Description
- Keep KFC Africa stakeholders aligned on the strategy through effective communication, cross-functional leadership and partnership
- Drive gold-standard digital technology governance and security.
Work closely with new project implementations to reach the business goal of 100% Digital by 2026 which includes the following eCom landscape:
- Own Channel Delivery:Orders captured through the owned web, app or chat, whether the last mile is serviced through the owned or 3P fleet
- Aggregator Delivery: Orders captured and delivered through aggregators
- Channel Click and Collect: Order captured through the owned web, app or chat; picked up in restaurants, drive-thru, curbside, etc
- Kiosk
- Drive-thru: Drive-thru with unique customer identifier capture or dynamic DMB offering personalization/upsell, or voice AI on the speaker box
- Front Counter: With unique customer identifier capture
Projects & Responsibilities include:
The Digital Team is organised across 5 Product groups (Capabilities) and the lead will be responsible for ensuring oversight within these capabilities working under the leadership of the Chief Digital Officer (CDO):
Digital product strategy:
- Develop and execute a comprehensive digital product strategy aligned with KFC's and CDO’s overall business objectives
- Identify opportunities to leverage technology and digital trends to enhance customer engagement and experience
Product development and innovation:
- Lead the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from ideation and concept validation to implementation and release
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, data engineers, architects and developers to create and deliver innovative digital products and services
Customer-centric approach:
- Conduct market research and user analysis to understand customer needs, preferences, and pain points
- Use customer insights and data analytics to drive product improvements and optimize the user experience
Technology and platform management:
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in digital product development and support
- Evaluate and select suitable platforms and technologies to support digital products and services
Vendor Management:
- Collaborate with external vendors and partners to integrate third-party solutions and enhance digital product offerings.
Project management and delivery:
- Implement agile methodologies and project management best practices to ensure timely and efficient product delivery
- Work closely with Digital Change Management to Prioritize projects and resources to meet business objectives and customer demands
Performance Monitoring and Analytics:
- Review Digital Goals and key Digital performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of digital products and services.
- Analyze performance
- Working closely with OPS/PMO/IT/Marketing
Critical to this is, the release of the products into the market:
Stakeholders
- Nature of communication - Business and partner alignment, as well as delivery management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: All Key ideas and core decisions to be consulted with the CDO, however on a day-to-day basis the interaction could include KFC Africa Staff, Senior Management and Leadership; Franchisees; Product Manager; Operations Manager/Specialist; Delivery Excellence Manager; BI Manager; Marketing team; IT team, H/W and S/W vendors, Technology/Digital vendors; Yum!/YRI global teams; Digital and Marketing Agencies
- Working closely with the Channel and BAU to support the relevant leads to streamline and optimise the ways of working:
- The Operations Lead looks after the production platform stability for Web, App, Chat/Kiosk/Drive through/PoS/ Aggregators
- The Operations Lead liaises with Aggregators to resolve/optimise/troubleshoot solutions
- The Operations Lead liaises with platform suppliers to resolve/optimise/troubleshoot solutions
- Ensure that there are documented procedures and processes with the relevant contacts for support
- T’s up the necessary support for busy periods such as month-end and year-end
- Ensures the platforms undergo the annual performance and security testing approvals
Working Model
- Work from home is possible however 70% should be on site as we stabilise and grow the teams
Requirements
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering
Experience
A minimum 15 years of experience in:
- Crafting and implementing Digital technology strategies
- Digital customer engagement and relationship management
- Digital media and content management
- Designing and implementing Web and Mobile technologies
- Designing and implementing eCommerce technologies
- Agile software delivery experience
- Project management experience
Problem-Solving
- Solution Architecture problems/deficiencies/gaps
- Business analysis-type problems in the IT/Digital field
- Production/Operations environment breakdowns/Digital Infrastructure problems
- Vendor/supplier delivery problems
- Stakeholder management problems
- Project management problems
- Follow the Digital Wheel of 6 from Analysis, Design, Development, Test, Go/No-Go and Launch (Alpha, Beta, Full)
- Define processes to solve the above-mentioned challenges
Innovation
- Significantly modifies processes. End to end implementation of new innovations that have been signed off and work with an experimentation mindset to fail fast, learn and re-try
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