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• We are looking for a Commercial Manager to provide commercial support relating to all the operational aspects of the feed business.
  

Product Costing:

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• Maintaining a close working relationship with Mill based Management Accounting, Procurement and Technical teams to
  
• ensure that the standard cost of various feed products are accurately maintained on the system
  
• Continuously analysing and auditing of the standard costs of products to ensure that they are accurately maintained and
  
• that they reflect the cost of the production processes
  
• Monthly analysis of variance reports of actual cost vs. standard cost and highlighting of variances to mill management in
  
• order to initiate actions which would correct potential inefficiencies
  
• Quarterly review of product routings to ensure that products are allocated the correct production costs
  
• Overseeing the working relationship between the mill-based managements accountants and the regional sales team
  
• highlighting cost changes in order for them to proactively take corrective action to optimise margins
  
• Ownership of quarterly standard costing process
  

Management Reporting:

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• Reporting of key performance indicators on a daily/weekly/monthly basis
  
• Monthly reporting of financial performance of the mill in the agreed format which will include commentary on key
  
• performance areas
  

Business Plan and Forecasting:

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• Supporting the annual business plan and quarterly forecasting processes for all the mills in accordance with the national
  
• time scheduling and guidelines
  
• Expense budgeting for the service functions of the mill in line with national guidelines and economic indicators
  
• Overseeing the expense budgeting of the mill operation by working closely with line management ensuring that budgets
  
• are in line with guidelines and economic indicators
  
• Calculation of return on investment for proposed budgeted capital projects in order to assist management with prioritisation
  
• of Capex, and ensuring that capital budgets are aligned with group allocation of funds
  
• Reporting of the budgets and forecasts according to the formats supplied by National Office
  
• Interpretation of the final outcome of the budgets and forecasts ensuring that it reflects the strategic objectives of the
  
• business and initiating changes where necessary
  

Cost Control:

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• Monthly analysis of costs against budget/forecast and investigating variances
  
• Continuously consider cost saving opportunities or areas where waste/inefficiencies could be eliminated and influence
  
• corrective action by line management
  

Capex:

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• Overall responsibility for the Capex process and adherence to the relevant Limits of Authority for the Division
  
• Identification of Capex opportunities to unlock profit of the operations within the context of group Capex requirements and
  
• strategy
  
• Prepare and follow up on Capex motivations
  
• Prepare post Capex reviews
  
• Review Capex application and ensure ROI requirements are met
  
• Compliance with Capex application and procure to payment process (payments must comply with approved bill of works)
  

Stock Control:

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• Investigate stock variances and take corrective action
  
• Assess the stock control procedures on a continuous basis ensuring proper internal controls
  

Governance:

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• Ensure that Rainbow ethical standards and the requirements of the RPM are adhered to
  
• Report and or escalate any areas of non- compliance appropriately
  

Information and Data Management:

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• Ensure team members accurately and regularly captures data onto the information system to enable access to reliable
  
• data and reporting for trend analysis and decision making
  
• Share relevant data with management teams to enable reliable business decision making
  
• Ensure profitability system is utilised to perform financial management function, especially variance reporting and
  
• budgeting and forecasting
  

Contribute to Functional Strategy into Action:

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• Communicate operational capacity required across both the medium term and plan required asset utilisation and Capex
  
• requirements for processing and service functions accordingly
  
• Work closely with the Management team to ensure the delivery of an integrated supply chain benefit
  
• Suggest improvements to annual functional Strategy into Action plan and participate in the compilation of the regional
  
• finance teams’ contribution to the plan
  
• Ensure that the agreed SIA is implemented through team targets and that these targets align cross functionally within area
  
• of responsibility
  

Provide Team Leadership:

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• Leads team towards meeting strategy and targets – through regular communication and utilisation of full organisational
  
• talent management tool set
  
• Manage and deliver on succession plans to enable the development of a future generation of leaders and specialists and
  
• ensure optimal turnover and retention levels are maintained
  
• Drives Employment Equity within the team to ensure that diversity is achieved at all levels and that statutory targets and
  
• requirements are met
  
• Champions training and development of team utilising available training opportunities or contributing to the development of
  
• new training solutions in collaboration with regional and national training specialists
  
• Conduct regular performance appraisals with subordinates and ensure that the process is cascaded throughout the
  
• regional team
  
• Develops and manage high performance multidisciplinary teams in order to solve problems within the commercial arena
  
• Encourages skills workshops between multidisciplinary teams and across regional team to attain skills transfer
  
• Conducts regular meetings and ensures that records are kept and shared across the team and that action plans agreed to
  
• within team meetings are delivered upon
  
• Manage employee relations climate and ensure corrective action is taken where required in line with relevant legislation
  
• and company policy
  
• Manage the activities of team, and ensure internal customer service requirements are met
  
• Manage leave and general time management issues in line with organisational deliverables
  
• Coach and support team members where necessary to achieve objectives
  
• Building a high energy team to deliver accurate financial reporting and a culture of corporate governance compliance