PRODUCT SPECIALIST - LOAD AND HAUL

Sandvik seeks:

Product Specialist - Load & Haul

The role

The purpose of the job is to be:

• Responsible for providing quality technical support and for developing the technical competencies of internal and external customer.

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support to end users, operators, and service personnel in cases of complex technical issues.
• Provide relevant feedback to Product Support Managers to enable improvements to the equipment or its operation.
• Provide assistance in compiling accurate data to process warranty claims and engineering machine improvements.
• Review spare parts recommendations with Parts BLM organization
• Provide information on accuracy of Machine Life Operating Costs (MLOC) to PSM
• Investigate warranty claims proactively and reactively to enhance customer satisfaction and provide feedback to the Warranty Analyst.
• Assist PSM with field-testing and trials of new products and updated components to ensure proper and safe operation.
• Perform equipment demonstrations in a safe manner.
• Provide on-site technical assistance to resolve issues

Your profile:

• Matric
• Must have at least 10 years' experience with the product
• An appropriate N6 diploma or higher qualification

Required Competencies:

• Core application systems
• Computer Literacy
• Engineering Drawings
• Knowledge of Product Line
• Effective Communication
• Customer Interaction
• Employee Health and Safety
• Project ManagementEnd User Training
• Driver's Licence
• Medically fit to work underground.

Other Information:

• This position will require extensive travelling.
• This position will require the successful incumbent to provide afterhours support (telephonic and on-site).

Who may apply

All applicants outside South Africa must ensure that they are able to secure a work permit and permanent residence prior to applying for any advertised positions.

How to apply:

To apply, please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button, or access the Sandvik websitewww.sandvik.com/Career.

If you have any further queries, please contact us on 0800 331 331.

Applications close: 28 July 2016

Job Reference No. 343490

Recruiter: Lindi Nhlapo

Sandvik is committed to representivity in the composition of its employees and the creation of job opportunities across all sectors of the South African population

Deadline: 28 Jul
Job-ID: 343490

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ENGINEERING OVERSEER

Sandvik seeks:

Engineering Overseer

The role

To effectively lead and manage the engineering maintenance function of the site underground and ensuring compliance with maintenance execution of relevant legislation and procedures, business plans, cost effectiveness, effective subordinates and customer relations. This position is and underground position and would require a shift rotation which includes working "odd" shift for the purpose of over inspection.

Main Responsibilities

• Safety
• Ensuring compliance and planned maintenance schedules
• Prioritization and assignment of Work and Personnel.
• Regulation of Underground Complement.
• Effective communication on performance of fleet, downtime, damages and root causes.
• Effective execution of Maintenance Plan-through supervisor levels UG.
• To maintain operational oversight of underground activities
• Training and developing staff in technical aspects
• Assist in resolving technical related issues.
• Monitoring and controlling parts usages and budget for the section.
• Ensuring the audits are performed on equipment action plans are developed and results held on file.
• Managing sub-contracts underground ensuring that they perform to standard and on time. Proposing changes based on RCA indicating cost benefit or performance gains.
• Ensuring that parts are used correctly and efficiently and pro-actively planned for.
• Managing subordinates and their development.

Required Competencies

• Be computer literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of planned maintenance systems (MAXIMO would be an advantage)
• Be well versed in Execution of Projects.
• Have good legislative knowledge including Mine Health and Safety Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act.
• Have good communication skills-both written and verbal.
• Be action orientated with a sense of urgency and have the ability to manage time to meet deadlines
• Have the ability to deliver presentations (Safety, Root cause Analysis).
• Appointees must be declared medically fit for the position and environment, as determined by a risk based medical examination at the relevant Gold Fields Occupational Health Centre and pass a Heat Tolerance Screening test

Your profile

• 5 years engineering experience in the trackless mobile machinery maintenance engineering field.
• Accept a legal appointment as Engineering Overseer in terms of Section7(4) and regulation 2.9.2 of the Mineral Health and Safety Act number 29 of 1996 (MHSA).
• Be in possession of a trade certificate of Competence (Section 13 or 26D
• Have completed the following courses POLC, Risk Assessment, line supervision course.Health and Safety course.
• Drivers License

It would be advantage to have:

• N6 or S4 with Engineering Overseer Certificate.
• 5 years' experience in TMM equipment maintenance.
• Have at least 2 years experience in a Line Supervisory Role.
• Have working knowledge of MAXIMO as maintenance system.
• An N4 Engineering Overseer certificate or Engineering Superintendent Certificate would be an advantage

Location :

South Deep

Who may apply

Only South African Citizens can apply

How to apply

To apply, please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button, or access the Sandvik websitewww.sandvik.com/Career.

If you have any further queries, please contact us on 0800 331 331.

Applications close : 28 July 2016

Job Reference No.: 346006

Recruiter: Tracey Thomson

Sandvik is committed to representivity in the composition of its employees and the creation of job opportunities across all sectors of the South African population

Deadline: 28 Jul
Job-ID: 346006

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PARTS PRICING & SYSTEM MANAGER

Sandvik seeks:

Parts Pricing & Systems Manager

The role

You will be responsible for researching, developing, delivering and driving the implementation of pricing strategies and robust and sustainable commercial system for parts-and tools related contracts across the sub-Saharan region (+/-R1bn value pa), through analysis and review of current pricing and related commercial practices, to achieve effective and efficient contract maintenance & performance, service levels and maximisation of revenue and profits for the organisation:

Main KPAs are:

Customer pricing

• Analyse profitability per customer and develop solutions to remedy historic pricing inconsistencies while ensuring the relationship remains intact
• Develop and implement systems that monitor pricing per customer, building in controls for regular pricing review, and provide tracking reports/alerts for management
• Together with key stakeholders in the business, develop creative options for customers to develop win-win solutions to retain their business while ensuring pricing is aligned (in need over time) to pricing strategy
• Implement required systems and provide the necessary training/communication/change management interventions to ensure acceptance and understanding of requirements
• Develop and implement systems for succession management of parts on contract.

Regional pricing

• Analyse pricing inconsistencies across countries within the region and develop solutions to ensure a consistent approach that is commercially sound
• Develop and implement systems that support the application of consistent pricing in different countries and the flagging of deviations
• Ensure that monitoring and controls are in place to alert management to inconsistencies so that these can be addressed timeously
• Implement required systems and provide the necessary training/communication/change management interventions to ensure acceptance and understanding of requirements

Systems development

• Develop and implement integrated and robust systems that allow for automated processing with minimal intervention
• Develop and implement structures on the Aurora system that will ensure that commercial processes can be properly monitored and controlled
• Ensure that systems provide for contractual monitoring of foreign currency exchange rates and the associated price adjustments
• Develop local commercial processes around the service exchange (SX) business that will improve service levels, inventory health, market share and profitability of the SX business
• Develop all systems and processes for the South African and countries in the region for internationally developed products
• Develop ISO standards for all systems, procedures and processes

Change management

• Develop change management interventions to support system/procedure/process changes
• Manage the changes to ensure they bed down and become the status quo
• Together with key stakeholders in the business engage customers at senior levels to keep them informed of system and process changes which impact them, and also to be cognisant of issues from their perspective
• Engage with key stakeholders in all areas of the business to leverage synergies and get buy-in for solutions that maximise efficiency and revenue and/or are mutually beneficial (e.g. component exchange programme; new for old programme; promotions on identified products)

Your Profile

• Minimum of under-graduate degree with a business/systems/project focus. Post-graduate qualification e.g. MBA desirable
• Understand and have experience of the industrial market, broad based business skills, pricing principles, business systems and processes.
• Understand and have experience in servicing and/or selling to industrial customers, ideally in industrial aftermarket parts business.
• Understand and have experience in getting work done through people not direxctly managed - will have to drive change and process improvements in other areas of the business, e.g. service exchange requires co-operation from workshops, stock, customer service, etc.
• Project management experience
• Requires a detailed knowledge of the Aurora and associated systems
• Extensive experience of the organisation's (or those of the similar organisation) inventory and ERP systems and how they work.
• Understand the culture of the organisation and that of customer organisations. Able to leverage networks internally and externally to lobby support, pitch ideas at the appropriate level etc.

Location

Johannesburg, Jet Park

Who may apply

All applicants outside South Africa must ensure that they are able to secure a work permit and permanent residence prior to applying for any advertised positions.

How to apply

To apply, please click on the 'Apply' button, or access the Sandvik website www.sandvik.com/career.

Applications close: 29 July 2016

Job Reference No: 343452

If you have any further queries, please contact us on 0800 331 331.

Recruiter: Thato Makoro

Sandvik is committed to representivity in the composition of its employees and the creation of job opportunities across all sectors of the South African population

Deadline: 29 Jul
Job-ID: 343452

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JOBS AT UNITED NATIONS LESOTHO - 7/22/2016

2016 NETI Programme Positions in Child Protection, Communication for Development, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research, Social Policy, and Nutrition.

The New and Emerging Talent Initiative (NETI) is an entry point for professionals interested in an international career with UNICEF. As part of UNICEF’s global talent management strategy the NETI Programme focuses on attracting, selecting, developing and retaining new talent. The aim is to recruit candidates at the mid-career levels who will grow and develop in the organization. NETI participants work actively in multicultural environments within the development and humanitarian arenas, while contributing to delivering results for children.

The NETI Programme is currently recruiting for suitable candidates for the following functional areas at the P-3 level: Child Protection, Communication for Development, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research, Social Policy, and Nutrition. We invite candidates with at least 5 years of relevant professional work experience, a completed advanced degree (Master's degree or equivalent), proficiency in English and working knowledge of another UN language (Arabic, French, Mandarin, Spanish, or Russian) to apply.

All applicants will be required to complete a technical test questionnaire at the time of application. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified and will therefore advance to the next stage of the competitive selection process, which involves various additional assessments including a language proficiency test.

For full NETI Programme details and information on how to apply, please visit the NETI website at www.unicef.org/neti. Applications will only be accepted online through UNICEF’s eRecruitment system, until 11:59pm EST, August 14, 2016.

About UNICEF

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.