Driving operational excellence is the core of what you do.
Streamlining process and strategy implementation is your game.
You have a laundry list of examples of how you have optimized production and stock holding, created process efficiencies, managed business risk, built and managed high performing teams and unlocked cashflow.
A well established and thriving IT hardware company in JHB is seeking a Sr Manager to ensure that the organization runs smoothly, balancing efficiency with environmental, social responsibility and governance.
THE OVERVIEW
Operational efficiency:
- Streamlining processes: Ensure that all aspects of the organisations operations run smoothly and efficiently. This involves optimising processes, reducing costs, and improving productivity across various departments.
- Resource management: Oversee the allocation and utilisation of resources, including human, financial, and material resources, to maximize efficiency and meet organisational goals.
- Strategy implementation: Contribute to or lead the development of operational strategies that align with the company’s overall business objectives.
Governance and sustainability:
- Environmental stewardship: The sustainability aspect of the role focuses on reducing the organisation's environmental impact as a business case for clients and for the organisation. This includes implementing eco-friendly practices, reducing waste, and managing energy use.
- Sustainable business practices: The role also involves integrating sustainability into the core business practices, ensuring that the company’s growth is aligned with long-term environmental, societal, and governance goals.
- Compliance and reporting: Responsible for ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and reporting on ESG metrics to stakeholders.
- Work with the Finance Manager in building resilience in the value chain.
- As a member of the ESG committee, participate actively in all ESG related activities.
THE BREAKDOWN
Key duties include...
Operations management:
- Analysing productivity data and optimising staffing and production capacity.
- Stay up to date with industry trends and practices including risks and opportunities in the sector.
- Design new processes to improve quality or increase productivity or profitability.
- Manage stock control and inventory checks.
- Communicate changes in order processes to relevant parties.
- Ensure compliance to health and safety regulations.
- Document procedures for third-party monitoring.
- Create and monitor project teams.
- Review workloads and manpower to ensure targets are met.
- Support the Managing Executive or executive teams vision and strategy.
Financial management:
- Managing departmental budgets.
- Optimise stock holding in line with stockholding targets.
- Devise creative ways on unlocking cash tied in inventory.
Staff leadership and management:
- Resource teams adequately to achieve business and operational targets.
- Manage the effective achievement of InnoVent group objectives through effective leadership, the setting of individual objectives, managing performance, and developing and motivating team to maximise performance.
- Build and manage a high performing team by providing leadership, role clarity, training and career development.
- Ensure open communication channels with staff and implement change management interventions where necessary.
- Define roles, responsibilities, individual goals and performance objectives for the team.
- Set KPIs and provide regular performance feedback through a well-defined and implemented performance review program within the business unit to achieve business targets.
- Performance manage resources in accordance with relevant policy and legislation.
- Promote an InnoVent centric and partnership approach to developing strong relationships with other working groups and ensure adherence to Group governance.
Governance, risk and business continuity management:
- Ensure that appropriate governance systems are in place and in line with future requirements, i.e. policies, procedures and reporting structures.
- Continually assess the competitiveness of all operations programs and practices against the relevant comparable companies, industries and markets.
- Stay up to date of new trends and innovations in operations.
- Manage business risk, through continuous internal and external monitoring of business impact, as well as changes in stakeholder needs.
- Lead and guide improvement projects that will increase profits or protect against risks in the function.
Education:
- Minimum of a Business Management or Engineering degree.
- Management/Leadership program will be advantageous.
- Postgraduate qualification in business or equivalent for degree holders with no commercial qualification.
Experience:
- At least 8 years of experience in an operational role with a demonstrated ability to manage and deliver on expectations.
- At least 5 years experience in a senior management role.
Salary is under R1m.
Step into the next chapter of your career today!
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