SUMMARY OF FUNCTIONS

·         Provide managerial leadership in ensuring that adequate operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures; and people systems are in place to effectively grow the company

·         Responsible for managing the day – to –day business operation of the company and reporting them to the Managing Director (MD) --- Periodically

·         Ensure effective coordination of the all operational units involved in procurement, sales and excellent service delivery

DUTIES AND RESPOSIBILITIES

Strategic Duties

·          Provide strategic and tactical leadership directly to relevant units by creating operations strategy and policies and communicating same to employees

·         Develop strategic management initiatives including decision regarding expansion, acquisition, cost-containment, debt reduction, staff downsizing or the consolidation of multiple locations

·         Must be able understand and develop, improve and implement Processes.

·         Must be able to read, interpret and work with management account

·         Responsible for monitoring and tracking the progress of all areas of the business

·         Foster employee alignment with corporate goals

·         Ensure effective use of raw materials, machinery, facilities and personnel for premium output

·         Oversees quality assurance, business development activities, and product management activities in the organization. Central to this role is building positive and lasting relationships between the organization and its customers.

Procurement Management Duties

·         Oversee procurement purchases to ensure the implementation of ‘’BUY RIGHT, FOR VALUE’’ 

Policy

·         Implement cost reduction measure

·         Oversee production planning cycle from procurement to design, production and quality control 

Sales Duties

·         Assist in developing sales strategies that promote growth and increased sales for the company

·         Conduct regular review of the company’s competitive environment and take appropriate measures to jump start and continuously increase the company’s market

·         Ensure constant communication flow with all stakeholders

Account Related Duties

·         Direct annual budgeting and budget implementation and planning process for the organization’s annual budget with management

·         Oversee short and long term financial and managerial reporting

·         Oversee the cash management policy

Logistics Duties/ Warehouse/ Store Duties

·         Ensure logistics grid is updated effectively to manage movement to client site

·         Ensure that capital is not tied down as stock

Experience

·         6-10 years’ experience in managing operational activities with 4 years in leadership role

WORKING HOURS

Working hours are mainly 8am to 5pm. The employee may need to work extended hours, particularly if there are tight deadlines to be met or new systems to be introduced. He could be on call at weekends or public holidays to deal with problems.

WHAT TO EXPECT

•               To spend considerable amounts of time supervising staff.

•               Dress code is usually business casual, but need to dress more formally when meeting customers, managers or business people.

•               The job can be stressful when there are problems or difficulty in meeting deadlines; though can be satisfying when targets are met.