Latest Recruitment at Vodacom

Role Purpose

• The main objective of Strategic Network Optimization is to orchestrate network tactics and strategies aimed at increasing network and RAN efficiency and performance. The role also entails driving and implementing various activities and special projects to improve network quality through the optimization of Radio Access Networks (RAN) and RATs(GSM, UMTS, LTE, and NR). The role entails the incumbent embracing the use of modern approaches and best global practices mainly in the RAN domain for maximum impact.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Continuous review of RAN network strategies, using RAN parameters, features, and best practices aimed at improving RAN effectiveness and efficiencies.
• Ensure adoption of global best practices and adapt them where applicable for optimal system performance within South Africa.
• Drive proactive stakeholder engagements (optimization and vendor meetings), propose feature and parameter enhancements in the SON and RAN space for improved efficiencies
• Assist to build capacity in data-driven analytics for strategic RAN optimization activities, including scripting, knowledge transfer, etc
• Give cross-functional support to regions in terms of in-depth network analysis, accelerate fault resolution, and assist in CxO escalations of RAN issues and investigations.

Ideally You Should Possess The Following

• Matric/ Grade 12 is essential.
• 3-year degree/diploma in electronic or telecommunication, equivalent or higher.
• 3-5 years of relevant GSM and UMTS experience (inclusive of 1-2 years of LTE experience) is essential.
• 3-5 years of working experience in Radio Planning and Optimisation (Essential).
• Experience with UMTS/LTE technologies would be advantageous (Desirable).
• Telecommunications (GSM & UTRAN) courses are essential.

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Role Purpose

• Vodacom Financial services have been identified as an acceleration unit within the greater Vodacom group. The ambition is to expand its product offering and diversify its clientele. The purpose of this role is to establish a market position by locating, developing, defining, negotiating, and closing business relationships, as well as to maintain extensive knowledge of current market conditions.
• This person is responsible for defining long-term organizational strategic goals, and working with the internal team, marketing staff, and other managers to increase insurance opportunities and thereby maximize revenue for the organization. The objective of this role is to also put the customer at the heart of all operational activities, focusing on channel optimization and performance.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Deliver on target revenue, policy count, grow value-added services and market share and other relevant business objectives as required
• Ability to manage cross-functionally, and in the process live the Vodacom Way.
• Assessing channel performance in business through client acquisition and sales.
• Must have experience in managing brokers and outsourced channels
• Manage performance across all sales channels by fostering business relationships to increase revenue from sales and client retention.
• Screening potential corporate deals by analyzing market strategies, deal requirements, potential, and financials; evaluating options; resolving internal priorities; as well as recommending equity investments.
• Business Partner and Trade Partner Support
• Grow Vodacom’s insurance customer base and market leadership in all channels as well as across the different segments
• Development of continuous improvement and business intelligence framework.
• Responsible for Management Information and reporting for channels
• Monitoring of compliance to legislation
• Process and Systems performance management and operational monitoring
• Sales performance analysis and competitor analysis
• Customer Service and SLA Management
• Analysis of the fulfilment process to identify process gaps that have revenue opportunities, cost threats or a churn risk that require an intervention

The Ideal Candidate For This Role Will Have

Must have technical/professional qualifications:

• Matric is essential. Relevant 3 years Commercial/ Business Informatics degree /diploma essential
• OR
• Matric. Relevant diploma

Experience

• Grade 12 (essential)
• Relevant 3/4-year degree / National Diploma (essential) in Marketing Management or related and
• A minimum of 8 years relevant working experience essential in sales and insurance.

Competencies

Extreme Importance

• Sales orientation
• Strong analytical and numeric background
• Ability to manage and coordinate virtual cross-functional teams, and to collate inputs into an integrated, intelligent plan with clear recommendations.
• Credible, commercially-focussed leader, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Excellent communications, presentation & interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to complete documentation within tight timelines and to a consistently high standard.
• Proven ability to operate flexibly in complex and dynamic working environment

Job Knowledge

• Strong understanding of Sales processes
• Business analysis
• Understanding of Direct Sales
• Fundamentals of Project Management is essential
• Understanding of the CVM
• Strong knowledge of the Telecommunications industry

Job-Related Skills

• Leadership
• Attention to detail
• Communication (verbal and written)
• Prioritization and Time Management
• Facilitation and presentation skills
• Decision making
• Trend analyses to enable business improvement

Closing date for Applications: 15 February 2023

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Role Purpose

• The Solution Architect is responsible for designing and leading the implementation of solutions and capability architecture for a particular business capability/user journey, according to the overall digital vision and target architecture. This role is responsible for the technical analysis and holistic solution design of future capabilities and features, including external dependencies, cross-domain APIs, and technical enablers. This role is responsible for reviewing/designing the target architecture vision and roadmap, evaluating and prioritizing roadmap items, and translating them into designs and non-functional requirements. The incumbent is responsible for providing support to engineering to ensure the development of technical stories is aligned to defined architecture paradigms, principles, and patterns.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Translate the overall digital vision and target architecture into corresponding solution designs and change requirements.
• Design end-to-end solutions and cross-domain integration and APIs.
• Define non-functional, operational, and quality requirements for solutions.
• Define technical stories to enable business capabilities, foster re-use of existing components, and accept technical features following demos.
• Guide delivery teams to ensure alignment.
• Facilitate solution compliance to security, privacy, and regulatory needs.
• Manage technical debt and technology obsolescence at the solution level.
• Advocate adoption of new technologies into solutions.

The Ideal Candidate For This Role Will Have

• Matric/ Grade 12 is essential.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Analysis, or another related field.
• Five to seven years of experience in at least three disciplines, such as business, information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management, or operations in a multitier environment.
• Extensive exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments.
• Extensive experience in business capability modeling and technical and solution architecture development in a digital business context.
• Professional experience and knowledge of digital and Telecommunications industries are strongly preferred.

Closing date for Applications:15 February 2023.