SENIOR MANAGER – OPERATIONS (Two Year Fixed Term Contract) – Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTCB)

 

Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTCB) is a 50/50 Joint Venture Partnership between the Government of the Republic of Botswana and De Beers Group. It is the world’s largest and most sophisticated rough diamond sorting and valuation operation.

Main purpose of the job

Reporting to the Managing Director, the incumbent will be responsible for managing the diamond cleaning, sorting and valuing processes in accordance with agreed standards to optimise value and return to shareholders. The incumbent will be required to lead the department and ensure that production targets are safely achieved and that DTCB attains and retains world class processing organisation standards. Critical to this role will be consistently meeting increasingly stringent quality standards and effectively managing customer relationships. The incumbent should have sound people management skills and be able to provide thought-leadership and advice on key strategic decisions.

Key performance areas:

The successful candidate will be responsible for among other things:

•   Safety Health and Environment

•   Diamond cleaning, sorting and valuation processes

•   Production planning and performance monitoring

•   Customer relationships

•   Change Management

•   Stakeholder Management

•   Corporate Governance

•   Talent Management

Qualifications:

Minimum of a Degree in Business, Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Process Engineering, Operations Management.

Experience:

The candidate should possess a minimum of 20 years’ diamond sorting and valuing experience (diamantaire); of which 8 years must have been at Middle/Senior Management level, managing large teams or function.

Competencies:

•   Leading Self and Leading Others

•    Business and Organisational Knowledge

•   Execution for Results

•    Continuous improvement

•    Collaboration

•    Customer Orientation