JOB TITLE: Centre of Excellence Director MEA
DEPARTMENT: Centre of Excellence
REPORTING TO: President MEA & APAC
REGION: MEA
ADDITIONAL INFO: Travel within the MEA region will be required.
PURPOSE OF POSITION
To drive the delivery of GVR MEA's Centre of Excellence strategic objectives by leading execution on project management, supply chain, service delivery, customer service, technical support and technical training functions across to improve customer experience. The incumbent will be accountable for the performance, leadership, management and development of GVR MEA's Centre of Excellence through fostering a culture of continuous improvement. A member of the MEA Leadership (EXCO) team and responsible for facilitating the achievement of the Company's strategic goals and objectives.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Overall success in this role will be achieved through leadership in ensuring execution in the following functions:
Supply Chain
Leading and directing all facets of supply chain management including, but not limited to:
Purchasing, logistics, warehousing, billing and stock management, forecasting, procurement, inventory control and financial costing.
Developing strategies, policies, procedures, and overall team structure to optimize value of the entire function.
Ensuring implementation of Standard Work.
Driving sustainable cost reduction and ensuring prevention of margin erosion.
Maintaining compliance with all regulatory requirements within the MEA region and ethical standards related to procurement.
Project Management
Building an effective PMO structure.
Strategic management of projects across GVR's MEA region.
Identify and drive process improvement opportunities within the projects team.
Build and maintain key stakeholder (internal & external) relationships and trust, in order to shape and inspire stakeholder capability and business function optimisation.
Collaborate with Commercial Leaders to meet Revenue Recognition targets.
Sign off on contractor onboarding.
Monitor market and competitor activity and provide recommendations on pricing policies and strategies.
Customer Service
Overseeing all aspects of customer service policies, objectives and initiatives within the business unit.
Ensuring effective frontline customer support, including scheduling processes.
Developing and implementing SLAs focused on response times and query resolution.
Ensuring systems are in place and utilised by team to capture and report service metrics including VOC and trends.
Aligning customer service activities and initiatives to support and enhance the business objectives.
Developing and maintaining customer relationships with key customers.
Service Delivery & Technical Support
Establishing an effective L1 technical support structure.
Leading GVR MEA's central point of customer contact for remote diagnostics and technical support.
Ensuring Standard Work is in place for timely resolution and feedback to customers.
Technical Training
Manages the technical training function within the business across the region.
Develops and implements technical training strategies to ensure the business has the right skillset to provide quality service to our customers.
As a MEA EXCO member, demonstrates a clear and consistent commitment to the company's vision, purpose and values.
Builds extraordinary teams by identifying, attracting and retaining talent.
Drives the Talent Review process and filters it down to all levels of the organisation.
Develops and maintains effective linkages across the business.
Provides VBS coaching to team.
Effective leadership of any other projects/tasks/processes as agreed with the President.
Education/Achievements
University degree or equivalent.
Post graduate diploma, e.g., MBA or equivalent Masters in a related discipline preferred.
Experience in Lean / Six Sigma / Kaizen environment preferred.
Experience/Knowledge
Minimum 10 years' experience in a Senior Operations/Customer Experience Leadership role.
A level of technical acumen.
Understanding of and commitment to working in a lean organisation.
Thorough understanding of margin improvement process.
Customer focused individual, with experience of managing and working with demanding customers in a customer-led organisation.
Background in working in complex operations.
Practical experience managing diverse teams operating in multiple geographies.
Experience working within the petroleum or related industry preferred.
Specific Skills
Advanced Computer skills in Office suites.
Ability to drive change.
Training & coaching experience.
Understanding and interpretation of data.
Business acumen.
Analytical aptitude.
Potential Skills
Commercial Business Acumen.
Management of P&L.
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