DELTA BEVERAGES Employer Reviews

Delta is a good organisation, with a standardized way of approaching daily tasks and has a good thrust on SHE so there is safety for worker and visitor alike. There is a good management team in place which is approachable and there are platforms for down to up communication. The hardest part of the job would be long hours at times that prevents other – more... needful activities like furthering education . – less

I start work at 0700hrs to review yesterday's Warehouse productivities. I attend a Warehouse/Packaging/Sales section Manager's joint meeting at 0800hrs which reviews yesterday's performance and maps out plans for the day. At 0900hrs I attend a feedback and alignment meeting with my section Executive. This lasts for 15 minutes. I then visit each Warehouse – more... section supervisor to briely discuss yesterday's performance, key learnings and align each one of them for the seamless execution of the day's tasks. The Warehouse accounts for over 70% of Zimbabwe's lager beer sales volume and so stock reconciliations for the preceeding day is the most taxing part of the job. I enjoy walking around, chating and joking with shop floor workers.

I have learnt to mobilise and motivate employees to work as teams to achieve common company goals. I have also learnt the skills of setting up effective warehousing systems and controls. – less

Every day i start by chairing an Asset Care Morning Meeting which is attended by 1 maintenance Planner, 4 machine Specialists,3 process artisans and 1 team leader where we discuss the previous run,top 3 down time issues,5why/job cards review and today's targets.
On the packaging line i am the 5s gem champion, the Packaging hall EMS gem champion and – more... the line asset care gem champion
the hardest part of this job is that i am accountable for quite a number of things, its good exposure but its quite a job
i enjoy problem solving sessions where we do 5why review,FFAs – less

a typical day there was a very busy one and everyone was assigned to his or her duty until one knocks off. I learned leadership skills, good quality control skills, process control, inventory control, presentation and communication skills. with the good management at Delta I do not regret all the days I worked there. team work was the tool i grasped – more... at this company with help of the other co workers, it was nice experience. I did not have the hardest part of my job but the most challenging part was the quality control because one would have to be dedicated to produce good results. I enjoyed every bit of my job to be honest. – less

We started the day at 6am,debrief with the driver and set route for delivery for the driver. Sales meeting begins at 7am and review previous day sales and other matters. Leave plant at 8am into the market and generate orders,collect debts,customer complaints. I managed to learn how to work under pressure to achieve sales targets. I managed to learn – more... how to conduct a market visit. The management was passionate about the company and was hands on in all aspects of the day to day sales. I worked well with my co workers and as a team. The hardest part of the job was the long hours and working 7 days a week however it all paid off when we achieved the target be it sales or market visit. – less

As a Brewing trainee my day began with a reviews of stocks, tornover days and process losses. I learnt how to be team player.
My core workers are also team players like myself

Work not much pressuring
Did my training ther as an apprentice.All that I know I learned there.
Management lack of respect and confidence in their skilled labour.
My co workers were the best people that kept me going. The best people to work with.
Most of the problems we faced in the plant we had not enough training. Not enough funds allocated to training.
Understanding – more... co workers that are great members in a team. Great team players. Makes the job easier – less

I AM USED TO WORK UNDER PRESSURE WITH MINIMUM SUPERVISION.USED TO WORK ALL HOLIDAYS AS REQUIRED BY THE NATURE OF THE JOB.I WORK OVERTIME DURING WEEK AND WEEKEND WHEN NEED ARISES.I LEARN TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE FOR MY DUTIES.MANAGEMENT IS OK .THERE IS TEAM WORK AMONGST WORKERS.WHEN THERE IS BREAKDOWN THERE WILL BE PRESSURE FROM THE PRODUCTION – more... SIDE.THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS JOB IS THAT EVERYDAY YOU LEARN NEW THINGS / – less

I led a team for water softening plant installation,which was so challenging yet so successful and it gave me confidence which made me a man of great art till to date.

Being a subsidiary of SAB Miller, Delta Beverages adopted a system called The Manufacturing Way in order to meet world class brewing and packaging standards.
I was privileged to be part of this transition and we learned a lot on:
-safety
-asset care
-sustainable development
-continuous improvement
-housekeeping

At that time i was a Process artisan – more... and it really helped me in my career growth, focus and i became ambitious and confident to work anywhere in the world – less

Very productive and a good, healthy and harmonious environment.
Teamwork is very essential as it leads to high productivity.
The management system was very effective and efficient but some managers implementated wrong concepts of management.
Hardworking, sociable, innovative.
Working on weekends and sometimes on holidays.
When every employee has the – more... same intetion of attaining a certain goal as well as meeting certain targets as this would motivate several employees. – less

monitoring production machines , carrying out maintenance, attending meetings, training apprentices,
learned engineering concepts, leadership skills,
machine operators, apprentices, boilermakers
working with no spare on sight
i enjoy fixing machine, solving machine problem

we start by a team meeting before we proceed to my allocated working area.learned how to operate new and advanced machine such as filler.our management team always keeping us motivated and on our toes.co-workers with team at heart.the hardest part of job is meeting targets on time though we meet them and the most enjoyable part is having target benefits

I began my trade with Delta Beverages in May of 2005.They are the sole Lager beer manufacturer in Zimbabwe. They are also a Coca cola franchise holder and have vast linkages to improve their economies of scale and hence are very much close to attaining their goal of being the sole beverage manufacturer in Zimbabwe. I was greatly exposed in my training – more... and received the best training and guidance from their Technical institute. Albeit the situation in Zimbabwe, I would not have left as there are great career development opportunities for any aspiring individual. – less

I recieved training of my trade to completion.Had bonuses and other benefits