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Omnia is a diversified Group that conducts research and development, manufactures and supplies chemicals and specialised services and solutions for the agriculture, mining and chemicals application industries.
Differentiation is ensured by using innovation combined with intellectual capital, whereby Omnia adds value for customers at various stages of the ...
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
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Overview
To support management in meeting and exceeding the overall objectives of the BME Finance Department in achieving accurate invoicing.
Qualifications
- Grade 12 (Mathematics)
- National diploma in Accounting or Finances
Experience
- 1 year demonstrated experience in Creditors
- 2 years' demonstrated ERP experience
Duties
- Accurate and Timeous Payment of Invoices
- To receive delivery notes timeously, process and issue accurate invoices and statements thus ensuring BME can receive payment within terms.
- To identify and resolve queries and problems timeously, apply discretion in line with process guidelines provided and escalate unresolved problems.
- To record and maintain up-to-date account and customer information in the credit database.
- Compliance with Payment Terms
- To obtain sign-off from relevant stakeholders pertaining to credit note(s), and to issue credit note(s) to customers.
- To ensure adherence to all legislation, regulations, standards, and company policies and procedures.
- To perform and manage month-end invoicing in order to ensure timeous processing by business.
- Reconciled Subsystem and GL
- To accurately prepare monthly reconciliations of debtors’ accounts statements against the accounts receivable.
- To accurately reconcile age analysis, general ledger, and debtors accounts monthly to make sure that accounts are correctly balanced.
- Customer Satisfaction
- To liaise effectively with customers pertaining to invoice and statement queries and escalate unresolved queries
Job Competencies
- Accounting software
- Financial skills and demonstrated experience
- Proficiency in MS Office Skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
- Ability to deal with complex reconciliation processes
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Overview
In supporting the Company's pursuit of financial and operational excellence, this role involves overseeing Mining Chemicals operations, providing strategic guidance to the Board and Executives, and shaping the company's overarching vision and strategic direction.
Responsibilities include driving growth, ensuring operational excellence, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Additionally, the position requires leadership of the executive team, cultivating relationships with stakeholders, and fostering an environment conducive to creativity and safety to ensure sustained prosperity in the realm of chemical manufacturing.
Qualifications
- Honours Degree
- MBA or relevant post-graduate qualifications
- equivalent will serve as s strong recommendation
Experience
- 10 year’s experience within a mining or resources industry
- 10 years general management experience
- 5 years’ experience in an chemicals environment
- 5 years’ senior management experience in minerals processing environment
Duties
Strategic Planning
- Participate in the development of corporate strategy for an international organization, providing functional leadership and challenge to test the viability of the strategy and contributing creative ideas and insights to support the strategy formation process.
- Develop and implement the business unit’s strategic plans and long-term goals, aligning them with market trends, customer demands, and the overall vision of the organization.
- Prepare corporate plans to ensure the strategy is successfully implemented and the company meets its objectives as cost effectively and efficiently as possible.
Financial Management and Control
- Take overall responsibility for designing, developing and delivering the organization's global financial management and/or control strategy.
- Monitor and manage the financial performance of the company, including budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and reporting.
- Maximize profitability, manage costs, and make informed financial decisions to drive sustainable growth.
Business Planning & Development
- Direct the development of annual and longer-term business plans for a strategic function ensuring alignment with strategy; quantify business outcomes (i.e., revenues or other KPIs); set operating expense and capital expense budgets; and review and approve business cases for projects and programs that have a global business impact.
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities, develop strategic partnerships, and expand the customer base. Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, suppliers, and other key stakeholders.
Organizational Capability Building
- Identify the capabilities needed to meet the current and emerging business needs.
- Evaluate current capabilities, identify gaps, and prioritize development activities.
- Embed personal development and the fulfilment of personal potential in the culture of the organization.
- Build capabilities elsewhere in the organization through mentoring and other informal methods.
Leadership and Team Management:
- Set and communicate the organization's mission, vision and values, and its strategy for achieving them within the Mining Chemicals business.
- Provide strong leadership to the Executive team and foster a culture of excellence, collaboration, and innovation.
- Guide and support the team to achieve goals and develop their skills.
Customer and Stakeholder Relationship Management:
- Develop and maintain personal relationships with corporate senior executives of strategic international accounts to facilitate business acquisition and retention.
- Represent the company to various stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, industry associations, regulatory bodies, and shareholders.
- Build and maintain strong relationships, negotiating contracts, and collaborating with key stakeholders to drive business growth and ensure that the company is providing the appropriate range and quality of services.
Stakeholder Engagement:
- Identify and manage stakeholders up to C-suite level, finding out their needs/ issues/concerns and reacting to these by leading and coordinating the development of stakeholder engagement plans to support the communication of business information and decisions to ensure the company is providing the appropriate range and quality of services.
- Performance Management:
Set, and lead the delivery of, annual and long-term business performance objectives for Mining Chemicals.
- Manage and report on performance; hold direct reports accountable for achievement of business plans, and take corrective action where necessary to ensure achievement, balancing the need to deliver short term business objectives with the longer-term delivery of stakeholder value.
Board Relationship:
- Develop and improve relationships with Board members, identifying priorities, issues and strategic challenges and preparing them for discussion.
Job Competencies
Behavioural Competencies
- Builds Collaborative Relationships: Develops and cultivates robust connections with both internal and external stakeholders, establishing a foundation of trust, collaboration, and enduring partnerships. This approach fosters healthy working relationships and environments. By forging alliances and working closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, the aim is to achieve common goals and ensure seamless coordination, alignment, and effective execution of activities that drive overall business objectives and operational excellence.
- Inspirational Leadership: Demonstrates strong leadership skills to inspire, motivate, and develop high-performance teams, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. This includes providing guidance, direction, and inspiration to direct reports and the broader network of teams.
- Cultural Awareness and Diversity: Recognizing and promoting the value that different perspectives, cultures, and backgrounds bring to an organization, whilst promoting an inclusive work environment.
- Results Orientation: Sets ambitious targets, monitors performance progress, and takes decisive action to achieve or exceed performance objectives, drive revenue growth, and maximise profitability, through direct or indirect impact. Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
- Ensures Accountability: Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
- Customer Focus: Puts the customer at the centre of decision-making, understands customer needs, and strives to exceed customer expectations through excellent service and tailored solutions.
- Safety Leadership: Demonstrates a strong commitment to safety, serving as a role model and inspiring a culture of safety within span of control.
Job Related Skills
- Leadership and Team Management: Strong leadership abilities to provide strategic direction, inspire and motivate teams, and drive organizational success. Proven track record of building high-performing teams, fostering collaboration, and nurturing talent within the organization.
- Builds Effective Teams: Exhibits strong people management skills through fostering a culture of collaboration; building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals, through empowering team members and supporting their professional growth.
- Strategic Thinking: Demonstrates a strategic mindset, aligning operational initiatives with overall business objectives and proactively anticipating future needs to develop innovative strategies to drive top and bottom-line growth.
- Business Acumen: Exceptional business sense and the ability to identify and capitalize on opportunities, make informed decisions, and drive revenue growth.
- Financial Management: Proficient in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting to ensure financial stability and optimize profitability.
- Operational Excellence: Skilled in streamlining processes, implementing best practices, and driving operational efficiency across all functions.
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