Strategy & Transformation Manager at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Your responsibilities will include:

Impact to the business

• Deliver strategic projects within Vodacom Group
• Formulate business issues into robust and quantified decision frameworks to identify options with preferred solutions
• Identify and analyse business trends and understand significance and business implications
• Identify and develop the supporting business case underpinning strategic opportunities
• Provide information and analysis to support key strategic decisions and long term planning implementation

Customers, Suppliers & Third Parties

• Work with suppliers to effectively deliver results (including advisors, lawyers and financial institutions)

Teamwork

• Coordinate multi-functional teams (Commercial, Technology, Finance etc.)
• Execute and drive projects towards clear conclusion, results and recommendations
• Work effectively within the organization to build consensus and ideas

Innovation and Change

• Maintain personal motivation and drive to take ideas from conception to implementation
• Drive new thinking and innovative thinking in the business
• Take personal risks to ensure issues addressed properly and fully
• Be willing to make important decisions under pressure, sometimes without full information being available

Communication

• Communicate effectively at all levels, from staff to CEO level
• Conduct a systemic evaluation and presentation of business opportunities that highlights key risks/opportunities
• Structure ideas, recommendations and written arguments into compelling storylines that facilitate effective decision-making

Leadership

• Bring best-practice management and thought leadership to influence teams’ output
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams on best practice & alignment with Vodafone strategy requirements

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Degree in a financial/numerate discipline – e.g., Commerce, Science, Engineering
• Postgraduate qualification (e.g., Masters, MBA, CA(SA)) beneficial
• Emerging strategy leader with strong strategy or business development experience at management level
• Min 5 years’ experience in a corporate strategy function in an established corporate

AND / OR

• Min 3 years’ experience in management consulting at a leading consulting/advisory firm

Competency / Performance Drivers

• Strong analytical skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills (presentations, report writing, etc.)
• Research ability (‘curious & questioning mind’)
• Strong project management
• Effective teamwork
• Excellent influencing & negotiation skills

Technical / Professional Expertise

• Understanding of Strategy process and best practice – including strategy development, implementation and communication
• Understand market structures, competition dynamics and consumer behaviours
• Working knowledge of the market, players and trends in Telecoms industry
• Background in Management Consulting, or relevant experience in a senior corporate strategy role

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies