Head: Projects - Kathu at Tshipi E Ntle Manganese Mining

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Stakeholder engagement and management

• Manage relations with internal and external stakeholders to promote objectives of the company.
• Ensure that the needs of organisational stakeholders are prioritised and managed including:
• Management and the executive team
• Colleagues and employees.
• Shareholders and investors.
• Community and external stakeholders.
• Work with colleagues, organization officials and staff members to discuss issues, coordinate activities, or resolve problems.
• 360-degree feedback from relevant stakeholders.

Internal Business Process Perspective

• Operational effectiveness
• Overall responsibility for all projects within the business. Providing guidance regarding project approach, methodologies, and best practices.

Lead projects in respect of:

• Review of quotes, scope of work and other documentation for projects.
• Run large projects independently of management.
• Delivery of projects within scope, budget, and time.
• Manage client expectations throughout the project and communicate plans and project status transparently and regularly to client.
• Manage and motivate various discipline teams and third-party resources.
• Prepare and update project plans.
• Plan, track, control and report on projects.
• Manage risk and scope throughout the project.
• Design, develop and implement project management systems and processes in a manner that will ensure:
• Accurate reporting information on a regular basis as required.
• Highlighting of sub-standard performance, processes and systems.
• Employees understanding their roles and being managed in a manner as to perform to the requirements of their roles.
• Project Management (including Capital project) - % adherence to project plan (within time and specification)
• Internal Business Process Management - IBP Mapping - % progress against plan (number of processes identified vs mapped)
• Document management - % compliance to document management control system procedure.
• IT system utilisation - Independent annual review of consistent use of all functionalities of all IT systems under control of the function

Customer Perspective

Customer Relations Management

• Develop and maintain relationships with external role players (government, business etc.) to influence decision making/interpretation in favour of business objectives.
• Builds relationships across the organization by sharing business information and knowledge.
• Manage the project management functions performance in terms of agreed "Service Level Agreements" and agreed KPA/KPI's and effectiveness areas.
• Driving customer satisfaction throughout the provision of quality of output.
• Internal Customer metric - 360 degree assessment/ % deviation from Service Level Agreement

Stakeholder engagement and management

• Negotiate with internal and external stakeholders to promote the business and service objectives of the company.
• Ensure that the needs of organisational stakeholders are prioritized and managed including but not limited to:
• Management and the executive team.
• Work colleagues and employees.
• Shareholders and investors.
• Community and external stakeholders
• Monitor and report on projects as well as other SLP commitments such as skills training, employment equity, bursaries, learnerships and internships etc.
• Liaise with community organizations, municipality and the DMR regarding SLP reporting and commitments.
• Internal Customer metric - 360-degree assessment/ % deviation from Service Level Agreement

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Undergraduate Degree in Engineering 
• Appropriate project management qualification and certification (i.e. Project and/or Program Management Professional – PMP/PgMP or internationally recognised equivalent).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATION

• Relevant tertiary qualification in business management and or business leadership.
• Project risk management (i.e. PMP-RMP or equivalent) beneficial.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

• 5-10 years’ experience overseeing multiple, related projects and their resources to achieve strategic business goals.
• 3 years mining industry experience
• 3 years’ experience in a managerial role.
• Deep understanding of project management methodologies including agile methodologies.
• Experience in relevant project management software and technologies (i.e. MS Projects).