General Manager - Motion Metrics Africa

The Weir Group; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company is seeking a General Manager for Motion Metrics Africa, responsible for driving business development and account management within the region. The role demands strong leadership, technical expertise, and experience in digital solutions for mining operations, aiming to meet challenging growth targets while ensuring safety and operational excellence.

Benefits

Inclusive and diverse workplace

Opportunities for career growth

Qualifications

• Experience in managing teams to deliver outcomes.
• Experience in digital/software solution space in industrial applications.
• Background in delivering operational efficiency gains.

Responsibilities

• Lead business development and account management in a specific region.
• Manage yearly budgeting and P&L accountability.
• Ensure safety and operational goals are met.

Skills

Technical acumen

Problem solving

Leadership

Account management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tertiary qualifications in commerce or management

MBA

Job description

General Manager - Motion Metrics Africa
Weir ESCO
Johannesburg
Hybrid


Purpose of Role: As the General Manager of the Motion Metrics Africa business unit you will captain the team while being a critical player in it. It requires you to have direct account management and business development responsibility of a specific sub-region in Africa, spending a significant portion of your time on mine site, helping our customers solve their problems with our technology. You will have ultimate responsibility for Motion Metrics Africa reaching its revenue and footprint growth targets, working closely with the sales, support, and operations teams you'll be leading to execute the strategic initiatives you will have a part in shaping.


Why choose Weir:
Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.


An opportunity to g row your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.


Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.


Key Responsibilities:
· Technical Sales: Business develop and account manage your own specific region within Africa, leveraging your technical acumen and problem solving capabilities to solve your customers' challenges using Motion Metrics solutions.
· Revenue and P&L Accountability : Work with the sales team and the Sales Director to set the yearly budget, perform quarterly forecast updates, and be accountable for achieving those projections on a monthly and yearly basis.

· Operational Management : Manage the Motion Metrics Africa people and initiative projects to achieve the business targets set out.
· Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.


Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:
· Technical Qualification - Ideally with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering.

· Business / Management qualification - Ideally tertiary qualifications in commerce, or management. An MBA would be advantageous.

· Experience managing teams to deliver outcomes.

· Experience working within the digital/software solution space in industrial applications. Ideally delivering operational efficiency gains to the blasting/mining/processing teams on mine site would be advantageous.


Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.


For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.


Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.


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