General Manager / Minerals Processing - Gauteng

SUMMARY:
A well established engineering company within the Minerals Processing Industry seeks the above to direct and control the company’s operations and to give strategic guidance and direction to the board to ensure that the company achieves its mission and objectives.

POSITION INFO:
The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Managing business investment planning, financial justification, implementation, performance management.
• Managing and overseeing of production.
• Managing logistics / supply chain.
• Handling negotiations - Shop floor / union, customer, supplier, contracts, warrantee.
• Implementing quality management.
• Managing of financial planning, cost / budgetary control, administration processes, total cost of ownership.
• Developing e-commerce and IT strategy.
• Identifying and developing new markets.
• Developing service / support “products”.
• Increasing market share through identification of new niches, new applications, new products.
• Carrying out market research and competitor intelligence.
• Managing of capital sales (identifying opportunities, tendering processing, costing / pricing, presentations, proposals, objection handling).
• Managing of projects and supervising the implementation of systems.
• Overseeing technology planning and product development.
• Controlling and growing the existing client base.
• Managing client education, liaison and resolving queries.
• Managing multiple manufacturing centres.
• Establishing lean manufacturing for selected products.
• Implementing CIP.
• Participating in union negotiations.
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