Quality Manager at Anheuser-Busch InBev

AB InBev is the world's leading brewer. We produce over 500 beers, including world-famous brands such as Budweiser, Stella Artois and Corona. Local Africa brands such as Carling Black Label, Hero, Kilimanjaro, 2M, Eagle and we want like-minded, hard-working and passionate people to join our teams in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Quality Manager

Location: Ilesa, Osun
Employment Type: Full time

Job Description

• An exciting career opportunity exists for a highly skilled and result driven Quality Manager. The role is based in Ilesa Plant and reports directly to the Regional Brewing & Quality Coordinator, West Africa with a dotted line to Plant Manager, Ilesa Plant.
• The incumbent will ensure that all Quality Control Procedures and activities in the plant are executed as per the manualized QA procedures, covering the method, frequency and standards as specified in the QA manuals 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages shift in accordance with VPO tools and principles   
• Manages shift to achieve production plan within the allowed costs  
• Co-ordinate scheduled maintenance and autonomous operations  
• Monitor and co-ordinate production processes to within budget 
• Interpret and implement the production plan for shift  
• Ensure and maintain a safe and healthy work environment  
• Build and foster relationships with customers and suppliers 
• Ensure application of admin systems and procedures  
• Administer conditions of employment for team members  
• Contribute to self and team development 
• Prepare and control budgets 
• Apply problem solving and decision making techniques and principles  
• Facilitate team problem solving 
• Develop employees  
• Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate  
• Manage and apply people policies and practices 
• Facilitate effective team dynamics  
• Implement performance management and OPR processes 
• Communicate effectively in the workplace

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Food Science & Technology, Microbiology or equivalent 
• 3 Years+ in a Quality Assurance Laboratory, Brewing or Packaging operation 
• 1 Year+ as a Lab Specialist, GCB is not mandatory but an advantage

Key competencies and attributes:

• Be able to work shifts  
• Ability to make decisions  
• Be a team-player as well as an effective leader  
• Attention to detail
• Computer literate  
• Bias for action/comfortable with initiating action  
• Able to lead meetings and make presentations  
• Analytical and systematic thinking ability, to enable effective problem solving  
• Sound communication skills  
• Ability to manage people as well as ability to drive performance through the VPO tools 
• Good interpersonal and communication skills  
• Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum  
• High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high pressure environment 

Additional Information:

• The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.