Lead, Value Chain Integrator

**Job Advert Summary**:
**PURPOSE**:

- To effectively coordinate processes across the mining value chain with an aim of increasing overall system throughput.
- To make facts based decisions to optimise value throughout the business value chain from the pit right through to the port.
- To drive technical and process improvements through increasing system wide availability and utilisation and reducing variability in order to maximize installed system capacity.
- To ensure that the business is aligned and works towards one single integrated production schedule.
- To monitor and track operational performance and the execution of the integrated production schedule.

**MAJOR CHALLENGES**:

- Working with and managing multi-disciplinary teams across multiple reporting lines.
- Managing what may superficially appear to be conflicting needs from multiple teams within the value chain.
- Fostering a culture of high performance and collaboration across multiple teams.
- Striving for daily incremental operational improvement.
- Managing product flow, buffers and constraints. - Assessing operational, financial and safety related risks and preparing adequate contingencies.
- Contractor management.

**Minimum Requirements**:
**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- BEng Industrial Engineering (Essential/Minimum or)
- BSc Mining Engineering (Essential/Minimum or)
- BSc Metallurgical Engineering (Essential/Minimum or)
- BEng Mining Engineering (Essential/Minimum or)
- BEng Metallurgical Engineering (Essential/Minimum or)
- BSc Industrial Engineering (Essential/Minimum)
- Certificate First Line Management (Essential/Minimum)

**EXPERIENCE**:
5 years Relevant operation planning and execution experience in mining environment or similar industry. (Essential/Minimum) Operational

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum) (To be conducted by Exxaro)
- Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum) (To be conducted by Exxaro)

**Duties & Responsibilities**:
**Compliance, Governance, Assurance & SHEC**
- Develop effective methodologies for business operations, communications and control whereby statutory compliance and appropriate mitigation of risk is achieved
- Develop operating procedures to align with business objectives
- Ensure adherence to Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHS)/Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA)/South African National Standards (SANS) and compliance with company specific Safety Health Environment and Community (SHEC) policies and procedures
- Manage risk and monitor standards in line with the Company’s policies and regulations
- Create awareness for Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) practices
- Assess all relevant risks

**Customer and Client Relationship Management**
- Support core business by ensuring appropriate stakeholder relationships toward enhancing corporate profile
- Manage internal and external relations, including interface with external providers or other functions responsible to ensure that business needs are met, and employees are satisfied
- Provide relevant support and legislative service to applicable stakeholders
- Manage relationships with contractors providing services to Mining, Beneficiation and Logistics
- Establish sound relationships with service departments ensuring flawless integration and support into the Integrated Operations (Ops) Value Chain

**Effective People Management**
- Ensure optimised teamwork through motivation/empowerment and leading by sound transformational leadership
- Promote teamwork, provide support and manage performance by creating and maintaining individual development plans for subordinates
- Enforce discipline throughout the Business Unit Value Chain
- Ensure all employees in the Business Unit Value Chain are effectively trained and competent to perform required duties in a disciplined manner

**Financial Management, Planning and Cost Control**
- Assist in preparation of annual budget by providing input to all departments based on usage and expenditure monitored in the Integrated Ops Hub
- Ensure documentation is in line with departmental budgetary stipulations
- Ensure that costs allocated for projects, planning and associated tasks are within specified projections and are controlled within the prescribed budget

**Project Management and Continuous Improvement**
- Monitor Value Chain throughput and identify Continuous Improvement (CI) opportunities
- Analyse data captured in the Integrated Ops Hub and identify potential bottle necks in the value chain
- Identify and rank initiatives based on priorities
- Assist the Project Engineer with the capital approval process
- Assist with capital and cost management of specified projects
- Assist the Project Engineer with the Execution of Projects
- Identify and implement Digital Improvement Initiativesx

**Safe and Healthy Work Environment**
- Establish and maintain a healthy environment and safe operations Practices throughout the Market to Resource value chain
- Ensure compliance with all applicable SHE