Winston Reddy

Experience

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  South African Breweries

  Jan 2014 - Mar 2016

  Brewing Technical Trainee

  - Acquired in-depth technical knowledge of the science and operations within brewing and the complexities within an FMCG environment. - Acquired end to end knowledge of a brewery from core departments (brewing & packaging) to support departments (utilities, quality, safety, logistics). - Trained on LEAN manufacturing and the implementation of LEAN manufacturing system.

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  The South African Breweries

  Jun 2016 - Apr 2018

  - Responsible for ensuring systems were in place to consistently achieve Quality, Cost and Volume targets through the operational teams. - Developed control and monitoring dashboards to allow operations teams to track performance on shift. - Achieved > 50% reduction in the raw materials process losses since start of tenure equivalent to > R2 Million in Savings by creating simplified tools allowing operations to identify and resolve loss generating problems. - Responsible for overall performance of the brewhouse and for providing technical support, development and guidance to operational teams. - Provided brewing and engineering expertise for the development of 1 to 3 year brewing CAPEX plans for the brewery. - Transitioned the operating area from the SAB LEAN Manufacturing approach to the ABI VPO management system. Show less

  • Brewing Operations Manager: Brewhouse

    Mar 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Project Process Engineer

    Jun 2016 - Mar 2017
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  AB InBev

  Apr 2018 - now

  - Responsible for operations finance for the Southern BU (Mozambique, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana), Leading a team of 9 direct reports based at each of the 10 respective breweries across the BU. - Achieved 1 YP budget development and supported 3YP/10YP strategy development for the Brewery operations in the BU in 22/23.- Implemented new routines and Power BI tools to improve tracking and monitoring of performance (both price and performance drivers) and providing insights and opportunities for improvement. - Forecasting of financial performance for the BU and developing initiatives to ensure BU Margin goals within 3% accuracy in 2022. - Drove productivity initiatives to meet savings targets under the Champions ( ABI cost saving and benchmarking process) program for the BU totaling $5million in 2023.- Identified and reduced balance sheet risks totaling $9million across BU in 2022/2023 by increasing cross functional collaboration between Operations, Procurement, Logistics and Finance to develop new controls to identify and minimize risk. Show less - Continuing in Global Risk Management with a promotion to manager. - Managing 3 direct reports and leading audits across functions to identify and implement improvement opportunities. - Strategically analyzed SAB 3rd Party Distributor model and identified R9m savings opportunities to be captured in 2023. - Audited production facility maintenance from strategy to execution for both the North America Zone and Europe Zone resulting in $1m cost benefit in 2022 financials and multiple improvements to the Global spares and maintenance policies. - Reviewed Ghana production facility operational and financial performance focusing on Source to pay, Logistics, Manufacturing, Planning and Financial management. Identified opportunities and developed improvement plans to improve cost controls to be implemented in 2023. - Created multiple Power BI models: (i) Model to monitor spares purchasing behavior,(ii) Model to track cross border inventory deployment and financial risk (iii)Model to track capitalization of returnable packaging,(iv)Model to track inter-plant raw materials movements in order to reduce double handling and added transportation costs. Show less - Based in Finance, the Global Risk Management department serves as the companies Internal Audit function performing quarterly deep dive reviews in different functions of the business. - Responsibilities included identifying business risks in all functions of the business, Reviewing business processes, identifying and implementing solutions to weaknesses in controls, Implementing cost saving or loss avoidance solutions. - Developed Finance Operational Excellence KPIs and rolled these out across Africa Zone to improve finance controls and benchmarking across 12 countries in the Africa Zone. - Saved $10million by leading a review on Inventory management and Distribution across the entire Africa Zone by proposing and implementing loss avoidance controls. - Audited SAB Trade Marketing execution in informal trade and implemented controls for managing 3rd party contractors costs, delivery and efficiency. Show less - Role based in Procurement dealing with ensuring that BEE suppliers are developed to be able to compete in ABInBev supply chain. - Coached and developed 15 suppliers on technical and business topics to help grow their businesses and improve output.- Identified key tail spend areas where inefficient supplier base existed and targeted suppliers for development onboarding 5 new BEE suppliers to supply chain. - Developed and implemented a screening and diagnostic process to effectively assess 3rd party suppliers facilities and performance in order to recommend focused improvement efforts. Show less

  • Brewery Operations Finance Manager: Southern Africa Business Unit

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Global Risk Management & Internal Audit Manager - Africa Zone

    Apr 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Global Risk Management & Internal Audit Specialist - Africa Zone

    Mar 2019 - Mar 2021

  • Process Engineer: Supplier Development

    Apr 2018 - Mar 2019