Business Manager - Fourways at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Overview    

The Business Manager will provide direct support to the Managing Director and participate in program management for the Group Executive

Qualifications    

• BSc Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering is a minimum requirement
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration would be advantageous

Experience    

• Proven track record of effectively interacting with senior management
• Ability to work strategically and collaboratively across departments
• Effective, versatile and action-oriented
• Project management
• Excellent communication skills, inclusive of written English
• Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports
• Ability to perform complex tasks and to prioritize multiple projects
• Superior research, writing, and oral communication
• Ability to create, compose, and edit correspondence and other written materials
• Ability to supervise and train employees, to include organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments
• Experience with data analysis

Duties    

Provides direct support to the MD

• Participates in program management for the Group Executive: Manufacturing Operations & Supply Chain, which involves duties on a weekly, monthly, and ad hoc basis.
• Operational management as delegated by the Group Executive: Manufacturing Operations & Supply Chain.
• Organises and gathers information from various departments and meetings and reports that information, along with recommendations, to executive members. 
• Coordinates and directs communication for the Group Executive: Manufacturing Operations & Supply Chain by filtering only the most essential communication and controlling the meeting schedule.
• Strategically manages the Group Executive: Manufacturing Operations & Supply Chain’s time through looking at long term travel calendar, evaluating opportunities and determining fit with priorities.
• Participates in meeting preparation and follow up by reviewing upcoming meetings for the week to ensure all information needed is received as well as sending out agendas or documents to meeting attendees as necessary.
• Reviews internal and external communications by drafting reports, speeches or presentations for the Group Executive: Manufacturing Operations & Supply Chain. Research, write, edit and/or coordinate preparation of special reports, briefings and presentations.
• Monitors information flow by acting as a gatekeeper, ensuring a Group Executive: Manufacturing Operations & Supply Chain  involvement in a project or decision-making process at the right moment. 
• Acts as a representative of the  Group Executive: Manufacturing Operations & Supply Chain.

Strategic Planning

• Co-ordinates and participates in strategic initiatives by leading, executing and reporting results back to the Group Executive: Manufacturing Operations & Supply Chain.
• Leads the annual strategic planning process for the Division by acting as a project manager and ensuring alignment with the  Group Executive: Manufacturing Operations & Supply Chain and leadership team.
• Creates and updates dashboards for reviewing key performance indicators.

Project Management 

• Overseeing large, often cross-functional organization-wide projects or initiatives.
• Brings together multiple stakeholders and helps drive decision-making.
• Researching, benchmarking, analyzing data, and making recommendations.
• Participates in systems and processes to streamline operations.

Job Competencies    

• Strategic Thinking
• Analytical Thinking 
• Organisational Awareness
• Business and Financial Acumen
• Data Literacy
• Decision Making
• Results Oriented