Transnet is the largest and most crucial part of the freight logistics chain that delivers goods to each and every South African. Transnet freight rail has approximately 38 000 employees, who are spread throughout the country. Transnet Limited, operating and controlling South Africa’s major transport infrastructure, is also responsible for ensuring that the country’s transport industries operate according to world-class standards. Transnet forms an integral part of the Southern African economy.
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To lead and institutionalize enterprise-wide planning, performance monitoring, and reporting processes that enable effective strategic execution, informed decision-making, and accountability. The role ensures alignment between strategy, business plans, budgets, and performance outcomes, while providing executive-level insights on progress, risks, and corrective actions, through the consolidation, validation and interpretation of planning and performance information across the organization.
Position Outputs
Lead and institutionalise enterprise/organizational-wide planning, performance monitoring, and reporting aligned to strategy, business plans, budgets, and delivery outcomes across the rail infrastructure portfolio. Provide consolidated, executive level performance visibility to the GM, EXCO, Board, Shareholder, and regulators to support informed decision-making and accountability.
Ensure planning and performance outputs are technically credible and defensible, reflecting railway engineering realities such as asset condition, maintenance backlogs, access constraints, safety requirements, and network risk exposure. Establish and maintain standardised planning, monitoring, and reporting frameworks, systems, and dashboards that ensure data integrity, audit readiness, and a single source of performance truth. Enable evidence-based, analytics-driven decision-making through interpretation of performance trends, risks, and enterprise level insights.
Strengthen enterprise/organizational governance, assurance, and compliance by aligning performance management practices with shareholder compacts and regulatory requirements. Act as a trusted strategic and technical advisor in the GM’s office, bridging engineering planning and execution and enterprise accountability.
Qualifications and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Strategy, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Business Administration, or related fields, demonstrating a strong foundation for strategic planning, monitoring, and performance integration.
Project or Programme Management Certificate a prerequisite, supporting structured planning, performance tracking, and delivery governance.
Minimum 11-12 years’ total experience with exposure to strategic planning cycles, performance reporting, and infrastructure delivery oversight within a regulated environment.
Experience supporting executive leadership and governance forums.
Be in possession of a (Code B) Driver’s Licence.
Competencies
Competencies Required:
Strategic and systems thinking in complex infrastructure environments.
Strong governance, ethics, and compliance orientation.
Sound professional judgement and analytical decision-making.
Ability to influence, advise, and lead at enterprise level without direct authority.
Capacity to apply technical insight to support credible planning and performance oversight
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