Assistant Manager - Sandton at Secondments

Job Advert Summary    

The Steel Department is a division which centres on trading business and investment related to the steel industry in Sub-Sahara Africa; steel making, steel used for several industries of energy, automotive, electricity, food, and construction. This role will principally support the General Manager to expand existing trading business and create/promote new business not only trading business but also investment opportunities in Sub-Sahara Africa.

Minimum Requirements    

• Knowledge necessary for overall trade transaction, credit management, corporate tax and logistics, and legal affairs.
• Primary knowledge of finance and accounting (Capability of analyzing financial report, B/S and P/L).
• Adequate knowledge of the investment (Capability of making F/S of project), valuation.
• Good communications skills (verbal, written and listening) in English.
• Good knowledge of steel industry
• Ability to meet deadlines but flexible enough to account for unforeseen events.
• Basic understanding of Mergers & Acquisitions
• Ability to work as part of a team independently.
• Team-working skill in Division, i.e. effectively interacting with colleagues in order to manage the total team workload.
• Advanced command of MS Office including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of internal company policies, rules, and regulations.
• Willingness to travel/entertain when required.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• To maintain and expand trading business by himself/herself, having professional knowledge of trading terms, contents of contract, steel products, practice in steel industry, market situation and the company’s internal rule etc.
• To conduct all the business tasks necessary for above, arranging meetings with customers, making business trips domestically and overseas, being well prepared with presentation materials etc., and chasing new markets, customers, and suppliers
• To establish and maintain good relationship with all the counter partners inside/outside of the company.
• To achieve personal and divisional quantitative targets
• To support GM for the promotion of the investment, project type of business
• To support GM for the business plan, result coordination, internal audit, and other general matters of the Division
• To support GM for conducting feasibility studies on projects including financial valuation, risk analysis, and business and cash flow planning
• To guide his/her junior members of staff in the Division, providing advice and guidance on trading business including legal, financial and risk management
• To support the Division to be operational including arrangement of visitors, arrangement of payments and making reports required

Relationships:

• Counter partners of trading business and investment.
• Corporate dept. (Legal, CRM, Finance, Accounting, Corporate, System, Logistics)
• People of other offices’ steel dept and invested companies.
• CPA, Lawyers, and Bankers
• Other related companies involved in the investment, project type business and M&A