Qualifications and Experience: A minimum of a tertiary qualification (Engineering, Financial or Commercial) is required An MBA would be advantageous At least 8 10 years cross functional management experience at a senior level, with exposure to Operations, Finance, IR, Sales and Human Resources Management in a corporate environment Proven leadership capabilities Passion for Continuous Learning and Improvement Pro-active, performance driven, focussed on outcomes Knowledge and Skills Business acumen, strategic agility, and planning High level of financial management knowledge and experience High level of entrepreneurial, result driven mindset and approach. Strong people leadership and management skills A good knowledge of either the iron and steel industry or the non-ferrous metals industry is recommended. Computer Literate: MS Office Excellent communication skills at all levels Excellent interpersonal skills Timely decision-making skills Behavioural Competencies Analysis / Problem Assessment: Securing relevant information and identifying key issues and relationships from a base of information; relating and comparing data from different sources; identifying cause-effect relationships. Customer Service Orientation: Proactively developing customer relationships by making efforts to listen to and understand the customer (both internal and external); anticipating and providing solutions to customer needs; giving high priority to customer satisfaction. Flexibility: Able to adapt to constantly changing organisational and business requirements. Follow-up: Establishing procedures to monitor the results of delegations, assignments, or projects; taking into consideration the skills, knowledge, and experience of the assigned individual and haracteristics of the assignment or project. Individual Leadership / Influencing: Using appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to inspire and guide individuals (direct reports, peers, and superiors) toward goal achievement; modifying behaviour to accommodate tasks, situations and individuals involved. Initiative: Making active attempts to influence events to achieve goals; self-starting rather than accepting passively; taking actions to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive. Innovative: Introducing new processes or ways of doing things in order to meet changing business requirements, and to keep ahead of environmental challenges. Judgement/Problem Solving: Committing to an action after developing alternative courses of action that are based on logical assumptions and factual information and that take into consideration resources, constraints, and organisational values. Maximising Performance: Establishing performance/development goals, coaching performance, providing training, and evaluating performance. Negotiation: Effectively exploring alternatives and positions to reach outcomes that gain all parties support and acceptance. Organisational awareness: Having and using knowledge of systems, situations, procedures, and culture inside the organisation to identify potential organisational problems and opportunities; perceiving the impact and the implications of decisions on other components of the organisation. Persuasiveness/Sales Ability: Using appropriate interpersonal styles and communication methods to gain acceptance of an idea, plan, activity, or product from prospects and clientele. Planning and Organising: Establishing a course of action for self and/or others to accomplish a specific goal; planning proper assignments of personnel and appropriate allocation of resources. Quality Orientation / Attention to detail: Accomplishing tasks through concern for all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; maintaining watchfulness over a period of time. Resilience: Handling disappointment and/or rejection while maintaining effectiveness. Teamwork/Collaboration: Working effectively with team/work group or those outside formal line of authority (e.g. peers, senior managers) to accomplish organisational goals; taking actions that respect the needs and contributions of others; contributing to and accepting the consensus; subordinating own objectives to the objectives of the organisation or team. Tenacity: Staying with a position or plan of action until the desired objective is achieved or no longer reasonably attainable. Tolerance for stress: Maintaining stable performance under pressure and/or opposition (such as time pressure or job ambiguity); relieving stress in a manner that is acceptable to the person, others, and the organisation. Work standards: Setting high goals or standards of performance for self, subordinates, others, and the organisation; being dissatisfied with average performance; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed by others.
