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What’s the role?

You'll be joining a team running large local value chain (VC) development programmes for some of South Africa's most exciting companies. As a professional problem solver you'll be working on a variety of projects, supporting these large firms' growth strategies. Powered by data and robust project management principles, you'll be working with a wide range of stakeholders: from corporate C-suite executives to factory team leaders. The role requires strong communication skills, business acumen, stakeholder engagement and analytical capabilities.

What will you be doing?

• Identify, quantify and present opportunities for VC optimisation and localisation based on client needs, available data and global best practices.
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder, cross-functional engagements to present and evaluate these opportunities and explore potential interventions to realise them.
• Set projects up for success with SMART objectives, risk identification and robust monitoring & evaluation mechanisms.
• Execute chosen initiatives efficiently and effectively, whether it be conducting desktop research, modelling a business case, building a dashboard, facilitating a workshop, mapping out a process flow or reviewing progress reports.
• Collect, validate & analyse VC performance data in line with agreed VC objectives and interventions.
• Conceptualise and execute effective change management frameworks and processes to ensure commitment from a variety of busy stakeholders.
• Tightly manage programme budgets, resources and tasks to ensure smooth, impactful execution on time and within budget, and provide clear reporting to project directors and teams.
• Problem-solve in unstructured environments where the diagnosis and solution may not be clear and lateral thinking is required.

Who are you?

• You want to make a difference in South Africa through manufacturing employment creation and can get the big picture in terms of industry-wide challenges and opportunities.
• You get a kick out of solving large, complex problems using financial and operational data.
• You are structured/organised and a self-starter, preferring to get things done over academic rumination.
• You have good business acumen – an intuitive understanding of commercial pressures, challenges and opportunities facing businesses.
• You have strong attention to detail – nothing wrong with a healthy dose of OCD.
• You are socially adaptable – the ability and desire to engage with people from different socioeconomic backgrounds and in different environments, from boardroom to factory.
• You are an outgoing person with excellent language and communication skills – you have no problem picking up the phone and calling a stranger to move forward with a task.
• You have an intellectual curiosity, see yourself as a learner and find yourself reading and watching videos about topics that fascinate you.
• You are a team player who thrives in a collaborative environment.
• You don’t mind working hard.

Essential Requirements

• Honours or Masters degree in an analytical, at least partially quantitative, subject from a leading academic university
• Up to 2 years of relevant experience 
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills

Beneficial

• Management consulting experience
• Recognised project management qualification, e.g. PMP, Agile, etc.