Your role will include but not limited to:
- Provide clear, visible and professional management to support a high-performance culture that drives continual improvement in order to achieve the quality standards set by De Beers.
- Support and provide input to the development of standards and measures and oversee the implementation to ensure consistency across the Midstream
- Interface with Partner Diamond Trading Company’s (PDTC) Operations Managers to understand their needs and mobilise Global Sightholder Sales (GSS) to address the issues where appropriate
- Interface with Product Manager in order to evaluate cost of creating non-standard products and most effective way to deliver.
- Promote, develop and manage effective partnerships working with internal and external stakeholders in order to maintain product consistency.
- Apply a ‘market price’ (final selling price) to all Large Stones (+10.8¢ and above) and Fancy Colour productions globally.
- Provide ultimate operational oversight and direction for all technical valuation activities (RtoP) utilised within all Special Stones departments.
- Promote, develop and manage effective partnerships working with internal and external stakeholders in order to maintain product consistency.
- Ensure delivery of a full technical valuation for all appropriate DBGSS Special stones prior to Sale (through the valuation activities of all Special Stones departments).
- Initiate and produce the +2ct component of the De Beers Group polished price book, which provides up to date pricing data for the valuation of all rough production intakes (including but not limited to the Large Stones and Fancy Colours).
- Review composition and collective price positioning of all Special Stone Sight box content (post allocation), apply market premiums where required.
- Interact with DBGSS global Sales Teams and customers (Sightholders) offering support on technical and pricing queries or concerns.
- Make the stone selection for the GSS Exceptional stones allocation, (prior to Sign off by the Executive Vice President.
- Identify the best items to be allocated to DBAS, to maximise potential upside for the De Beers Group.
- Investigate, analyse and implement applications of new technologies where appropriate to further enhance full value realisation of all Special Stone intakes.
SHE, Risk Management and Business Integrity
- Ensure corporate governance requirements in technical, assurance, occupational health and safety, and environment are in place for projects and all staff (contract and permanent), and that equipment complies with governance, safety, and security standards and policies.
- Liaise with relevant management functions to ensure all relevant governance and assurance protocols are observed.