Senior Industrial Engineer

Purpose of the role:

To optimise the financial performance of the Roodepoort Manufacturing Plant through strategic projects, continuous improvements and a robust financial management system.

Responsibilities:

Manufacturing Financial Management System

• Ensure that product costing remains 100% (Material, Labour, Variable Overhead)
• Ensure that fixed overhead allocation and factory recovery allows for sound commercial decision making
• Embed and maintain a system for accurate budgeting and periodic tracking against budget
• Identify issues and opportunities related to operating expenses as well as balance sheet items
• Drive actions to optimise savings and cost avoidance
• Ensure accuracy of all master data driving financial reporting for factory products
• Ensure income statement accuracy for the factory (P&L)
• Ensure balance sheet accuracy for the factory (Inventory, depreciation)
• Support manufacturing manager and COO with pro-active and insightful financial reports

Transformational Projects

• Identify, prioritise and quantify transformative operational project opportunities.
• Develop robust business cases to ensure viability of projects and return on investment.
• Develop robust project plans to support delivery to planned due date.   
• Manage project approval inputs and process including capital expenditure requests.
• Manage all resources required to deliver a successful project.
• Ensure tracking of benefits on savings tracking systems.
• Formally communicate project progress to all stakeholders

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities for financial improvement through cost, quality or service level optimisation.
• Collaborate with operations team members to prioritise and implement viable opportunities.
• Ensure tracking of benefits on savings tracking systems.

Professional Qualifications:

Qualification Required:

• B.Eng or B.Sc Industrial Engineering (Strong evidence of financial management subjects will be requested)

Skills and Experience:

• Minimum 3-5 Years experience in Industrial Engineering related role in a Manufacturing operation
• Solid understanding of product costing input e.g. BOM, routing, overhead absorption costing models
• Budgeting and business cases
• Advanced Excel and data analytics
• Project Management

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