Industry Development Planner at IDC

Qualification and Experience

Qualification

• Minimum qualification: relevant commercial or technical Honours Degree or equivalent qualification.
• MBA or Master’s would be an advantage.

Knowledge & Skills

• 8-10 years’ industry experience, including strategy development & implementation

Sound knowledge and practical understanding of: -

• global industries and value chains
• global markets
• technology landscape
• regulatory landscape and alternative frameworks
• economic policy
• future trends (local and global)
• emerging industries
• Good networks within industry in both private and public space
• Experience in coaching and mentoring of team members

Roles and Responsibilities

Internal /Operational Processes

• Lead the formulation of industry road maps and identify short term (immediate), medium term (emerging) and long term (imagined) priorities
• Together with SBUs or Projects develop clear, tangible implementation plans for sector development following consultation with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Compile analytical frameworks for sectors
• Provide future industry insights to SBU and Projects Head to influence the SBU’s short-medium term industry development strategies
• Monitor / review actual vs anticipated developmental trajectory of industries and subsectors and take corrective measures (revision of strategies / focus areas / action plans) as required.
• Lead or participate in industry development Steering Committees / Forums to inform industry development initiatives
• Ongoing engagement with Ops and Support Units to ensure that industry development strategies are optimally executed and updated / refined where strategies prove to not yield the desired   
• Identification and management of risks relating to industry development strategies
• Provide value-adding input and guidance to the Client Support & Growth teams and to the SBUs to ensure that investee companies are contributing to overall industry development goals
• Participate in ad hoc and unscheduled strategic interventions required to address challenges / priorities in the sector or the IDC

Customer Focus & Stakeholder Management

Actively engage relevant industry stakeholders and participate and represent the IDC in industry forums (internal and external) to :

• influence the goals, objectives, activities and initiatives of such forums (and participating parties) to ensure that the IDC’s ultimate industry development goals are achieved
• learn from industry stakeholders / parties participating in industry
• create a conducive environment for the development / growth of industries and/or their subsectors
• Clearly articulate and communicate the industry / sector-specific strategies within the IDC and the larger external stakeholder group, eg through publication of articles, speeches at conferences, social media presence;
• Ensure service excellence.

Learning, Leadership & People Growth

• Contribute towards the development of competencies and knowledge of industries within the organisation.
• Coaching and Mentoring of peers
• Keep up to date with latest industry developments (conferences, sector forums, literature reviews and internal IDC engagement)
• Participate and lead knowledge sharing in the team and cross functional