Operations Specialist and Personal Assistant

**Key Performance Areas**
- Primarily assist the Ceo with organizational, financial and administration on a daily basis
- Be friendly and personable while managing communications and maintaining the MD's busy calendar (requiring interaction with both internal and external Managers as well as Suppliers and co-workers to coordinate various Management meetings)
- Manage all statistics for departments and ensure all KPI's met (Retail operations ops managers, Finance. Stock, HR, and marketing teams)
- Manage Return on Investment for all departments
- Sound Operational skills to create and implement streamline processes across all departments of the business
- Be able to drive and communicate to Management teams in a confident and professional manner
- Comprehensive Diary management
- Cordinating meetings, Compiling reports and meeting packs
- Respect the need for the highest level of confidentiality and sensitivity of information
- Have a proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and follow through on issues in a timely manner
- Lead short-term projects and initiatives to help streamline business as requested by the CEO
- Assist with analyzing to exercise good judgment in recognizing the scope of authority
- Organize/plan meetings and take comprehensive minutes of all meetings
- Flexible and be able to work long hours as required by the business

**Experience**:

- Minimum 10 years or more experience in Retail operations
- Sound Accounting, Human Resources and Marketing knowledge to help CEO with costing, stream lining processes and statistics to manage these departments reproting directly to him.
- Ability to be flexible and exercise sound judgment
- Ability to manage multiple projects and responsibilities at once in a fast pace environment
- Ability to work under pressure and long hours as required by the business
- Proficient in MS Office, MS Word, Advanced Excel, PowerPoint and MS Outlook
- Previous experience in a similar environment would be advantageous

**Competencies**:

- Attention to detail and very process driven
- Agility and able to work in afast pace enviroment
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
- Planning and Organizing
- Results Driven
- Deadline driven
- Strong leadership skills
- Business Acumen
- Analytical Thinking

**Package**

Basic Salary. Negotiable based on Experience

RA after one year of employment

Medical aid after Successful probation

Should you meet the requirements as mentioned above, kindly forward a detailed CV and a motivation as to why you are most suitable for this role

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: R15,000.00 - R20,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Montclair, KwaZulu-Natal: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Application Question(s):

- Would you enjoy working is a fast pace environment
- give an example of previous jobs that you have worked in with similar environment
- Would you be to work Saturdays for at least 6 month
- are you available to always be available on wats group to manage certain deadlines?
- Can you see your self loving what this job expects from you ?

**Education**:

- Diploma (required)

**Experience**:

- similar type job: 10 years (required)
- super user advance excel: 10 years (required)
- advanced outlook: 10 years (required)
- basic finance: 10 years (preferred)

License/Certification:

- code 8 (required)

Willingness to travel:

- 25% (preferred)