Vacancies at International Breweries Plc

International Breweries Plc – 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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Regional Trade Marketing Manager

Job Requisition ID: 30075060
Locations: Onitsha, Anambra and Port Hacourt – Rivers
Job type: Full time

Key Purpose

• The key purpose of this role is to serve as the critical link between brand strategy and retail execution, ensuring the seamless integration of the Marketing 4P’s mix at the point of sale.
• This role focuses on aligning trade marketing strategies with sales field teams to enhance execution, improve sell-in and sell-out performance, and drive transformation in trade marketing.
• By simplifying and strengthening connections between marketing strategy and in-market activities, the role ensures the effective delivery of business objectives in Nigeria.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Data Collection & Management: Collect and Manage Trade Marketing Data (Promotions & Activations Data, Specific Project Data, Asset Data etc.) on share-point and other cloud tools.
• Trade Promotion Analysis: Evaluate the effectiveness of trade promotions and campaigns by analyzing sales data, promotional ROI, and trade spend. Identify areas for improvement and make recommendations to enhance promotional strategies.
• Channel Strategy: Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to develop channel-specific marketing strategies. Evaluate distribution channels, pricing structures, and promotional tactics to maximize sales and profitability.
• Collaboration: Work cross-functionally with sales, marketing, product development, and finance teams to align trade marketing initiatives with overall business objectives. Communicate findings and recommendations effectively to stakeholders at all levels.
• Reporting: Prepare regular reports and presentations to communicate key findings, performance metrics, and actionable insights. Provide timely updates to management on trade marketing initiatives and results.
• Strategic Design: Conceptualize and craft impactful trade marketing strategies and campaigns that align with brand objectives and effectively drive execution at the point of sale.
• Vendor Management: Collaborate with procurement teams to secure optimal rates and maintain strong relationships with vendors, including those providing coolers, draught equipment, trade marketing services, and tech/RTM solutions. This includes overseeing vendor performance, ensuring alignment with trade marketing plans (activations, promotions), and leveraging vendor resources for accurate audit information.
• Technical Competencies: The role requires strong leadership and the ability to influence and embed new ways of working, fostering a culture of inspired thinking. It demands strategic, analytical, and creative problem-solving skills, along with expertise in project and operations management. A deep understanding of commercial and financial acumen, particularly in retailer and ABI economics, is essential.
• The ideal candidate excels in communication and influencing, with a high EQ and empathy for retailers, enabling effective collaboration across departments and with external stakeholders. Proficiency in through-the-line marketing, including strategy, execution, and preparation of programs, experiential initiatives, and merchandising, is key.
• The candidate should understand the implications of marketing strategies for retail execution and possess consultative selling expertise and sales management skills. Credibility and the ability to influence both retailers and internal stakeholders are crucial for success in this role.

Minimum Requirements

• Min. of B.Sc / HND in Sales and Marketing or any related discipline.
• 3 – 5 years management experience.
• Experience in both regional roles with selling and operations background and marketing or trade marketing.

Key attributes and competencies:

• Good Communication skills
• Business Acumen
• Resource Allocation/Management
• Customer Relationship Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Digital Marketing Knowledge
• Leadership Skills

Application Closing Date
15th January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Utilities Process Control Technician

Job Requisition ID: 30075231
Location: Onitsha, Anambra
Job type: Full time

key Purpose

• The key purpose of this role is to perform optimisation/modification and maintenance of process control systems.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Interacts daily with the production teams to resolve quality equipment related problems
• Assists in the implementation of plant and process improvement projects
• Standby duties – be available for call out when required
• Carries out specialised maintenance work in on quality equipment – calibration and set up work, complex component replacement, etc
• Ensures availability of specified critical spares and recommendations on maintenance regimes
• Verification/validation of quality equipment operation
• Uses SAP, other systems and reports as appropriate to analyse information in order to identify deviations from process capability relating to quality equipment
• SAP maintenance schedules management compliance
• Develop and maintain equipment performance report (ERI)
• Support in management of breakdown of equipment
• Instrument set-up – NPD support
• Supports development of training material and coaches operational teams to ensure optimal operation of quality equipment
• Provides specialist subject matter expertise and diagnostic skills in problem solving
• Provides expert information to assist in compilation of maintenance budgets (including spares stock holding)
• Continuously improves technical competence in order to ensure that latest thinking on operating and maintaining the quality equipment is applied
• Apply the VPO principles & practices
• Apply 5S standards and practices in the workplace
• Operate and control the process according to SOP’s
• Participate in and coach autonomous operations
• Support quality at source
• Improve personal competence and flexibility.

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12
• N6
• Trade Test Qualification.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Concern for attention to detail & accuracy
• Team Player
• Good administration & problem-solving skills
• Good technical knowledge
• Good self-management practices
• Good knowledge of SAP and Excel.

Application Closing Date
16th January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Brewing Process Artisan

Job Requisition ID: 30075315
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job type: Full time

key Purpose

• The key purpose of this role is to provide specialised Artisan skill and knowledge to the shift team, and to support the operations, maintenance and problem solving activities.

Responsibilities
Operational Support:

• Provide specialist support to the shift based teams during operations
• This will include standby and day shift support
• Where requested, assist as a functional expert in problem solving in giving support to the operators
• Where requested, provide guidance and advice to the shift based team on mechanical & electrical equipment, mechanical & electrical fault finding and correct responses to failure modes
• Where requested, provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer of machine operation to shift based teams
• Take part, as functional expert, in Regional and Central plant optimisation trials

Planned Maintenance:

• Carry out work during the planned maintenance window in accordance with the planned maintenance schedule issued by the planner
• Where scheduled work can not be completed, feed back to the maintenance controller for direction
• This may involve rescheduling the work or prioritizing outstanding work
• Assist fellow team members in the execution of their tasks in support during planned maintenance
• Complete any administration and SAP tasks in support of planned maintenance
• Partake in maintenance post mortems to feedback problems, opportunities and learnings from maintenance activities.

Routine Maintenance:

• Partake in cleaning, lubrication and inspection in accordance with the maintenance schedule issued by the Maintenance Planner
• Carry out routine maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance schedule
• Where problems have been uncovered during routine maintenance, these must be resolved using the appropriate problem solving techniques
• If required, additional resources may be called in to assist
• Carry out condition monitoring activities where these have been allocated to the Technician in accordance with the CM schedule.

Running Repairs:

• On request, partake in carrying out running repairs on plant and equipment, or support the Shift Artisans in carrying out repairs
• When carrying out repairs, assess the problem and determine a course of action
• Where required, specialist assistance may be called in
• This may include internal resources such as Instrument Technicians, or external resources such as Contractors or Suppliers
• Where repairs indicate that major work is required, such as re-wiring a motor, this must be transferred to the engineering workshop for attention
• Verify that where running repairs have been carried out, this has addressed the problem
• Complete the administration tasks relating to any running repairs that the Technician has carried out
• This includes all SAP inputs
• Where running repairs cannot be carried out, communicate this to the Maintenance Planner to ensure the work is planned into the next planned Window.

Problem Solving:

• Where problems have occurred during routine activities, apply the correct problem solving approach to resolve
• Where required, call in additional resources to assist in problem solving or escalate to the Engineering Controller for direction
• Assist fellow team members to resolve problems on request
• Take part, as functional expert, in FFA’s on request.

Housekeeping and Safety:

• Operate in a safe manner at all times, and identify and highlight unsafe work practices so that these may be corrected
• Carry out work according to the work instructions and adhere to appropriate SAB policies and procedures
• Carry out housekeeping tasks, and apply 5S principles during the execution of duties.

Profile

• Recognised trade test Millwright qualification
• Matric
• N4

Key attributes and competencies:

• Problem solving skills
• Planning skills
• Mental alertness, analytical and problem solving skills
• Conceptual skills
• Subject matter expert.

Application Closing Date
17th January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Lab Technician – Trade

Job Requisition ID: 30075325
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job type: Full time

key Purpose

• The key purpose of this role is to provide packaging lab governance and laboratory instrumentation management and support to the value chain by performing packaging QA checks and instrumentation verification, non-conformance management, training and troubleshooting to ensure compliance to the AB InBev standards and specifications.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Maintain and calibrate laboratory equipment.
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment.
• Prepare samples and conduct sample analyses.
• Request for chemicals /reagents and other working tools from Specialists.
• Ensure equipment is maintained and calibrated according to manualized methods.
• Carry out specialized and highly specialized quality analyses for which the shift-based teams are not responsible.
• Record the results of analyses on appropriate information systems and communicate results where required.
• Conduct analysis of results to identify problems and improvement opportunities timeously.
• Assist the shift-based teams in the execution of quality analysis, where required.
• Conduct calibration of specialist equipment for which the labs are responsible and provide calibration assistance.
•  Comply with safety, health and environmental procedures and legislation.
•  Maintain safety and housekeeping standards.
•  Locate spares and calibrate relevant documentation systems.
• Adherence to PPE policies.
• Maintenance tools are in good working order.
• Carry out required maintenance as per instrumentation maintenance schedule.
• Apply problem-solving techniques to determine equipment maintenance problems or issues.
• Requests specialist assistance where appropriate.
• Verifies that maintenance has been carried out correctly and that equipment is functioning properly.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum of B.Sc / HND in Biological Sciences / Microbiology or a related field
• 1 – 2 years experience as a Laboratory Technician
• Good knowledge of micro laboratory systems, processes, and analyses
• Experience in the application of problem-solving techniques and statistics.
• Good understanding of HACCP, GMP standards and CIP requirements, PC literacy Good allround knowledge of AB InBev manufacturing processes and philosophies.

Application Closing Date
17th January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online