Purpose of the role

The special projects lead reports to the country manager and act as a strategic yet hands on operational partner. The role is responsible for driving business scalability, tackling complex operational challenges, streamlining processes and leading cross functional initiatives with a particular focus on key projects undertaken in partnership with the country manager.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution and monitoring of special projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and up to the required standard.
• Collaborate with management to align projects with company and country objectives, identify deliverables and milestones.
• Coordinated cross functional teams to ensure seamless delivery and alignment.
• Proactively identify risks, mitigation strategies; monitor and report on progress to all role players, address challenges and adjust plans as needed.
• Lead and support roll out of projects related to strategy across all functional areas e.g. but not limited to marketing, activations, retention, technology, product etc.
• Lead and support projects to optimise collections.
• Partner with HR on key people related initiatives and support implementation and delivery.
• Manage and support management on regulatory risks impacting the business.
• Monitor and report on project progress to all role players

Requirements

• Honours degree in Engineering or Finance
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to get buy in for change and deliver measurable impact.
• Humble yet ambitious, with the confidence to make tough decisions quickly and challenge the status quo when it adds value.
• Exceptional problem solving ability and commitment to continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to collaborate with cross functional teams and role players on all levels.
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Able to turn an unclear business problem into a structured analytical approach.
• Curious and willing to experiment, learn and change direction when the information available tells you to.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced environment where not everything is perfectly structured.
• Practical and willing to get your hands dirty.

• Lead the planning, execution and monitoring of special projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and up to the required standard.
• Collaborate with management to align projects with company and country objectives, identify deliverables and milestones.
• Coordinated cross functional teams to ensure seamless delivery and alignment.
• Proactively identify risks, mitigation strategies; monitor and report on progress to all role players, address challenges and adjust plans as needed.
• Lead and support roll out of projects related to strategy across all functional areas e.g. but not limited to marketing, activations, retention, technology, product etc.
• Lead and support projects to optimise collections.
• Partner with HR on key people related initiatives and support implementation and delivery.
• Manage and support management on regulatory risks impacting the business.
• Monitor and report on project progress to all role players

• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to get buy in for change and deliver measurable impact
• Humble yet ambitious
• Confidence to make tough decisions quickly
• Challenge the status quo when it adds value
• Exceptional problem solving ability
• Commitment to continuous improvement
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross functional teams and role players on all levels
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Able to turn an unclear business problem into a structured analytical approach
• Curious and willing to experiment, learn and change direction when the information available tells you to
• Comfortable working in a fast paced environment where not everything is perfectly structured
• Practical and willing to get your hands dirty

• Honours degree in Engineering or Finance