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Head of Operations

Closing Date
2025/11/19
Reference Number
PPC251110-1
Job Title Head of Operations
Job Category Manufacturing
Job Type Permanent
Business Unit Zimbabwe
Department Production
Site Admin Centre
Location – Town / City Bulawayo
Location – Province Bulawayo
Location – Country Zimbabwe
Job Advert Summary
PPC Zimbabwe is seeking a dynamic and experienced Head of Operations to lead and oversee the performance of its three manufacturing sites. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining and executing the long-term operational strategy, driving efficiency, productivity, and safety across all plants, while ensuring alignment with the company’s overall business goals.

This is a key leadership role that requires a strong technical background, exceptional strategic thinking, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in delivering operational excellence. The Head of Operations will champion continuous improvement, enforce compliance with statutory and company standards, and drive initiatives that enhance plant performance, cost efficiency, and sustainability

Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

MBA or Master’s degree in Engineering will be an added advantage

+5 years of senior management in cement or related manufacturing industry

5-8 years as Plant Manager in an integrated cement manufacturing plant

Duties and Responsibilities
Define and drive the long-term operational strategy for all manufacturing sites, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and strategic direction

Apply the Enterprise Risk Management framework, tools, and practices to proactively identify, assess, mitigate, and report risks and opportunities across all plants and the wider business

Stay informed on economic trends, legislation, competition, and industry developments locally and globally to anticipate and plan for factors influencing strategic objectives.

Build and develop technical skills/expertise for Plant turnaround initiatives

Draw up business cases in support of identified strategic projects for business performance and growth and ensure value return as per agreed time frame

Oversee the implementation of the Plant Performance Improvement Plan (PPIP) by the Plants and lead the achievement of Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE).

Drive cost management initiatives by monitoring key operational cost drivers, optimizing resource utilization, and ensuring adherence to approved budgets.

Champion SHE (Safety, Health, and Environment) management by promoting a proactive safety culture, ensuring compliance with statutory and company requirements, and integrating sustainable practices across all operations.

Identify, coordinate, and implement best-practice methodologies across all plants, guiding operations in the continuous review and improvement of practices, systems, and structures to enhance operational efficiency and support overall business objectives

Anticipate change and align reporting and information requirements at Group level. Forecast deviations and take long-term proactive action.

Monitor incorporation of legislative changes into best practices and systems. Promote and enforce a culture of statutory compliance at all Plants.

Ensure all cement products meet country technical specifications through effective quality oversight and control processes

Ensure all legal appointments required under the Factories and Works Act and The Mines and Minerals Act are valid and up to date across all operational sites

Provide project management leadership and oversight to ensure timely execution and successful delivery of key operational and capital projects.

Provide oversight of all mining activities to ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable mining operations

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Controller

Closing Date
2025/11/17
Reference Number
PPC251107-1
Job Title Controller
Job Category Finance
Job Type Permanent
Business Unit Group Admin
Department Finance
Site Rosebank
Location – Town / City Rosebank
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Country South Africa
Job Advert Summary
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

PPC GROUP SUPPORT SERVICES

POSITION : Controller

LOCATION : Rosebank

REPORTS TO : Group Controller

NUMBER OF POSITIONS : 1

DATE OF VACANCY : Immediate

The Controller is responsible for preparing, consolidating, and reporting plant financial data for business objectives and decision-making. Providing management accounts and financial information to the Materials business unit for reporting and decision making. This role is also responsible for statutory compliance to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and other standards, financial governance, and provides oversight for various departments within the plant as well as carry out plant costing calculations and preparing budgets for the plant. Strategic plant calculation / analysis of business opportunities and support the Strategy Office in decision making

Minimum Requirements
Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Accounting (NQF Level 7)
Chartered Institute of Management Accounting (CIMA) is advantageous
Driver’s licence code 8 with own vehicle
Relevant business experience working in a finance role 3-5 years
Experience in cost accounting in a manufacturing or mining environment 3- 5 years
Duties and Responsibilities
Financial Control Management

Prepare detailed monthly cement plant & materials business units management accounts reports and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) information with variance analysis and commentary against budget and prior year performance.
Interactions with Plant & Materials GM’s on the presentation on financial performance for decision making.
Participate in the formulation of the plant strategy in line with the business strategy
Review functional business plans and align them to financial targets
Monitor plants capital expenditure against budget
Provide plant management with variance reports
Compile CAPEX spend tracking and forecasting, prepare reports and obtain relevant information from plants.
SAP CO Assessment cycle, review of product cost allocation.
Perform monthly stock calculations and stock revaluation calculations
Prepare Monthly Costing report
Prepare Monthly Variance analysis reports per plan including production cost variance against standard/budget and prior year
Track the implementation on audit findings and remedial action implemented
Preparation for monthly and YTG forecasts
Preparation of reports to external stakeholders for Cement blending & Materials BU’s..
Budget Management

Coordinate budgeting activities at plant level and compile the annual plant budget for submission to line manager for review
Coordinate completion of input packs and budget packs (BPC and SAP) and upload into SAP ECC and BPC
Set up of budget and new assessment cycles
5-year budget planning.
Monitor expenditure against the approved budget, reporting on any deviations to the line manager and Business Control and Performance Department
Budgeting coordinating, updating of budget files, consolidating, loading into BPC & SAP for the 3 Materials entities
Stakeholder Management and Business Partnerships

Support plants in the formulation of their operational budgets
Provide support to plants and materials businesses with financial data for making informed budgetary decisions
Project evaluation modelling, for Cement blending & Materials BU’s

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Foreman Electrical

Closing Date
2025/11/13
Reference Number
PPC251030-1
Job Title Foreman Electrical
Job Category Engineering
Job Type Permanent
Business Unit Coastal BU
Department Engineering
Site Port Elizabeth
Location – Town / City Port Elizabeth
Location – Province Eastern Cape
Location – Country South Africa
Job Advert Summary
Leading and management of the Electrical team and resources to ensure the safe operation of plant equipment in compliance to legal requirements, as well as the achievement of a high level of plant equipment reliability and availability.

Minimum Requirements
Qualified Artisan N5 or Equivalent

Duties and Responsibilities
Maintenance optimization of plant.
Supervision of Artisans
Ensure compliance to Legal, Quality, Health and Safety Standards.

· Business Intelligence – Perform Root-cause Analysis to rectify problem areas and poor maintenance practices. Document and communicate findings to key individuals in support of Continuous Improvement. (FMEA, 5 Why, Fishbone, A4 and other techniques). Monitor and trend equipment condition.

· Functional Planning – Ensure that the activities of the Engineering Department has a minimal impact on Production by achieving the optimum turnaround time on workorders (Mean Time to Repair). Provide input into the shutdown process and the shutdown post-mortem for Continuous Improvement purposes. Allocate resources for the timeous completion of all scheduled and un-scheduled work through short term (2 weeks or more) resource planning and scheduling. Assess and approve reactive non-urgent workorder requests. Provide input, with Production personnel, into the Planning and Scheduling process for planned maintenance, in order to maximise production run-time.

· Execution of Maintenance – Ensure the cost effective and timeous completion of workorders executed by artisans and their assistants.

· Operational Control – Ensure that Operational Best Practices (OBP) is adhered to. Sign off on the plant Temporary Change Log workorders and follow up. Verify and sign off on intangible time booking.

Conduct regular scheduled over-inspections to ensure that work is performed to the correct standard.

Ensure that the ACP is adhered to through execution of workorders and the management of delays and backlog (workorder management). Compile a weekly report of work loading, backlog, costs, call-outs and key engineering metrics or ratios.

· Communication and Reporting – Ensure that key Engineering Department metrics are reviewed in the team INVOCOM. Apply Kambuku principles. Provide input into interdepartmental INVOCOMs. Ensure that the correct, accurate and timeous key metrics feed into the weekly OPS reports. Report factors, incidents and accidents that pose a business risk.

· Governance and Risk Management – Adhere to SHE, legal, statutory and regulatory structures and frameworks and promote a culture of compliance. Promote and ensure compliance with ISO 9001 system. Evaluate negative trends and introduce remedial solutions. Comply with JAP audit requirements. Drive and ensure that Asset Care Health Checks are entrenched. Comply with Ad-Hoc audit requirements and implement corrective actions.

· Inventory Management – Monitor critical spares and engineering stock item inventories, ensuring availability while minimising redundancy. Ensure that parts of the correct specification are ordered and received into stock. Monitor and control rotable spares.

· Contractor Management – Ensure that contractors adhere to PPC asset care policies and procedures. Submit requisitions for contract labour and service providers. Allocate work to Labour hire staff, contractors and service providers. Reconcile contractor labour hours and authorise invoices for payment.

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