Vice President - Operations Support

Contract management expatriate position in the Mining Sector (smelting & refining) in Isabel, in the Philippines.
The package will be in line with the seniority of the position and take cognizance of experience and qualifications.

REPORTS TO: Senior Vice President for Production and Operations
BASIC FUNCTIONS: Responsible for Project Studies and Process improvements, supporting and driving the strategic planning processes, competitive insights, and new initiatives for the company.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Prepare technical and financial feasibility studies for projects required for the company to be regulations-compliant and to grow and remain competitive.
2. Review and evaluate all major project studies and improvement proposals to ensure that ideas are technically and financially viable.
3. Conduct competitive research relating to existing and potential products/processes and participating in execution of opportunities as required.
4. Recommend process improvement in operations where required.
5. As member of the Mancom, assist to establish objectives and strategies for the operations at plant site, which fulfill the financial and business objectives of the company.
6. Work with operating groups to link objectives and strategies to divisional growth targets.
7. Assist the SVP Operations to develop and train all levels of Operations Managers.
8. Manage other corporate projects and departments including other duties as may be assigned.

Principal Working Relationships:
§ All levels of Management across the various departments, i.e. Operations, Finance, Commercial and Human Resources.

Job Requirements:
§ Graduate of any engineering course, preferably Metallurgical Engineering or Industrial Engineering.
§ Must have a Master’s Degree in Business Administration or financial equivalent and at least 5 years work experience in a Senior Management position in a large industrial organisation, preferably in mining / smelting industry
§ Computer literate and proficient.
§ Good presentation skills and well versed in written motivations.
§ Demonstration of working under pressure.

Key Competencies:
§ Attention to detail,
§ Ability to manage under pressure and adherence to deadlines,
§ Business acumen – insight and confidence to size up business situation, propose alternative courses of action and implement a successful solution; ability to view the business with a more holistic perspective; fluency with strategic and operational key performance indicators used to assess competitiveness, productivity, quality and profitability levels,
§ Strategic planning and decision-making skills – strong sense of strategic planning at a corporate level; ability to develop and implement short and long range strategies which are aligned with corporate goals,
§ Project management skills – ability to take an idea from conception and manage it through to execution stage, including setting of clearly defined and realistic goals, aligning goals with overall business goals, gaining commitment from stakeholders to project plans, negotiating with key players for resources, for changes and to resolve conflicts; ability to identify, propose, develop and implement executable plans to achieve business objectives,
§ Critical and creative thinking skills – ability to develop creative ideas, solutions, processes or systems; ability to ask appropriate questions (critical inquiry), gather relevant information, efficiently and creatively sort through this information, reason logically from this information, and come to reliable and trustworthy conclusions,
§ Change agent skills – ability to question the knowledge of the organization, to challenge the existing patterns of thinking and existing assumptions about the organization, its markets, customers and relationships, and to evaluate facts from different points of view,
§ Problem/Opportunity Identification and Analysis Skills – ability to identify and use methodical approaches in analyzing problems and opportunities to generate innovative solutions to choose from, and ultimately, to make better decisions, taking into consideration priorities and business risks,
§ Financial fluency – satisfactory level of ability to analyze financial information and use financial tools as an aid to making better business decisions; ability to create or manage a budget as well as use estimating methods and tools,
§ Team building and team management skills – ability to bring together key stakeholders and establish effective working groups, and to define and delegate respective responsibilities clearly; collaboration / coalition-building skills,
§ Networking skills – ability to establish and maintain appropriate contacts within and outside the organization,
§ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills,
§ Ability to work as an effective member of the top management team.

Agency/Employer: Hutech International North West
Town or City: Isabel, Philippines
Location: Abroad
Sector: Chemical,Engineering,Other
Related Job Titles: Operations Management,Vice President, Business Development
Permanent/Contract: Contract, Full time
Experience: 5 years
Date: 27-08-2008
Salary: Not specified

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