GENERAL MANAGER | MINING CAREERS AT CUMMINS Inc. KITWE, COPPERBELT, ZAMBIA
JOB TITLE: General Manager | LOCATION: Kitwe | DEPARTMENT: Sales, General Business, Management
About the job
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We are looking for a talented General Manager to lead our business in Kitwe, Zambia , supporting key customers in the region.
In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:
- Plans and directs the operations of a small scope organization. Management may be within a portion of a geographic region, a single small business within a country, or a small Cummins’ controlled joint venture.
- Implements operating policies and procedures through Supervisors and experienced Individual Contributors.
- Achieve or exceed balanced scorecard targets for the organization of responsibility.
- Manages profit and loss and asset utilization.
- Develops business plans based on the strategic goals set by business unit leadership.
- Grows the business profitably.
- Manages multiple functions.
- Through Supervisors and Individual Contributors, implements operating policies and procedures across multiple functional areas including customer service, finance, quality control, purchasing, materials management, and human resources.
- Where available, follows common global business processes as defined by Cummins Operation System functions.
- Anticipates, recognizes, facilitates and coordinates the resolution of cross-functional challenges that may impact organizational success.
- Builds and maintains strong customer relationships.
- Achieves high customer satisfaction ratings.
- Works with customers and Cummins employees to continuously improve customer satisfaction and to understand what the customer will need from Cummins in the future.
- Translates long-term business strategy into actionable short-term business goals for the organization.
- Manages Six Sigma and continuous improvement initiatives within the organization.
- Develops, leads, and motivates Supervisors and Individual Contributors; sets goals in training and development, performance, and career planning.
- Develops high-functioning teams.
- Develops a deep understanding of all of Cummins’ businesses.
- Identifies and helps to develop new business opportunities that are optimized for Cummins.
- Understands the region within which the organization operates as well as Cummins’ global products and presence.
To be successful in this role you will need the following:
- A degree level qualification in a relevant subject (Engineering, Business etc) or substantial, equivalent experience.
- Advanced degree in Business or related field preferred.
- Significant experience within a similar role required, including supervisory, product, customer, and budgetary experience
- Ideally experience within the industrial/mining industry
