Senior Specialist, Performance Management at Exxaro Resources

Minimum Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• B Degree (Hons) (Relevant) (Essential/Minimum)
• Management Development Programme (Essential/Minimum)

EXPERIENCE: 

• 8-10 years Proven experience in performance management strategy development and implementation. Demonstrated ability in translating the business strategy to functional objectives. Experience in developing and implementing performance management systems across multiple businesses. Strong stakeholder engagement abilities across various levels to establish and foster partnerships across the business. Good understanding of core business processes in mining and energy.  (Essential/Minimum)    Management

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
• Project Management Professional (Recommended/Desirable)

Duties & Responsibilities

Compliance, Governance and Assurance    

• Define governance frameworks, policies, systems, and methodologies for performance management
• Develop and implement group policy and governance frameworks for Performance management and performance improvement initiatives
• Ensure adherence to the Group governance, policies, and standards as well as statutory and legal compliance. Entrench a culture of discipline

Financial Management    

• Compile annual budget and continuously manage expenditure against budget.
• Allocate and monitor utilisation of financial resources according to objectives and budgets
• Monitor and report on expenditure of department against the budget.
• Recommend and incorporate cost saving initiatives and budgets and controls expenditure within approved parameters.

Functional Excellence    

• Integrate inputs from all functions into the performance strategy to ensure the accurate cascading of objectives to each function to effectively measure and optimise performance through its linked sub- processes.
• Identify and manage critical functional risks through appropriate mitigation plans/actions
• Ensure that the executive and business stakeholders are aligned to the set strategic business objectives and targets
• Create a compelling vision and direction for high performance organisation in the business supported by the reward policies
• Define and reinforce the link between the Group, functional, operational goals and individual outputs, measures, and rewards.

Knowledge Management    

• Conduct research and keep abreast of performance management trends and solutions in the market
• Introduce performance improvement interventions that support the development of a high-performance culture and support other People and Performance processes, such as talent management (employee development plans and rewards).
• Develop leadership capacity across the business in managing the performance management process and cycle
• Build capacity in the leadership team to understand that the performance management process informs other People and Performance processes such as career decisions, promotions, rewards, and dismissals.

Monitoring and Evaluation    

• Monitor the performance of the business and develop ways to communicate the impact at a functional level to create line of sight in the overall strategic contribution of the various areas.
• Manage the Bi-annual performance appraisal process, ensuring consistency, fairness and alignment to business performance outcomes
• Conduct reviews of performance assessments to identify trends and areas of potential improvement
• Evaluate the performance of various teams and identify trends in leading teams to consolidate lessons learnt to map interventions to integrate behaviours into the high-performance culture

Performance Management Strategy Development, best practice and knowledge management    

• Develop and implement a robust performance management strategy aligned to the Reward strategy and the People and Performance strategy.
• Establish the strategic and systematic process of performance management which entails outlining strategic business objectives, clear team goals aligned to business objectives and targets and facilitating ongoing feedback conversations.
• Develop a performance management policy, framework, methodology and standards in line with best practice
• Ensure strategy integration in functional objectives to overall business objectives, ensuring that all functions are aligned and contributing effectively to the business strategic objectives.
• Develop a standardised process across the business to promote efficiency in the process.
• Regularly assess the effectiveness of performance management and recommend amendments as required and provide guidance to leadership.
• Develop clear and transparent communication strategies for performance management, educating employees on the process and its benefits.
• Design performance management processes, ensuring fairness, transparency and employee engagement
• Collaborate with the Chief Strategy Office on the development and cascading of organisational goals to Businesses and Functions

Safe and Healthy Work Environment    

• Maintain and ensure a healthy environment, safe operations, and practices, ensuring compliance with all applicable Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) policies and procedures in line with set standards.
• Ensure legislative compliance as a minimum standard.
• Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all operations.
• Ensure compliance towards internal targets & the drive towards Zero- Harm.

Stakeholder Engagement    

• Communicate the performance management and how it cascades to the various functions of the business to promote sharing of best practices/knowledge.
• Facilitate leadership workshops and report on the outcomes on functional performance.
• Build strategic partnerships with key stakeholders and third party providers
• Effectively communicate and readily share knowledge across the business on the performance management system, frameworks, and process.
• Ensure clear communication of individual, divisional and business targets and objectives and drive performance towards their fulfilment.
•  Guide leaders in facilitating engagements that foster a culture high performing team.

Behavioural Alignment  

•  Demonstrates the following:
• Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
• Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
• Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
• Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
• Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective