BEE/ED Professional - South Africa at Vestas

Responsibilities:

The key focus for the individual is to monitor the implementation of various BBBEE initiatives in the following categories:

• Ownership
• Management Control
• Skills Development
• Enterprise and Supplier Development Preferential Procurement Enterprise Development Supplier Development
• Socio-Economic Development (SED) 
• Evaluate, monitor and coordinate the role requirements with a hands-on approach and in coordination with the relevant departments
• Ensuring Legislative and internal compliance with B-BBEE Act and Codes, including B-BBEE Scorecard 
• Ensure timely reports and submissions in the scope 
• Monitor transformation and B-BBEE legislative changes and updates 
• Ensure audit and verification processes of Vestas's B-BBEE contributions and compliance are successfully conducted timeously on an annual basis 
• Draft and develop transformation strategy, action plans  and execution thereof , ensuring the alignment and support from the internal stakeholders
• Execution of detailed B-BBEE transformation implementation plans and initiatives 
• Maintain a BEE transformation scorecard 
• Ensure  that all Lines of Businesses and HR are delivering on Employment Equity (EE) as required by the Employment Equity Act which has a direct influence on the Management Control category of the B-BBEE Act 
• Participate and facilitate discussions,  information sessions,  communication meetings with internal and external stakeholders about progress in implementing Vestas's Transformation plan 
• Identify transformation risks and develop risk mitigation plan 
• Sign off all Financial and Accounting requirements for the Verification Agent in accordance with the B-BBEE Act 
• Responsible from the forecast, management approval, monitoring and reporting of    BBBEE Transformation budget

Qualifications:

• University / Tertiary Institution Qualification
• Hands-on experience in Employment Equity and BBBEE processes in large institutions - min. 5 yrs
• Be fluent in underlying legislation in the following:- B-BBEE Act B-BBEE ICT Codes of Good Practice Employment Equity Act Skills Development Act  Companies Act NIPP

Experience with Equity Equivalent Investment Program Skills:

• Project Management
• Report Writing
• Techniques
• Presentation Techniques  
• Change Management  
• Comprehensive business and financial skills
• Committed to substantive transformation and diversity in the workplace and externally 
• Business English is a requirement with a high level of ability to engage with all levels of stakeholers

Competencies:

• Strong in Collaboration skills, working transversally, being both process and result oriented
• Assertive with Ability to effectively influence and communicate within all levels of   organization.
• Ethical principles and compliance focus, ability to prioritize among competing urgent matters and allocate resources for maximum impact, in coordination with management decisions, to evaluate complex problems and apply   principles coming with legislation, facts and precedents to recommend adoption of an effective, practical and proper course of action,
• Ability to connect the BBBEE scope with value creation impact , high organizational skills, and ability to work under time sensitive environments, proven commitment to continuous improvement