Project Manager - Durban
Key Responsibilities:
- Actively participate and contribute to strategic initiative sessions with the Commercial Director
to expand our market reach and increase sales opportunities.
- Conduct thorough market research and analysis to identify new business opportunities and
trends.
- Ensure a good mix of opportunities, low, medium and high.
- Accurate forecasting of potential opportunities.
- Support development of business cases for strategic projects.
- Define strategic project scope, goals and deliverables.
- Develop strategic project budget(s) and conduct scope change control of strategic project
cashflow (if required).
- Prepare reports, presentations, and other materials to support decision-making processes.
- Support sales activities by assisting in lead generation, customer outreach, and proposal
preparation.
- Identify new sources of suppliers and develop those relationships further generating a solid set
of new business sources for procurement to actively include to expand current databases.
- Identifying any potential strategic project risk areas and implementing corrective actions and
strategies timeously.
- Maintain an integrated view of all strategic projects and guide the management, coordination,
governance and execution thereof.
- Facilitate post-implementation review & collation of learnings. Qualifications and Skills:
- Demonstrated success in your previous employment.
- Strong interest in sales, procurement, or related fields.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and draw insights.
- Proactive approach to problem-solving and decision-making.
- Experience in strategic planning.
- Experience in risk management in project management and/or financial background.
- Proficient in project management software.
- 3+ years work experience in PMO; knowledge of project management techniques and tools is
preferred.
- Lean Six Sigma Certification and/or the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is
highly advantageous.
Characteristics: - Driven
- Ambitious
- Hardworking
- Proactive
- Able to take risks and not scared of a challenge. - Interpersonal Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Communication skills-both verbal and written
- Business Acumen
- Research skills
- Organisational and time management skills
- Financial Skills
- Planning and organizing - Decision-making - Influencing and leading - Strong Negotiation skills, Self-motivated, Problem Solving, Loyal Overcoming objections
- Attention to detail - Team Player
- Administration skills
- Results Driven
- Effective Prospecting Skills
- Strategic Thinker - Confident to communicate at a Senior Executive level Apply Now
- Actively participate and contribute to strategic initiative sessions with the Commercial Director
to expand our market reach and increase sales opportunities.
- Conduct thorough market research and analysis to identify new business opportunities and
trends.
- Ensure a good mix of opportunities, low, medium and high.
- Accurate forecasting of potential opportunities.
- Support development of business cases for strategic projects.
- Define strategic project scope, goals and deliverables.
- Develop strategic project budget(s) and conduct scope change control of strategic project
cashflow (if required).
- Prepare reports, presentations, and other materials to support decision-making processes.
- Support sales activities by assisting in lead generation, customer outreach, and proposal
preparation.
- Identify new sources of suppliers and develop those relationships further generating a solid set
of new business sources for procurement to actively include to expand current databases.
- Identifying any potential strategic project risk areas and implementing corrective actions and
strategies timeously.
- Maintain an integrated view of all strategic projects and guide the management, coordination,
governance and execution thereof.
- Facilitate post-implementation review & collation of learnings. Qualifications and Skills:
- Demonstrated success in your previous employment.
- Strong interest in sales, procurement, or related fields.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and draw insights.
- Proactive approach to problem-solving and decision-making.
- Experience in strategic planning.
- Experience in risk management in project management and/or financial background.
- Proficient in project management software.
- 3+ years work experience in PMO; knowledge of project management techniques and tools is
preferred.
- Lean Six Sigma Certification and/or the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is
highly advantageous.
Characteristics: - Driven
- Ambitious
- Hardworking
- Proactive
- Able to take risks and not scared of a challenge. - Interpersonal Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Communication skills-both verbal and written
- Business Acumen
- Research skills
- Organisational and time management skills
- Financial Skills
- Planning and organizing - Decision-making - Influencing and leading - Strong Negotiation skills, Self-motivated, Problem Solving, Loyal Overcoming objections
- Attention to detail - Team Player
- Administration skills
- Results Driven
- Effective Prospecting Skills
- Strategic Thinker - Confident to communicate at a Senior Executive level Apply Now
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