Job Details
📌 Job Title: Operations Controller
🏢 Company: AB InBev
📍 Location: SAB Standerton Depot, Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
🆔 Job Requisition ID: 30096058
⏳ Closing Date: 15 April 2026
🏭 Department: Logistics / Operations / Warehousing
Company Overview
AB InBev is one of the world’s leading beverage companies, known for its strong culture of innovation, operational excellence, and people development. Through SAB operations in South Africa, the company continues to lead within manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain distribution.
The business is driven by a performance culture that supports safety, service excellence, and continuous improvement.
Job Overview
AB InBev is seeking an experienced Operations Controller for its SAB Standerton Depot.
This role is responsible for overseeing distribution, inventory control, warehouse operations, safety compliance, service levels, budgeting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
The successful candidate will manage depot logistics performance, optimize customer service levels, ensure legislative compliance, and lead operational excellence across warehouse and fleet functions.
Key Responsibilities
Safety Management
- Implement and uphold AB InBev safety standards
- Maintain a safe working environment
- Ensure legislative compliance
- Conduct monthly and quarterly safety reviews
- Complete annual risk assessments
- Monitor mitigation plans
Inventory & Warehouse Management
- Conduct random truck and stock counts
- Ensure optimal warehouse configuration
- Manage monthly stock counts
- Resolve delivery complaints and customer queries
- Conduct root cause analysis
- Ensure delivery teams follow SOPs
Continuous Improvement
- Track KPIs daily, weekly, and monthly
- Apply DPO problem-solving methodologies
- Drive benchmarking and process improvements
- Maintain training schedules and staff development plans
- Promote a problem-solving culture
- Ensure 5S and housekeeping standards
Service Level Management
- Manage SLAs with fleet, sales, quality, and logistics teams
- Monitor refusals, stock constraints, and delivery performance
- Manage logistics budgets and operational spend
- Ensure stock and empties movement efficiency
- Drive adherence to flexed budgets
People & IR Management
- Conduct one-on-one performance reviews
- Maintain healthy industrial relations climate
- Engage with unions and outsourced partners
- Support talent development and coaching
- Recruit and develop diverse talent
Quality & Compliance
- Ensure logistics quality standards are met
- Manage blocked stock controls
- Monitor stock age and write-off risks
- Ensure compliance controls and governance processes
- Manage SAP time and attendance administration
Qualifications
Education
- 3-year Degree in Logistics or related field
Experience
- Minimum 4 years’ experience in:
- management
- logistics
- distribution
- warehousing
- finance
Skills
- Logistics and warehouse operations
- Budget and cost management
- Customer service management
- Leadership and people development
- KPI reporting and analytics
- Compliance and legislative knowledge
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Continuous improvement methodologies
- Problem-solving tools (5 Why, PDCA, GAPA)
CV Tips
- Highlight logistics and warehouse leadership experience
- Include experience managing KPIs and SLAs
- Mention stock control, distribution, and inventory management
- Showcase team leadership and IR exposure
- Include budgeting and cost control responsibilities
- Mention continuous improvement tools and methodologies used
- Highlight safety and compliance experience
Benefits of Joining the Company
- Opportunity to join a global market leader
- Strong leadership and career growth opportunities
- Exposure to advanced logistics systems
- Performance-driven development culture
- Leadership coaching and talent development
- Competitive corporate environment
- Operational leadership exposure
Company Policy
AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer. All appointments are made in line with the company’s employment equity plan and talent requirements.
Management reserves the right to apply additional relevant criteria during the shortlisting process.