Manager - Asia Delivery Systems

Orica (Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia)

East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Our story began in 1874, when we first supplied explosives to the Victorian goldfields in Australia. Since then, we have grown to become one of the world’s leading mining and infrastructure solutions providers. From the production and supply of explosives, blasting systems, mining chemicals and geotechnical monitoring to our cutting-edge digital solutions and comprehensive range of services, we sustainably mobilise the earth’s resources. With over 145 years of expertise, our 13,000+ community of engineers, scientists, technologists, operators, business specialists and on-site crew support customers in surface and underground mines, quarry, construction, and oil and gas operations. Sustainability is integral to our operations. Our approach to sustainability begins with ensuring we operate our business responsibly, and by prioritising the safety of our people, customers, and communities. We are in a unique position to leverage our expertise in technology to create safer and more responsible solutions and deliver positive economic, social, and environmental contributions through our business activities.

About this position

This role will operate as part of the Delivery Systems Team Asia (DST), responsible for the delivery and execution of the delivery system build schedule across Asia. The DST Manager will lead a team of project leads and project specialists, managing the end-to-end delivery of projects and ensuring compliance with project management methodologies and standards.

Responsibilities

• Creates and maintains a detailed project plan including all project activities, resources, goals, objectives, scope, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, functional and technical requirements.
• Manages the end to end delivery of projects from scoping through to embedding.
• Tracks project progress to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, meeting business requirements and in compliance with project management methodologies and standards.
• Performs regular project reporting including reporting on schedule, budget, scope, quality, risks, issues, dependencies, team, stakeholders and benefits.
• Maintains complete and accurate documentation of all project activities.
• Takes full responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful completion of complex projects, ensuring that realistic project, quality, change control and risk management processes are maintained.
• Conducts status report meetings with key stakeholders and address issues/risks in an effective and timely manner.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years experience post professional qualification, including 5 years of direct people management experience.
• Proven ability to lead a team, including building a collaborative approach in the development of the direction and operations of the workstream.
• Proven influencer, able to manage processes across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Experience in implementing process improvement initiatives would be desirable.
• Demonstrated skills associated with building strong vendor & customer relationships.
• Financial acumen & budgeting experience.