The posting
Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?
The key purpose of this role is to lead a field inspection team that independently verifies in-trade execution, customer discounting and commercial investment compliance. The role converts risk priorities into disciplined field activity, assures the quality and consistency of inspection evidence, escalates material exceptions and ensures actions are followed through.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Team Planning and Deployment
- Translate the approved inspection plan and analytical risk leads into team schedules and field assignments.
- Allocate inspectors according to risk, geography, channel and workload.
- Monitor progress, productivity, coverage and completion against the team plan.
Field Inspection
- Lead and participate in outlet, wholesaler, distributor and key account inspections.
- Ensure consistent validation of execution standards, discounts, promotions, pricing, customer agreements and commercial assets.
- Provide on-site guidance for complex, sensitive or high-risk inspections.
Evidence and Report Quality
- Review inspection evidence, calculations and draft findings before submission.
- Ensure that findings are factual, complete, defensible and linked to financial or control exposure.
- Calibrate inspection practices across team members and address quality gaps promptly.
Escalation and Corrective Action
- Escalate material control breaches, suspected misconduct and significant leakage promptly.
- Engage business owners to clarify facts without compromising inspection independence.
- Support recovery, remediation and consequence management with reliable evidence.
People and Capability Leadership
- Set clear expectations, coach inspectors and provide practical field training.
- Promote integrity, safety, discipline and constructive stakeholder engagement.
- Identify recurring capability gaps and recommend training or process improvements.
Key Competencies and Attributes:
- FMCG field operations, route-to-market and trade execution.
- Inspection planning, sampling, evidence review and issue validation.
- Pricing, discounting, promotional and customer investment controls.
- Excel-based analysis, report writing and action tracking.
- Coaching, workload management and field problem solving.
- High integrity and independence.
- Hands-on leadership and an owner’s mindset.
- Courage to challenge non-compliance constructively.
- Resilience, sound judgement and disciplined follow-through.
- Strong communication with frontline and senior stakeholders.
- Commitment to confidentiality, objective evidence and consistent application of company standards.
- Ability to work across functions and maintain appropriate independence from audited activities.
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently across assigned territories.
- Valid driver’s license where required for field travel.
- Ability to manage a mobile team and work outside standard office environments.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or diploma in Finance, Auditing, Business, Sales, Commercial Management or a related discipline.
- Five or more years of experience in FMCG sales, field inspection, commercial finance, audit, compliance or route-to-market operations.
- Prior team leadership or supervisory experience is required.
- Practical experience with trade execution, customer discounting or commercial investment controls.
Additional Information:
- Band: VI
- X2 Positions
SAB/AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with SAB/ABInBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short listing.
