Job Opportunities at Sandvik

• We are looking for a an diligent and results orientated individual to join our team as a Technical Buyer in the Regional Supply Chain Business Area.
• The role will report into the Procurement Manager and will be based from our offices in Spartan, Kempton Park, Johannesburg.

Purpose of the role:

• To purchase goods and services from suppliers by creating and releasing purchase orders, administrate order acknowledgements/confirmations and follow up and track deliveries.

The job responsibilities:

• Accountable for the successful completion of procurement functions
• End to end responsibility including Purchase Order placement, Purchase Order tracking from Supplier Acknowledgement to Delivery.
• Expediting urgent orders, resolving discrepancies, data integrity maintenance and responding to sales teams’ queries.
• Manage and maintain supplier relationships within your portfolio.
• Maintaining agreed performance targets in respect to on-time delivery and lead-time accuracy.
• Facilitates smooth interaction with All Stakeholders e.g., Workshops, Warehouse, Inventory, Freight and Order Management, Sales, and Aftermarket, SHEQ teams.
• Capturing Purchase Orders in the Syspro ERP SYSTEM.
• Issuing Job related Purchase Orders from Engineering product drawings in accordance with planned delivery date schedule.
• Issuing Stock Buy Out Purchase Orders in accordance with Warehouse stock requirements and Sales Order ship dates.
• Weekly expediting of all orders to avoid late deliveries.
• Capture import and export orders and provide Delivery Statuses.
• Support with Export shipment estimates and purchase orders.
• Resolving supply issues in a timely manner on activity.
• Allocate Stock items to Production jobs.
• Assist stores with stock reorder levels and purchasing of stock.
• Provide costs estimates to Sales and Production teams for Budget Cost Analysis.
• Understand and improve customer experience by driving improvements on item availability rates and lower supplier lead times. Attend Business Operational meetings and provide updates on all operational buying tasks.
• Responding in a timely, professional, and comprehensive manner to requests involving contract compliance, cost proposals and other administrative procurement tasks
• Perform other tasks to support the Procurement team to achieve department goals.

Qualifications & Experience Requirements

• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Preferred a tertiary degree/diploma in the Supply Chain or related field.
• +3 years' experience in manufacturing; technical and/or engineering environment

Other Requirements & Competencies

• In depth knowledge of procurement process, systems, and their applications.
• Computer literate (high skills level with Microsoft Office, advanced excel)
• Ability to understand and interpret data using the applicable software applications and ERP systems, Syspro advantageous.
• Good command of Business English, written and oral.
• Must be able to handle a diversity of functions / multi- tasking.
• Good people and communication skills
• Valid drivers license

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The Role

• The Business Line Manager is responsible for growing the business profitably for the Underground Drills Division, driving sales within the sales area to meet customer needs. The role is customer focused and concentrates on the development and implementation of sales strategies for Underground Drilling equipment within the Sales Area. This role is the very face of the Underground Drills business, and the role is expected to have high level communications interactions with the Division to be successful and is responsible for the overall results of their respective Business Line, within the Sales Area, and is accountable for the success and the long-term viability

Key Responsibilities:

STRATEGIC PLANNING

• Participate in the formulation of the divisional strategy in line with company strategy and develop the sales area (underground drills) strategy as well as implementation of approved sales area strategy.
• Adjust sales area (underground drills) strategy to meet changing markets and competitive conditions.
• Understand the underground drilling market to identify customer activities and conduct customer segmentation.
• Define the underground drilling market pipeline.
• Review and approve the account plan populated by the Sales Engineer and Account Manager to develop a view on forward demand.
• Conduct a demand analysis and prepare a make-to-stock provision for the equipment requirement.
• Create a supply plan for the sales area in collaboration with the Account Managers.
• Verify the product specification with the Account Manager and implement mitigating actions for equipment pipelines

EQUIPMENT SALES

• Identify opportunities to sell Sandvik total offerings for underground drillings.
• Manage tender to contract signature with account management and transactional sales with the Sales Engineer.
• Conduct market and competitor analysis to develop deep understanding of customers business, operations and processes.
• Revise and understand customer contract terms and conditions and ensure these are in place.
• Sign-off on equipment configuration matches to customer needs and work from a product perspective.
• Conduct regular audits on Sales tools.
• Create customer value propositions to proactively create opportunities for Sandvik by customer segmentation that matches the product.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to deliver quality and value to the customer.

CUSTOMER RELATIONS

• Understand customer values and culture in order to develop effective drills marketing strategies.
• Continuously seek to improve existing customer relations.
• Address complaints and suggestions from the customer within the allocated timeframe.
• Provide customer feedback on products.
• Attend to customer meetings or engagements on a regular basis.
• Clarify expectations and long-term planning (product roadmap) for the customer.
• Keep the customer engaged on product development.

BUDGET MANAGEMENT

• Produce rolling forecast and monthly budgets and prepare monthly operating review (MOR).
• Provide a destocking plan for managing physical stock.
• Manage profit margins, pricing, the A&S budget, account receivables and networking capital.

COMPLIANCE

• Comply with safety regulations and internal standards and procedures.
• Comply with applicable legislation i.e., Section 21 of Mine, Health & Safety Act.
• Monitor compliance of team members to safety regulations, applicable legislation and internal standards and procedures.

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

• Manage the approval for the recruitment of subordinates in consultation with the relevant stakeholders.
• Manage performance of subordinates through the development of performance agreements and conducting performance reviews.
• Create learning opportunities for subordinates through the identification of areas for development, coaching and recommending formal functional training when required.
• Implement talent management and succession planning frameworks.
• Manage sound employee relations in accordance with HR policy and procedures

Your Profile:

EDUCATION

• A relevant Degree in Mining/Engineering tertiary qualification (NQF 7)
• Advanced Computer Literacy

Advantageous:

• A relevant Post graduate qualification in Management practice and/or MBA.

EXPERIENCE

• 10 years in Mining and/or Engineering business management experience, of which 5 years is in a leadership role / capacity
• English proficiency

Advantageous:

• Experience in Underground mining and Engineering environment
• Experience in Underground Drilling equipment (TMM)
• Sales and marketing experience

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The Role

• Provides technical support in mechanical maintenance. Maintains and improves machines and equipment to increase or maintain a high level of reliability, availability, cost efficiency and performance.

Key Performance Areas

• Mechanical maintenance operations.
• Preventive maintenance, perform corrective actions, supports planning and preparation, monitors outcome, documentation (outcome, root cause, time, improvements).
• Work in accordance with standard operating procedures.
• Achievement of maintenance targets.
• Follow quality and cleanliness standards.
• Communication of operational status and any deviations.
• Safety and housekeeping (5S) requirements.
• Continuous improvements and development on a personal and operational level.

Profile Required

• Grade 12 / N3 Technical Qualification / Equivalent Qualification (accompanied by Proof of Apprenticeship (SETA Contract)/Proof of Institutional Training /Off the Job Modules
• Section 13 Trade Certificate
• Basic Computer literacy
• English proficiency
• Relevant mining experience (5 years)
• Relevant mechanised mining experience (5 years)
• Underground/surface mining environment
• Maintenance of earthmoving equipment in mining/construction environment

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The Role

• To perform full function of credit control on an open item system. Credit controller on a section of debtors book, visit customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring customers pay timeously and keep within the limits granted by Sandvik companies.
• Reconcile debtors' accounts monthly and escalate the summary by product split to the Account Managers and BLMs.
• Perform credit checks and credit bureau requests, risk assessments, and export on-demand reports.
• Verify completeness of credit applications
• Request credit bureau reports
• Filing and retrieving documents
• Prepare and process daily banking
• Process debtors receipts
• Handle customer account queries
• Allocation of payments
• Prepare documentation for new accounts
• Prepare and process credit notes
• Need to travel to the customers to resolve queries and to submit invoices together with POD’S

​Your Profile

• Relevant Diploma
• 2 - 4 Years relevant experience
• Strong background in invoicing, debt reconciliation, and cash management
• Skilled in collecting and processing invoicing documents, reconciling balance sheet accounts, and ensuring accurate group debt matching for reporting
• Proven ability to collect outstanding debts, allocate daily cash receipts, and manage bank reconciliation functions, including processing transactions, conducting manual reconciliations, and resolving unpresented items in collaboration with AP and AR teams
• Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy, compliance, and timely financial reporting.
• Experience working in a matrix environment

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The Role

• Developed learning curriculum, material & programme
• Extract expectations from job profiles and process flow (i.e. job begins, ends, requirements)
• Review job analysis with focus on required knowledge & skills
• Perform performance & critical incident analysis
• Identify, verify, interpret and summarize target population descriptions
• Identify, verify, interpret and summarize learning environment descriptions
• Derive skills/knowledge requirements from task, performance & critical incident analysis and/or job profile
• Identify and/or create required unit standards
• Write learning objective/outcomes
• Write sequence development & learning modules
• Construct skill hierarchies, pre-tests and criterion tests to match objectives
• Prepare learner guides, presentations, instructional aids, control documents and feedback systems
• Design and update lesson plans (i.e. instructional content, practice requirements, lesson scripts, required lesson aids, course map/procedure/summary)
• Review, update and edit learning material

Transferred learning

• Review lesson plan and update as needed
• Prepare self, learning environment and learners as per lesson plan
• Prepare learning aids and verify training material as per budget
• Identify obstacles to learning and take appropriate action
• Deliver background & introductory material
• Conduct pre-test and establish actual learning needs/gaps

Facilitate training

• Assess knowledge/skill as per pre-set criteria & provide feedback to learners
• Provide hands-on training: Help trainees develop practical skills through interactive sessions.

Legal compliance

• Perform performance & critical incident analysis
• Identify all SHEQ obstacles and take appropriate action
• Identity all hazards and take corrective action
• Develop course/module control documents and feedback systems
• Keep record keeping of all assessments, lesson plans & control documents
• Follow lesson plan
• Report all Incidents and accidents as per reporting structure
• Provide PPE as per requirements
• Complete & submit training reports as per schedule
• Issue certificates to all capable learners and keep records

Customer satisfaction (internal & external)

• Update and communicate training schedule (external & internal)
• Conduct needs analysis (including performance and critical incidents)
• Review job analysis with focus on required knowledge & skills
• Complete & submit training reports
• Record keeping for certification
• Request for feedback during & after training (external)
• Request for feedback from internal client
• Feedback to service department (internal)
• Interpret all questions and formulate answers
• Investigate new products and development trends
• Update and review learning material
• Detailed candidate improvement feedback report

Your profile

• Matric (Grade 12) or equivalent Qualification
• Minimum trade certificate required (accompanied by apprenticeship contract or apprenticeship portfolio of evidence)
• Certificate of Competence in ETDP or related qualification as Adult Education Facilitator
• Proven competence in Course Design and Development
• Minimum 3 years’ experience & proven competence as technician or specialist on Sandvik products.
• Basic computer literacy
• English language proficiency
• Valid driver's License and own transport.
• Be able to work flexible hours & travel when required.
• Mechatronics certification will be advantageous.
• Ability to learn new technologies and adjust training programs as needed.

Experience with:

• Assessment of technical competence.
• Maintenance on underground drills and loaders.
• Mechanical knowledge on gearboxes, compressors and pumps.
• Problem solving on low-profile equipment.
• Service and repair Rock drills, Pneumatics, Electrical and Hydraulic systems.
• Knowledge on i-series equipment (SICA) will be advantageous.