Operations Manager – Choppies

To Manage overall operations and will be responsible for the effective and successful management of labour, productivity, quality control and safety measures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute operations information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; prepare and complete action plans; implement production, productivity, quality and customer-service standards; resolve problems; complete audits; identify trends.
• Forecast requirements; prepare an annual budget; schedule expenditures; analyze variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Develop operations systems by determining product handling and storage requirements; develop, implement, enforce and evaluate policies and procedures; develop processes for receiving the product, equipment utilization, inventory management and shipping.
• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Accomplish operations and organization mission by completing related results as needed.
• Train local employees and upskill them.

Skills & proficiencies:

• Leadership /good communication skills.
• Conflict Management skills.
• Business Negotiation skills.
• Good decision-Making skills.
• Must be a good team player.

Qualifications & experience

• A Degree in Electrical engineering or its
• A minimum f 3 years of work experience in the same filed is required.
• An accounting background will be an added
• Must be registered with Botswana Engineers Registration Board (ERB).
• Knowledge of working on variable frequency drives in one of the existing points.