Pikitup Vacancies Soweto – General Manager Operations

Job Description:

To provide strategic, technical and operational management support to the Chief Operating Officer in the transformation of Pikitup operations towards a high performing organisation

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure a consistent, impactful and long-term approach to skills development is introduced and sustained at the depot level.
• Develop processes and systems within operations to maximize efficiency and cost effectiveness.
• Implement risk mitigation plans.
• Drive and instil a high-performance culture by ensuring that there is compliance in all matters pertaining to performance management by direct reports and their subordinates.
• Develop and implement operations strategy and plans.
• Proactively manage all labour disputes and create a conducive and cooperative relationship between management, workers and Unions.
• Monitoring and evaluation of operations strategy and plans.
• Build a strong culture of governance and compliance through the tracking and resolving of all audit findings.
• Improve operations infrastructure so that depots represent excellent places of work for an employee of the City of
• Johannesburg.
• Introduce uniform standards and procedures of operation through all depots, and in doing so introduce a consistent standard of service delivery excellence across the City.

Job Requirements:

• Knowledge and/or understanding of Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) and regulations.
• Knowledge of the South African Auditing Standards.
• A postgraduate qualification in in a relevant field will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of local and international trends and best practices in operations management and waste management.
• A bachelor’s degree with majors or modules in relevant disciplines such as environmental science, waste management or operations management.
• Analysis and problem solving
• Influencing and persuading
• Employment relations, negotiation and mediation
• Strategy formulation and implementation
• Conflict resolution
• A minimum of 8 years’ relevant operations/ or waste management experience in a comparable environment.
• Driver’s license and access to own vehicle.
• 5 years’ experience at senior management level.
• Knowledge of Treasury Regulations and Public Service Regulations.
• Organising and prioritising
• Strong commercial knowledge understanding.
• Knowledge of Fleet and Logistics
• 10 years operations management experience.
• Operational management
• Knowledge of internal standards relating to operations management.
• Experience working in a public service or local government environment.

Job Details:

Company: Pikitup Johannesburg (SOC) Ltd

Job Category: Government

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa

Application Deadline: N/A

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