Ekurhuleni: Head of Projects posted by Unique Personnel Ltd

About the Role

The Head of Projects role at Unique Personnel Ltd is a critical position responsible for overseeing all aspects of project management across the organization. The successful candidate will be accountable for ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, efficient use of resources, and consistent application of project management best practices. This includes developing a positive safety culture through the company Behavioural Safety Program.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountability for target achievement of core operational KPI set
• Establish and enforce project governance frameworks, methodologies (e.g., PMBOK, PRINCE2, Agile), and standards
• Lead and mentor a team of project managers, order managers, and support staff
• Ensure full compliance to all relevant departmental management and corporate procedures including cross functional ones
• Act as next level contact for client project related escalation
• Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure effective communication across all levels
• Accountability through the team for all commercial aspects of the projects
• Overall responsibility and accountability for project profitability and project cash management
• Developing excellent and professional relationships with customers and supporting allocated team where appropriate with the same
• Ensuring company are protected contractually, whilst ensuring allocation of internal resources to agreed projects
• Accountability for Warranty Management functions through departmental head (where applicable)
• Drive your team for completion of projects and spares to be in a position where they can be invoiced in alignment with RFC and agreed client delivery dates
• Liaison with other Legal Entities on joint projects in order to ensure understanding and adherence to best practice whilst achieving mutual satisfaction on project completion
• Liaising with suppliers / procurement where applicable to facilitate on time delivery and good supplier performance/profitability
• Liaison with upstream processes as required on prospects and live sales orders
• Attendance at key production meetings & participation at the monthly Operations review meeting
• Work with other stakeholders to establish cost control process within business
• Managing and upskilling the overall performance of the allocated PM team

Requirements

• Experience of managing complex projects simultaneously
• Financial/budget management experience
• Contract negotiation in a commercial environment
• Staff management experience
• Client management experience
• General computer & software skills
• Project Management Qualification (PMP preferred)

Qualifications

No formal education/certifications mentioned.

Salary & Benefits

No salary information provided.