VPO Manager
2025-09-19T08:08:17+00:00
Nile Breweries
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FULL_TIME
Beverages
Science & Engineering
2025-09-26T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
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The key purpose of this role is to identify, co-operate and actively participate in strategic & systemic level value chain improvement initiatives and to provide leadership for the implementation of prioritized Strategic intents from the VPO Manufacturing Strategy for the Brewery.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Lead sustainability of the VPO (Voyager Plant Optimization)
- Ensures that Africa / Global standards have been implemented in thePlant
- Manage the VPO program via a structured VPO Steerco
- Ensure VPO Pillar Owner compliance
- Develop annual VPO plan and set short term plans to achieve these targets
- Monitor VPO progress across all pillars and provide feedback
- If Zone / Global standards have been adapted due to plant specifics these changes have been approved by Zone
Serve as the brewery VPO subject matter expert and provide guidance to brewery Senior Management
- Primary VPO resource for the plant
- Facilitate the Plant 1year and 3-year planning process
- Manage MCRS
- Evaluate plant meetings and provide feedback to managers on meeting
- effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve structure and tool usage
- Actively participate and critique plant daily, weekly and monthly meetings
- and ensure VPO standards are fully implemented and sustained
- Assist Department Management teams in developing sustainability plans to identify and close gaps
Lead and coach Managers on the correct use of the Management pillar tools and methodologies
- Conduct monthly Management Pillar department reviews and provide constructive feedback to departments on current status with recommendations to drive continuous improvement
- Coaches and guides all levels on the VPO Management Pillar in practice
- Ensure implementation of VPO and the adherence to VPO principles across all pillars
Training
- Ensure that where training implementation is undertaken, it is done following AB InBev policies and procedures.
- Interact with management teams to determine training needs.
- Where necessary, develop training material to address specific needs of shift based and engineering teams.
Lead, facilitate and coach Problem Solving (5-Why, Ab-reports, PDCA, Gapa, ITF, Belts)
- Conduct problem solving training
- Facilitate problem solving teams
- Review progress and report on effectiveness of problem solving
Support brewery achievement of Supply KPI targets and results
- Verify KPI results tracking for ZEP/WEP programs
- Support KPI training / education at all levels
- Ensure the accurate and timely submission of monthly VPO reporting info
Key Attributes and Competencies:
- Demonstrated understanding of VPO principles
- Prior experience in applying varied industrial engineering related improvement techniques
- Project management capabilities to ensure delivery of initiatives from start-up through implementation to entrenchment, using appropriate communication milestones
- Ability to initiate improvement activities within a subsystem which would optimize the larger system in which it resides
- Ability to apply problem solving skills at all levels (shop-floor to exec teams)
- A good understanding of Change Management Processes Excellent skills and tools transfer capabilities (Train and coach others)
- Astute at reading interplays and subtleties between stakeholder groupings and individuals
- Excellent interpersonal skills -
- Clear capability and credibility to influence at all levels
- Ability to exert influence on technical teams
- Ability to mobilize teams during periods of varied operational stability
- 3-6 months on the job training Ideal – 6-9 months on the job training
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, or related field.
- 3-5 years in manufacturing/operations, with 2–3 years in VPO or similar methodologies.
- Knowledge of VPO, TPM, Lean, or Continuous Improvement.
- Experience in FMCG Industry would be advantageous.
- Strong data analysis and reporting capabilities.
- Familiar with PDCA/SDCA cycles and driving best practice adoption.
Lead sustainability of the VPO (Voyager Plant Optimization) Ensures that Africa / Global standards have been implemented in thePlant Manage the VPO program via a structured VPO Steerco Ensure VPO Pillar Owner compliance Develop annual VPO plan and set short term plans to achieve these targets Monitor VPO progress across all pillars and provide feedback If Zone / Global standards have been adapted due to plant specifics these changes have been approved by Zone Serve as the brewery VPO subject matter expert and provide guidance to brewery Senior Management Primary VPO resource for the plant Facilitate the Plant 1year and 3-year planning process Manage MCRS Evaluate plant meetings and provide feedback to managers on meeting effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve structure and tool usage Actively participate and critique plant daily, weekly and monthly meetings and ensure VPO standards are fully implemented and sustained Assist Department Management teams in developing sustainability plans to identify and close gaps Lead and coach Managers on the correct use of the Management pillar tools and methodologies Conduct monthly Management Pillar department reviews and provide constructive feedback to departments on current status with recommendations to drive continuous improvement Coaches and guides all levels on the VPO Management Pillar in practice Ensure implementation of VPO and the adherence to VPO principles across all pillars Training Ensure that where training implementation is undertaken, it is done following AB InBev policies and procedures. Interact with management teams to determine training needs. Where necessary, develop training material to address specific needs of shift based and engineering teams. Lead, facilitate and coach Problem Solving (5-Why, Ab-reports, PDCA, Gapa, ITF, Belts) Conduct problem solving training Facilitate problem solving teams Review progress and report on effectiveness of problem solving Support brewery achievement of Supply KPI targets and results Verify KPI results tracking for ZEP/WEP programs Support KPI training / education at all levels Ensure the accurate and timely submission of monthly VPO reporting info
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, or related field. 3-5 years in manufacturing/operations, with 2–3 years in VPO or similar methodologies. Knowledge of VPO, TPM, Lean, or Continuous Improvement. Experience in FMCG Industry would be advantageous. Strong data analysis and reporting capabilities. Familiar with PDCA/SDCA cycles and driving best practice adoption.
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Vacancy title:
VPO Manager
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Beverages, Category: Science & Engineering]
Jobs at:
Nile Breweries
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, September 26 2025
Duty Station:
Jinja | Jinja | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 19 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
The key purpose of this role is to identify, co-operate and actively participate in strategic & systemic level value chain improvement initiatives and to provide leadership for the implementation of prioritized Strategic intents from the VPO Manufacturing Strategy for the Brewery.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Lead sustainability of the VPO (Voyager Plant Optimization)
- Ensures that Africa / Global standards have been implemented in thePlant
- Manage the VPO program via a structured VPO Steerco
- Ensure VPO Pillar Owner compliance
- Develop annual VPO plan and set short term plans to achieve these targets
- Monitor VPO progress across all pillars and provide feedback
- If Zone / Global standards have been adapted due to plant specifics these changes have been approved by Zone
Serve as the brewery VPO subject matter expert and provide guidance to brewery Senior Management
- Primary VPO resource for the plant
- Facilitate the Plant 1year and 3-year planning process
- Manage MCRS
- Evaluate plant meetings and provide feedback to managers on meeting
- effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve structure and tool usage
- Actively participate and critique plant daily, weekly and monthly meetings
- and ensure VPO standards are fully implemented and sustained
- Assist Department Management teams in developing sustainability plans to identify and close gaps
Lead and coach Managers on the correct use of the Management pillar tools and methodologies
- Conduct monthly Management Pillar department reviews and provide constructive feedback to departments on current status with recommendations to drive continuous improvement
- Coaches and guides all levels on the VPO Management Pillar in practice
- Ensure implementation of VPO and the adherence to VPO principles across all pillars
Training
- Ensure that where training implementation is undertaken, it is done following AB InBev policies and procedures.
- Interact with management teams to determine training needs.
- Where necessary, develop training material to address specific needs of shift based and engineering teams.
Lead, facilitate and coach Problem Solving (5-Why, Ab-reports, PDCA, Gapa, ITF, Belts)
- Conduct problem solving training
- Facilitate problem solving teams
- Review progress and report on effectiveness of problem solving
Support brewery achievement of Supply KPI targets and results
- Verify KPI results tracking for ZEP/WEP programs
- Support KPI training / education at all levels
- Ensure the accurate and timely submission of monthly VPO reporting info
Key Attributes and Competencies:
- Demonstrated understanding of VPO principles
- Prior experience in applying varied industrial engineering related improvement techniques
- Project management capabilities to ensure delivery of initiatives from start-up through implementation to entrenchment, using appropriate communication milestones
- Ability to initiate improvement activities within a subsystem which would optimize the larger system in which it resides
- Ability to apply problem solving skills at all levels (shop-floor to exec teams)
- A good understanding of Change Management Processes Excellent skills and tools transfer capabilities (Train and coach others)
- Astute at reading interplays and subtleties between stakeholder groupings and individuals
- Excellent interpersonal skills -
- Clear capability and credibility to influence at all levels
- Ability to exert influence on technical teams
- Ability to mobilize teams during periods of varied operational stability
- 3-6 months on the job training Ideal – 6-9 months on the job training
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, or related field.
- 3-5 years in manufacturing/operations, with 2–3 years in VPO or similar methodologies.
- Knowledge of VPO, TPM, Lean, or Continuous Improvement.
- Experience in FMCG Industry would be advantageous.
- Strong data analysis and reporting capabilities.
- Familiar with PDCA/SDCA cycles and driving best practice adoption.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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