Chief of Staff - Durban, South Africa - Talented Recruitment

Talented Recruitment

Verified Company

Durban, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

KwaZulu Natal, Durban
- (Negotiable)

One of South Africa's leading retailers is seeking a reliable and dynamic individual to join their team. The role requires engagement with senior executive leadership, facilitating and driving strategic initiatives and facilitating stakeholder engagement. Based in Umhlanga, Durban

Requirements:

Relevant Master's degree (e.g. MBA)
Strong work experience leading projects, teams or organisations
Market research experience is advantageous
Proven track record of effectively interacting with executive management
Experience with project management methods like Scrum or Agile
Fluent in change management and continuous improvement methods, such as Six Sigma or Lean
Exceptional quantitative, analytical and conceptual problemsolving skills combined with outstanding business acumen
Broad functional knowledge, including but not limited to strategy, business development, product development, project management, human resources, marketing and sales, etc.
Excellent interpersonal, engagement and communication skills
Entrepreneurial and resultsdriven achiever
Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
Ability to influence decision making at executive leadership level
Excellent presentation skills

Duties and responsibilities:

Working with our Group CEO, and Executive Leadership team to help drive and execute the company's strategy and work on highlevel strategic projects assigned by the CEO.
Participates and leads programme management of CEO initiatives, which involves duties on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
Providing department leaders with recommendations and consultation to improve teamwork
Planning, coordinating and keeping contents of a meeting focused
Determining key performance indicators and how to measure team performance
Providing tactical support to implement ideas
Working with leadership to deliver, monitor and communicate progress towards goals
Responding to inquiries on behalf of the Chief Executive
Overseeing strategic business initiatives from ideation to implementation
Identifying and helping solve core problems or opportunities within business processes
Providing Chief Executive and other senior leaders with insight and analysis on the company's operations
Assessing risk when business decisions are made
Providing support and oversight for special projects and initiatives
Planning, coordinating and leading meetings and workshops
Identifying and providing recommendations on improvements across the organisation
Look externally and internally to drive forward innovation ideas that will support driving business profitability.

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