East African Breweries PLC (EABL) is East Africa’s leading branded alcohol beverage business with an outstanding collection of brands that range from beer, spirits and adult non-alcoholic drinks (ANADs), reaffirming our standing as a total adult beverage (TBA) company.

EABL has extensive operations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania with breweries, beer, spirits and Ready to Serve (RTS) packaging plants, a Maltings plant and a distribution network across the region. It also runs a growing export operations business within and outside of the wider Eastern Africa region. The group’s diversity is a key factor in delivering the highest quality brands to East African consumers and long-term value to East African investors.

EABL operates within a multi-cultural, multinational, multi-currency environment, dealing with various regulatory, tax and compliance requirements.

EABL is a Public Listed Company (Plc) listed on the Securities/Stock Exchange in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

Purpose of the role

The Site Manager provides overall leadership and accountability for site performance, delivering business objectives through the execution of strategic plans, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role leads cross-functional teams to ensure the safe, efficient, and sustainable production of beer, RTDs, ANADS, ciders, and Ready-to-Serve brands, while achieving safety, quality, cost, service, and sustainability targets.

As the senior site leader, the Site Manager drives a high-performance culture through strong people leadership, capability development, succession planning, and employee engagement. The role champions world-class Asset Care Management, ensuring optimal asset reliability, maintenance excellence, and effective capital investment to support productivity, risk reduction, and business continuity.

Through visible leadership, performance management, and stakeholder engagement, the Site Manager leads the Manufacturing Excellence strategy, delivers innovation and growth initiatives, and ensures the long-term success of the site.

Key accountabilities

Lead Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with Food Safety, Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental standards.
• Foster a culture that protects people, products, assets, and business reputation.

Deliver Site Performance & Results

• Develop and execute site strategy and operating plans to achieve business objectives.
• Deliver targets across Safety, Quality, Cost, Service, OEE, Productivity, Water, Energy, and Waste.

Lead & Develop People

• Build a high-performance culture through leadership, talent development, succession planning, and employee engagement.
• Strengthen organizational capability to meet current and future business needs.

Drive Asset Care & Capex Delivery

• Lead asset care strategies to maximize reliability, availability, and performance.
• Oversee maintenance excellence, equipment lifecycle management, and capital investment to support growth and business continuity.

Drive Manufacturing Excellence

• Lead implementation of the Manufacturing Excellence (EISC) strategy.
• Drive continuous improvement, productivity, operational excellence, and sustainable value creation.

Qualifications

• Degree preferably in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain or other Science / Technical degree
• Master Brewer, International Brewing and Distilling (IBD), Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP), World Class Manufacturing (WCM) Asset Care Pillar Certification, Lean Six Sigma, Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent is preferrable
• Master of Business Administration as an added advantage

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 10 years broad manufacturing experience in a senior role within a manufacturing set up leading large teams to deliver results
• Strong financial and business acumen with experience managing budgets, productivity programs, and capital investments
• Proven experience leading large operations and delivering results across safety, quality, cost, service, and productivity metrics
• A combination of strong functional expertise with people leadership, coaching, and talent development coupled with change management experience.
• Strong technical and industry standard systems knowledge and experience

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

Our purpose is crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments. And it’s our people, with their different experiences, perspectives and talents, who make that possible.

We value diversity in its broadest sense and want everyone to feel they can belong, contribute and strive for their personal best. You’ll work alongside people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives — challenging, supporting and learning from one another as one outstanding team.

Together, we’re constantly learning and improving, combining the strength of our people, capabilities and iconic brands to raise the bar, grow and win.

Wherever you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute, make an impact and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

Ready to bring your best? This could be your opportunity.

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Worker Type

Regular

Primary Location

KBL

Additional Locations

Job Posting Start Date

2026-10-22