TX-R-31,TX-R-31 / Specialist: Finance

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft; Akasia; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

An international automotive manufacturer in Akasia is seeking a candidate with a degree in Industrial Engineering or Finance. The role involves managing departmental budgets, ensuring compliance with various business processes, and supporting new product launches. Candidates should have at least 3 years of relevant experience, strong project management skills, and the ability to work across functions. Excellent communication skills and a robust understanding of strategic management are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of management systems.
• Ability to present and influence at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Manage departmental budgets operationally and for projects.
• Ensure compliance with business processes.
• Support new product launches and resource allocation.

Skills

Management system requirements

Strategic management

Project management

Budget management skills

Interpersonal communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Computer literacy

Education

Degree in Industrial Engineering/Finance

Job description

Main Duties

• Initiates, decides, controls and enforces all Headcount/Costs requirements and budgets for Direct Labour and Manufacturing Overheads.
• Set up monitor and manage Departmental Budgets both operationally and Project related.
• Ensure compliance of the team to the various business processes and JMS system requirements.
• Establishes Long Term Budgets (LUP, LIP).
• Establish Strategic targets regarding Loading, Costs and Productivity.
• Oversight of Line Balancing and Manpower planning.
• Establish objectives, projects and plans to improve cost and labour productivity.
• Enforces all cost and labour productivity targets.
• Is on a day-by-day basis interactive in the technology and neighbouring departments to support primary targets (i.e. On time Delivery, Volume and budget, Quality).
• Break down of the T-targets (linked to On Time Delivery, KOVP, volume targets, Budget and headcount) to the T-R-xxx targets within the yearly target commitment process.
• Introduction of New systems in accordance with international norms with regards to Productivity control and visualization.
• Makes internal as well as external agreements about efficiency with process partners and projects across, Logistics, Painted Body, Finance, Purchasing and Quality.
• New Product Launches/Project Involving Line Balancing and Productivity and Headcount requirements.
• Resource Evaluation and Allocation under changing business requirements through local and international influences.
• Ensure development of the role of Coach within the technology environment.
• Key support for FK Prop, and complete Direct headcount planning with the groups central planning functions (TP and TI) for introductions of new model launches.

Employment Equity Plan

• Monitor EEP project in core.
• Interaction with plant project team regarding goals and project related issues.
• Representing core in plant team meetings to provide all required feedback.
• To support Company and Departmental objectives.

Education

• Degree in Industrial Engineering/Finance or any related qualifications.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 3 year of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of management system requirements.
• A high degree of knowledge of strategic management and business planning.
• Strong network within Plant Rosslyn and to the central TP-x functions and the wider BMW group.
• Highly developed interpersonal / communication skills.
• Ability to present / influence at all levels.
• Project and budget management skills.
• Workshop design and facilitation skills.
• Experience of working cross functionally and within different cultures.
• A high degree of computer literacy.

Competence

• Competence for capacity planning and decision coordination towards the management circle of the technology.
• Competence for the development of steering models and processes for capacity flexibility, and for the creation of appropriate guidelines for the other departments towards the management circle of the technology.
• Competence for the control of all operational key performance indicators of the technology at the production site (proportional costs, launch-, fix and special costs) and to carry out operational evaluations in the OtD and ItO processes towards the head of respective technology.