Brewing Area Manager Jobs – Nile Breweries

Job Title:   Brewing Area Manager

Organisation: Nile Breweries

Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda

About Organisation:

Nile Breweries Limited is a leading beverage company in Uganda and a subsidiary of SABMiller, the second largest brewing group in the world. We aim to provide for a variety of career paths and patterns of working, a good work-life balance and comprehensive employee benefits.

Job Summary: The key purpose of the Brewing Area Manager is to lead and manage area teams to deliver sound operational and technical practices in the brewing department underpinned by prescribed VPO practices. The Brewing Area Manager is required to meet the required production plan, adhering to the principles of all VPO pillars. The BAM is required to maintain a high level of control against the budgeted KPI’s as well as the variable and fixed costs controllable within the team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicate brewing process and product quality information / standards
• Effectively communicate changes in the brewing process or standards
• Provide leadership to ensure commitment to product quality in the brewing department
• Apply brewing sub department quality systems in the workplace
• Assess brewing technical requirements and decisions where required
• Support implementation of recommendations
• Support implementation of process and product optimization including CAP in and VA projects and trials
• Audit area standards (quality, process and work-practices) to ensure effective management of the area
• Support all 7 pillars standards in the workplace relating to VPO
• Apply problem solving and decision making techniques and principles
• Interacts with brewing management and operations teams to ensure appropriate people are involved in problem solving sessions.
• Verifies that corrective action has been implemented and that the problem has been resolved
• Manage occupational health, safety and risk for the area teams

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• BSc Degree in Brewing Science, Food Science, Biological Sciences, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
• Completed Traineeship
• IBD Papers 1,2&3 completed and passed
• Master Brewer IBD qualification obtained – Studying towards MB Qualification
• At least 2 years production experience, of which 1 years’ operating at a management level within Brewing
• Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a brewery (financial, operational,
• people) and brewing technical expertise
• SAP modules; Whitebelt certification would be highly advantageous

How to Apply:

All interested candidates who meet the above specifications should apply at the link below.

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Deadline: 12th September 2025

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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24