Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, December 05 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Zambia Sugar Plc. is subsidiary of Illovo Sugar Africa (Ply) Ltd Group and is the leading Sugar producer in Zambia. Its main activities are the growing of sugar cane the production and marketing of sugar and other sugar downstream products.

The company invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced persons to fill the following positions in the Business Improvement Department to be based at Nakambala

1. RDO MANAGER X 1(05) - PERMANENT

This position reports to the Business Improvement Director.
Are you the master weaver of interconnected success? We are on the lookout for a dynamic individual who thrives on navigating cross-functional landscapes, intertwining dependencies to unlock unparalleled business value. If you revel in the art of collaboration, delight in orchestrating diverse stakeholder interactions, and possess an innate drive to steer towards business triumph, this is your stage!

Key Performance Areas
• Main interface between RDO and workstreams - accountable for ensuring delivery on "programme" performance, including value, costs, risks, and dependencies.
• Set Country results drumbeat (schedule of daily/weekly/monthly meetings).
• Complete analysis / coaching support for workstreams - interpret data, identify potential issues, and present this in a way that facilitates effective decision making
• Provide expertise into development of business cases related back to the P&L across different business functions.
• Prepare and distribute consolidated data for RDO and Steer Cos.
• Link business initiatives to strategy with the ability to prioritize given business needs.
• Engage with the business and initiative leads to gain the understanding of and to collect and collate the required information to produce the dashboards, metrics, and reports.
• Close co-ordination with Business Performance Analyst and functions to ensure MWB financials are controlled right through our ERP, budgeting to the bottom line.
• Ensure delivery of the Results Delivery Office plan as required using reports from initiative leads and the outcomes of project.
• Build and maintain a central repository of initiative folders, documents, templates, and knowledge to create a sustainable online library of re-useable data to help inform future developments and support initiative leads.
• Work with initiative leads to develop and maintain the six key requirements for success.
• Organise workshops to identify areas of improvement for initiatives and projects. Change Management expert that ensures all MW's follow company change model with strong interface with Organisational Effectiveness Manager.
• Be conversant with the financial discipline required to manage projects and able to assist in budget tracking.
• Project/'programme' planning support and ensure the development of a well-structured and governed plan.

Minimum specifications / Requirements areas
• Business or Engineering degree.
• Wide cross functional business experience (Strong preference).
• At least 8 years' experience of which 5+ years' direct work experience in PMO; knowledge of "programme' management techniques and tools.
• PMP (or equivalent).
• Experience in cross functional business 'programmes"
• Respected and influential, able to challenge leadership team and create healthy tension during decision making.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Should you be interested in applying for this role, please submit your detailed CV, copies of relevant qualifications, registrations, and ID/Passport for the attention of HR Business Partner mail: careers@zamsugar.zm indicating the respective position in the subject line.

All internal employees are required to complete the Internal Application Form and obtain relevant signatures when applying for vacancies.

Closing date for applications is 11 December 2023.

Applicants may be required to complete pre-employment checks (qualification, credit, security, background, and medical assessments) as part of the recruitment process where applicable. Should you not hear from us within 6 weeks after the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful



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