Open Jobs at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• Are you ready to join Vodacom’s exciting world of Digital IT and become part of a high performing, dynamic technology team? With our customers at the heart of our purpose, you will be part of the evolution of our IT technology landscape, harnessing the latest technical innovations available.The role of the Technical Analyst is responsible to understand business requirements and business priorities by conducting functional analysis of business processes, technical requirements and to lead the realisation of the BI technical delivery. This role shall serve the purpose of a Lead Technical Analyst within the Agile scrum delivery process to communicate the requirements to the team

Your responsibilities will include:

• Seek out relevant information to evaluate and analyse end user requirements through interviews, user research, forums, other data and information;
• Document and present analysis findings/outcomes;
• Provide input to the business requirements for the design of solutions
• Develop and maintain best practice process for data deployment, quality metrics and standards;
• Provide guidance, technical direction and mentoring for other team members;
• Support the facilitation of the development process by providing consultation, clarification and direction for new developments
• Identify opportunities to review existing solution to improve data accuracy;
• Serve as single point of contact for technical analysis between the Agile team and the Product Owner, work closely with the Scrum Master and design team implement solutions that meets stated requirements;
• Analyse testing results to ensure the solution meets the needs of the business;
• Provide both analytical as well as creative ideas for solving problems and direct the implementation of these solutions;
• To provide support and consulting to operational teams to resolve complex issues;
• Research and stay abreast of Data Enablement ecosystem design and technology trends;
• Present research findings and incorporate into future BI technology strategies;

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Matric / Grade 12 essential.
• 3 year degree or diploma in IT, Engineering, Computer Science or relevant field 
• 5-8 years of IT experience essential, preferably in a Data/BI environment, with 1-2 year’s experience in an Agile Delivery Team
• Experience working with, evaluating and manipulating data;
• Excellent collaboration and effective interaction with application development teams
• Defining and developing business processes

Knowledge of data warehouse/ODS concepts

• physical database design
• Data Transformation
• Architecture
• Able to understand and create 
• Data modelling
• ETL Architecture and Design
• Evaluate and construct complex SQL scripts

Experience and knowledge of the following would be advantageous:

• Extensive experience and knowledge implementing telecommunications systems and solutions
• Large scale Data Warehousing, utilities, tools and applications 
• BI Tools (QlikSense, QlikView, etc)
• Teradata/Exadata/AWS/GCP

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs, competitive benefit packages, and an exclusive 13th cheque
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fiber connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

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Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• Vodacom  is committed to delivering innovative solutions. We leverage advanced analytics, machine learning, and big data technologies to tackle critical challenges and ensure the integrity of our operations. Our dedicated team in the fraud analytics department focuses on protecting our business and our customers from financial crimes and fraudulent activities We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Data Scientist to join our Fraud Analytics team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data science, with specific experience in fraud detection and prevention. This role involves developing and implementing sophisticated analytical solutions to predict, detect, and mitigate fraudulent activities across various platforms and transactions.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop predictive models and advanced algorithms to detect potential fraudulent transactions and minimize false positives.
• Analyze large datasets to identify patterns and trends associated with fraudulent activities.
• Work closely with the engineering and product teams to integrate data science models into operational systems and workflows.
• Stay updated with the latest technologies and methodologies in fraud analytics and introduce innovative tools and techniques to enhance the team's capabilities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to understand business needs and provide data-driven insights and solutions.
• Mentor junior data scientists and analysts, providing guidance and support in their projects and professional development

The Ideal Candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical / professional qualifications and experience: 

• 4-7 years’ experience in similar data science role
• Bachelor’s or master's degree in quantitative fields like Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Social Sciences, Data Journalism, or related fields
• Expertise in data manipulation: use of structured data tools (e.g., SQL), & unstructured data tools and platforms (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, NoSQL) 
• Proficiency in at least one relevant programming language: Python, Scala
• Expertise in machine learning libraries (e.g., R, H2O, Scikit Learning, TensorFlow , Pytorch , Xgboost , LightGBM) and multivariate techniques (e.g. k-means segmentation, multiple regression, factor analysis, timeseries forecasting)
• Experience in digital data sets, e.g., social listening, social network analysis)
• Familiarity with visualisation tools (e .g. Tableau, Qlik, D3)
• Exposure/interest in machine learning
• Experience in Deploying Models in Cloud (AWS, GCP , Azure)
• Data Knowledge in Machine Learning , Deep Learning and Predictive Modelling
• Deep Expertise in Big Data Technologies.
• MLOPS understanding and Experience is Advantageous.
• Natural Language Process (NLP)

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Development of machine learning models for various areas of the business on the Big Data Platform
• Development of prototype code in e.g. PySpark for automated training and scoring of the machine learning models
• Machine Learning Model performance tracking and reporting using e.g. Qlik
• Uses data visualisation to engage audience in a compelling way, enabling effective storytelling
• Work with lead data scientist to deliver key packages of work to meet the needs of business customers
• Works in partnership with Big Data Engineering for data ingestion to support use cases
• Works in partnership with Big Data Production Data Engineering for model automation and productionising 

We make an impact by offering: 

• Enticing incentive programs, competitive benefit packages, and exclusive 13th cheque
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

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Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• As an analytics specialist you will be part of a team responsible for descriptive, diagnostic and predictive analytics to define, analyse and optimise direct marketing campaigns. You are required to generate insights and recommendations, and to assist the wider CVM team in identifying opportunities to deliver commercial value.
• Knowledge and practical experience in SQL is required in addition to a high level understanding of machine learning algorithms. You must be able to communicate analyses and findings through high quality visualisations and presentation to business stakeholders and executive management.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensure timely and accurate completion of analytical tasks as per Service Level Agreements.
• Maintain high standards of data integrity and accuracy in all deliverables.
• Regularly explore new analytical methods and tools to enhance data analysis capabilities.
• Propose and implement innovative solutions to improve business processes and outcomes.
• Create clear, compelling data visualizations to communicate insights effectively.
• Present data-driven recommendations to stakeholders in an engaging and understandable manner.
• Conduct thorough analyses to uncover issues and opportunities in current initiatives.
• Quantify the impact of business strategies and changes on the subscriber base.
• Work closely with other departments, such as marketing, product, and customer service, to align analytical efforts with business goals.
• Provide analytical support for various projects and initiatives across the organization.

The Ideal Candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical / professional qualifications and experience: 

• 3 year Bachelors or honours degree in mathematics, engineering, statistics, informatics or similar degree
• At least 3 years working experience in a specialist analytics role
• Knowledge of SQL, Excel, SAS, R or other.
• Telecommunications experience will be an advantage

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Expert knowledge and experience in working with analytical tools such as SQL, SAS, QlikView or similar
• Presentation and communication skills
• In-depth knowledge of descriptive, diagnostic and predictive analytical techniques
• Commercial thinking, writing and reporting
• Applying Expertise and Technology
• Adapting and Responding to change

We make an impact by offering: 

• Enticing incentive programs, competitive benefit packages, and exclusive 13th cheque
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

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What you’ll do

• Provides excellent knowledge and has responsibility for delivering end results that can demonstrate a clear business benefit. Identifies and delivers solutions and provides advice based on technical professional experience. Focusses on delivering activities and providing services across the function, in alignment with the strategy. Typically reports to the Senior Manager.

Who you are

• Assists, advises and executes processes and activities related to general marketing plans;
• Drives and maintains the delivery of marketing programmes to support with the products and services lifecycle;
• Has full people supervisory responsibility for a team of marketing professionals and contributes to the team delivering activities related to channels, segments and pricing;
• Builds strong relations and works closely with key stakeholders across the business including Sales and Technology;
• Drives the delivery of brand strategy in line with global strategy and local customer insights, cascading and spreading the brand strategy to ensure all business activities match and enhance the brand position;
• Supports with implementing marketing strategies and programmes;
• Demonstrates strong communication skills and supports activities which develop strategic partnerships and highight the impact of local arrangements on strategic commercial position;
• Uses best practice knowledge to provide thought leadership to design and execute methods for tracking and responding to competitor marketing activities.

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Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• The Purpose of the ECLO Consultant is to case mange and ensure expert resolution of escalated customer complaints from (but not limited to) the office of CEO, EXCO, Regulatory bodies (ICASA & NCC) and the Media. They also serve as the primary point of contact for calls from the Midrand Switchboard of customers wanting to escalate their concerns to the CEO.

Your responsibilities will include:

End-to-End Case Management and Expert Resolution & Expert Resolution

• Respond to a new query within SLA via email / phone, SMS / other.
• Actively listen to / review correspondence to understand the customer’s requirements and diagnose the issue effectively.
• Ensure that all required supporting documentation is received from customer.
• Capture interactions, including alternative contact details on relevant CRM / Workflow / logging tools and ensure accurate classification of query.
• Establish and set clear expectations of when the customer should expect feedback or to follow up on outstanding documentation.
• Utilise all applications to execute prompt resolution of the query.
• Liaise with internal lines of business and supporting teams for information to conduct a thorough investigation.
• Set clear turn-around time is adhered to by supporting teams for investigations and actions and escalate non-compliance to supervisor.
• Ensure consistent feedback to the customer and stakeholders on the progress, as per agreement. (Call / Email / SMS/ Other)
• Ensure customer acknowledgement and acceptance of closure of the query and ensure that the customer has emailed confirmation of the resolution.

Root Cause Analyses (RCA)

• Conduct a thorough investigation of the query and document an RCA gives an overview of:
• The customers profile.
• The customer’s journey. 
• Identify the failure /pain points.
• Identify opportunities to fix and improve processes and systems.
• Escalate people failures to the relevant management teams to address behaviour.
• Log RCA on CRM /Workflow and Logging tools.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Act as an SME, representing the team at operational cadences to identify and drive execution of opportunities to fix / improve processes / systems, eradicate failures and improve customer experience.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts, internal teams, and other stakeholders to identify, develop, and implement effective solutions for complex queries.
• Collaborate closely with customer support teams to understand the most common issues they encounter and the challenges they face while resolving them.

Other:

• Categorization and Prioritization: Classify service requests into appropriate categories and prioritize based on urgency and impact.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure that service requests are fulfilled in accordance with predefined standards and service level agreements (SLAs)

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Matric is essential.
• Diploma relevant bachelor’s degree (advantage)
• Minimum 2- 3 years relevant working experience in Customer Care and/or Retail environment is essential.
• Minimum of 2–3-years’ experience in dealing with escalated queries.
• Relevant short courses advantage

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Ability to work well under pressure while dealing with difficult customers and tight timelines.
• Excellent time management to identify and priorities work deliverables.
• Strong planning skills to effectively manage daily activities while being agile to adapt to unforeseen demand.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to manage complex situations and find practical solutions.
• Proficiency in utilising Vodacom application:
•  CRM: M2, M2Dealer, C3D, iCAP,
•  Workflow: C3D SRM, iCAP SRM,
•  Fastrack
•  MS Office: Word, Excel, MS Teams, Email, SharePoint.
•  Call centre tools: IWS, Tobi Assist & Call-back, Knowledge base. Reporting: Infoweb, QlickSense
•  Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
•  Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
•  Customer-focused approach and commitment to delivering high-quality service.

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

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Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• Vodacom is embarking on an exciting journey to redefine its business and reinvent the face of telecoms in South Africa. This journey will include the development of new revenue streams, business models and digital innovations, including IoT, Digital Media, ICT, Financial Services, and digital/ICT applications across various industry verticals. Vodacom’s Group Strategy team is a high-performance team that is leading this journey by providing insight, thought leadership and strategic direction to the Group.
• The Group Strategy and Innovation team is looking for an experienced strategist to help accelerate our ambitious transformation as Strategy Manager in the Group Strategy team. The Transformation Office within Group Strategy will deliver transformation and change for Vodacom through the development of strategic initiatives and establishment of implementation monitoring capability within Group and across our 8 operating companies.

The objective of the transformation unit is to provide dedicated, project-based support that combines strategy development with implementation support, and involves:

• Driving common understanding of a problem
• Solving the problem through structured and aligned initiatives
• Assigning ownership to initiatives
• Standing up cross-functional teams to deliver initiatives
• Driving accountability through structured and rigorous governance under-pinned by KPIs
• Creating a single source of truth to measure delivery
• Driving change management, building cross-functional incentives and capability building
• The manager will work closely with the Managing Executive in driving the Transformation Agenda.

Key attributes of the role:

• Transformation Strategy Development: Lead the development of transformation strategies as required by the business within Group and across our 8 markets. This will include issue diagnostics, initiatives design and recommendations, communication and acquiring necessary key stakeholder buy in and development of the implementation roadmap
• Establishment of Execution Excellence Capability: Support markets in establishing capability to drive and monitor the execution of key strategic projects.
• Group Wide Major Strategic Projects Oversight: Create visibility on the execution of major strategic projects across the organisation to ensure diligent and disciplined execution as per ambitions stated in our Strategy
• The role requires the incumbent to effectively deliver multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring consistent high-quality results and effective stakeholder engagement. The incumbent is expected to have significant and interactions with EXCO and senior leaders within Vodacom and is required to have exceptional communication skills.
• The manager must be an influential thought leader, who is able to effectively work in and lead teams to drive high-performance and effort, and lead by living the values in the Spirit of Vodacom.

Your responsibilities will include:

Impact to the business

• Deliver strategic projects within Vodacom Group
• Formulate business issues into robust and quantified decision frameworks to identify options with preferred solutions
• Identify and analyse business trends and understand significance and business implications
• Identify and develop the supporting business case underpinning strategic opportunities
• Provide information and analysis to support key strategic decisions and long term planning implementation

Customers, Suppliers & Third Parties

• Work with suppliers to effectively deliver results (including advisors, lawyers and financial institutions)

Teamwork

• Coordinate multi-functional teams (Commercial, Technology, Finance etc.)
• Execute and drive projects towards clear conclusion, results and recommendations
• Work effectively within the organization to build consensus and ideas

Innovation and Change

• Maintain personal motivation and drive to take ideas from conception to implementation
• Drive new thinking and innovative thinking in the business
• Take personal risks to ensure issues addressed properly and fully
• Be willing to make important decisions under pressure, sometimes without full information being available

Communication

• Communicate effectively at all levels, from staff to CEO level
• Conduct a systemic evaluation and presentation of business opportunities that highlights key risks/opportunities
• Structure ideas, recommendations and written arguments into compelling storylines that facilitate effective decision-making

Leadership

• Bring best-practice management and thought leadership to influence teams’ output
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams on best practice & alignment with Vodafone strategy requirements

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Degree in a financial/numerate discipline – e.g., Commerce, Science, Engineering
• Postgraduate qualification (e.g., Masters, MBA, CA(SA)) beneficial
• Emerging strategy leader with strong strategy or business development experience at management level
• Min 5 years experience in a corporate strategy function in an established corporate

AND / OR

• Min 3 years experience in management consulting at a leading consulting/advisory firm

Technical / Professional Expertise

• Understanding of Strategy process and best practice – including strategy development, implementation and communication
• Understand market structures, competition dynamics and consumer behaviours
• Working knowledge of the market, players and trends in Telecoms industry
• Background in Management Consulting, or relevant experience in a senior corporate strategy role

Competency / Performance Drivers

• Strong analytical skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills (presentations, report writing, etc.)
• Research ability (‘curious & questioning mind’)
• Strong project management
• Effective teamwork
• Excellent influencing & negotiation skills

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

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Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• Vodacom Innovation is a Vodacom Group function supporting all Vodacom OpCos. To drive the quality of innovative ideas presented, and subsequently developed within the Innovation Framework, a need has been identified to develop and implement a full Innovation training, coaching and mentoring programme that will enable all stakeholders, including staff, contractors, idea originators, innovation champions, and relevant business units to understand the need for innovation, and learn and apply the relevant models, methods, techniques, and tools to deliver innovation value to the organisation. In totality, this concept is known as the “Innovation Academy”.
• To develop and deliver the Innovation Education programme, the following functions will be implemented.
• Learner – develop the models, content, and delivery channels for an introductory set of training modules on Innovation, aimed at stakeholders who want to familiarise themselves with the relevant concepts.
• Practitioner – develop the models, content, and delivery channels for a practical, how-to, set of training modules on taking an innovative idea from ideation through to the end of the incubation process. This module is aimed at stakeholders who want to practically apply the innovation methods and models, learned in the Learner level, to an actual project, via a lecturing and coaching methodology.
• Expert – develop the models, content, and delivery channels for a practical, hands-on, set of training modules on taking an innovative idea from ideation through to the end of incubation and/or acceleration. To ensure faster time to market of new, innovative ideas, there is a key requirement in the Group Innovation function to support Vodacom Business Units with idea validation, development, and implementation skills in a practical and pragmatic way. A pool of experts must be developed and led to provide skills to the business units such as defined in the Vodacom Innovation and design thinking frameworks. The Education Manager will develop the pool of experts and lead them in providing these services to the relevant business units. 
• Design, build, deliver and develop the models, content, and delivery channels for an Introductory set of training modules on Innovation to allow learners to:
• Gain an understanding of Innovation in Vodacom
• Gain an understanding into Vodacom Innovation programs, tools and events 
• Design, build, deliver and develop the models, content, and delivery channels for a Practioner set of training modules on Innovation to allow learners to:
• Gain practical understanding into innovation models and methodologies to build the feasibility, viability and desirability of their ideas,
• Practically take those ideas from conception to completion
• Design, build and deliver the expert implementation framework and training modules to enable Vodacom Business units to: 
• Identifying opportunities to design and build and take to market core innovations
• Support business units to design, model, test and launch core innovations operationally, commercially, and financially,
• Develop market Awareness, Acquisition, Activation and Retention strategies and plans
• Assess build, buy, and Partner options to accelerate implementation plans
• Build quality business plans, go-to-market and growth plans for ideas to be implemented, 
• Ensure human-centric focus to idea implementation and user experience designs.
• Develop best practices, processes and innovative procedures to improve the quality of idea implementation
• Develop, train and manage a virtual pool of Implementation Experts to provide the above services to the relevant business units
• Understand Design Thinking principles, the lean start-up methodology, the Agile Project Management framework and other Innovation frameworks and methodologies with an ability to transmit these competencies to the business in a practical and pragmatic way 
• Core Capabilities
• Relevant experience as related to innovation, learning and development and training
• Strategic thinking
• Business planning
• Storytelling and pitching
• Proactive problem solving
• End-to-end problem and solution assessment
• Reengineering and radically simplifying operational models

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designs the operating model for Innovation Education including Learner, Practitioner and Expert to increase idea implementation
• Implement and operationalises the operating model for Innovation Education
• Develop Vision and strategy for the Innovation Education function
• Design the operating model for the Innovation Education function
• Implement and manage the operating model for Innovation Education
• Develop best practices, processes and innovative procedures to improve the quality of idea implementation across the business 
• Manage the trained pool of virtual Implementation experts
• Provide written documentation (incl. reports)

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in commercial or engineering disciplines or equivalent degree is a requirement. MBA or another post-graduate qualification is advantageous. 
• Relevant learning and development (training) experience (preferably Innovation training)
• Demonstrated innovation and entrepreneurial experience
• Experience incubating new businesses and/or establishing new businesses or markets 
• Strong preference for candidates with entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial and consultancy industry experience
• 5 years of Business Management hands-on experience
• Ability to apply a disciplined experimental and design thinking approach to solving problems and modelling businesses using data and current technology tools

Skills

• Training content development and delivery 
• Strong interpersonal and communication
• Critical and Creative Thinking
• End to end problem and solution construction
• Business Management
• In-depth knowledge of business design, Ideation, Incubation, and Acceleration 
• Business Modelling – financial and commercial
• Business Plan development and execution
• Strong knowledge of design thinking methodologies
• Networking
• Ability to influence and get stakeholder buy-in
• Time Management and Organisational 

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

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Role purpose:

• Vodacom is embarking on an exciting journey to redefine its business and reinvent the face of telecoms in South Africa. This journey will include the development of new revenue streams, business models and digital innovations, including IoT, Digital Media, ICT, Financial Services, and digital/ICT applications across various industry verticals. Vodacom’s Group Strategy and Innovation team is a high-performance team that is leading this journey by providing insight, thought leadership and strategic direction to the Group.
• The Group Strategy and Innovation team is looking for an experienced strategy executive to help accelerate our ambitious growth as Executive Head of Department: Strategy (“EHOD”) – Vodacom International and Group Functions. The EHOD will work within the Group Strategy team to develop, communicate and implement the long term strategy for Vodacom Group.
• The EHOD will be responsible for strategy formulation and delivery of priority strategic projects. The incumbent will play a leading role in developing group strategy. The EHOD will lead and deliver on special strategic projects and drive the thought leadership agenda for Vodacom group – with strong understanding of global technology and telco trends. The EHOD will need to develop a strong understanding of the global strategic priorities from Vodafone, translate them into local imperatives and communicate the implications for Vodacom.
• The role requires the EHOD to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring consistent high-quality delivery and stakeholder engagement. The incumbent is expected to have considerable interactions with EXCO and senior leaders within Vodacom and is expected to have exceptional communication skills. The EHOD must be an influential thought leader, who is able to effectively work in and lead teams to drive high-performance and effort, and lead by living the values in the Vodacom Way.
• The EHOD will also need to work closely with the Managing Executive in driving the Transformation Agenda.

Key attributes of the role:

• Transformation Strategy Development: Lead the development of transformation strategies as required by the business within Group and across our 8 markets. This will include issue diagnostics, initiatives design and recommendations, communication and acquiring necessary key stakeholder buy in and development of the implementation roadmap
• Establishment of Execution Excellence Capability: Support markets in establishing capability to drive and monitor the execution of key strategic projects.
• Group Wide Major Strategic Projects Oversight: Create visibility on the execution of major strategic projects across the organisation to ensure diligent and disciplined execution as per ambitions stated in our Strategy
• The role requires the incumbent to effectively deliver multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring consistent high-quality results and effective stakeholder engagement. The incumbent is expected to have significant and interactions with EXCO and senior leaders within Vodacom and is required to have exceptional communication skills.

Your responsibilities will include:

Impact to the business

• Lead strategic projects within Vodacom Group
• Formulate business issues into robust and quantified decision frameworks to identify options with preferred solutions
• Identify and analyse business trends and understand significance and business implications
• Identify and develop the supporting business case underpinning strategic opportunities
• Provide information and analysis to support key strategic decisions and long term planning implementation

Customers, Suppliers & Third Parties

• Manage suppliers effectively to deliver results (including advisors/consultants, lawyers and financial institutions)

Teamwork

• Lead and coordinate multi-functional teams (Commercial, Technology, Finance etc.)
• Execute and drive projects towards clear conclusion, results and recommendations
• Work effectively within the organization to build consensus and ideas

Innovation and Change

• Maintain personal motivation and drive to take ideas from conception to implementation
• Drive new thinking and innovative thinking in the business
• Take personal risks to ensure issues addressed properly and fully
• Be willing to make important decisions under pressure, sometimes without full information being available

Communication

• Communicate effectively at all levels, from staff to CEO level
• Conduct a systemic evaluation and presentation of business opportunities that highlights key risks/opportunities
• Structure ideas, recommendations and written arguments into compelling storylines that facilitate effective decision-making

Leadership

• Bring best-practice management and thought leadership to influence teams’ output
• Direct multi-functional teams on best practice & alignment with Vodafone strategy requirements
• Ensure activities of team are aligned with Group strategy

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Postgraduate qualification in a financial/numerate discipline – MBA/CA(SA) or SAQA accredited equivalent.
• Established, executive leader with strong strategy or business development experience at senior management level
• Min 5 years’ senior management experience in a corporate strategy function in an established corporate

AND / OR

• Min 5 years’ experience in management consulting at a leading consulting/advisory firm

AND / OR

• Minimum of 5 years’ senior management experience leading and delivering new business opportunities

Technical / Professional Expertise

• Understanding of Strategy process and best practice – including strategy development, implementation and communication
• Understand market structures, competition dynamics and consumer behaviours
• Working knowledge of the market, players and trends in Telecoms industry
• Background in Management Consulting, or relevant experience in a senior corporate strategy role

Competency / Performance Drivers

• Strong analytical skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills (presentations, report writing, etc.)
• Research ability (‘curious & questioning mind’)
• Strong project management
• Effective teamwork
• Excellent influencing & negotiation skills