Our client in the public sector is seeking an experienced and ethical CEO to supervise and control all strategic and business aspects of their company, on a 5-year fixed term contract. Johannesburg

Purpose

To provide strategic vision, planning, and operational leadership to ensure that the organisations operations are optimised to serve the cost effective and efficient pathology and laboratory health needs of the South African public health sector. The CEO will be responsible for growing and maintaining the organization with excellence, vision and insight to effectively deliver on Board, shareholder and employee expectations. The incumbent is required to build a strong and successful organization.

Key responsibilities:

• Making major corporate decisions
• Managing overall operations,
• Setting and executing organizational strategy.
• Setting vision, values, and corporate culture.
• Communicating effectively with all stakeholders and stakeholder management
• Corporate Governance
• Making Capital Allocation Decisions
• Recruitment
• Financial compliance, reporting and management of financial budget.
• Resource management within budget
• Monitor output of quality services rendered.
• HR management

Requirements:

• Pathology / Public Health medicine specialist qualification, registered with HPCSA, 10 years management experience – with executive experience (prefer laboratory / health environment industry experience)

• OR PhD Medical scientist / medicine / nursing / pharmacy, registered with HPCSA, SANC, Pharmacy Council. 12 Years’ management experience – with executive experience (prefer laboratory / health environment industry experience)

• OR Equivalent Postgraduate business qualification e.g. CA (SA), MBA, 12 Years’ of experience in business – with executive experience (prefer laboratory / health environment industry experience)

Skills

• Must have strong communication – English – written and verbal.
• Must have strong business acumen.
• Must have strong strategic skills.
• Must have strong leadership skills.
• Must be Ethical, with clear criminal record and a clear ITC.