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MINTEK
 
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​GROUP EXECUTIVE (EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY CLUSTER)
Listing reference: minte_000322
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 4 April 2025
Position summary
Industry: Scientific, Research & Development
Job category: RandD, Science and Scientific Research
Location: Randburg
Contract: Fixed Term Contract
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
 
Introduction
Mintek has an exciting career opportunity for a Group Executive. All suitably qualified and experienced candidates are invited to apply. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the cluster is able to deliver on its mandate: • To lead and provide strategic direction to the Cluster. • To ensure alignment with the Cluster strategy with the needs, trends and opportunities in the cluster related industries. • To maintain a balanced cluster RDI portfolio • To be accountable for the Cluster Sustainability, including Financial, Human resources, SHEQ, and Enterprise Risk Management. • To be accountable for the impact of the Cluster in terms of Mintek’s mandate. • To be accountable for the performance management of the Cluster. • To lead high level stakeholder engagements with industry, HEI’s, public sector and international entities. • To ensure that the internal state grant funding is effectively invested and leveraged to maximise impact in terms of strategic goals, leveraging of funding and commercial impact.




​Job description
Leadership
  • Live the Mintek values, foster a culture of collaboration within Mintek.
Strategy
  • Drive the Cluster RDI strategy and operations, support the Cluster business development and commercialization and ensure the execution of strategic programmes.
Financial sustainability
  • Drive the Cluster financial sustainability through effective operations
  • Balance the RDI portfolio funding and commercial targets as agreed in the Cluster
  • Ensure that there are effective collaborations between Clusters to ensure that targets are met.
  • Ensure that the Cluster revenue streams are diverse.
People and planning
  • Ensure that the core RDI Cluster and Divisional plans are aligned with Mintek’s strategy and the needs of the Cluster market.
  • Ensure that the Cluster and Divisions are adequately resourced, with a particular focus on SET staff and resources.
  • Ensuring succession planning.
  • Drive the transformation agenda in the Cluster.
  • Contribute to the refinement and development of the Mintek strategy and plans.
Performance management
  • Deliver on the Cluster KPI’s.
  • Undertake performance management for the Cluster.
  • Ensure that systems and tools are in place to monitor and measure the delivery of RDI activities.
Governance and Risk
  • Risk identification and implementation of management plans and actions for the Cluster’s operations and RDI activities, including SHEQ and Enterprise Risk Management.
  • Adhere to all Mintek’s policies and ethics.
Relationship management and reporting
  • High level stakeholder engagement, including stakeholder management and satisfaction for both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Reporting on all RDI projects in the Cluster from own management information.
  • Commercialisation and technology transfer management.
 
Minimum requirements
Qualification:
  • Masters in a relevant scientific or engineering field relating to the Cluster Divisions (i.e. Biometallurgy, Hydrometallurgy, Pyrometallurgy).
  • Ideal: PhD in a relevant scientific or engineering field relating to the Cluster Divisions (i.e. Biometallurgy, Hydrometallurgy, Pyrometallurgy).
Experience:
  • At least 10 years’ experience in research or knowledge-based organisations, of which 5 years must be in a senior research management position in RDI and / or commercialisation.
  • Significant relevant industry knowledge and experience.
  • Experience in managing people.
  • Track record in leading commercialisation of RDI outputs.
  • Experience in national and international business engagement and operations management.
 
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Excellent numerical and quantitative skills
  • Good management and leadership skills
  • Self-driven
  • People skills
  • Strategic thinking
  • Ability to multi task
  • Ability to get things done
  • Ability to lead by example
 
Competency Required:
  • Strategic development and implementation.
  • Ability to lead diverse teams.
  • Business Development.
  • Technology and IP management and commercialization.
  • Business and financial management.
  • Leadership of people and operations management.
  • Deep knowledge of one or more sectors in the Cluster.
 
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