{apply now } Senior Specialist: Capability Advisory Services – (50000711)

Senior Specialist: Capability Advisory Services – (50000711), A permanent position exists at our Head office in Sandton for Senior Specialist: Capability Advisory Services within the Business Advisory & Turnaround Services Department reporting to the Manager: Capability Advisory Services

Senior Specialist: Capability Advisory Services – (50000711)

Closing Date of Advert 20/10/2021
Job Title Senior Specialist: Capability Advisory Services
Organizational Unit Industrial Development Corporation Ltd -> Client Support and Growth -> Business Advisory and Turnaround Services
Job Type Full-time
Category Client Management Education Level Bachelors Degree
Location GP ZA (Primary)

JOB PURPOSE

• To Perform fact-based analyses and assessment of internal and internal factors to identify challenges and collaborate with the IDC investee business Management Team to develop and craft appropriate, practical and implementable solutions.

• To Work alongside IDC Business Partners and assist them to improve the delivery capacity and efficiencies of core business functions, build higher performing business processes and practices and ensure effectiveness of delivery teams and key individuals.

• To Provide a professional consulting service to IDC investee businesses where expertise is required in areas of board and executive leadership, strategy and planning, risk and governance management, general operational management, financial management, marketing and sales, technical operations, digital business management, information technology and data management and people and team management or whenever the capabilities are not available internally.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Business strategy and planning – assist IDC investee businesses by analyzing their business’s goals and direction and ensure that practices align with company objectives. This will entail:
o Applying the ability to think creatively to develop innovative solutions to strategic and tactical issues, make suggestions to improve practices and adjust a company’s goals and mission to increase performance and market share;
o Advisory in area of strategy and operations that include corporate strategy assessment and development, customer and marketing strategy assessment and development, digital strategy assessment and development, restructuring/reorganization, pricing & profitability management, technology and data management and business processes assessment and optimization.
• Trends analysis – assist IDC investee businesses with monitoring trends through business research and analysis, including financial analysis to help them adjust to changing conditions that affect goals and production through identifying key markets in which investee companies should be involved and help them adjust to be successful in market changes.
• Evaluate competition – assist investee companies understand competitor practices and market behaviors through the development of internal and external fact-bases using relevant data and information; and apply analysis of what works and what does not work for competitors to IDC investee companies so that they employ successful tactics and avoid pitfalls.
• Evaluate performance – assist IDC investee businesses diagnose business processes or organizational problems by driving a rigorous approach to solving problems in the context of economic, technology and social trends and leveraging analytics to determine how our business partners can seize new opportunities.
• Assist in decision-making processes – working closely with senior management and executives in IDC investee businesses, assist with key budgeting and production decisions based on fact-based evaluation of current practices and making suggestions to optimize costs, increase revenue and building leverageable assets by developing solutions for problems in these areas.
• Strategic risk management – assist IDC investee businesses anticipate risk scenarios, develop suitable risk management strategies, and establish mitigation measures for if that such scenarios manifest.
• Performance and value creation plans [VCPs] – assist IDC investee businesses establish their businesses’ KPIs that facilitate the analysis/measurement of the businesses’ performance against overall goals, objectives, targets and budgets.
• Recommending and implementing changes and ensuring a successful transition to “what is new”.
• Review diagnostic assessment, develop terms of reference that will inform the capabilities that are required by existing IDC clients.
• Continuous support to Early Stage [start-up] and small and medium entities (SME’s) to collaboratively grow IDC clients through adjusted value creation and on ad-hoc requirements.
• Monitor IDC investee businesses to whom consulting services are being provided to ensure recommendations are being appropriately and fully implemented.
• Conduct monitoring and evaluation to measure the level of return on investment that has been achieved CSG Segments.
• Providing domain knowledge and expertise to support IDC investee companies to realize profit and growth such as: Markets, Value Chain Insights, Manufacturing 4.0 and Technologies.
• Ensure the incorporation of core risk management principles and frameworks including- Corporate Governance, Credit, Operational and Financial risk levers.
• Stakeholder management and engagement to ensure alignment of roles and responsibilities and building up a repository of core knowledge and insights within the IDC supporting the delivery of the value creation plan for clients.
• Build a knowledge bank to be utilized by the IDC for future interventions.
• Create a reputation for IDC being a “Centre of Excellence/Knowledge” hub of skills and expertise that add value to business partners.
• Upskill colleagues within the IDC Capability Advisory department on consulting skills and ensure knowledge transfer occurs, working in collaboration with the Knowledge Management Team

Job Requirements

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

• Well-seasoned professional with a minimum of 5 years’ management consulting experience in a professional management consulting organization.
• Well-rounded with a consistent track record of outstanding performance and high learning agility.
• Proven track record of building teams within the business partner environment
• Strong Critical Thinking, Analytical and Problem Solving Skills are essential
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Proven entrepreneurial skills and key aspects of business partner relationships essential. Experience working directly or having consulted in the IDC core sectors would be an advantage
• Experience and knowledge in:
o Business diagnostic assessment;
o Skills mapping to ensure the correct expertise are provided to the right client;
o Training, Coaching and Mentoring (incl. facilitating workshops at senior or executive level).
• General business management experience
• Project management experience essential
• Internal and external client engagement & communication
• Various domain knowledge such as processes engineering, manufacturing, various production topics, marketing and sales, finance and accounting, etc.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

1 Consulting & Advisory Skills
2 Business/Commercial Acumen
3 Analytical/Diagnostic Skills
4 Client Insights & Focus
5 Problem Solving/Solution Generation
6 Stakeholder Management
7 Formulating strategies and concepts
8 Report writing Skills
9 Project Management Skills
10 Creating & Innovating

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

1 Communication & Presentation skills
2 Relationship Management
3 Planning & Organizing
4 Negotiating & Influencing
5 Networking Skills
6 Results Driven
7 Decision Making & Initiating
8 Coaching & Mentoring
9 Coping with Pressures and Setbacks (i.e. managing ambiguity)

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Minimum qualification: Relevant post graduate degree in a business-related field. While all majors being acceptable:  business and quantitatively oriented majors such as Finance, Engineering, Economics, or Accounting are preferred.
• MBA/MBL will be added advantage.
• Project Management Professional skills will be added advantage.

Requirement: As our entity (IDC) Provides financing & funding, the need to ensure trust, honesty and integrity in all financial & non-financial activities must be above reproach

Job Requirements

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

• Well-seasoned professional with a minimum of 5 years’ management consulting experience in a professional management consulting organization.
• Well-rounded with a consistent track record of outstanding performance and high learning agility.
• Proven track record of building teams within the business partner environment
• Strong Critical Thinking, Analytical and Problem Solving Skills are essential
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Proven entrepreneurial skills and key aspects of business partner relationships essential. Experience working directly or having consulted in the IDC core sectors would be an advantage
• Experience and knowledge in:
o Business diagnostic assessment;
o Skills mapping to ensure the correct expertise are provided to the right client;
o Training, Coaching and Mentoring (incl. facilitating workshops at senior or executive level).
• General business management experience
• Project management experience essential
• Internal and external client engagement & communication
• Various domain knowledge such as processes engineering, manufacturing, various production topics, marketing and sales, finance and accounting, etc.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

1 Consulting & Advisory Skills
2 Business/Commercial Acumen
3 Analytical/Diagnostic Skills
4 Client Insights & Focus
5 Problem Solving/Solution Generation
6 Stakeholder Management
7 Formulating strategies and concepts
8 Report writing Skills
9 Project Management Skills
10 Creating & Innovating

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

1 Communication & Presentation skills
2 Relationship Management
3 Planning & Organizing
4 Negotiating & Influencing
5 Networking Skills
6 Results Driven
7 Decision Making & Initiating
8 Coaching & Mentoring
9 Coping with Pressures and Setbacks (i.e. managing ambiguity)

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum qualification: Relevant post graduate degree in a business-related field. While all majors being acceptable:  business and quantitatively oriented majors such as Finance, Engineering, Economics, or Accounting are preferred.
• MBA/MBL will be added advantage.
• Project Management Professional skills will be added advantage.

Requirement: As our entity (IDC) Provides financing & funding, the need to ensure trust, honesty and integrity in all financial & non-financial activities must be above reproach

 

 

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