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Jobs in Tanzania 2019: New Job Vacancy Dar es salaam at Serengeti Breweries Limited (SBL), Business Performance Lead | Deadline: 18th February, 2019
AJIRA TANZANIA 2019 / NAFASI ZA KAZI 2019
Job Title:
Business Performance Lead
Reports To: BPM & Commercial Finance Manager
Location:
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Application Deadline:
2019-02-18
Context/Scope: Tanzania
is the largest country in East Africa by geography and by population
(approx 42m people, with a growth rate of 2.8%). It is a member of the
East African Community whose headquarters is in Arusha in Tanzania. The
largest population, however, is in Dar es Salaam, which is the
commercial capital. Tanzania is well endowed agriculturally and has vast
mineral resources in the western part of the country, where the largest
urban centre is Mwanza. Serengeti Breweries Ltd (SBL) operates
exclusively in Tanzania and is the 2nd largest beer company with a
market share of 27%. It is an integrated demand/supply business with 3
operational breweries in Dar and Mwanza, and a third one in Moshi, which
is situated in the northern part of the country near the Kenyan border.
SBL’s flagship brand is Premium Serengeti lager, which accounts for 50%
of SBL sales volumes. The other beer brands are Tusker, Tusker Malt
Larger and Pilsner.
This role will interface with all
the departmental heads, cross-functional BPM and BSC teams across the
Group Companies, CARM leads within the business, external auditors and
some suppliers.
Dimensions: Financial
- Volume c ~1m Eu’s
- NSV c £50M
- A&P c £5.5M
Market Complexity
Serengeti
Breweries (SBL) operates in a competitive environment and in a vast
geography. The main player in the beer industry is Tanzania Breweries
Ltd. (TBL), a subsidiary of SABMiller, who until recently were a
third-party manufacturer of EABL brands Tusker, Pilsner and Guinness.
Because of the cessation of the agreement between TBL and EABL, there is
heightened competitive activity in that market.
Inflation
rates remain high in Tanzania (7.5% expected in F11) and average income
per capita is less than 1 USD per day. The GDP growth is estimated at
6.4% and is expected to grow to 7.1% as investment, trade and tourism
pick up. There is growing consumer affluence and consumerism, giving
rise to greater opportunities in our product categories.
Leadership and Functional Responsibilities
- Engage with Leadership in business to ensure Decisions are made with a full understanding of the financial implications.
- Stand in the future, anticipate trends and opportunities and act upon them
- Provide Financial input to strategic decisions with the departments as required
- Display initiative to proactively help drive business decisions
- Provide guidance to the business on the best mix on volumes and the impact of strategic choices
- Build great relationships with those you work with and demonstrate personal integrity that inspires others
- Be imaginative in finding solutions to issues and pursuing opportunities for the business
- Ensure controls are in place to guarantee Diageo’s performance and reputation
- Grow your commercial capability and experience. Look for and respond to feedback
Purpose of Role
- Specific area of responsibility is embedding and operating a world class BPM process
- Own the forecasting and reporting month end processes.
- Manage the P&L and working capital
- Ensure monthly financial processes are managed and performed on time in full to provide timely management information across the business making use of insightful gap/variance analysis.
- Hold BPM review meetings and preparation of various Statutory and Investor reports.
- Preparation and Management of Annual Operating Plan end to end including strategy formulation and delivery management.
- Coordinate/Consolidate submissions of market O&R files working with cross functional teams to challenge and build assumptions including identifying opportunities to improve Operating Profit, Working Capital and Cash flow.
- Ad-hoc Support to MD, FD & Supply director for reports and analysis including SBL profitability, Competition, Market Share & depletions.
- Proven ability to persuade, influence, build credibility, work autonomously and engage cross the functionally.
- Ability to move between the big picture and detail and willingness to make recommendations against popular /current thinking
- Willingness to make recommendations against popular/current thinking (if appropriate)
- Embraces change and take ownership for driving initiatives in own area.
- Ability to go extra miles when needed to deliver on plans.
- Excellent Microsoft Excel and Financial Modelling skills
- Degree level with strong academic record preferably B. Comm./ BBA (Accounting option)
- Qualified accountant (CPA/ACCA)
- 2-3 years commercial finance or general business experience
- Inability to model financial implications of various scenarios required for decision making on a timely basis.
- Inability to work autonomously and manage ambiguity
- Inability to engage fully and influence the Sales, Marketing and Innovation team and gain their alignment on Measurement and Evaluation.
Worker Type :
RegularPrimary Location:
Dar es Salaam
