Business Improvement Specialist

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa De Beers Group of Companies Full time

Company Description
- Anglo American is a leading global diversified mining company. Our strategy is to secure, develop and operate a portfolio of high quality and long-life resource assets, from which we will deliver leading shareholder returns. We achieve this through innovative practices and technologies - in the hands of our world-class people - towards a common purpose of re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

The Business Improvement discipline is expected to mobilise critical skills and pathways to capture improvement opportunities across the business. This included the introduction of our unique Anglo American Operating Model (AAOM) as a strategic company-wide initiative designed to support the transformation of asset performance. The focus on stable and predictable delivery provides a foundation for continuous and sustainable operating improvement. Through designing work processes that deliver greater predictability (Purpose) with less wastage (Variation), the AAOM enables assets to realize full potential in a more effective, sustainable and efficient way.

Leaning on the AAOM there is P101 as our game-changing operational excellence programme. It calls on people to think in a fundamentally different way, to completely change how work is done, to deliver breakthrough performance. It adopts a systems perspective to value creation, focusing on identifying opportunities of maximum value leverage and driving step-function improvements in the operating productivity of this existing equipment and processes.

**Job Description**:

- Purpose:
To manage and provide specialist support during the Stabilization and Sustaining phases of the AAOM, helping sites to achieve the expected level of maturity.

**Key Tasks**:
**Safety, Health & Environmen **t
- Enable the development of discipline-specific plans/systems to reduce exposure to discipline-specific risks.
- Monitor and ensure effectiveness of discipline Safety & Health systems.
- Participate in safety investigations when requested.

**Performance & Delivery**
- Ensure processes and business improvement initiatives at BU and Sites are consistent and aligned with the AAOM
- Provide knowledge, clarity and interpretation of AAOM principles to site and BI teams.
- Demonstrate, coach and mentor site personnel on the use of AAOM processes
- Partner with sites on the Sustaining of the AAOM by monitoring and evaluating the functioning of the AAOM post implementation, triggering, recommending and participating in appropriate intervention activities.
- Facilitate the AAOM stabilization and the subsequent sustaining of the Model
- Provide specialist support on data analysis to identify initiatives to produce stability, reduce variability, increase capability and achieve benchmark performance, towards our burning ambition.
- Exploit value through traditional Analysis & Improve methods and rigorous execution.
- Explore value through innovation & advanced analytics methods and agile execution.
- Stay abreast of latest thinking and share best practices, knowledge and learnings across the organization.
- Collaborate with key players to identify key internal and external benchmarks.
- Participate in various Communities of Practice forums and learning interventions
- Contribute to the development of consistent standards, systems, tools and methodologies to be implemented across the organization.
- Contribute to the development of site measures, key performance indicators and management routines
- Share key insights and trends in business improvement and provide feedback on site business improvement strategies, implementation plans and progress.
- Participate in Assurance Assessments when requested
- Be mindful of Symbols, Systems and Behaviors (SSB) when interacting with sites/BU
- Manage and support the integration of the Operating Model with the Organization Model
- Take responsibility for the functioning of the AAOM post implementation, triggering, recommending and participating in appropriate intervention activities

**People & Teams**
- Help to maintain a purpose-led, high-performing culture within the discipline that is aligned with the company values, is inclusive and promotes diversity.
- Build and maintain constructive internal and external relationships with function, support, BU and operational teams, suppliers, contractors, etc. to ensure smooth implementation of all deliverables
- Drive people and own development within discipline.

**Compliance**
- Ensure compliance with Anglo American requirements within discipline.
- Oversee investigation of incidents occurring within the discipline.

**Sustainability & Social**
- Manage delivery of the sustainability activities as relevant to the discipline to improve sustainability performance over time

**Other**
- Specific requirements as assigned by your manager

**Qualifications**:

- Required:
An undergraduate qualification (Bachelors / Honours degree or equivalent) in a relevant technical discipline.

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