IT Portfolio Manager - Merchandise & Supply Chain at SUMMIT Africa Recruitment

About the job

IT Portfolio Manager - Merchandise & Supply Chain

This is an on site role in Woodstock, Cape Town with benefits.

Benefits including:

• Pension / Provident Fund
• Performance & Annual Bonuses
• Medical Aid
• Staff Discounts
• Employee Wellness
• Equipment

We are looking for an Applications Portfolio Manager in Merchandise and Supply Chain which forms part of the IT department, who has IT management and retail experience.

Job Role

• Ensure and drive alignment and delivery of IT enablement projects
• Contributing to the IT strategic roadmap
• Ensure service and support SLA’s are met for line of business
• Assume accountability for accuracy of cradle-to-grave data flows for all processes
• Manage financials within budget (Opex and Capex)
• Create conducive delivery environment for high performing team
• Pro-actively manage key business stakeholders
• Effective engagement with senior managers both in IT and respective business areas

Job-related Requirements & Knowledge

• Retail experience
• Merchandise and Supply Chain systems
• IT systems and solutions experience
• Extensive experience dealing with 3rd party services
• DevOps experience
• IT Application delivery experience
• SOA experience
• ITIL knowledge
• Financial ability
• Project delivery / Management experience
• Presentation experience
• Policy and procedure crafting - Negotiation and prioritisation experience
• Working with senior stakeholders and colleagues

Job Experience

• 6-8 years of IT Management Experience
• 3-5 years of Retail Experience

Education

• BCom or 3yr IT Diploma
• PMBOK or Prince 2 - Desirable
• On-going management training - Desirable