Newly Vacant Posts at Bridgestone South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Responsibilities:

• Maintains Executives’ calendars by planning and scheduling meetings, conferences, events and travel.
• Welcomes and screens visitors and clients, in person or telephonically, and answering or directing inquiries on behalf of the MD and other Senior Executive Leaders.
• Foster and maintain positive internal and external relationships, engaging with members and stakeholders at all levels of seniority in a professional and collegial manner.
• Co-ordinates Board and Executive Committee meetings and responsible for following up that minutes are actioned.
• Responsible for communicating with Board members and other stakeholders and ensures that all responses are done in a timely and professional manner.
• Compiles Board documents and circulates agendas, reports, minutes and resolutions and ensures that all deadlines are adhered to.
• Prepares reports by collecting and analysing information.
• Supports the Executives in projects, proposals and other matters, through research, consultation and coordination.
• Provides historical reference by developing and utilising filing and retrieval systems and recording meeting discussions.
• Arranges complex and detailed travel plans and itineraries, compiles documents for travel-related meetings and accompanies Executives when requested.
• Maintains office supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; evaluating new office products; placing and expediting orders for supplies; and verifying receipt of supplies.
• Managing the reception team and overseeing the canteen.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Maintains and protects operations by keeping information strictly confidential.

Requirements:

Required capabilities:

• Planning, leading and organising skills
• Respond instantaneously
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent written communication skills
• Presentation skills
• Attention to details
• Analytical skills
• Problem solving agility
• Technical and functional expertise
• Must demonstrate advance knowledge/experience working with the MS Office Suite (Excel, Powerpoint and Word)

Education:

• Relevant Diploma / Bachelor’s degree preferred

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in a similar role, with extensive experience at top level
• Experience working in a fast-paced corporate multinational environment
• Experience exercising discretion and confidentiality with sensitive company information
• Have knowledge of administrative procedures

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Job purpose

• To manage and provide technical support as required for delivery of all the mechanical equipment required to achieve organisational goals.

Main responsibilities

•  Maintain and reduce machine downtime
• Planned Maintenance and condition monitoring
• Repair breakdowns & do faultfinding.
• Daily walkthrough inspections.
• Make running adjustments.
•   Note items for repair.

Continuous improvement initiatives

•          Attend CFT activities.

Safety

•         Work according to SOP’s.

Housekeeping

•         Apply 3S principles.

Qualified candidates for this important position will therefore need to demonstrate the following:

• Agility – to work in a matrix and complex environment where change happens at a rapid pace
• Courage – to share ideas, think out of the box
• Ownership – to see the bigger picture and take ownership by thinking and acting beyond the role

Bridgestone LEADERSHIP ESSENCE

Qualified candidates for this important position will therefore need to demonstrate the following:

• Establishes strategic direction and effectively communicates the vision:  Communicates a clear and inspiring vision for the business; drives competitive and innovative strategies and is able to generate alignment against the strategic direction
• Demonstrates business acumen to achieve results through others:  Understands, educates and applies the fundamental business concepts by which a company operates in order to deliver results and create a climate that fosters personal commitment to excellence
• Promotes and enhances company culture:  Champions the organization’s shared values and beliefs
• Effectively manages across cultures: Achieves effective collaboration, alignment, and communication across multiple dimensions of cultural diversity
• Demonstrates self-awareness and emotional intelligence:  Recognizes one’s personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits.  Understands emotions and their effects
• Intellectually curious in support of learning agility:  Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application
• Embraces and leads change and innovation:  Encourages different and innovative approaches to address problems and opportunities; facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change within the organization
• Identifies and develops organizational talent:  Attracts high calibre diverse talent , leads and guides others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives through on-going development and collaboration

Required capabilities

• Dependable quality of work to care for and maintain equipment.
• Ensure minimum downtime.

Education:

• N3 Mechanical Engineering
• Qualified Artisan (trade Test at a recognised institution)

Experience:

• 3 – 5 years’ experience in a similar role (Engineering or Manufacturing environment)

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Responsibilities:

• Create compelling visual content for digital and print media, including but not limited to social media graphics, advertisements, brochures, banners, newsletters and billboards.
• Design and edit videos for promotional purposes, utilizing Adobe Premiere Pro or similar software.
• Develop visually appealing layouts and designs.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to brainstorm and execute creative ideas that align with brand guidelines and objectives.
• Ensure all designs are optimized for various platforms and devices.

Requirements:

• Experience with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe InDesign, and Canva is preferred.
• Applicants are encouraged to include a link to their portfolio in their cover letter or CV, highlighting relevant work samples.
• Good understanding of design principles, typography, and color theory.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines consistently.
• Prior experience in the automotive industry is a plus, but not required.
• Familiarity with using ChatGPT to write copy and for checking spelling and grammar is advantageous.