Senior Specialist Business Improvement needed at Anglo American

Job Description:
Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Oversee consistent application of Safety & Health principles in all discipline interactions and take personal responsibility for safety of self and others to ensure zero harm and elimination of fatalities.
• Support with the implementation of sound data analytics, data science and data governance processes including:
• Collaborating with data specialists, functional business experts, project managers, and product experts to ensure smooth collation, accurate reporting, and easy access to data.
• Designing and maintaining data systems.
• Mining data from primary and secondary sources and presenting it in a user-friendly format.
• Prepare reports/dashboards for management that effectively enable data driven decision-making.
• Conduct and oversee data science experiments in conjunction with business analyst.
• Automate reports and gather reporting requirements from business end users.
• Ensure digital literacy improves in the organisation.
• Value chain analysis within Mining / Processing to identify the dominant constraint & improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with senior and junior leadership on site to identify business improvement opportunities.
• Drive and implement business improvement projects from beginning to end and verify the claimed value add, forming the foundations of structured BI programs for site.
• This role is at band 6 level and reporting to the Senior Manager Integrated Planning & Business Improvement.

Qualifications:

• Diploma / Degree in Engineering, Mining, Processing or a related field
• Data analytics or data science qualification will be advantageous.
• Post graduate qualification will be advantageous
• Valid EB/Code 08 driver’s license

Experience and Technical Skills

• Minimum of 5-7 years relevant experience of which 2-3 years’ in the Mining, Process, Engineering or a related field within the Mining Industry.
• Power BI and Tableau experience
• Database languages such as SQL and python
• Relevant Business Improvement specific training & operational experience will be advantageous
• Experience in the use of tools e.g. lean manufacturing and constraints analysis will be advantageous.