Latest Opportunities at Bridgestone South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Job Purpose

We are looking for a People & Business Partner: OTRACO reporting directly to the People & Business Partner Lead. This is a Local role, based in Wapadrand, Pretoria.

You will serve as an internal business partner, delivering comprehensive HR programs, initiatives and solutions to the functional areas of the organization in support of key business strategies. He / She will be a key member of the People team and is responsible for providing strategic and tactical human resources support for their assigned field operations locations

Responsibilities:

Organizational Effectiveness and Change Management-

• Directing and influencing the organizational architecture for building organizational
• effectiveness within area of responsibility to maximize core capabilities in terms of structures,
• capability and performance.
• Ensuring that every job is essential and value-adding, is filled with a fully performing individual
• now and in the future and that people management processes and practices are streamlined to
• enhance business efficiencies.
• Change agent. Provide a consultancy service in the area of HR policies and procedures. Support
• personal and organizational change. Ensures the successful delivery of multiple HR projects.

Talent Management

• Directing and providing the architecture for developing sustainable talent relevant to the
• business units by ensuring that every employee is appropriately developed to support
• meaningful succession and capability planning to improve business performance.

Strategic Human Resource Planning

• Translating HR strategy and developing practices and processes appropriate for the area of
• responsibility that enables effective people planning, so that current and future resourcing
• requirements are met, in terms of time, demographics and skills requirements.

Remuneration Reward and Benefits

• Influencing area of responsibility resourcing needs and capability to ensure people resources are in place to deliver business results.

Employee Relations and Stakeholder Engagement

• Providing professional advice on relevant policies, practices, systems and tools and to ensure sound employee and stakeholder relations.

Leadership and Line Capability Building

• To ensure that there is a sufficient feeder pool to the leadership pipeline and that leadership
• issues are effectively addressed within the business unit and that capability requirements are
• supported by strategic initiatives designed to address gaps identified. To coach and enable line
• to effectively execute good people management practices and processes.

Requirements:

Education

• HR Degree / 3 year Diploma
• Post graduate studies in related fields (added advantage)

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrable track record in leading and managing change processes within area of responsibility
• Deep understanding of HR and business
• Thorough knowledge of labour legislation and in-depth knowledge of legal requirements
• related to day-to-day management of employees
• Ability to communicate effectively, both through oral and written communication
• Advanced proficiency in Word, PowerPoint and Excel Reporting
• A keen eye for detail
• Ability to demonstrate good work ethics and high level of integrity
• Solid Project Management, presentation, report writing, stakeholder engagement, coordination and administrative skills
• Ability to work independently
• High sense of urgency
• Ability to implement diagnostic tools
• Must be a team player
• Strong business acumen

Experience:

• 4-6 years’ work experience as HR Business Partner
• Generalist or Specialist in various areas of the HR Value Chain

Leadership Competencies:

• Business Acumen
• Shapes business strategy
• Drives accountability and high performance
• Fosters teamwork and collaboration
• Customer focus and Customer Service orientation/mindset
• Nurtures and coaches
• Builds partnerships
• Develops others
• Health and Safety
• Hazard Awareness
• SHE Law and Regulatory Systems
• Emergency Response

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Job Purpose

The role is to support the FP&A Manager in consolidation of the BSAF business by ensuring that key business issues are reconciled, recommendations are proposed and the Management Information (MI) is prepared in order to support effective insight and conversations for the monthly business review. This role is expected to have a clear grasp of current business performance and leverage opportunities to improve business performance through delivery of the agreed strategy. This role will report to the Planning, Forecasting and Reporting Manager.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data and forecasts, reports, and recommendations so that senior management has accurate and timely information for making decisions.
• Analyze resources optimization and profitability. Including long-term aspects of the organization’s financial policy.
• Support FP&A Manager with business analysis across the 3 divisions Wholesale, Retail & Otraco.
• Examine and evaluate the cost-efficiency of each department of the company, in light of what percentage of the company’s financial resources each department consumes.
• Support functional leaders in managing yearly allocated spend by providing monthly expense reports and flagging 
• Work with individual divisions to prepare budgets, forecasts and consolidate them monthly and yearly for overall corporate budget
• Submission of budgets and forecasts in SAC system
• Support in preparation of internal reports for executive leadership in supporting their decision-making.
• Create, update and maintaining financial models and detailed forecasts of the company’s future operations.
• Compare historical results against budgets and forecasts, and performing variance analysis to explain differences in performance and suggest improvements going forward.
• Support in delivering the digitalization objective for FP&A.
• Ad-hoc requests for senior leadership

Requirements

Knowledge and Experience:

• Financial accounting GAAP and relevant technical accounting knowledge and ability to apply to the situations
• Experience of working with relevant financial systems such as SAP, GL Wands, Power BI
• Experience of working within the Manufacturing, Sales and Retail Industry
• Experience in analysis and forecasting
• Advanced Microsoft office experience i.e: powerpoint, excel, Skills and abilities:
• Sound understanding of accounting concepts and principles
• Ability to manipulate large volume of data and experience of carrying out detailed analysis of data, especially during the year end to provide the results that is easily understood to external auditors and senior management
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload, including co-ordinating with others and ensuring that statutory and other deadlines are met.
• To work as part of a team and independently to deliver a common goal or objective
• Ability to deal with difficult situations and make decisions on the best course of action
• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Excel and Word
• Self starter/ Initiative/creativity/innovation
• Strategic thinking, problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills
• Proficiency in relationship building, networking, persuasion and influential skills
• Good technical, business and global acumen
• Excellent verbal, written communication and negotiation skills

Qualifications and Experience

• Bcom: Accounting, Finance
• Big 4 audit articles (beneficial)
• Large Corporate/commercial accounting experience.
• Extensive reporting and analysis background

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Qualifications & Experience:

• Competent computer user with working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Certification in COMSOC I & Diploma in COMSOC II
• Valid Driver’s licence

Duties:

• To assist and work in partnership with contract manager ensuring HSE systems are present and in effect on site.
• Ensure that all appointments are done and the communication of the responsibilities to the appointee is explained.
• Comply with Company policies, procedures and relevant legislation and regulations.
• Conduct safety inspections/audits on site and report deviations to management.
• Ensure all employees are inducted prior to be permitted to work on site.
• Compile a site safety file for the client and ensure all legislative documentation is communicated to employees on an on-going basis.
• Safety officers must be able to compile a risk assessment, safe working procedure and method statement from scratch and on an on-going basis identify and evaluate the risks to which employees may be exposed to, evaluate and analyse the risks identified and ensure that these risk assessments are then communicated to the work force.
• Safety officers are responsible to prepare the site emergency evacuation plan and ensure all supervisors and contractors are supplied with a copy of the plan.
• Safety officers should be able to perform a high level of first aid treatment and evaluate injured persons if it is needed to send them for medical treatment at a hospital or clinic. Further to this the employer’s report of an accident must be completed and must accompany the injured employee to hospital. The original documentation must be sent to head office for settling the claim with the Compensation Commissioner.
• Safety officers must immediately report any incident or accident to safety manager and be able to conduct a thorough accident and incident investigation and come up with remedial actions to prevent future occurrence. In the event of a reportable injury safety officers must be able to enter into correspondence with the Department of Labour to inform them of the accident.
• Compile monthly man hour and injury reports which are sent to the safety manager.
• Be competent to inspect the following high risk activities: Excavations, Scaffold, Formwork and Support work, All lifting machinery and lifting tackle, Portable electrical tools and immediately bring to management’s attention any serious deviations that may have being noted.
• Chair monthly safety meetings with safety reps and contractors and prepare minutes of meetings. Ensure that all deviations mentioned in the meeting are rectified and corrected.
• Act as the prosecutor in disciplinary hearings and prepare all documentation with regard to company disciplinary code of conduct and sent to head office. Discipline employees that disregard safety regulations on site.
• Ensure all registers and checklists are updated on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Ensure all safety signs and notices are prominently displayed on site.
• Maintain good housekeeping principles.
• Coordinate all training of employees on site and schedule all courses with the safety department,
• Ensure all health & safety reps conduct a monthly inspection of their work areas.
• Ensure that all teams conduct a toolbox talk.
• Identify workplace issues and resolve them in a timely manner.
• Encourage team work.

Indications of Achievement:

• High standard of accuracy and timeliness are expected in relation to all aspects of the position
• Demonstrated commitment to employees/clients
• Demonstrated ability to support new employees
• Demonstrated ability to work as a team member
• Meet all agreed KPI targets

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Job purpose

Responsible for co-ordinating outbound shipments from MDC / RDC to OE customers and general sales support.

This is a Band 2 role and incumbent will be Reporting to Logistics Team Leader.

Main responsibilities

Container Import process

• Manage receipting of containers from port to warehousing
• Manage changes in schedule
• Liaise with transporter regarding delivery schedule
• Liaise with planning to ensure all SAP codes are created correctly
• Give loading plan to service provider (warehousing & transporter)
• Avoid demmurage charges
• Ensure all containers are allocated correctly to the sales regions
• Outbound problem solving
• Manage queries at the warehouse

Reporting

• Send daily delivery schedule to the company (Container Report)
• Daily KPI tracking to be published
• Attend to customer / Sales delivery queries

Administration

• Prepare invoices for MIGO and MIRO
• SAP system updates on master data supported .
• Daily processing and filling of documentation i.e. POD’s

Required capabilities:

• Computer Literate: MS Word, Outlook & Excel (Intermediate level)
• SAP experience
• Basic understanding Logistical functions (Transportation / Distribution)
• Cost conscious
• Service orientated – actively looking at ways to provide support to sales
• Detail oriented & accurate
• Good communicator

Education: 

• Matric / Grade 12 or equivalent and relevant Degree or Diploma in logistics preferably.

Experience:

• Minimum 3-5 years relevant experience in logistics / outbound planning.

Leadership Competencies:

• Business Acumen 
• Demonstrating ethics and integrity
• Displaying drive and purpose
• Exhibiting leadership stature
• Increasing your capacity to learn
• Managing yourself
• Increasing self-awareness
• Developing adaptability                  

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Job Purpose

We are looking for a Tyre Serviceman learners reporting directly to the Branch Manager.

Under this development Programme You will ensure the following:

• All vehicles to leave the yard with tyres as per SLA; All vehicles are surveyed at least once a month;
• That all the tyres are maintained.
• Conduct pressure maintenance and correctly capture pressure readings on Survey Sheet;
• Capture tread depth readings over three sections of the tread area and capture on Survey Sheet;
• Fit all wheel positions with valve caps and on all dual positions a valve extension;
• All tyre movements are captured on a Tyre Change Slip;
• All wheel changes must be done subject to SLA;
• Remove smooth tyres and match tread, size and status mismatches;
• Remove tyres with a pressure reading under a 15% of the recommended pressure and check for irregularities;
• Brand tyres as per Bridgestone Commercial and Client agreement;
• Torque all wheel positions at least once a month;
• Report all wheel defects with a Tyre Action Report;
• Inspect and clean rims before fitting tyres.

Responsibilities:

Tyre Maintenance

• Inspecting tires on vehicles before and after installation
• Performing tire rotations, balancing, and other maintenance tasks
• Following all safety protocols while working in the shop
• Providing excellent customer service
• Talking to the customer about any issues they are experiencing

Stock

• Stock is taken on a daily basis in a Bridgestone Commercial Stock Book;
• Stock must be taken by size and brand number;
• Report daily stock to Customer. (Sign off Stock Sheet);
• All tyres in stock must have a brand number for identification.

Health & Safety

• Correctly lift motor vehicle;
• Utilize correct tools for the job;
• Correctly fit tyres to rim;
• Fit wheels on to motor vehicles correctly;
• Always dressed in Bridgestone Commercial PPE;
• Handle tools with care and keep them clean at all times;
• Ensure work area and yard is always clean;
• Machines & tools are always stored correct and safely;
• Dressing rooms are always presentable and neat;
• Ensure that no company property gets damaged;
• Tyres are neatly packed and clearly marked for easy identification;
• Comply with the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act;
• Ensure Personal Protective Equipment and facilities provided by the company are in good and clean working condition.

Administration

• Capture tyre survey info in a Bridgestone Commercial Survey Book;
• Capture all tyre movements in a Bridgestone Commercial Tyre Change Slip Book;
• All tyres sent to the factory must be captured in a Factory Control Book;
• Keep a Branding Register of all tyres branded;
• All paperwork must be stored in a save dry place.

Customer Liaison

• Identify all Maintenance Related Problems and report to the customer;
• Maintain a good working relationship with the customer;
• Undertake all reasonable requests and instructions, given verbally or in writing that falls within the parameters of own line of duty;

General Responsibilities

• Ensure customer satisfaction at all times.
• Torque wrench spring relax after use;
• Lubricate impact on daily basis;
• Drain water traps and compressor daily;
• Clean and store equipment daily;
• Compliance to health and safety procedures on site.

Requirements:

• National senior Certificate
• Proficiency in English
• 2 years tyre experience