Business Unit Head

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa IOCO Full time

We are looking for a strategic and results-oriented Business Unit Head with a proven track record of driving growth, efficiency, and innovation. Expert at transforming vision into actionable strategies, aligning cross-functional teams, and delivering high-impact solutions. Skilled in PL management, market expansion, and operational excellence to fuel profitability and sustainability. Known for fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and excellence while consistently exceeding performance goals. Ready to lead, inspire, and elevate your business to new heights.

What you’ll do:

  • Business development including research and implementing new initiatives to drive revenue, lower operating costs while maintaining delivery excellent customer support.
  • Keep all relevant stakeholders informed of developments with company’s objectives.
  • Ensure employees move in the same strategic direction to achieve its mission.
  • Remain close to all stakeholders including the cluster heads, employees, clients, key-decision makers and external service suppliers.
  • Manage resources, including the attracting, hiring and retention of talent.
  • Manage and report on the effective implementation of a marketing strategy to maintain market relevance and promote products and services to increase sales within area of responsibility
  • Manage key personnel, clients and service providers.
  • Oversee and develop a team of multi-skilled individuals setting clear expectations, empowering and mentoring employees, fostering a positive work environment, ensuring continuous improvement, and aligning performance with business goals and leadership values.
  • Participate in budgeting, align individual targets with national objectives, monitor project progress within budget and timelines, and ensure effective management of all associated budgets.
  • Demonstrate strong leadership, entrepreneurial mindset, and business acumen, effectively managing complexity, driving high performance, providing direction, fostering innovation, and building trust.
  • Managing the business unit budget and managing a profit and loss.
  • Oversight of the sales force as necessary to support business growth and customer retention.

Your expertise:

  • Function related experience: 5 years
  • Leading teams: 10 years
  • Project experience: 15 years
  • Other experience: 15 years in Energy and Power Management industry.
  • Established business management track-record and experience in a complex business/commercial environment.
  • Proven ability to develop business strategy and objectives.
  • High degree of professional ethics and integrity.
  • Excellent judgement and analytical skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Strong leadership and influencing skills up to C-Level.

Qualifications:

  • BS.Engineering Degree or B.Tech, Professionally qualified and Post Grad management course

Other information applicable to the opportunity:

  • Permanent Position
  • Location: Gauteng
  • Work environment: Office, warehouse site environment  
  • Physical Demands: Site environment
  • Travel: Travel to sites and branches (other offices); Travel to clients; Expo’s / conferences etc.

Why work for us?

The organisation provides Industrial OT solutions to drive sustainability of our communities. With a community of specialist OT system integrators who span across all industry segments in Sub Saharan Africa and OEM partnerships we are able to Design and Build as well as Optimize Industrial connectivity. Connecting people with trusted information and insights to drive responsible use of the world’s resources.

One of the leading Tech companies in the country:

  • The organisation fosters an inclusive work culture, we collaborate and solve together.
  • Great career development , an opportunity to work on great technology which creates value for our communities.
  • Values based organisation , with bold and courageous people centred leadership.
  • Opportunity to harness your skills and be innovative.

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