Executive Head: IT Procurement

<p><img id="Picture_x0020_1" src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/dd82a348/461743ac-ca78-42fa-8634-a.png" style="height:255.0px;width:600.0px"></p> <div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Purpose</b></H2> </div><div>To be a functional leader and get results through a complete function (functional synergy); competitive advantage for the business; building flexibility and effectiveness of the whole function; building functional state-of-the-art-results and credibility and understanding and valuing all sub-functions. To engage the future through functional best practice strategy and getting tomorrows results through addressing issues today.</div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Responsibilities</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Ensure alignment and achievement of strategy and create a completive advantage by translating the Nedbank and Business Unit strategy into a customised Divisional strategy.</li> <li>Develop and introduce a people strategy that will create a culture that drives the Cluster and Nedbank's vision and values.</li> <li>Build a high performance team.</li> <li>Ensure that the leadership agenda has been embraced by the division/function.</li> <li>Manage performance of reports and hold them accountable for managing the performance of their reports.</li> <li>Actively build a culture of improvement.</li> <li>Participate in the recruitment of senior staff.</li> <li>Optimise performance and motivation.</li> <li>Empower team to make decisions and recommend tailored solutions to Business Unit specific problems.</li> <li>Ensure alignment to governance and compliance requirements.</li> <li>Drive effective and efficient service or product delivery. Optimise productivity of the function by growing the maturity of processes and supporting technologies year on year.</li> <li>Realise improved business delivery.</li> <li>Foster and enable innovation, increasing the value add of the function. Identify innovative trends that could enhance the value-add of the function.</li> <li>Ensure decisions are made in the best interest of the business.</li> <li>Ensure commercial soundness and relevance through end to end financial management of the functional unit. Leverage opportunities to create a competitive function and a commercially successful function.</li> <li>Establish and drive the business strategy of the function. Maximise exposure to new trends and build competitiveness in the market.</li> <li>Ensure projects results are delivered by ensuring client IT spend is optimised across the services portfolio and managed for added value.</li> <li>Ensure portfolio of services or projects are configured to drive priority delivery.</li> <li>Ensure the achievement of targets by monitoring implemented Divisional EE and Transformation Plan, correcting any deviations.</li> <li>Analyse deviations from Divisional EE and Transformation Plan and ensure recommended corrective action is appropriate and implemented.</li> <li>Support Nedbank strategy by driving corporate citizenship.</li> <li>Develop, implement and measure the effectiveness of a strategy to build a differentiated culture.</li> <li>Ensure services to client meet expectations.</li> <li>Support execution capability by ensuring Divisional and group strategy is translated into effective and clear business plans.</li> <li>Drive collaboration and integration across functional areas within the GT value chain and into the client environment.</li> <li>Deliver client value through alignment with strategic intent.</li> <li>Ensure optimal functional service delivery.</li> <li>Manage the ongoing commercial client relationship and service experience.</li> <li>Foster strong relationships by acting as champion of the Nedbank Strategy and IT strategy, guiding client portfolio's with a Nedbank first mind-set.</li> <li>Enable achievement of functional Business Unit objectives.</li> <li>Continue to build the value of IT Services.</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Essential Qualifications - NQF Level</b></H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Professional Qualifications/Honour’s Degree </li></ul></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Preferred Qualification</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Honours Degree or equivalent</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Essential Certifications</b></H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Role Relevant Tertiary Qualification </li><li>Formal certification from relevant professional bodies where applicable </li></ul></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Minimum Experience Level</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li>4-8 years Executive Management</li> <li>10-15 years Business Management</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Technical / Professional Knowledge</b></H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Principles of project management </li><li>Relevant regulatory knowledge </li><li>Stakeholder management </li><li>Strategic planning </li><li>Talent management </li><li>Business writing skills </li><li>Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms </li><li>System Development Life cycle(SDLC) </li><li>Client Service Management </li><li>Mainframe Service orientated Architecture (SOA) </li></ul></div></div><p style="line-height:18.9px"><img alt="" height="228" src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/dd82a348/61ad7a3f-eb85-4980-a04c-e.jpg" style="height:75.0px;width:600.0px" width="245"></p> <p style="line-height:18.9px">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p style="line-height:18.9px"><span style="color:#006341"><em><b>Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566</b></em></span></p>