Business Improvement Specialist

3 weeks ago

Musina Limpopo, South Africa De Beers Group of Companies Full time

Company Description
- De Beers Group - The World’s Leading Diamond Company

We are the world’s leading diamond company - a unique, luxury business that thrives on the creativity, passion and knowledge of our people.

As we embark on a journey to accelerate the transformation of our business into one that is better positioned to realise the opportunities ahead of us, we welcome and encourage diverse perspectives from those individuals who spark fresh thinking and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions.

We’ll provide you with the space and support to grow and achieve your ambitions and - working together - you’ll help us realise our own ambition to be the pioneer of a new diamond world.

Venetia is an open-pit mine and the country’s largest producer of diamonds. The mine is in Limpopo Province in the north east corner of South Africa. Currently, we’re mining two of the mine’s largest Kimberlite pipes in a single, open-pit operation. Open-pit mining is likely to run to 2018-2021 and preparations are already under way to convert to underground mining, which is expected to extend the life of the mine to 2046.

**Job Description**:
**KEY RESULT AREAS**:

- Provides visible felt leadership in safety, sustainable development and De Beers’ values.
- Assess, recommend and implement the design of metrics, systems, structures and approaches that enhance operational delivery, enable value chain optimisation and embed new ways of working in accordance with AAOM principles.
- In consultation with process owners, develop new systems and practices designed to unlock value and work with the operational teams on the design and implementation of innovative ways to seamlessly integrate changes into established systems and practices.
- Collate and interpret key operational performance information from various sources and analyse operational constraints that impact performance.
- Facilitate Business Improvement opportunity identification sessions with operational teams, employing the AAOM and various improvement techniques and principles.
- Develop customised training material as required and provide training for operational teams on improvement, optimisation and AAOM principles.
- Develop operational-specific benefits realisation tracking metrics that can be integrated into asset/operational performance measurement systems, ensuring alignment with AAOM principles.
- Provide timely and accurate operational performance and benchmarking analysis ensuring key insights are highlighted.
- Liaise effectively with key business contacts, technical teams and AAOM teams and build strong working relationships.

**Qualifications**:

- Grade 12 certificate or relevant NQF level 4 qualifications.
- Bachelor degree or equivalent in Industrial, Chemical, Mechanical, Process Engineering or Electrical.
- A proven track record of a minimum of 5 years operational experience in the Mining industry.
- Code 08 (EB) driver’s license.
- Medical fitness as per inherent requirements of the job.
- Security cleared as per company requirements and verification of qualifications.

**SKILLS/ COMPETENCIES**:

- Ability to create value by seeing the business implications of interventions and prioritising technical solutions to deliver enhanced outcomes within an established/planned value chain.
- Predict, prepare for and mitigate the impact of potential changes, decisions or outcomes on the behaviour of the workforce and stakeholders.
- Experience with analysis, operational efficiencies and value chains.
- Ability to grasp technical principles of operational processes rapidly.
- Effective facilitation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to interface successfully on multiple organisational levels.
- Ability to build rapport and trust quickly.
- Ability to work with diverse teams.
- Resilience and the ability to adapt to change and deal with ambiguity.
- Continuous improvement attitude and striving for excellence in quality of personal outputs.
- Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft suite and other software packages.
- Strong presentation skills using a variety of media, and the ability to communicate complex information clearly and effectively, both in written form and verbally.
- Knowledge of safety policies, procedures and the important role of consistently demonstrating required behaviours and championing safety values.

**Additional Information
- Who We Are: De Beers Group**

Established in 1888, De Beers Group is the world’s leading diamond company with unrivalled expertise in the exploration, mining, sorting, valuing, selling and marketing of diamonds. Together with our joint venture partners, we operate in more than 20 countries across six continents.

We want our diamonds, and our business, to make life brilliant - for our people, our customers and the world around us.

We build partnerships and connect with our people and their communities to make a positive contribution to the wider world. We’re constantly developing new ways to ma

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