Vacancy title:
Brewing Area Manager

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Beverages, Category: management]

Jobs at:
AB InBev

Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, November 15 2026

Duty Station:
Dar es Salaam | Dar es Salaam

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, November 3 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The Key Purpose of this role is to lead and manage area teams to deliver sound operational and technical practices in the brewing department, underpinned by prescribed VPO practices. The Brewing Area Manager is required to meet the required production plan, adhering to the principles of all VPO pillars. The role is required to maintain a high level of control against the budgeted KPIs, as well as the variable and fixed costs controllable within the team

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Promote Beer Brewing Quality Excellence in the Value Chain

• Communicate brewing process and product quality information/standards.
• Effectively communicate changes in the brewing process or standards.
• Provide leadership to ensure commitment to product quality in the brewing department.
• Apply brewing sub-department quality systems in the workplace.

Provide Brewing Process Expertise (Technical Depth) and Lead Problem-Solving Processes

• Assess brewing technical requirements and make decisions where required.
• Support implementation of recommendations.
• Support implementation of process and product optimisation, including CAPEX and VA projects and trials.
• Audit area standards (quality, process, and work practices) to ensure effective management of the area.
• Support all 7 Pillars standards in the workplace relating to VP

Facilitate Team Problem-Solving and Decision-Making

• Apply problem-solving and decision-making techniques and principles.
• Interact with brewing management and operations teams to ensure appropriate people are involved in problem-solving sessions.
• Verify that corrective action has been implemented and that the problem has been resolved.

Manage Health, Safety & Risk

• Manage occupational health, safety, and risk for the area teams.

Manage Productivity

• Control fixed and variable costs.
• Minimise waste.

Manage the Brewing Process

• Ensure conformance to brewing area production plans.
• Ensure conformance to brewing area specifications and standards.
• Ensure maintenance integrity in the brewing area.
• Ensure effective cost management of fixed and variable costs, including by-products.
• Optimise process availability to achieve delivery and reliability targets.
• Support engineering integrity.
• Support production and process optimisation, including trials, VA, and CAPEX projects.
• Ensure adherence to environmental standards by area teams.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards by area teams.

System Expertise

• Ensure adequate adherence and compliance with system processes as prescribed by MES, PTS, eQMS, PaQT, and all other prescribed elements of technology for beer production through the brewing department.

Management of People

• Apply performance management principles for employees (production teams).
• Apply self-performance management principles.
• Develop employees for current and future roles to ensure a proper pipeline.
• Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate.
• Manage and apply personnel practices.
• Provide effective leadership.
• Ensure employees are trained on technical and VPO standards.
• Drive the high-performance levels of autonomous teams without shift supervision.

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc Degree in Biological Sciences, Chemistry, or Chemical Engineering.
• Completed brewing traineeship.
• IBD Papers 1, 2, and 3 completed and passed.
• At least 2 years’ production experience, of which 1 year must be operating at a management level within Brewing.
• Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a brewery (financial, operational, and people-related) and brewing technical expertise.
• A good performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with a passion for maintaining quality.
• Master Brewer IBD qualification obtained, or studying towards a Master Brewer qualification.
• Additional business qualification.
• SAP modules; White Belt certification would be highly advantageous.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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