Bushe Sitale

I am a results-oriented Project Controls Management Professional with over 14 years of experience in project controls within the mining and quarry sectors. I hold a Bachelor of Computing degree from Australia's Monash University and possess extensive experience in estimating, cost planning, FIDIC projects, FRP/Bid Development, contract negotiation/administration, budgeting, warranty management, and product development/launch. I have successfully managed controls and monitoring teams for medium to large-scale mining, industrial, and commercial projects with significant business value.

In my current role as the General Manager of Project Controls at Dimension Data, I oversee the South East region, including Botswana, Malawi, and Zambia. I lead the PMO team subcontracted to Debswana under Hatch, managing the Jwaneng IM controls SLA works within the Electronics/Telecommunication scope to expedite operational efficiency. Previously, I led the PMO team for the Letlhakane Tailing Project as a Project Manager subcontracted to Flour Consulting, overseeing the Controls and Planning unit. My experience in the mining, construction, and mechanical sectors has equipped me to lead major strategic projects both internationally and locally. This includes my tenure as a Project Analyst Controller with DeBeers Group (DBGSS), supporting business operations for DeBeers Group Africa (Venetia, Kimberly, Namibia, and Botswana) in both downstream and midstream capacities.

In my current role, I focus on integrating efficient operations and management methodologies to manage costs, timelines, scope, and risks, ensuring project delivery is on time and cost-effective. I am responsible for ensuring the alignment of business goals across all projects and the timely delivery of projects and plans as stipulated in the business operations strategy for clients and customers within the Middle East and Africa region.

My key skills and experience include:

• Developing and maintaining project schedules, Gantt charts, and resource histograms
• Identifying critical path activities, resource constraints, and schedule risks
• Implementing schedule control measures, variance analysis, and corrective actions
• Applying Earned Value Management (EVM) principles and performance metrics
• Leading and mentoring project planning professionals
• Allocating projects to engineers, project managers, and subcontractors
• Managing controls for the entire project lifecycle
• Overseeing procurement operating plans and managing controls budget
• Monitoring ECOHS performance under the PMO in all mining projects
• Ensuring benefits realization within all project backorders in the regional PMO
• Managing project documentation, tracking, reporting, and administrative and contractual support
• Conducting business forecasting and financial analysis, identifying opportunities and risks, and developing action plans to achieve financial goals
• Maintaining client relationships/contracts and ensuring project standards are met
• Identifying, analysing, measuring, and managing project risks
• Ensuring company project assets are fully tracked and logged in an established system

Success Highlights:

Achieved 60% savings in projects through systematic project controls within five months of establishing the South East PMO Controls unit by re-engineering project plans and renegotiating contracts with new vendors, enhancing quality assurance, and maintaining timelines.

Re-engineered vendor policy to enhance quality assurance and identify risks and issues at earlier project stages.

I am a self-motivated, diligent leader and believe that I can contribute valuable skills to your organization.

I am a highly skilled and accomplished Projects implementation executive with 14 years of extensive experience in strategy implementation, projects implementation, balance scorecard formulation, process flow optimization and lean process improvement across diverse sectors, including mining, diamond sales (DBGSS), insurance, and finance. I hold a Bachelor of Computing degree from Monash University, a MDP from Stellenbosch university, and possess PMI/PMP and ITIL process governance certifications. 

Throughout my career, I have demonstrated strong strategic analytics skills, leadership, performance metrics monitoring capabilities, and policy formulation abilities having worked in medium to large global organizations including being part of DeBeers Global Sightholder Sales project ISAGO core team member between 2013 – 2015.

My expertise includes project governance, transformational business process re-engineering implementation, policy formulation, and business optimization to leverage opportunities and solve operational challenges across the business landscape for our clients and stakeholders. 

My work experience has equipped with the ability to closely collaborate with various stakeholders, including business leaders and subcontracted entities, to orchestrate, coordinate, and manage transformative process improvement initiatives identified by the business. These initiatives which mainly are aimed at driving business optimization, involving the oversight of projects from their initial stages through to successful implementation and monitoring ROI.

• Bachelor of Computing – Monash University (2003 – 2007)
• Msc Strategic Management –University of Derby (2019 – 2020)
• Management Development Programme – Stellenbosch university (2017)
• ITIL Governance (Foundation and Intermediate) (2014)
• PMP Certified- PMI Member
• Agile PM
• ISO 2008:9001 Quality Assurance & Documentation
• FIDIC Training
• Anglo Projects Way (APW)
• Anglo SHE-Risk Management Process Journey (A3)
• OSHAS 18001/ ISO14001