Planning and Performance - Manager

Accountabilities:

• **Budgeting:**Work with HQ PPM & Department Leads at brewery to build cost efficiencies for budget both variable & fixed costs

• **Forecasting:**Work with brewery leadership team to forecast actual cost vs budget cost for the year every month. Ensure that actual cost incurred in any given month is within the forecast

• **Optimization:**Work with HQ subject matter experts & brewery leadership team to find opportunities to optimize the cost further and deliver savings against budget cost

• **Capex:**Collaborate with Capex team to build business cases for required capex in the brewery, provide ROI for the capex and track actual ROI vs business case ROI post project implementation

• **Brewery KPIs:**Ensure data integrity of KPIs input by brewery operations team on a regular basis, collaborate with brewery leadership team to ensure actual KPIs remain within budget

• Monthly Routines: Ensure adherence to monthly routines set up by global reporting team, submit required reports & analysis on time with HQ PPM team

• Presentations: Build presentations for weekly/monthly/quarterly review of brewery performance with India leadership

• **Analysis:**Help brewery leadership & operations team to improve KPIs & reduce costs by opening gaps in existing processes/ways of working through rigorous data analysis

Knowledge Skill:

• Basic understanding of finance & accounting principles
• Familiarity with manufacturing operations
• Candidates with experience of using SAP based ERP in previous organization will be given preference.
• Candidates with past experience of working in Beer/Alco-beverage/Soft drink industry will be given preference

Professional Skill:

• Logical and analytical thinker with ability to foresee & plan for future risks.
• Comfortable in working with large sets of unorganized data.
• Strong communication skills & ability to influence others.
• Highly proficient in Excel, PowerPoint & other office tools, candidates proficient in PowerBI will be given preference.
• Self-motivated, someone who thrives in ambiguous/chaotic situations.
• Someone who demonstrates high degree of ownership of their work and has big career ambitions.
• Highly ethical & maintains integrity in toughest of situations

What is on offer:

• An opportunity of a lifetime – to understand end-to-end supply chain of a manufacturing plant – both operational as well as financial aspect
• As a shadow of the brewery manager – this role prepares the candidate for future leadership roles in supply chain vertical.