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Senior Manager (Plant Manager) - Steel Making

Ellahi Consulting
Nigel Full-day Full-time

Description:

Location: Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng

Salary: Market related


Introduction

The role of a Plant Manager at the company in South Africa involves several key responsibilities and duties.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

  • Applicable B-Degree (NQF8) as well as a Management Development Program

  • MBA would be advantageous

  • 12 years relevant post-qualification experience

  • Understanding of the steel business

  • Technical and commercial acumen

  • Leading and managing large diverse teams

  • Understanding of SHE and other statutory, regulatory or policy requirements

Personal Attributes

  • High-level leadership skills, highly motivated

  • The position requires that the successful candidate demonstrates good managerial skills

  • Analytical, benchmarking, problem solving, coordination and facilitation skills

  • Dynamic, results-driven, with a high energy level

  • Ability to develop and maintain excellent business relationships

  • Result-driven

  • High-level business integration skills

  • Strategic thinking and visionary skills

  • High-level negotiation skills

  • Excellent communication skills

Job Description

Key Performance Areas

  1. Conducting business in a safe, healthy and environmentally friendly way by effectively managing systems and risks

    • Achieve SHERQ targets

    • Ensure compliance with statutory requirements

    • Fulfill the responsibility and accountability in the following areas:

      • Health Management

      • Safety Management

      • Wellness Management

      • Environmental Management

      • Enterprise Risk Management

      • SHERQ Systems Management (ISO 9000, ISO 14001, OSHAS 18001)

      • Rail Transport legislation

  2. Developing and engaging our people to ensure a high-performance and value-driven culture

    • Ensure that resourcing, leadership development, talent management, and succession programs are effectively executed in the division

    • Optimize organization and workforce design, in line with the company guidelines to meet business objectives

    • Execute the performance management process to develop a performance culture

    • Create and maintain an enabling work culture and leadership style supporting business excellence

    • Provide leadership to direct reports and operations team

  3. Creating wealth and growth for our employees, customers, business partners, service providers, and shareholders

    • Participate in the establishment of the strategy, master plan, objectives, and implementation plan for the company in South Africa

    • Ensure rollout of the master plan within the company

    • Ensure internal customer satisfaction in terms of quality products and processes

    • Ensure overall budget control and compliance with financial governance rules

  4. Maximising operating profit and cash flow while effectively managing cost

    • Ensure yearly budget preparation and compliance

    • Ensure sustainability by achievement of CAPEX budget on an annual basis

    • Ensure effective stock management

    • Take ownership of Business Improvement initiatives and commitment to targets

  5. Continuously optimize sustainable throughput by improving processes, quality, cost, and efficiencies

    • Maximize steel plant value chain by optimizing the different steel-making units within the plant

    • Ensure sustainable output of products at minimum cost, with quality and service required by the customer

    • Manage actions for continuous and sustainable improvement on throughput, efficiency, quality, and cost

    • Take responsibility for agreed performance targets

    • Ensure roll-out of standardization initiatives

Requirements:

  • Applicable B-Degree (NQF8) as well as a Management Development Program

  • MBA would be advantageous

  • 12 years relevant post-qualification experience

  • Understanding of the steel business

  • Technical and commercial acumen

  • Leading and managing large diverse teams

  • Understanding of SHE and other statutory, regulatory or policy requirements

  • High-level leadership skills, highly motivated

  • The position requires that the successful candidate demonstrates good managerial skills

  • Analytical, benchmarking, problem solving, coordination and facilitation skills

  • Dynamic, results-driven, with a high energy level

  • Ability to develop and maintain excellent business relationships

  • Result-driven

  • High-level business integration skills

  • Strategic thinking and visionary skills

  • High-level negotiation skills

  • Excellent communication skills

  • Achieve SHERQ targets

  • Ensure compliance with statutory requirements

  • Fulfill the responsibility and accountability in the following areas:

    • Health Management

    • Safety Management

    • Wellness Management

    • Environmental Management

    • Enterprise Risk Management

    • SHERQ Systems Management (ISO 9000, ISO 14001, OSHAS 18001)

    • Rail Transport legislation

  • Health Management

  • Safety Management

  • Wellness Management

  • Environmental Management

  • Enterprise Risk Management

  • SHERQ Systems Management (ISO 9000, ISO 14001, OSHAS 18001)

  • Rail Transport legislation

  • Ensure that resourcing, leadership development, talent management, and succession programs are effectively executed in the division

  • Optimize organization and workforce design, in line with the company guidelines to meet business objectives

  • Execute the performance management process to develop a performance culture

  • Create and maintain an enabling work culture and leadership style supporting business excellence

  • Provide leadership to direct reports and operations team

  • Participate in the establishment of the strategy, master plan, objectives, and implementation plan for the company in South Africa

  • Ensure rollout of the master plan within the company

  • Ensure internal customer satisfaction in terms of quality products and processes

  • Ensure overall budget control and compliance with financial governance rules

  • Ensure yearly budget preparation and compliance

  • Ensure sustainability by achievement of CAPEX budget on an annual basis

  • Ensure effective stock management

  • Take ownership of Business Improvement initiatives and commitment to targets

  • Maximize steel plant value chain by optimizing the different steel-making units within the plant

  • Ensure sustainable output of products at minimum cost, with quality and service required by the customer

  • Manage actions for continuous and sustainable improvement on throughput, efficiency, quality, and cost

  • Take responsibility for agreed performance targets

  • Ensure roll-out of standardization initiatives

30 Apr 2025;   from: careers24.com

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