The jobholder is expected to know and apply various legislative requirements pertaining to SARS, IATA, JIG, SACAA, understand cross-border trade legislation and present a sound knowledge of the Aviation markets and industry both locally & internationally.

• Understand and managing various supply chain complexities and the impact thereof to determine and manage growth strategies.
• Understand the costing and pricing elements and environment within the Aviation sectors to grow margin within this business where possible.
• Challenge is to achieve an effective balance between daily operational issues.
• Identify financially viable solutions for customers to ensure long term sustainable and profitable business in highly contested markets.

An exciting opportunity exists within our Lubricants and Specialities department, for an Aviation Specialist. In order to fulfil the requirements for the role, the incumber would have to carry the dollowing duties: 

Strategy:

• Develop and Implement the Aviation roadmap

Aviation and Specialities:

• To deliver the Aviation roadmap.
• Optimizing the sales of Aviation according to Supply planning and availability.
• To develop full LTP and Budget for Aviation.
• Responsible for the full P&L for the Aviation Business Line in the Division
• Ensuring the Aviation risks are appropriately managed
• Respond to Tenders, ensure Pricing, Billing and Queries are resolved in time
• Weekly reporting to Divcom and daily meetings with Supply
• Develop and maintain good relations with the Aviation Business Line

HSEQ:

• Ensure adherence and compliance to company HSEQ and security standards, (Golden rules and Near miss reporting), so as to minimise risks pertaining to company assets and protection of life.
• To effectively manage and minimise HSE risk within area of responsibility by ensuring:
• Compliance with all HSE Policies, rules, guideline and legal requirements
• Promotion of safe working environment and positively contributing to the company HSE KPIs and risk reduction strategies
• That HSE competency requirements are identified & enforced within area of responsibility
• Mandatory training are timeously completed.

Governance:

• Ensure effective risk management and internal control.
• To comply with relevant governance associated with ACSA, IATA, JIG, SARS and SACAA.

General:

• Deliver the roadmap for volumes, cost and margins.
• Update job descriptions at least every 2 years.
• Follow the code of conduct, mandatory training and create an environment conducive to the group values

To be successful in this role, you would need to have the following skills and requirements:

• Appropriate business degree
• 5+ years’ experience in Aviation products, sales and marketing environment
• Attention to detail in all level of work. Enquiring mind, never assume obvious.
• Structured approach to work and problem solving.
• Keeping to set deadlines and on time delivery of output.
• Wholistic understanding of all elements impacting results and decidsions.
• Working under pressure
• Appropriate knowledge of the products and their potential applications in the industry\
• Applied sales management, negotiation and conflict resolution skills