Group Manager: Planning and Technical Analysis

Our client in the Manufacturing Industry is looking to hire a Group Manager: Planning and Technical Analysis.

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Business Planning:

• Develop a framework for Business Planning at Operations
• Develop a framework for budget and execution planning.
• Project manage investigations into strategic growth options
• Run Project Delivery Steering Committee
• Develop models and value propositions.
• Run comparative scenarios.
• Support Ops Director in generating Operation Strategy submission to ExCo/Board
• Integrate various planning streams into an integrated system.
• ·

Performance measurements:

• Introduce meaningful measurements throughout the process.
• Compile meaningful reports on real time performance.
• Develop strategy for automation and digitisation.

Benchmark:

Benchmark performance cost and performance

• Analyse and compare performance.
• Compile and report on trends.
• Make recommendations to improve performance.

Continuous improvement:

• Project Manager for the cost reduction project (journey to $20/kg) –identifying work streams and develop a project charter.
• Develop scorecards to track improvements.
• Explore new technologies to improve performance.
• Explore technology for automation and digitisation
• Identify potential areas for A & D projects
• Lead the A & D process with Engineering and IT partners.
• Create platform for future A & D.

Technical reviews:

• Analyse performance – MetBal, Control charts
• Conduct technical reviews with operations in conjunction with peers

Reporting:

• Be the custodian of information.
• Compile weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Compile ExCo reports end to end
• Compile investor reports end to end
• Compile Boards reports
• Prepare presentations and motivations

Support

• Support Operations Director in adhoc requests of project management.

Requirements

• Relevant B-Degree (e.g., BSc Engineering)
• Post graduate degree – advantageous
• Lean and Six Sigma
• Financial/Statistical or Data Modelling
• 7 to 10 years relevant work experience with at least 3 spent in mining or industrial manufacturing environment
• Proven working experience in a Lean and/or Six Sigma
• Proven data analytics and research experience
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills essential
• Able to manipulate large, complex data sets using a variety of software applications (SPSS, SAS, Excel, Microsoft Office Suite), including the use of relational databases and able to perform statistical analysis
• Demonstrated proficiency with Minitab and/or JMP or like analyse data
• Skilled knowledge in generating process documentation

Communication

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical writing skills
• Proven ability to present complex information in easy-to-understand terms