Strategic Initiative Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead, develop, and implement processes, procedures, and policies relevant to strategic project management; including strategic priority setting, organizational change management, and continuous improvement.
• Act as the Project Manager for these special projects including leading the project teams, monitoring timelines addressing any issues or challenges related to or arising from the projects.

Requirements:

• HND in Business Administration, Strategic Management, or related background;
• A minimum of 3 years of previous related experience with significant exposure to project management in strategic planning, execution, and change management in Logistics operation.
• In-depth demonstrable understanding of the business across the different functions (prior cross-functional exposure)
  
• Proven ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to influence others, create alignment, generate a commitment to goals, and inspire others to action
• Experience leading complex and multi-stakeholder business projects
• Strong local knowledge and a deep understanding of customer demands
• Strong analytical skills with a demonstrable ability to capture and communicate projections as well as to model out various scenarios using Excel and/or other business analytics tools and build insights from data.
• Knowledge and ability to effectively work with project management software tools (e.g. MS Project, Jira, etc).
• Able to apply creative approaches to address issues to shift priorities and maintain momentum on multiple projects and objectives.
• Demonstrable experience in business contractual negotiations (with third parties) and a general understanding of business contracting.
• Ability to work independently with a high degree of initiative, discretion, and tact; ability to work under pressure.

Competencies & Skills

• Strategic Thinking
• Commercial Acumen
• Business Acumen/ Entrepreneurial Thinking
• Drive for Execution
• Stakeholder Management
• Continuous Improvement/ business process improvement
• Operations Management
• Problem-Solving Skills
• Tech Savvy.