Assistant Branch Manager: Rotating Between Blackheath - Cape Town - SA Metal

Description

Job Description

The Assistant Branch Manager plays a crucial role in supporting the Branch Manager with planning and managing branch operations and staff.

This position involves leading a team to ensure operational requirements are met, while maintaining good customer relations, acting with integrity, and adhering to the Second Hand Goods Act. The Assistant Branch Manager must be able to manage the branch independently if necessary.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Operational Excellence: Ensuring all processes and procedures are strictly followed.
• Customer Satisfaction: Maintaining good customer relations and ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Purchasing and Record Keeping: Ensuring that scrap metal is purchased at the correct grade and records are updated and reconciled accurately for all items purchased and dispatched.
• Compliance and Safety: Adhering to Company policies and procedures, health & safety regulations, and the requirements of the Second-hand Goods Act when buying scrap.
• Team Leadership: Leading and supervising a team to achieve operational requirements.
• Motivation and Development: Motivating staff on a continuous basis and ensuring assistants thoroughly inspect scrap to be purchased.

Applicants Must Possess:

• Minimum Qualifications: Minimum Grade 12 or equivalent.
• Computer Proficiency: Computer proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Numeracy and Communication Skills: Good numeracy skills and fluent in English.
• Managerial Experience: At least 3-5 years applicable managerial experience.
• Additional Requirements: Valid driver's license and own reliable transport.

Desirable Attributes:

• Self-Motivation and Goal Orientation: Self-motivated, accurate, goal orientated, and attention to detail.
• Eagerness to Learn and Develop: Eager to learn and develop.
• Analytical and Implementation Skills: Able to analyse and implement verbal and written instructions.
• Multitasking and Time Management: Ability to multi-task and manage a demanding workload in a pressurised environment.

The successful applicant will be subject to background checks including credit, criminal, and polygraph testing.

Benefits Include:

• Provident Fund
• Medical Aid
• Life Cover at 4 x Annual Salary
• Funeral Cover
• 15 x Paid Leave Days per Annum
• Long Service Leave after Five Years of Employment