General Manager: Strategy, Performance and Productivity at NECSA

Key Performance Areas

Strategy Formulation Level

• Formulation of the coherent and integrated Group strategy in alignment with all the relevant business units and together with executive management
• Manage and coordinate the strategic plans and strategic initiatives whilst ensuring the portfolio of strategic initiatives is accepted
• Review key strategic priorities and translate them into actionable and tangible plans
• Support business and advise on strategic and operational plans

Strategic Insights

• Perform environmental scanning in the complex changing landscape
• Prepare reports to provide recommendations and relevant strategic support information

Strategic & Business Planning Process

• Embed strategic planning practice across the Group and Board
• Facilitate and manage the annual strategic planning process across the Group
• Drive the communication of the strategy and plan to the rest of the business
• Reviewing strategic objectives continuously
• Oversee benchmarking & scenario planning exercises for trend analysis (e.g. ANSTO, etc.)
• Manage the business planning and operational planning across the Group

Performance Monitoring & Evaluation

• Ensure setting of the overall Group strategy Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Track and monitor of the overall Group strategy Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Oversee the execution of integrated planning, evaluation and reporting processes in order to ensure that strategic objectives are met
• Monitor performance goals against KPIs in order to ensure that strategic objectives are met
• Monitor the implementation of strategic initiatives across the group
• Integrate information for reporting on a monthly, quarterly and on an annual basis

Reporting

• Compile and review on a monthly basis, quarterly & annual reports to comply with statutory requirements – according to PFMA schedule
• Compile reports (internal & external information) and make recommendations for business strategic choices
• Ensure translation and alignment of the group strategy and corporate plan to the subsidiaries’ corporate plan and operational plans.
• Review market-facing entities’ strategies, corporate plans, and business plans and integrating the aforementioned plans into one group strategy & one corporate plan.

Strategic Risk

• Align approved strategic initiatives to strategic objectives, and integrate risk mitigation associated with approved strategic objectives
• Proactively establish and manage healthy diverse stakeholder relations in pursuing achievement of organizational goals

Business Process Improvement & Productivity

• Accountable for coordinating and driving the function of the Strategic Return to Service (SRTS) Plan across all four project pillars and the sub-projects contained
• Lead teams and workflow projects across broad technical, regulatory and business disciplines.
• Focus teams on business objectives and track progress to ensure project milestones are completed on time, on budget and with the desired results.
• Mitigate risk factors through careful analysis of data.
• Anticipate and manage change effectively in a complex business environment.
• Core problem identification, resolution & business trend analysis

Financial Management

• Responsible for planning, compiling, managing and reconciling departmental budget, and justification for additional funding requests
• Responsible for Budget and financial control for the department including income generation

People Management

• Oversee that employees receive training, thereby motivating and directing employees to optimize workplace productivity and promote professional growth
• Train, supervise and manage staff in project management environment incl. coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Degree in business management or related (NQF 7)
• Minimum 15 years’ experience in corporate and business planning environment of which 5 years must be in a senior management role