Stellenbosch: Project Manager posted by Mayfly Agri

About the Role

Mayfly Agri is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Project Manager to join our team in Stellenbosch. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, business transformation, or change management, with a proven track record of delivering projects in fast-paced environments. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for driving project delivery, managing stakeholder expectations, and ensuring alignment between business teams, IT teams, and external service providers.

Key Responsibilities

• Becoming an expert in assigned projects, understanding the business objectives, technology landscape, and operational requirements.
• Developing a deep understanding of company processes and systems to facilitate project progress and decision-making.
• Identifying, managing, and coordinating project dependencies across multiple workstreams.
• Proactively identifying obstacles, risks, and bottlenecks, and implementing practical solutions before they impact delivery.
• Working closely with subject matter experts to develop options, recommendations, and solutions to project challenges.
• Balancing competing priorities across multiple projects to ensure optimal business outcomes.
• Monitoring project risks and developing mitigation plans to minimise disruption.
• Escalating issues appropriately while maintaining momentum and progress.
• Establishing appropriate project structures, governance frameworks, and delivery approaches based on project complexity.
• Driving projects forward through effective planning, coordination, and execution.
• Managing project meetings, including scheduling, facilitation, action tracking, and follow-up.
• Ensuring project documentation, actions, and progress updates are maintained accurately and efficiently.
• Applying suitable project management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid approaches, depending on project requirements.
• Defining and communicating project roles, responsibilities, timelines, and deliverables.
• Monitoring project performance against agreed objectives, timelines, and milestones.
• Building and maintaining strong working relationships with stakeholders across the business.
• Ensuring alignment between business teams, IT teams, and external service providers.
• Providing clear, concise, and regular project status updates to leadership and project stakeholders.
• Managing stakeholder expectations and facilitating effective communication throughout project lifecycles.
• Acting as the central point of coordination across project teams and third-party partners.
• Supporting change management initiatives by ensuring project impacts and updates are communicated effectively.

Requirements

• Post-matric qualification
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Project Management, Business Transformation or Change Management roles
• Previous experience within professional services, finance or accounting environments (beneficial but not essential)
• Strong IT project management experience
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously within a fast-paced environment
• Strong organisational, planning and prioritisation skills
• Practical experience using Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid project delivery methodologies
• Highly analytical with the ability to understand complex business processes, systems and technology solutions
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Monday.com, MS Project or similar platforms
• Strong analytical, planning and problem-solving skills
• Strong problem-solving abilities with a practical and solution-oriented mindset
• Experience operating within a rapidly changing and growing business environment
• Exposure to mergers, acquisitions or business integration projects (advantageous)
• Comfortable working in environments with ambiguity and evolving priorities
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to drive accountability and ensure actions result in measurable outcomes
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal supervision
• Strong risk and issue management capabilities
• Results-driven with a proactive approach to project delivery
• Flexible and adaptable, able to apply structured or agile approaches where appropriate
• Professional, confident and able to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels

Qualifications

No specific qualifications mentioned.

Salary & Benefits

Salary information not provided.