Organisational Effectiveness Specialist at Illovo Sugar Africa

Minimum Qualification:

• Degree (Business / Finance / Organisational Psychology or equivalent)

Minimum Year's Experience:

• 5-10 years

Minimum Skills:

• OE experience at a similar level (including OD, Culture change)

Responsibilities

Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for the position of OE Specialist in the ABF Sugar People and Performance team based of Durban, South Africa or London and Peterborough, United Kingdom. Reporting to the OE Director, the successful incumbent will be responsible for identifying and enabling the operating model and capability shifts that are needed to execute the divisional strategy.

Key Performance Areas:

•  Develops an in-depth understanding of divisional and business unit strategic priorities, culture and performance measures
•  Partners with senior business leaders and HR across the Division to lead diagnostics and resultant design of strategic, cross-functional complex OE, OD and culture transformation projects and initiatives
•  Partners with senior business leaders and HR across the Division to identify capabilities most critical for strategy execution now and in the future and how to plan for their acquisition and/or development
•  Partners with COEs to improve their effectiveness, while ensuring alignment and coordination across multiple functions
•  Supports the Divisional and Business Unit leaders with diagnostics and interventions to enable the desired shifts in culture
•  Provides expert input and guidance to Business Unit leaders on specific OE, OD and culture challenges and improvements intended to build capability and drive business performance
•  Designs, develops and drives adoption of fit-for-purpose interventions to support improvement of organizational effectiveness across the Division and within individual Business Units
•  Provides full spectrum of Organisational Design expertise and input into high-value, complex re-designs and support implementation through to anchoring the changes
•  Seeks external emerging trends and best practices in Organisational Effectiveness to share with Business Leaders and internal communities of practice
•  Provides trends and insights from qualitative and quantitative data to inform the evolution of organizational operating model(s), culture and capability requirements for the future
•  Actively builds OE capability across the Division, with particular focus on organizational design, effectiveness, culture and performance improvement
•  Develops a network of specialist OE partners (internal and external) to support multiple initiatives as needed

Specifications:

•  Senior Management experience in OE, OD, Culture change or L&D would be an advantage
•  Impressive, demonstrable track record and skills/experience gained within a similar position(s), at a similar level
•  Manage a network of suppliers and partners, supported by the ability to influence and negotiate effectively
•  Excellent planning, organising and project management skills
•  Self-starter & finisher; ability to take initiative and drive change
•  Self-driven, with the ability to work proactively and independently as well as be a strong team player
•  Excellent communication, interpersonal and facilitation skills
•  Willingness to travel to all ABF Sugar operations in Africa and Europe