Current Opportunities at Watershed Consulting

Job Description

• Maintain a good understanding of daily operational issues.
• Assists the Plant Manager in coordinating tasks according to priorities and plans.
• Guarantee all safety precautions and quality standards are met accordingly.
• Supervision and issuing of the work permit to the co-workers and/or subcontractors
• Problem analysis: evaluate the problems that arises in the photovoltaic system, undertake a technical investigation, provide and implement a technically sound solution to the problem as required.
• Sets objectives for the maintenance team; manages site personnel performance based on assigned duties and maintains a record of their performance through regular, formal evaluations; and makes recommendations.
• Strive to ensure that plant perform at full capacity and efficiency.
• Carry out legal and safe instructions issued by the Plant Manager to perform usual and additional duties complying with health and safety procedures for each task and area of work.
• Active participation in troubleshooting (Faultfinding) or root cause analysis timeously when required.
• Ensure that all notifications and report submission relating to the incidents and performance of the facility are submitted timeously.
• Maintain good work relations with the client’s representatives and other stakeholders.
• Oversee and assume responsibility for overall operations of the facility at the absence of the plant manager.

Skills/qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering
• At least 5 years’ experience in Energy power plants or Electrical Substations Operation & Maintenance.
• Excellent skills in Electrical Substations (knowledge of relay protections, HV breaker, HV transformers, HV switchgears, restart substations after breaker trips)
• Valid certificate as well as a good understanding of High Voltage Regulations
• Experience in switching LV, MV and HV systems. Backed by POE (portfolio of evidence)
• High computer literacy and a proficiency in MS Office
• Experience with lock-out, tag out procedures.
• Ability to read electrical drawings.
• Solid understanding of SCADA system.
• Solid understanding of the power system protection.
• Valid Driver’s license.

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Job Summary:

• This position is responsible to support and assist the Operational Risk Manager in the execution of governance and oversight and implementation of the Operational Risk Framework across the Bank.

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities will include all administrative OR functions, including collating, tracking, maintaining records, reviews and testing.
• Responsible for specific operational risk activities such as risk event reporting, change risk assessments, issue management and tracking.
• Assist organisational units to implement and maintain operational risk management tools to help identify, assess, monitor, control and mitigate operational risk. Conduct training in need.
• Conduct reviews to identify possible operational risks and provide recommendations to address the control weaknesses; monitor the implementation and progress of the enhanced controls.
• Work closely with business functions to effectively manage operational risk in accordance with legal, regulatory directives and internal requirements of the Group and Country.
• Liaise with the Group Operational Risk team in supporting and driving any other initiatives or actions that may be required to build and embed the OR framework across the Bank.

Requirements:

• Education: Applicants are required to have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree. Degree in Risk Management is preferred.
• A qualification in risk or experience related to risk and control would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of banking operations would be an advantage.
• Control conscious and good work ethic.
• Logical thinking and good analytical skill required.
• A good team player with the ability to learn quickly.
• Able to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Able to work under pressure, within tight deadlines and multi-disciplinary.
• Effective communication skills and report writing skills.
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

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Job Description:

KEY EXPECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

• Identify Segment Opportunities- Ideate
• Analyze Market, segment, competitors and consumers trends in order to provide a long-term strategy
• Interprets insights to identify and prioritize opportunities to innovate and revolutionize organizational products and services.
• Understand gains/pains of the consumers in order to develop value proposition and offer
• Gap analysis with current portfolio in order to identify new opportunities (service and product)
• Build the segment strategy in line with the Brand strategy Build Value proposition and offers
• Identifies growth opportunities and areas for market evolution by applying insights (volumes, SOM and margin ambitions)
• Update / revamp the business model (customer relationship, channel, partners, internal resource..) according to the CVP
• Achieves revenue management goals within the segment and Own Customer P&L for net sales and SOA Define the Go to Market Plan and ensure the deployment of the offer
• Elaborate the vision for the multi-channel approach including digital
• Assess the value of the offer and its competitive price positioning Drives coordination of support functions to deliver on cross-functional goals (e.g., Key Account Manager, Customer Marketing Manager, Consumer Experience Team, Supply, Finance
• Coach and train support functions within the multi-functional teams and focus on their development plans and encouraging

Insights Management

• Combines data to derive distinctive perspectives and insights regarding consumer/end user mega-trends, socioeconomic trends, and industry structures.
• Interprets insights to identify and prioritize opportunities to innovate and revolutionize organizational products and services.
• Identifies growth opportunities and areas for market evolution by applying insights.
• Ensures that insights are relevant and understood by others across the organization.

Marketing strategy/planning

• Uses relevant techniques to detect potential opportunities or threats to the product/organization.
• Assesses the potential impact of wider environmental forces on the business strategy (. culture, ethics, economics, politics, legal frameworks and sustainability).
• Coordinates departments, segments, and organization’s counterparts to ensure continuous alignment between organizational strategies and investments.
• Establishes key performance indicators and relevant metrics and monitors and analyzes results.
• Establishes a long-term marketing strategy aligned with the overall marketing goals and objectives
• Provides strategic coaching and leadership to the marketing and affiliated teams on the business model.
• Distributes resources across segments/products/business lines, based on marketing objectives/priorities.
• Anticipates and builds capacity and capability to respond to future market needs.

Product/service innovation and development

• Executes and manages the development of a life cycle plan for a product/service.
• Leads cross-functional sessions to validate current product/service and identify ideas.
• Identifies roadblocks mitigated effects and/or makes recommendations to overcome them.
• Implements practices for cultivating relationships with high equity customers and/or partners to gain insight into requirements for current or new service offerings.
• Cultivates a culture of service logic based projects, encouraging all strategies and action to be based on the exchange of service.

Customer Value Management

• Develops and implements strategic plans for target customers.
• Sets the strategic targets for the organization and identifies opportunities for strategic growth.
• Oversees the implementation of pilot projects, monitors results, and makes recommendation for operationalizing new initiatives that will benefit the organization.

Industry Knowledge

• Objectively critiques the competition (strengths, weaknesses) and seeks opportunities for business development
• For a given bid, evaluates direct competition in order to position own organization appropriately.
• Develops knowledge of related industries and their impact on the business model

Revenue and profitability

• Uses appropriate financial tools to evaluate impact of business initiatives on the mode’s performance, e.g. budgets, ROI, profit-loss, brand value, etc.
• Determines profit targets and profit management plans to effectively control and monitor costs and revenues to achieve profitability goals
• Establishes information requirements for decision making with respect to profitability management.

Project Management

• Manages complex, multifaceted/ interrelated projects that span own area or department boundaries.
• Determines resource requirements for multi-faceted or multi-stage projects.
• Applies recognized project management methodology to manage scope, resources, time, cost, quality, risk and communications.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors / Honours Degree in Marketing or Commerce
• Focus Subjects Marketing Strategy, Business Management, Economics