🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ Seven Up Bottling Company Limited – 5 Positions

Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the favourite most- loved soft drink brands in the country like; 7up, Pepsi, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Teem, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Procurement Operations Admin Analyst
2.) Finance Analyst
3.) Maintenance Planner
4.) Distribution Assistant
5.) Electrical / Automation Team Lead

Job Title: Procurement Operations Admin Analyst

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

• Facilitating prompt and accurate payment processes for all vendors.

Responsibilities

• Initiating vendor payment by accurately and promptly raising Letters of Authority to deliver, thereafter forwarding for approval.
• Maintaining updated records of purchases, invoices, delivery information, and other essential data.
• Updating various payment tracker tools; Preform Tracker, Sugar Trackers, AGO Trackers, General Vendor Trackers etc.
• Reconciliation of vendors’ vs SBCs accounts utilizing each vendor’s statement of account.
• Identification, collation and escalation of overdue payments.
• Closing and transferring (where required) of local and overseas LADs at the end of each period.
• Liaising with the sourcing and finance team for updates regarding procurement timelines.
• Liaising with regions Pan-Nigeria, providing them with updates on payment invoice details pertaining to sugar to enable their decision making.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 2 cognate years experience, preferably in the FMCG industry, handling a similar role.
• Intermediate level proficiency in the Microsoft Suite, especially Excel.
• Ability to use ERP efficiently.

Application Closing Date
30th April, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted.

Job Title: Finance Analyst

Location: Lagos

Description 

• The Ideal candidate will be a key player in assessing, analysing, and managing the financial aspects of strategic projects. He/she will possess expertise in project financial modelling, risk assessment, as well as analysing and reporting the project’s financial performance against the business plan for optimum growth.

Key Responsibilities
Financial Analysis:

• Conduct financial analysis to evaluate the feasibility of new projects. This includes developing projections, forecasting cash flows and assessing overall financial impact
• Carry out capex justification analysis for new projects

Investment Modelling:

• Develop comprehensive financial models for new projects, incorporating revenue projections, cost structures, and cash flow analysis to assess financial viability

Reporting:

• Prepare reports and presentations. This includes summarizing financial analysis and modelling outcomes, as well as providing recommendations on project feasibility and risk

Project Management:

• Collaborate with other teams to ensure successful project execution. This includes monitoring project timelines, budgets, and key performance indicators

Qualifications & Requirements

• 3 - 5 years minimum experience in project finance within the FMCG or Manufacturing
• industry/ relevant operational experience in Finance (Business Planning / Dynamic
• Forecasting within the FMCG or Manufacturing industry)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business/Economics or a related field.
• Professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA are an added advantage.
• Advanced proficiency in financial modelling, Microsoft Excel, Power BI.
• Strong understanding of project management principles.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate complex
• Financial concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Application Closing Date
31st March, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted.

Job Title: Maintenance Planner

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Maintenance Planner is responsible for developing and executing the maintenance strategy relating to production lines, drives innovation and improvement of lines, manages people and resources to ensure uncompromised safety, availability and quality while minimizing the impact on the environment.

Responsibilities

• Establishes, monitors and reinforces control on maintenance strategy execution
• Actively participates in organization and scheduling of annual overhaul of production lines and facilities
• Improves efficiencies by increasing preventative maintenance across the plant and to minimize breakdowns and reduce mean time between failures.
• Ensures optimal spare parts and maintenance materials inventory management
• Schedules routine maintenance activities taking into consideration production program and monitors execution (using SAP where appropriate)
• Carries out root cause analysis on breakdowns
• Evaluates effectiveness of corrective actions using all available data

Qualifications

• A minimum of Bachelor of Engineering Degree (B.Eng.) or HND in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
• 3 - 5 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience.
• Experienced in budgeting and people management
• Knowledge of bottling operations: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety
• Operational planning expertise/experience
• Must Possess CMRP CERTIFICATION or similar Engineering certification will be an added advantage.
• Experience in plant manufacturing operations, project planning & implementation.
• Previous new equipment or line installation or extension could be an advantage.
• Understanding of business case/cost benefits analysis preparation and basic financial analysis tools.
• Good understanding and experience of current WC manufacturing methodologies.
• Good understanding of HQSE modalities and codes.
• Good understanding of GMP and GHK (5S) standards.

Application Closing Date
10th April, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Only qualified candidates will be be contacted.

Job Title: Maintenance Planner

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Maintenance Planner is responsible for developing and executing the maintenance strategy relating to production lines, drives innovation and improvement of lines, manages people and resources to ensure uncompromised safety, availability and quality while minimizing the impact on the environment.

Responsibilities

• Establishes, monitors and reinforces control on maintenance strategy execution
• Actively participates in organization and scheduling of annual overhaul of production lines and facilities
• Improves efficiencies by increasing preventative maintenance across the plant and to minimize breakdowns and reduce mean time between failures.
• Ensures optimal spare parts and maintenance materials inventory management
• Schedules routine maintenance activities taking into consideration production program and monitors execution (using SAP where appropriate)
• Carries out root cause analysis on breakdowns
• Evaluates effectiveness of corrective actions using all available data

Qualifications

• A minimum of Bachelor of Engineering Degree (B.Eng.) or HND in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
• 3 - 5 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience.
• Experienced in budgeting and people management
• Knowledge of bottling operations: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety
• Operational planning expertise/experience
• Must Possess CMRP CERTIFICATION or similar Engineering certification will be an added advantage.
• Experience in plant manufacturing operations, project planning & implementation.
• Previous new equipment or line installation or extension could be an advantage.
• Understanding of business case/cost benefits analysis preparation and basic financial analysis tools.
• Good understanding and experience of current WC manufacturing methodologies.
• Good understanding of HQSE modalities and codes.
• Good understanding of GMP and GHK (5S) standards.

Application Closing Date
10th April, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Only qualified candidates will be be contacted.

Job Title: Electrical / Automation Team Lead

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

• Responsible for the project design of instruments and electronic equipment as well as the implementation of related projects to ensure completion at the desired timeline.
• Responsible for services needed by the plants in terms of the troubleshooting, maintenance and spare parts needed to ensure continuous operation and better performance.

Responsibilities

• Ensure writing and maintaining program backups and software for all equipment in the plant.
• Conducts calibration of all electronic instruments such as transducers and maintains all electronic equipment in the company such as electronic bottle inspectors, fill height detectors, COBRIX, and PLCs.
• Lead regular inspections for automation and electrical components of the PET line and ensures line maintenance are carried out by the team as per maintenance plan.
• Develops a list of critical electronic spare parts that will be available to prevent stoppages of the production lines/utility. Plans for timely requisition and acquisition of the needed spare parts, with diligence to keep parts inventory levels to the minimum.
• Effectively communicate to management any critical actions needed to restore the condition of the equipment to 100% reliability.
• Develops and ensures compliance to the maintenance program for all instrumentation and electronics.
• Plan and ensure seamless executions of annual maintenance and cleaning of all electronics components.
• Builds and reinforces relationships with Production, Quality Assurance, Production Planning and relevant government regulatory agencies.

Qualifications

• A minimum of Bachelor of Engineering Degree (B.Eng.) or HND in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
• 3 – 5 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a beverage bottling company in a managerial capacity.
• Experienced in budgeting and people management
• Knowledge of bottling operations: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health and Safety
• Operational planning expertise/experience
• Must Possess CMRP CERTIFICATION or similar
• Engineering certification will be an added advantage.
• Experience in plant manufacturing operations, project planning & implementation.
• Previous new equipment or line installation or extension could be an advantage.

Application Closing Date
7th April, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted.