IT Solutions Executive that will jointly develop and deliver the application roadmap through continuous and effective interpretation of business requirements. Ensure support, maintenance, enhancement and monitoring of information systems according to agreed SLA with the business.<\/p>\n
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Job Title: IT Solutions Executive<\/strong> Job Summary:<\/strong> Minimum requirements:<\/strong> strong>Package & Remuneration:
\nLocation:<\/strong> JHB – Eastern Suburbs
\nReference:<\/strong> JHB004644-ADM-1<\/p>\n
\nDuties & Responsibilities:<\/strong>
\nTo develop the IT Roadmap in conjunction with IT Senior Management team that is aligned to the business strategy.
\nTo work closely with application portfolio managers and the enterprise architect team in ensuring all business requirements are prioritised and sequenced on the IT project schedule.
\nTo plan and co-ordinate team resources to meet IT demand requirements, resolving any priority and resourcing issues across project and application teams.
\nTo work closely with the IT Services Exec to ensure production uptime and data integrity according to defined SLA.
\nTo participate in contract and commercial negotiations and manage vendor performance to ensure delivery on the service level agreement.
\nTo define a consistent, best practice approach to implementing and\/or designing and integrating systems in order to enhance application design and architectural alignment.
\nTo ensure that ITIL principles are embedded in the SDLC and accountabilities are clear.
\nTo ensure that all escalated faults, queries and problems are driven to resolution.
\nTo drive project management principles and execution disciplines in the application development area in order to maximise
\nITs ability to support business changes.
\nManage the annual and monthly budget processes to identify cost saving opportunities and to execute the agreed budget plan.
\nDevelopment of people to drive employees, partners and suppliers to perform and innovate to enable Group strategies.
\nTo build partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to keep abreast of business needs and identify opportunities and risks.<\/p>\n
\nB Degree or Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology or other related subjects (essential)
\nProject Management methodologies e.g. PMBOK, Prince2 certification (desirable)
\n6-8 Years IT Senior Management experience (essential)
\nExtensive experience of planning and managing a large teams workload and activities.
\nEvidence of quickly identifying and implementing change and improvements in a systematic way
\nManaging outsource and managed service\/vendor resources (essential)
\nStrong Project Delivery background: 5 years managing multiple projects and project managers or complex IT programmes (essential)
\nDemonstrable experience of negotiating and setting priorities across diverse technical and business stakeholders interests
\nExperience in IT application development (essential)
\nExperience with managing large budgets (essential)
\nSkills, Experience and Job Related Knowledge:
\nComplex problem solving capability
\nAbility to simplify technical jargon and communicate to business
\nPeople management skills
\nITIL service processes
\nKnowledge of retail and supply chain systems essential
\nKnowledge of financial planning (financial literacy and budgeting skills)
\nKnowledge of procurement strategies
\nKnowledge of IT strategy development
\nBusiness acumen and commercial thinking
\nNetworking skills and ability to influence others
\nAbility to differentiate between strategic and operational issues
\nAbility to negotiate and make trade offs in decision making
\nPlanning and organising with strong strategic planning skills
\nGood business communication (verbal and written)
\nCompetencies:
\nLeading and Supervising
\nFormulating strategies and concepts
\nPersuading and Influencing
\nDeciding and Initiating Action
\nPresenting and Communicating Information
\nCoping with Pressures and Setbacks<\/p>\n
\nNegotiable – Negotiable – Annually<\/p>\n