Lead, Disruptive Innovation

3 weeks ago

Pretoria, South Africa Exxaro Recruitment Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
**PURPOSE**:

- Develop, implement, and maintain the organisation's disruptive innovation strategy aimed at identifying, evaluating, and implementing step change innovations aligned with the company's goals and objectives.
- Introduce leadership to breakthrough and disruptive innovations, fostering a culture of innovative thinking.
- Actively build and manage a robust internal and external innovation ecosystem through diverse partnerships, sourcing, evaluating, and negotiating access to innovative solutions.
- Manage the entire lifecycle of disruptive innovation from ideation and incubation to testing and seamless deployment, driving transformative change across the organisation.
- Develop and communicate compelling business cases to support the implementation of disruptive innovations.
- Lead change management efforts, coordinate and collaborate with internal stakeholders, leveraging internal expertise for execution of disruptive innovation programs.

**MAJOR CHALLENGES**:

- Data security and cybersecurity
- Resistance to change and change management
- Cost and budget constraints
- Integration with existing/legacy systems
- Identifying applicability of disruptive innovations across the mining value chain
- Balancing the risk vs. reward, bearing in mind probability of failure when testing disruptive innovations
- Bridging the talent/skill gap required for disruptive innovations
- Infrastructure limitations which may hinder disruptive innovation testing and rollout
- Intellectual Property Protection
- Supply Chain Disruptions in terms of strategic partnerships as opposed to transactional engagements
- Lead times to value realisation of disruptive innovations

**Minimum Requirements**:
**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- B Eng (Relevant) (Essential/Minimum or)
- B Degree (Hons) (Relevant) (Essential/Minimum)
- Management Development Programme (Essential/Minimum)
- Certificate Project Management (Recommended/Desirable)
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (Recommended/Desirable)
- Master of Management in Innovation Studi (Recommended/Desirable or)
- Master’s in technology & Innovation Mngmt (Recommended/Desirable)

EXPERIENCE:
8-10 years Experience in innovation strategy development and deployment. Strong background in innovation, particularly in technology assessment, research, and incubation. Previous experience in efficiently assessing and successfully integrating cutting-edge technologies while prioritising safety and sustainability. A proven track record in fostering collaboration, managing organisational change, and driving sustainable innovation. Effective communication skills (including at board and exco level), stakeholder engagement, and the ability to navigate diverse challenges. (Essential/Minimum) Management

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
- Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
- Registered with Professional Body (Essential/Minimum)
- Project Management Professional (Recommended/Desirable)

**Duties & Responsibilities**:
**Best Practice and Knowledge Management**
- Intellectual property management and protection.
- Create and manage professional networks.
- Establish and maintain strong innovation ecosystem, eg. partnerships with research institutions, technical forums, industry associations, etc.
- Continuously monitor, exchange, and preserve information to facilitate effective knowledge management.
- Stay abreast of advances in people, process, and technology domains.
- Participate in Communities of Practice (COP's) in the Business Optimisation (Business Improvement (BI)), Information Management (IM) and Centre of Excellence (COE) environment.
- Encourage knowledge sharing and duplication of best practices.

**Disruptive Innovation Strategy Development and Execution**
- Develop a comprehensive disruptive innovation strategy aligned with organisational objectives for coal, energy, and new minerals businesses.
- Build and maintain a strong innovation ecosystem, including non
- conventional partnerships that lead to exposure and access to disruptive innovations.
- Keep abreast of innovation trends and solutions and determine maturity and applicability.
- Lead the execution of the disruptive innovation strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational goals.
- Investigate use cases for disruptive solutions which can be leveraged to add value.
- Implement step-change disruptive innovations in alignment with Exxaro’s strategy.
- Establish an idea incubation and development process and implement a transparent innovation pipeline and portfolio management methods.
- Oversee the validation of disruptive ideas, manage the incubation process, and efficiently test technical feasibility and business cases across the entire value chain.
- Plan, coordinate, and manage innovation poc’s, ensuring timely and budget-compliance.
- Regularly assess progress, adjusting initiatives as needed to achieve transformative change.
- Collaborate with technical & IM functions to

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