Let's Write Africa's Story Together!

Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

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Partner with the CEO and business unit leaders in the development and rollout of the company’s operational enablement strategies.

Responsibilities

Operations Management

Take overall responsibility for designing, developing, and delivering the organization's operational strategy and outcomes.

Business Planning

Lead the development of annual and longer-term business plans for a significant function or small local business, ensuring alignment with strategy; quantify business outcomes, i.e., revenues or other key performance indicators (KPIs) and resource budgets (financial and headcount); and ensure integration of key activities or projects across the organization.

Budgeting

Take overall responsibility for setting and approving area budgets that achieve organizational strategy.

Leadership and Direction

Set and communicate the strategy, along with the broad actions needed to implement it, for achieving the organization's mission, vision, and values within a function; inspire a large or diverse workforce to commit to these tenets and do extraordinary things to achieve the organization's business goals.

Performance Management

Manage and report on business performance; hold direct reports accountable for achievement of business plans, and take corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of business objectives, balancing the need to deliver short-term business objectives with the longer-term delivery of stakeholder value.

Board Relationship

Develop and improve relationships with board members, identifying priorities, issues, and strategic challenges and preparing them for discussion. Work is focused on a significant function or equivalent area of the business.

Corporate Representation

Represent the organization or institution in a variety of industry, institutional, and/or professional forums, boards, and committees in order to promote the company or institution brand or efforts. Represent the organization in external relations with investors, clients, industry, partners, the public, and others. Will focus on a significant function, department, or equivalent area of the business. May involve preparation of presentations and materials for professional partnering meetings, seminars, and conferences.

Corporate Strategy Shaping

Participate in the development of corporate strategy for a local organization, applying functional expertise to test the viability of the strategy and contributing creative ideas and insights to support the strategy formation process.

Strategy Formation and Implementation

Develop the strategy for a business area of significant function, anticipating megatrends and complex challenges and opportunities. Ensure the strategy is successfully implemented and meets long-term business needs.

Stakeholder Engagement

Identify and manage stakeholders up to and including the C-suite, finding out their needs, issues, and concerns and reacting to them by leading and coordinating the development of stakeholder engagement plans to support the communication of business information and decisions.

Organization Structure

Define the detailed organization structure for a significant function or small local business to align with corporate principles, define the relationship between elements of the organization, and define the responsibilities of senior managers, to enable the organization to achieve its business objectives.

Organizational Capability Building

Identify the capabilities needed to meet the current and emerging business needs of a significant function. Evaluate current capabilities, identify gaps, and prioritize development activities. Embed personal development and the fulfillment of personal potential in the culture of the organization. Build capabilities elsewhere in the organization through mentoring and other informal methods.

Skills

Action Planning, Adaptive Thinking, Business Case Development, Business Requirements Analysis, Change Management, Current State Assessment, Customer Value Management, Executing Plans, Negotiation, Oral Communications, Policies & Procedures, Presenting Solutions, Strategic Planning

Competencies

Balances Stakeholders

Builds Effective Teams

Builds Networks

Collaborates

Communicates Effectively

Drives Vision and Purpose

Ensures Accountability