Supervisor

About Emirates Global Aluminium

Emirates Global Aluminium is the world’s biggest ‘premium aluminium’ producer and the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil and gas industry.  EGA is an integrated aluminium producer, with operations on four continents from bauxite mining to the production of cast primary aluminium and recycling. EGA employs over 7,000 of these people including more than 1,200 UAE Nationals. EGA operates aluminium smelters in Jebel Ali and Al Taweelah in the United Arab Emirates, an alumina refinery in Al Taweelah, a bauxite mine and associated export facilities in the Republic of Guinea, a speciality foundry in high strength recycled aluminium in Germany, and a recycling plant in the United States.

JOB PURPOSE:
To ensure the employee involvement programmes are administered effectively throughout the company, ultimately improving the levels of innovation activities at the company.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Innovation Processes Strategic Planning 
    Ensures that the company’s high profile commitment to the employee involvement schemes is administered and well-coordinated effectively and efficiently.
    Facilitates a strong flow of viable ideas with a high percentage rate of implementation and significant sustained financial benefits.
    Sets monthly and annual goals for the areas and measure how well these goals are met on a monthly and annual basis
Daily Management Activities
    Ensures change management concepts are adhered to for all ideas submitted for awards and to confirm areas follow the implementation process by completing all the procedural formalities.   
    Monitors the area performance so that any unsatisfactory performance is identified and reported to the respective area management.
    Ensures that necessary follow-ups and reminders are forwarded to the areas for faster implementation and awarding of suggestions.
Performance Reporting 
    Provides updates and statistics on scheme performance and implements the action and decisions as agreed by the area committees.
    Provides necessary Suggestion Scheme Performance statistics to area management at regular intervals.
Management of Innovation Systems 
    Ensures that the Suggestion Scheme software operates to fit the needs and requirements of the business through the implementation of continual enhancements and changes as and when required.
Training and development
    To deliver training courses on the existing Employee Involvement Programs to all employees and explains the overall benefits and comprehensive information regarding the Scheme.
    To conduct induction course for new employees on EGA Suggestion Scheme and the Online System.
Coordination & Execution of events
    To organise Suggestion Scheme Annual Judging for the selection of best suggestions of the year in various categories.
    Liaises with departments to organize the monthly and annual awards to recognise the contribution of employees. 
    To plan and organise audit by Suggestion Scheme Area Committee Members to verify awarded suggestions to ensure the credibility of the system.
Budget and KPIs
    Achieves financial objectives by submitting information for evaluation of ideas by Finance Department.
    Ensures all financial saving ideas are verified for full documentation and if required acquire additional information from respective areas.
Local/Regional /International Conference Participation
•    To ensure the submission documents for the Idea of the Year competitions organized by local and international are submitted on time.
    Assists the shortlisted finalists to complete various formalities to attend the conference/competition.
Share Best Practices & Benchmarking
•    Delivers presentations on employee involvement programs for external organizations during benchmarking visits as directed by the Manager.
    Assists the management in showcasing company’s innovation programs at local/regional and international levels through paper presentations.
    To prepare and submit performance statistics for the international benchmarking surveys.
Communication
    Maintains effective interaction within the department and with various management levels in the company.  
Ensures that communication with external organizations is conducted in a professional manner.

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:
Minimum Qualifications:
    Bachelor’s degree in any field or equivalent
Minimum Experience:
    Minimum 3 year’s relevant experience managing employee involvement schemes including at least 1 years in a position of progressively increasing managerial responsibilities.

Skills:
    Knowledge of the principles and techniques of administrative management including organization, planning, training, budgeting and reporting.
    Analytical and problem solving skills.
    Ability to establish and maintain good relationships with all levels of employees.
    Ability to multi-task and work with tight timelines.
    Excellent communication and presentation skills both written and verbal.
    Good interpersonal skills. 
    Good computer application skills.