Operations Manager

**Reference**
- PE001344/DW**Sector**
- Manufacturing**Location**
- Gauteng, JHB - Central**Salary Interval**
- Monthly**Package**
- None-negotiable**Description**

**Requirements**:

- Proven work experience as an Operations Manager or similar role.
- Minimum three years Chemical industry related experience will be advantageous.
- Degree in Business, Operations Management, or related field essential.
- Knowledge of organizational effectiveness and operations management.
- Experience budgeting and forecasting.
- Familiarity with business and financial principles.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience in Inventory Management.
- Experience in Staff Management.
- Leadership ability.
- Understanding of Syspro and Pastel Accounting programmes will be advantageous.
- Valid, unendorsed Driver's License.
- Management Experience (Operations / Staff / General / Divisional).
- MS Office (E-Mail, Word, Excel, Power Point).
- Sales, Warehouse and Financial Acumen.
- Project Costing and Management.
- Root Cause Analysis & Report Writing.

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**Responsibilities and expectations but not limited to**:
**Finance and Business Management**:

- Manage the operational budget, with high focus on cost management.
- Authorize expenditure within authority levels.
- Assist with operational budget inputs (resources, material handling equipment, labour, consumables, etc.)
- Participate in the Monthly billing and sign off on invoicing.
- Management of any insurance claims.
- Human Resources Management (E.G. Appointments, EE, Discipline, Training, Career Planning)
- Management Reporting
- Adhere to corporate governance.

**Operational and Technical Management**:

- Verify / Amend / Update and Approve the necessary SOP's to ensure effective Warehouse, Project and Client management.
- Continually Improve and/or enhance service offerings.
- Health and Safety Management, Client Compliance, and overall Compliance by staff.

**Human Resources**:

- Conduct performance appraisals for all immediate sub-ordinates.
- Managing absenteeism, overtime, and access control.
- Ensure that Company IR process is always adhered to, in addition, initiate and chair disciplinary enquiries as and when required.
- Identify and address training needs through the workplace skills plan received from the training department.
- Ensure updates are placed on notice boards.
- Motivate staff and coordinate all staff functions.
- Review employee potential and growth plan - follow-up on the plans. Encourage employee development.
- Identify and assist with retaining highflyers.

**Risk Management**:

- Maintain operational legal compliance.
- Conduct a daily management walk-about of the facility to ensure compliance.
- Convene daily operations discussions with departmental heads.
- On a daily, weekly, and monthly basis review stock take/cycle count reports and sign-off and report on discrepancies.
- Conduct regular meetings with key suppliers to maintain good relationships.
- Implement and maintain SLA's with key suppliers and measure compliance to SLA's on monthly basis.
- Chair monthly safety meetings as and when required.
- Ensure that all departments are operating at optimal levels.
- Ensure that the operation adheres to licencing and permit requirements (Forklift licenses, Fire Marshall, etc.)
- Manage and co-ordinate response to incidents on site as and when required (spills, injuries etc.)
- Manage and co-ordinate emergency drills.
- Ensure all incidents are reported immediately, chair incident investigations and assist with compiling the incident reports.
- Prepare for internal and external audits (ISO, SHERQ, DEL, Customers).

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