Commercial Plant Manager (Automotive)

About the position

COMMERCIAL PLANT MANAGER
Education & Experience

• Degree in Accounting / Finance and ACCA; or any related professional qualification.
• 10 years' experience in managing costs, budgets, and administration aspects of a business in an automotive manufacturing environment, of which 5 years must be at plant manager level.
• Data extraction tools for analysis.
• Leadership and Project management skills.
• Experience in HR related matters

Key Responsibility Areas

• Financial and cost control management.
• Advise Plant Management on all financial and performance matters.
• Budgeting and detailed cost analysis.
• Managing purchasing commitments, tenders and service contracts.
• Administration management.
• Liaising with BURS and Customs.
• Coordination of IT, Finance and HR (having had necessary experience in large manufacturing environments).
• Broad understanding of payrolls and authorizations for payments to be made.
• Ensuring and checking adherence of internal control processes.

Competencies

• Analytical thinking and strong attention to detail.
• Emotional intelligence.
• Effective communication.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Goal orientation.
• People development and team work.
• Problem solving and creative thinking.
• Admin
• Service contracts - pricing and delivery thereof
• Government and other Botswana entities
• Legal matters affecting company
• Internal control processes - ensuring and checking adherence of such
• Purchasing
• Control and management of the purchasing processes
• Involvement tender processes for services
• Human Resources
• Ensure effective and smooth running of all aspects and that department provides necessary support to the plant
• Having overview of personnel costs and head counts (act vs bud), authorisation of payrolls, necessary analysis of deviations
• Authorizing of bonuses
• IT
• Ensure necessary support is provided in terms of technical & personnel
• Finance
• Ensure necessary support provided to company finance by local accountant
• Controlling
• Responsible for preparation of budgets and forecasts
• Monthly reporting to management
• Analysis of variances and implementation of necessary corrective actions
• Other necessary KPI reports as required
• Claims
• Coordinate adhoc costs for claims to suppliers and customers

Desired Skills:

• Commercial management
• Automotive plant manager

Desired Work Experience:

• More than 10 years