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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 act as the strategic People partner to the Zone Finance leadership team, translating the Zone Finance strategy into an integrated people and organisation agenda. The role will shape the organisation, leadership, talent and capability required to strengthen business partnering, financial stewardship, digital enablement and sustainable value creation across the Zone. Key Roles and Responsibilities: Partner with the Zone CFO and Finance Leadership Team to define and execute the People strategy aligned to the Zone Finance priorities, operating model and transformation roadmap. Provide forward-looking people insights using workforce, talent, engagement, productivity and cost data to identify organisational risks, capability gaps and opportunities, and translate these into clear leadership actions. Manage the functional ZBB People pack to ensure alignment to budget, productivity opportunities and LE forecasting. Shape organisation design, role clarity, governance and ways of working across Finance, including interfaces with the BSC, and global shared services. Build a strong leadership and talent pipeline for critical Finance roles through succession planning, talent reviews, career architecture, differentiated development and targeted retention actions. Lead strategic workforce planning and organisation design by connecting business strategy, skills demand, productivity, span of control, layers and leadership proportion metrics. Accelerate Finance capability building. Coach and challenge senior Finance leaders on leadership effectiveness, team performance, inclusion, culture and change, ensuring people decisions support both performance and long-term organisational health. Act as the People lead for Finance transformation and change programmes, building stakeholder alignment, change readiness, communication, adoption and benefit sustainability. Partner with COEs and People Shared Services teams to land One Way of People to deliver integrated, scalable solutions while simplifying transactional work and continuously improving the Finance employee and leader experience. Ensure sound employee relations, policy governance and risk management. Key Competencies & Attributes: Strategic and commercial acumen, with the ability to understand Finance value drivers, operating metrics, risk and cost trade-offs and convert them into a focused people agenda. Credibility and executive presence to influence the Zone CFO, Finance Leadership Team and senior stakeholders through insight, constructive challenge and pragmatic recommendations. Strong organisation design, workforce planning and change leadership capability, with experience translating strategy into structures, accountabilities, capabilities and routines. Analytical and diagnostic strength, including the ability to integrate multiple data sources, identify root causes and implement action plans Demonstrated talent leadership across succession, critical-role pipelines, leadership development, performance, careers, rewards and retention. High judgement, discretion when dealing with confidential, complex or high-risk people matters. Collaborative, customer-focused and outcomes-oriented, with a track record of connecting specialist expertise into coherent business solutions. Good written and verbal communication skills. Minimum Requirements: Relevant HR, Business, or related degree; postgraduate qualification is advantageous. Significant People Business Partnering experience supporting senior leadership teams in a complex, matrixed organisation; Finance or professional-services exposure is advantageous. Demonstrated experience in organisation design, strategic workforce planning, talent and succession, change leadership and people analytics. Strong stakeholder management, coaching, communication and influencing capability. High level of business acumen, analytical rigour, accuracy and delivery discipline. Additional Information Band: VI SAB/AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with the SAB/AB InBev Employment Equity Plan and talent requirements. This advert sets out the minimum requirements, and management reserves the right to consider additional relevant information when shortlisting. The South African Breweries (SAB) has reimagined what a beer company can be and has anchored this in a powerful brand purpose – We Dream Big to Create a Future With More Cheers – which articulates who we are and where we are going. At SAB it’s always about more than the beer. We are driven by our passion to demonstrate the unique power of beer to propel South Africa forward. Since our inception over a century ago, SAB has grown to become South Africa's largest brewer, a powerful economic contributor, a leader in sustainability, and a champion of responsible consumption. SAB is one of South Africa’s admired companies and corporate brands. The company has 7 breweries and 42 depots in South Africa, a total workforce of approximately 5000, and supports a beer economy ‘from seed to sip’ of over 250 000 jobs. Its portfolio of beer brands meets the needs of a wide range of consumers and includes leading brands in beer and beyond such as Castle Lager, Carling Black Label, Corona, Brutal Fruit, and Flying Fish
