Job Description

Our client, a proudly South African supply chain, logistics and import & exports company, seeks your management experience to set high standards and goals for achievement in more than one functional area and take ownership of the respective region.Minimum Job Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in Business Administration.
• General management experience, with approximately 5 years' proven experience at Senior Management level.
• Commercial and Operational experience in warehousing, supply chain, logistics and refined metal exports in Africa.
• Experience in commodity exports/imports, in Africa.

Key Performance Areas:

• Operations excellence and management.
• Strategy formulation and implementation.
• Staff management.
• Supply chain.
• Finance.

Responsibilities and Tasks:
Report to the Operations Director:

• Achieve regional goals and revenue targets.
• Ensure compliance to Customs and SARS requirements.
• Oversee daily operations and management of regional budget and costs.
• Ensure collaboration and synergies between Operations and Commercial teams in the region.
• Engage regularly and meet with key customers.
• Drive commercially focused business vision for the region.
• Develop performance objectives for the regional team in line with national targets.
• Liaise with external stakeholders, rail & ports, to ensure an effective and efficient supply chain.
• Prepare, analyse and present monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements.
• Develop a culture of operational excellence and ensure it's embedded in the region.
• Ensure customer service requirements are met and exceeded.
• Design regional strategy and set goals for growth.

Competencies (Knowledge and Skills):

• Strategic management competencies to shape and refocus the business for growth.
• Understand key business financial drivers and interpretation of key indices.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to negotiate with Trade Unions / IR matters.
• Functional knowledge.
• Accomplished in improving business results and performance.
• Business expertise.
• Leadership.
• Problem analysis - provide inputs and solutions.
• Risk management.
• Self-starter.
• Creative thinking - with an ability to innovate for effective business functioning.
• Resilience.

Calm and effective under pressure. * Empathy.

• Decisive in the face of competing priorities.

Sharon Nurock Recruitment