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Purpose summary:

• Responsible for driving the process of introducing innovative solutions in alignment with business needs and requirements, and delivering a strategically aligned innovation and renovation pipeline with new products which conform to quality and safety standards.
• Manage innovation initiatives inclusive of projects supporting consumer innovation, research and development, and commercial products and services.
• Lead opportunities of new product development including opportunity definition, business plan, scope, requirements and execution.
• Develops sustainable, cost effective, competitive and innovative digital solutions and structures.
• Define scope of solutions and ensure understanding of scope by business users.
• Develop and present proposals, updates, issues and findings to senior management inclusive of suggestions, risk mitigation, cost benefit analysis and action plans.
• Perform as business resource with technology partners & internal stakeholders, vendors and suppliers.
• Manage and maintain good stakeholder relationships and ensure delivery on agreed requirements.
• Analyse and understand the current business environment and strategies, as well as trends and developments in the industry.
• Assembles a team of resources to design and implement solutions.
• Research, document and prepare business cases on appropriate technologies, which will align with the business strategies.

Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelors’ Degree (3 years) / NQF level 7
• Engineering Sciences - IT and Computer Sciences 
• Management Sciences - Project Management 
• Management Sciences - Business Management

Experience:

• Up to 8 years

Behavioural Competency:

• Creating and innovating: Produces new ideas, approaches, or insights; creates innovative products or designs; produces a range of solutions to problems - Strategic
• Deciding and Initiating Action: Takes responsibility for actions, projects and people; takes initiative and works under own direction; initiates and generates activity and introduces changes into work processes; makes quick, clear decisions which may include tough choices or considered risks - Tactical
• Analysing: Analyses numerical data and all other sources of information, to break them into component parts, patterns and relationships; probes for further information or greater understanding of a problem; makes rational judgements from the available information and analysis; demonstrates an understanding of how one issue may be a part of a much larger system. - Tactical
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations: Focuses on customer needs and satisfaction; sets high standards for quality and quantity; monitors and maintains quality and productivity; works in a systematic, methodical and orderly way; consistently achieves project goals - Strategic
• Relating and networking: Easily establishes good relationships with customers and staff; relates well to people at all levels; builds wide and effective networks of contacts; uses humour appropriately to bring warmth to relationships with others - Strategic
• Applying expertise and technology: Applies specialist and detailed technical expertise; uses technology to achieve work objectives; develops job knowledge and expertise (theoretical and practical) through continual professional development; demonstrates an understanding of different organisational departments and functions. - Strategic
• Adapting and responding to change: Adapts to changing circumstances; tolerates ambiguity; accepts new ideas and change initiatives; adapts interpersonal style to suit different people or situations; shows an interest in new experiences. - Tactical
• Formulating strategies and concepts: Works strategically to realise organisational goals; sets and develops strategies; identifies, develops positive and compelling visions of the organisation’s future potential; takes account of a wide range of issues across, and related to, the organisation - Tactical

Leadership Competency:

• Relationship management: The supervision and maintenance of relationships between a company and its external partners, especially its clients. - Strategic
• Change management: The ability to facilitate changes in technology, human behaviour and processes with minimal cost and disruption to the department, in a manner that enhances and ensures achievement and delivery of company objectives. - Tactical
• Collaboration: Develops cooperation and teamwork while participating in a group, working toward solutions that generally benefit all involved parties. - Strategic
• Leadership of groups: The ability to provide direction and guidance to a group of people and to encourage cooperation between team members in order to attain an objective. - Strategic

Technical Competency:

• Providing expert advice: Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. - Strategic
• Communication: Clearly conveys and receives information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the listener, helps them understand and retain the message, and invites response and feedback. Keeps others informed as appropriate. Demonstrates good written, oral, and listening skills. - Strategic
• Client orientation and customer focus: Seeking to determine the needs of customers and taking action to satisfy them. - Strategic
• Business analysis: Enabling change by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders. - Strategic
• Commercial awareness: Demonstrates a full understanding of how businesses and industries operate. Knows his/her own market well and is commercially aware. - Strategic
• Creativity and innovation: Demonstrates an ability to approach situations with an open mind and demonstrates a unique way to solve problems as opposed to relying on others. - Strategic
• Problem solving and analysis: Analyses issues and breaks them down into their component parts. Makes systematic and rational judgements based on relevant information. - Strategic
• Project management: Effectively planning, budgeting for, overseeing and documenting of projects to ensure that the scope of all projects are adhered to and are running according to schedule. - Strategic

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