Position Title - Manager – Special Projects & Sustainability
Department: Business Development
Reporting to: Director – Business Development
Location: Corporate Office, with travel to manufacturing sites as required

1. Role Purpose
Identify, evaluate and execute strategic projects that deliver measurable business value through technology adoption, green energy, brewing-process optimisation, waste-to-wealth initiatives and resource efficiency.
The role combines technology scouting, data analytics, financial modelling and end-to-end project execution. The incumbent will be responsible for converting opportunities into commercially viable investments and ensuring delivery against approved business cases, frozen engineering designs, budgets, specifications and timelines.

2. Key Responsibilities
A. Technology Scouting and Special Projects.
• Maintain current knowledge of developments in renewable energy, industrial energy efficiency, waste recovery, circular economy and emerging technologies relevant to brewing and process manufacturing.




• Identify and evaluate opportunities in solar and other green energy solutions, heat recovery, energy optimisation, biogas, compressed biogas (CBG) and alternative fuels.
• Identify opportunities to convert brewing by-products and manufacturing waste—including spent grain, surplus yeast, effluent and other process residues, as applicable—into saleable products, energy or practical raw materials.
• Benchmark industry practices, assess technology providers and develop a prioritised pipeline of commercially attractive projects.

B. Data Analytics and Business Case Development
• Analyse plant operating data, energy consumption, production yields, waste streams, water usage and operating costs to identify improvement opportunities.
• Independently develop detailed, data-driven business cases and financial models covering capital expenditure, operating costs, revenue potential, savings, payback, NPV, IRR and sensitivity analysis.
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📌 Manager - Special Projects & Sustainability (Bengaluru)
🏢 United Breweries
📍 Bengaluru