Group Executive: Mineral Processing & Characterisation - 5 year Fixed Term Contract at Mintek

About the position

Introduction
Mintek has an exciting opportunity for a Group Executive: Mineral Processing & Characterisation (GE:MPC) who is responsible for ensuring that the cluster is able to deliver on its mandate: • To lead and provide strategic direction to the Cluster. • To ensure alignment with the Cluster strategy with the needs, trends and opportunities in the cluster related industries. • To maintain a balanced cluster RDI portfolio • To be accountable for the Cluster sustainability, including financial, human resources, SHEQ, risks and delivery. • To be accountable for the impact of the Cluster in terms of Mintek's mandate. • To be accountable for the performance and management of the Cluster. • To lead high level stakeholder engagements with industry, HEI's, public sector and international entities. • To ensure that the internal state grant funding is effectively invested and leveraged to maximise impact in terms of strategic goals, leveraging of funding and commercial impact.
Duties & Responsibilities

LEADERSHIP

• Ethical leadership

• Live the Mintek values, foster a culture of collaboration within Mintek

STRATEGY

• Drive the Cluster RDI strategy and operations, support the Cluster business development and commercialization and ensure the execution of strategic programs.

FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

• Drive the Cluster financial sustainability through effective operations

• Balance the RDI portfolio funding and commercial targets as agreed in the Cluster

• Ensure that there are effective inter Discipline collaborations and collaborations between Clusters to ensure that targets are met.

• Ensure that the Cluster revenue streams are diverse.

PEOPLE AND PLANNING

• Ensure that the core RDI Cluster and Discipline plans are aligned with Mintek's strategy and the needs of the Cluster market.

• Ensure that the Cluster and Disciplines are adequately resourced, with a particular focus on SET staff and resources. Also ensuring succession planning.

• Drive the transformation agenda in the Cluster, ensure that there is employment equity and gender balance throughout the cluster.

• Contribute to the refinement and development of the Mintek strategy and plans.

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

• Deliver on the Cluster KPI's.

• Undertake performance management for the Cluster.

• Ensure that systems and tools are in place to monitor and measure the delivery of RDI activities.

GOVERNANCE AND RISK

• Risk identification and implementation of management plans and actions for the Cluster's operations and RDI activities, including SHEQ.

• Adhere to all Mintek's policies and ethics.

RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING

• High level stakeholder engagement, including stakeholder management and satisfaction for both internal and external stakeholders.

• Reporting on all RDI projects in the Cluster from own management information.

• Commercialisation and technology transfer management.

Desired Experience & Qualification

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master in a relevant scientific field relating to the Cluster Disciplines (Analytical Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mineral Processing)

Ideal: PhD relevant scientific field relating to the Cluster Disciplines

JOB KNOWLEDGE AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Ten years relevant experience or more, of which 5 years must be in a senior research management position in RDI and / or commercialisation.
• Significant relevant industry knowledge and experience.
• Experience in managing people.
• Track record in leading commercialisation of RDI outputs.
• Experience in national and international business engagement and operations management.
• Strategic development and implementation.
• Business Development.
• Technology and IP management and commercialization.
• Business and financial management.
• Leadership of people and operations management.
• Deep knowledge of one or more Discipline sectors in the Cluster

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES:

§ Excellent communication and presentation skills

§ Excellent numerical and quantitative skills

§ Good management and leadership skills

§ Self-driven

§ People skills

§ Strategic thinking

§ Ability to multitask

§ Ability to get things done

§ Ability to lead by example

COMPETENCY REQUIRED

• Strategic development and implementation.
• Ability to lead diverse teams.
• Business Development.
• Technology and IP management and commercialization.
• Business and financial management.
• Leadership of people and operations management.
• Deep knowledge of one or more sectors in the Cluster.