oriented and open for change 

• Ability to work in a well-organized, accurate and reliable manner 

• Basic business sense 

• Excellent analytical and reporting skills & problem solver 

• Used to working with deadlines 

• Highly results focused 

• Leads by example, and lives the company’s values 

• Presentation skills  

• Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively 

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• Communicate annual plan calendar, milestones and PIs   
• Monitor annual plan calendar implementation on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis together with regional PPM/NoCC and other functions on a need basis 
• Define departmental targets to deliver on 3YP and Zone targets 
• Partner with country, BU and zone procurement on estimating properly all price escalations as well as on identifying and quantifying Procurement Initiatives 
• Provide the facts and figures for all relevant budget calculations 
• Ensure all initiatives are properly embedded in the budget, while avoiding double counting  
• Ensure final budget is properly uploaded in all relevant tools (Anaplan, Syspro, SAP) 
• Partner with Logistics and Commercial PPMs on identifying cost impact of their Initiatives on supply 
• Assist the price and performance PPM with CTRM inputs (Commodity tracking & risk management) for transactional FX and commodity exposures within VIC 
• Lead the ZBB budget process for the plant and ensure all guidelines, templates and timelines are adhered to  
• Support on the completion of the CAPEX budget as required 
• Prepare Full Year Forecast outlook (LE) for the Uganda supply department, for financial and operational KPIs 
• Identify opportunities to continuously improve results 
• Identify risks, respective route causes and identify gap closing action plans 
• Consolidate and report LE to the BU & Zone supply PPM team 
• Ensure the monthly LE is embedded in the regional LE submissions and balances back to BU submission 
• Work closely with BU to understand any plugs in the LE and ensure these are highlighted to relevant teams and plans are put in place to address 
• Define and drive the champions process for Supply Packages focusing on Price and Performance initiatives in line with zone guidelines, templates and timelines 
• Accurately reporting on Price & Performance on a daily, weekly and monthly basis  
• Coordinate the actuals reporting process together with BU supply PPM team and NoCC 
• Prepare management review presentations for Uganda respecting zone guidelines, templates and timelines 
• Conduct financial evaluation of Business Projects (Business Case, annual Budget & 3YP). Follow up of related reporting and perform post appraisal assessments 
• Support Plant Manager & HODS, PPM with operational reviews 
• Validation of transfer prices where applicable  
• Prepare monthly Deep Dive and T&M decks, respecting zone guidelines, templates and timelines 
• Do control checks, review and adjust actuals if needed in alignment with control  
• Stock take coordination at the site 
• Enforcement of the Minimum Internal Controls (MICs) at the Site as per the policies 

Qualifications

• Relevant University degree in finance or related field  
• Solid knowledge of financial accounting and control activities  
• Good knowledge of audit, tax and treasury activities  
• Experience in Product Costing  
• Expertise in Project Management, problem assessment and solving skills 
• Good communication skills  
• Excellent presentation skills, able to convey a clear message (storyline building), making complex matters easy for understanding  
• Computer skills (MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint, etc) 
• Good knowledge of consolidation & reporting tools 
• Knowledge of ERP Systems 
• Fluent English in speaking, reading and writing 
• Strong business acumen, having a wide understanding of other key AB InBev business areas (Safety, Quality, Brewery operations, Logistics, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, Finance, etc)  
• Working in a process-oriented organization 
• Working in a multi-cultural environment  
• High level of service mindset  
• Coordination skills 
• High sense for accuracy 
• Communicative, team oriented and open for change 
• Ability to work in a well-organized, accurate and reliable manner 
• Basic business sense 
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills & problem solver 
• Used to working with deadlines 
• Highly results focused 
• Leads by example, and lives the company’s values 
• Presentation skills  
• Able to work on own initiative and prioritize workload effectively 

Additional Information

AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in-line with AB InBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. We are a company that promotes gender equality.

1. Internal applicants require Line manager approval
2. Kindly attach CV in PDF format
3. Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted

The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing. Interested candidates who meet the above specifications may apply no later than (13 December 2021). 

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