
Area Business Manager - India
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manage operational activities at Sites in Area in line with applicable SHES policies
- Deliver on all measures documented in Letter of Assurance and SHES plans for Area
- Actively manage assets through their life cycle, including sustenance capital spend and replacement planning
- Ensure that reliability of all assets on the reserve is maintained at an appropriately high level, by ensuring effective maintenance systems and resources are in place
- Manage performance against budget and actively work to identify methods of reducing cost across the Area
- Develop plans to ensure the maximum utilisation, availability and security of business assets
- Develop and implement an operational improvement plan to drive productivity improvements
- Ensure that a motivated, skilled, competent and appropriately trained team is in place to deliver business needs now and into the future.
- Coach, facilitate and develop the team
- Ensure that succession and development plans are in place for key roles and personnel, and that performance management process are in being utilised
- Ensure that appropriate work arrangements (EBA's etc) are in place to provide a flexible workforce, by direct involvement in negotiation of these arrangements
- Proactively manage customer relationships to Site GM level
- Manage Join ventures, distributors and other downstream partners in the business area.
- Deliver revenue, EBIT and Trading Profit targets for the area
- Develop and drive the implementation of a sales plan to retain existing business, and win greenfields and competitor accounts
- Maintain a leading market share for the Area by leading solutions and service offerings to the market
- Manage contracts effectively and drive contractual improvements
- Implement regional and global market strategies and pricing policies, conduct price reviews & ensure feedback on their effectiveness/competitive response
- Manage variations
- Identify opportunities and implement plans to reduce and eliminate non value adding activity
- Review, develop and manage Account Management Plans for all customers including the improvement of reconciliation processes.
- Ensure all staff are appropriately trained, developed, managed and supported to meet their position responsibilities.
- Lead and develop a culture in accordance with Orica principles.
- Market new products through an increase in product/service trials being carried out on competitor sites across the Area
- Lead the application of technologies, products and services to provide effective solutions for customers in Area
- Ensure timely response to customer needs by working closely with Orica support areas such as Supply Chain, Technical Services, SHES, HR, Customer Support & Operations Support
- Ensure the business has the highest achievable quality and productivity in resourcing by ensuring planning & initiatives are linked to the achievement of business objectives and consistent with strategies
- Provide strategic influencing to the Business Region as a key member of the Management Team.
- Tertiary qualification, Post graduate qualifications in frontline management (desirable);
- 10+ years experience in operations management within a manufacturing/technical environment, leading small to medium work groups;
- 10+ years experience in developing and maintaining customer relationships.
- Territory Manager
- Commercial Manager (with prior Operations Experience)
- Key Account Manager
- Possess unquestioned reputation for integrity, ethics, personal values and solid character
- Builds the trust of others both internally and externally
- Demonstrate innate business intellect, achievement orientation and competitive spirit
- Exude confidence, yet be without strong ego needs; is self-aware and open to feedback
- Show courage to make decisions, yet is patient to make the right ones
- Model resilience and flexibility; adapts well to new circumstances and adversity