General Manager – Converting | Pretoria West | Permanent

Key Responsibilities - Provide visible, professional, and values-driven leadership across the Pretoria West operation. - Establish and communicate clear strategic and operational objectives aligned to business goals. - Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary leadership team. - Foster a culture of accountability, high performance, engagement, innovation, and continuous improvement. - Promote and embed the Twinsaver Group Values throughout the operation. - Ensure effective succession planning and talent management practices are implemented. - Drive operational excellence through strong leadership, governance, and decision-making. - Lead the end-to-end operation of the Pretoria West Tissue Manufacturing value chain. - Ensure production schedules are achieved through disciplined execution and operational control. - Drive schedule adherence and ensure corrective actions are implemented when deviations occur. - Promote a quality-focused culture where products consistently meet customer and internal specifications. - Monitor operational performance and implement improvement plans where required. - Lead the Rapid Response Team process to address operational deviations and production constraints. - Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) activities and ensure corrective actions are implemented. - Ensure compliance with OMS requirements and reporting standards and routines. - Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve operational reliability, productivity, and efficiency. - Manage operational expenditure within approved budgets. - Monitor and control manufacturing costs. - Review operational variances and implement corrective actions. - Control Material Usage Variance (MUV) and waste levels. - Lead cost reduction and value improvement initiatives. - Identify savings opportunities and deliver sustainable improvements. - Participate in the development of annual operational and maintenance budgets. - Ensure effective resource allocation and utilization. - Develop and maintain a departmental succession plan. - Ensure critical roles have identified and developed successors. - Identify capability gaps and implement development plans. - Work closely with Engineering and Learning & Development teams to address skills shortages. - Support graduate, trainee, and in-service development programmes. - Build organizational capability to support long-term business sustainability. - Support and continuously improve the Twinsaver Group Asset Management Strategy. - Ensure operational and maintenance activities align with Asset Care Plans. - Drive reliability-centered maintenance and operational excellence initiatives. - Work closely with Engineering to improve equipment availability and reliability. - Ensure equipment performance supports operational objectives. - Identify and address asset-related risks and opportunities. - Identify operational improvement and capital investment opportunities. - Ensure capital requirements are identified and motivated. - Support development of business cases and capital expenditure budgets. - Work with Engineering and Project Managers to ensure successful project implementation. - Ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and achieve intended business outcomes. - Oversee operational readiness for commissioning and implementation activities. - Lead and promote a culture where safety is the highest priority. - Ensure compliance with all legal, environmental, risk, and corporate governance requirements. - Ensure Safe Work Procedures are maintained and adhered to. - Ensure incident investigations are happening and corrective actions are implemented. - Drive continuous SHEQ improvement initiatives. - Ensure all required permits, regulatory obligations, and compliance requirements are maintained. - Actively promote safe behaviours and visible leadership in the workplace. - Lead the core KPIs: Safety Performance, Quality Performance, Schedule Adherence, Cost Management, Culture and Ethics, Savings and Value Improvement Initiatives, Production Efficiency.