Mining Manager Opencast (North West) at Samancor Chrome

Description
PURPOSE:

• Manage the Opencast functions and associated disciplines for the Business Unit to ensure the effective management, alignment, and attainment of objectives for all opencasts according to Samancor Chrome strategic objectives.

SAFETY, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY:

• Direct the Safety and Health functions to ensure operational adherence to all relevant legislation and organisational standards to reduce business risks for non-adherence
• Ensure the implementation of the operational environmental management program to ensure adherence to organisational objectives and legislation.
• CUSTOMERS:
• Ensure Customer Satisfaction
• Key Customers: Mining, Processing, Smelters and Samancor Chrome Lead team, Business Unit EXCO.
• PEOPLE
• Communicate the vision, strategy and five-year plan to direct reports and ensure the downward cascading of same – to align targets, roles & work to business objectives
• Ensure the development of an effective leadership pipeline and succession
• All functional managers and managers are held accountable for developing leaders
• Ensure the development of programs to retain critical skills & talent in the Mining area
• Continuously monitor the performance of direct sub-ordinates according to agreed objectives and ensure the effective implementation of performance measuring programs through the area of control
• Actively leads the introduction of business innovation & best practice
• Ensure discipline is maintained (absenteeism, lateness, overtime, misconduct, etc.)
• Ensure achievement of HDSA/Female and BBBEE targets
• Conduct recruitment interviews.
• BUSINESS PROCESSES:
• Strategic Management:
• Continuously evaluate the achievement of objectives across disciplines to jointly ensure the attainment or redirection of set objectives
• Monitor national and international trends to ensure the implementation of world class practices and policies
• Interpret organisational strategic objectives and formulate appropriate strategies and policies to ensure operational synergy across disciplines, and the attainment of the organisational objectives.
• Financial:
• Interpret operational requirements and integrate with the organisational strategic objectives to ensure the availability of financial resources to attain operational objectives.
• Allocate and monitor the utilisation of allocated funds to enable the attainment of objectives.
• Determine and monitor the value-added by discipline-related delivery, programmes and projects
• Manage and report expenditure according to organisational financial requirements.
• Operations Management:
• Facilitate and direct the interpretation of organisational strategic objectives with mine managers to enable the formulation of functional objectives/operational plans to ensure the alignment with and the achievement of organisational strategic objectives.
• Implement management control systems to monitor, manage and direct functional attainment of assigned activities and objectives.
• Direct and co-ordinate the mining functions by issuing directives and policies to ensure maximum accountability, alignment with national and international standards, legislation and organisational needs.
• Ensure the implementation of systems to continuously measure functional performance according to agreed and set organisational objectives
• Stakeholder Management:
• Develop and maintain relationships with external role players (government) to influence decision making/interpretation in favour of the Organisation.
• Partners with peers on integrating processes and practices and breaking down boundaries.
• Allocated / gave up operation/functional resources to support company goals.
• Effectively communicates and engages with organization through multiple levels of management
• Ensure business contracts & agreements delivers win-win business objectives.
• Projects Management:
• Facilitate strategic mining projects for the Business Unit to maximise value add and to ensure alignment with organisational strategic objectives 
• Ensure the effective integration of existing technology, new technology and future technology according to Lonmin strategic objectives and needs
• Ensure adherence to continuous improvement frameworks determined by Samancor for projects to ensure uniform standards and practice principles.
• Facilitate project reviews, issue directives and report progress, and project performance to principles.
• GROWTH:
• Manage Continuous Improvement through Operational Excellence.

Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Degree or Diploma 
• Relevant Certificate of Competence
• 8 years relevant experience, preferably 3 year’s managerial experience.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Safety Leadership
• Innovation
• Leadership
• Planning, Organising & Control
• Results Orientation
• Problem Solving & Decision Making
• Aligning Performance for Success
• Communication
• Change Leadership
• Building Strong Teams
• Business Acumen.