Brand Change Manager Job at Serengeti Breweries Ltd (SBL)

Brand Change Manager

Context/Scope: 

Serengeti Breweries Ltd (SBL) operates exclusively in Tanzania and is the 2nd largest beer company with a market share of close to 30%.  SBL is a subsidiary of East Africa Breweries Ltd (EABL) – which is partly owned by one of the world’s biggest alcoholic beverage companies, DIAGEO. The company is an integrated demand/supply business with 3 operational breweries in Dar Es Salaam, Mwanza, and Moshi. The company boasts famous locally brewed brands, such as Serengeti Premium Lager, Tusker Lager, Tusker Light, Kibo Gold, Pilsner Lager, Senator just to name a few. The spirits folder is filled with world-class brands from abroad – including Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Baileys, J&B and Gordon’s..

Purpose of Role:

Accountable to the business for the effective delivery of brand change, process improvement/ issue resolution, manufacturing compliance for SBL’s brands and packaging operations.

Partner with suppliers with the aim of improving and sustaining the quality of supplied materials.

Top Accountabilities:

• To identify the optimum supply solution for all innovation projects in SBL, managing the pipeline, serving as a single point of contact for Supply while managing relationships and ways of working with EABL & Diageo Technical Centres, and Brand Teams.

• Championing Supply and educating all on Supply complexity, COGS and lead-time drivers, increasing TP.

• Ensure all projects are managed successfully delivering in full with no quality incidents, while maximising SBL value.

• Lead product development projects from conceptualisation through to commercialisation and launch, taking full accountability for the Technical Project Deliverables, working in partnership with Diageo Supply, EABL Supply Centres and CAPEX scoping engineers

• Carry out projects and co-ordinate plant trials on new processes / raw material with a view of cost cutting and or quality improvements to give the group a competitive advantage in the market.

•Formulate production processes for new products to capture market share in line with marketing objectives.

• Receive QC reports from contract manufacturers on all new products and observe for trends graphs major deviation from specification. Initiate and carry out survey with a view of recommending corrective action to maintain customer satisfaction with product profile.

• Compare plant capacities with sales requirements with a view of identifying additional and or surplus plant.

• Deliver all work to agreed standard on time and within budget while at all times complying with Health and Safety requirements and Good Manufacturing Practice

Qualifications and Experience Required:

Qualifications:
• Degree in a scientific discipline, e.g. Applied Science or Engineering
• Post Graduate qualification an added advantage

Experience:
• At least 2 years experience in Brew master role.
• Degree in a scientific discipline. Master Brewer qualification preferred. 5+ years’ management / leadership experience in a Brewing Technical / Supply Chain role.
• High level of personal credibility, impact and influencing skill. High commercial and financial awareness.
• Portfolio management experience ensuring delivery of a large portfolio of projects.
• Good understanding of total end-to-end supply chain
• Planning& manufacturing, packaging environment.
• In depth knowledge of at least one of the process streams and general knowledge of the other streams
• Technical / computer skills required. Knowledge of the SAP system is an added advantage

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