Job Opening at AngloGold Ashanti

The incumbent will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and provide direct output support to the COO by providing a business integration function between the operations and the corporate disciplines. 

This includes coordinating all activities required to direct and support the operations to deliver company expectations.

Qualifications            

• Degree qualification in a relevant mining-related technical discipline. A relevant business qualification (eg, MBA) (desirable).

Experience            

At least 10 years relevant, successful senior management experience in mining. Well-developed networks with the operations (desirable).

Competencies 

• Technical /knowledge: Sound understanding of components and key drivers of the mining value chain  including geology, mining, processing engineering and maintenance.
• Emotional Intelligence: The ability to be aware of and understand other’s emotions, personal strengths, development areas, values, needs and interests and how these affect others. This includes creating a good first impression, commanding attention and respect, conveying a strong sense of self-worth and capability.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: Collaborates with other members of formal and informal groups in the pursuit of common missions, vision, values, and mutual goals. Places team needs and priorities above individual needs. Involves others in making decisions that affect them. Draws on the strengths of colleagues and gives credit to others’ contributions and achievements.
• Operational Excellence: Navigates processes and procedures to get things done while focusing on continuous improvement whenever possible. It also means the improvement effort is continuing and consistent, regardless of improvements already made and never accepting that we are now 'good enough'.
• Adaptability & Resilience: Quickly adapts to match shifting demands of different situations and operates effectively during times of uncertainty. Constantly in search of ways to develop, learn and apply knowledge and expertise to meet current and anticipate future challenges.
• Stakeholder Management: Engages, influences, aligns and leads internal and/or external stakeholders. Creates positive relationships with stakeholders through the appropriate management of their expectations and agreed objectives.
• Innovation: The ability and willingness to produce and promote new ideas, approaches or insights, through the encouragement of creativity and enhancement of flexibility.

Work Accountabilities:

• Contribute to a collaborative cross-functional working relationship with the heads of each BU (SVP’s) to:
• Report on safety and production metrics.
• Track actions and monitor progress.
• Co-ordinate COO calendar including reviews and meetings.
• Prepare quarterly and ad-hoc Board presentations.
• Prepare and manage the COO budget, and
• Communicate COO imperatives.
• Reporting: Collate weekly production and safety reports from the Business Units to produce a consolidated weekly and monthly reports and updated quarterly and annual outlooks. This requires an in-depth understanding of each operation and ongoing analysis is needed to flag current and emerging challenges and risks.
• Tracking Delivery: Capture and distribute clear and concise actions and tasks assigned by the COO to each site and Business Unit. The register needs to be closely managed with all operations to ensure work is executed timeously and any issues are elevated proactively.
• Co-ordination: Work closely with all Business Units and operations to establish management routines as required to monitor operational performance and delivery. This includes an annual calendar with COO reviews as needed for budgeting and supporting key group initiatives such as Full Asset Potential.
• Reporting: Prepare the quarterly Board report including an overview of safety, production and cost performance noting risks and opportunities. Key operational challenges across the portfolio need to be documented along with mitigating actions.
• Communication: Prepare quarterly communications from the COO to the operational managers to discuss performance and clarify imperatives. This should link to the Deferred Share Plan (DSP) estimated scores and give clear direction of priorities.

People Accountabilities:

• Support the COO to execute all HR requirements related to performance management, career development (MOR’s) and talent management.
• Financial Accountabilities:
• Establish the COO budget based on business needs and monitor spend as required.
• Compliance/Governance Accountabilities:
• The incumbent is accountable to take all the necessary actions to ensure compliance with statutory requirements, legislated regulations, policies, work standards and government requirements in his / her area of accountability.
• The incumbent is accountable to exercise appropriate judgement and discretion in accordance with the organisational values and the code of ethics

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Qualifications: 

Bachelor's Degree in IT related fields

Experience:

• 10+ years in a corporate IT environment in senior leadership roles
• 10+ years' experience in IT technology architecture
• 10+ years’ experience in ERP architecture and deployment
• Experience in a related technical field (application development, deployment/implementation, and infrastructure)

Certificates:

• Certifications preferred but not required:
• TOGAF or equivalent Architecture qualification.
• MDP / MBA or equivalent management qualification

Work Accountabilities:

• Participate in the global process to manage new technology ideas and demands, providing research, analysis, design review and recommendations to leadership.
• Provide design support to projects and business groups to ensure efficient and safe technology architectures are delivered.
• Proactively managing global leader stakeholders in a matrixed organisation; developing a trusted advisor and teaming approach
• Collaborating with the team to identify, select and implement appropriate solutions.
• Monitor and research emerging innovation with a view to determining functionality that may provide business value to AGA.

Contribute to Defining Enterprise Architecture vision:

• Provide input into key enterprise requirements and constraints.
• Analyse External Influences (Disruptive Forces, Technology Trends etc.)
• Provide input into enterprise architecture objectives.
• Provide input to align EA objectives with strategic programme priorities.
• Assess enterprise capabilities.
• Assess enterprise readiness for change.
• Provide input into defining baseline and target architecture scope.
• Contribute to architecture principles.
• Identify DT related EA opportunities.
• Contribute to EA Vision
• Contribute to architecture value proposition and principles.
• Contribute to Enterprise Architecture KPI’s and metrics.
• Contribute to the Assessment of Enterprise Architecture risk.

Define and Maintain Reference Architecture:

• Define/Maintain the architecture repository.
• Select reference viewpoints.
• Select a modelling approach.
• Approve baseline architectural domain descriptions.
• Identify EA building blocks.
• Approve baseline architectures.
• Approve target architectures.
• Define baseline domain architectures.
• Define target domain architectures.

Select opportunities and solutions:

• Confirm key enterprise change attributes.
• Identify possible enterprise drivers.
• Consider EA maturity.
• Review and assess gap analysis.
• Evaluate potential solutions.
• Assess Enterprise dependencies.
• Assess Request for EA Work.
• Identify potential enterprise architecture solutions.
• Identify potential domain architecture solutions.
• Confirm enterprise architecture readiness.
• Formulate high-level implementation and migration strategy.
• Identify EA programmes and projects.
• Develop transition architecture.
• Confirm domain architecture readiness.

Define architecture implementation:

• Validate and prioritise the enterprise architecture implementation and migration plan.
• Confirm transition enterprise architecture increments and phases.
• Define enterprise architecture implementation governance.
• Update Architecture Repository.
• Compile enterprise architecture implementation roadmap.
• Obtain approval of architecture roadmap.
• Define domain architecture implementation governance.
• Compile domain architecture implementation roadmap.
• Validate and prioritise the domain architecture implementation and migration plan.
• Confirm transition domain architecture increments and phases.