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HEINEKEN – the world's most international brewer. It is the leading developer and marketer of premium beer and cider brands. Led by the Heineken® brand, the Group has a portfolio of more than 300 international, regional, local and speciality beers and ciders. We are committed to innovation, long-te… read morerm brand investment, disciplined sales execution and focused cost management. Through "Brewing a Better World", sustainability is embedded in the business and delivers value for all stakeholders. HEINEKEN has a well-balanced geographic footprint with leadership positions in both developed and developing markets. We employ over 80,000 employees and operate breweries, malteries, cider plants and other production facilities in more than 70 countries. Our most recent information is available on: www.theHEINEKENcompany.com and follow us on Twitter via @HEINEKENCorp.
Purpose of the Job
The Supply Chain Connected Digital Specialist is responsible to establish the Connected Brewery within Heineken Beverages to leverage digital technologies and create a more streamlined and effective supply chain.
The key focus of this position will support the implementation and establishment of the Connected Brewery products and product use cases to improve the supply chain digital maturity and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
Support the Supply Chain Connected Brewery Lead in the execution of the Heineken Beverages Connected Brewery roadmap and strategy to establish and expand the Connected Brewery product footprint within Heineken Beverages.
Support operational excellence (TPM) initiatives and improvement activities and support shopfloor practices to accelerate and enhance operational efficiency within the Supply Chain (key deliverables for volume/OPI improvements)
Ensure the effective functioning of the Connected Brewery applications – One2Improve, MTBA, Parsable, SwipeGuide, Smart Kills, IIoT Server and Grafana
Facilitate new use case evaluation, development, and implementation on bespoke applications to assist Heineken Beverages Supply Chain operationally. This includes but is not limited to:
Liaise with key stakeholders to define, review, test and successfully implement use case requirements
On-going use case development and implementation across Heineken Beverages Supply Chain for all for the entire product range
On-going system troubleshooting, maintenance and support
On-going use case maintenance and support
Data validation
Develop training material for Connected Brewery tools and use cases
On-going user support and training
Back-end development and maintenance including integration into other systems
Develop Power Platform solutions to support TPM and Supply Chain initiatives
Ensure compliance and adherence to Global and Heineken Beverages standards, best practices and governance
Leverage Data Engineering and Data Analyst knowledge and methods to develop, implement, troubleshoot and maintain visual management tools (dashboards) for the Supply Chain to enable data-driven decision making. This includes but is not limited to:
Power BI Data Flows and Datasets
Power BI dashboards
Grafana dashboards
Leverage process and process automation knowledge to ensure effective IIoT use case development and implementation. This includes but is not limited to:
Identifying suitable process measurements for use cases
Enabling data collection from PLC’s
Validating data from PLC’s
Building SQL queries to ensure reliable and accurate data transformation
Adhering to cyber security standards
Actively pursue enhanced efficiencies in the use case development governance process to ensure use cases are developed in a controlled yet efficient manner
Provide input into the Supply Chain digital budget
Support the Supply Chain Connected Brewery Lead in building a digital community and culture within Heineken Beverages (Heineken Digital Citizen program) to enable the Connected Worker
Collaborate with CoE’s, D&T, other OpCo’s as well as Global resources to ensure alignment and effective use case development
Job Requirements
Education
Relevant Bachelor’s degree or NQF 7 equivalent (IT/Engineering advantageous)
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Power BI
Process Automation (Instrumentation and Control)
Closing Date: 30/10/2025
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