Commercial Plant Manager

About the position

Relocation assistance - Successful candidate will have to relocate to Botswana

REQUIREMENTS:

• 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 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

•  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
• 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 KSSE 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
• Monthly controlling reports
• Other necessary KPI reports as required
  Claims - Coordinate adhoc costs for claims to suppliers and customer

Desired Skills:

• Accounting
• Administration
• Budgeting
• Claims
• Costing
• Human Resources
• Purchasing