Industry Development Strategist

2 weeks ago

Sandton, South Africa TalentCru Full time
Job Title: Industry Development Planner

Job Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Industry Development Planner to join our team at TalentCru. The successful candidate will be responsible for formulating and implementing industry development strategies to achieve our goals.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain relevant stakeholder relations to influence sector-specific policies, regulations, and incentives.
  • Position IDC as a thought-leader in sustainable industrial development and identify areas of opportunities within value chains.
  • Collaborate with different units in the IDC to inform industries of the future and plan for impact and sustainability.
  • Define implementation plans to progress towards desired future states, including immediate and emerging priorities.
  • Actively workshop and collaborate across SBUs and teams to influence thinking and optimize delivery of plans.
  • Qualification: Minimum qualification is a relevant commercial or technical Honours Degree or equivalent qualification. MBA or Master's would be an advantage.
  • Knowledge and Skills: 8-10 years' industry experience, including strategy development and implementation. Sound knowledge and practical understanding of global industries and value chains, global markets, technology landscape, regulatory landscape, economic policy, future trends, emerging industries, and good networks within industry.
  • Experience in coaching and mentoring of team members.

Internal/Operational Processes:

  • Lead the formulation of industry roadmaps and identify short-term, medium-term, and long-term priorities.
  • Develop clear, tangible implementation plans for sector development following consultation with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
  • Compile analytical frameworks for sectors.
  • Provide future industry insights to SBU and Projects Head to influence the SBU's short-medium term industry development strategies.
  • Monitor and review actual vs anticipated developmental trajectory of industries and subsectors and take corrective measures as required.
  • Lead or participate in industry development Steering Committees/Forums to inform industry development initiatives.
  • Ongoing engagement with Ops and Support Units to ensure that industry development strategies are optimally executed and updated/refined where strategies prove not to yield the desired.
  • Identification and management of risks relating to industry development strategies.
  • Provide value-adding input and guidance to the Client Support Growth teams and to the SBUs to ensure that investee companies are contributing to overall industry development goals.
  • Participate in ad hoc and unscheduled strategic interventions required to address challenges/priorities in the sector or the IDC.

Customer Focus Stakeholder Management:

  • Actively engage relevant industry stakeholders and participate and represent the IDC in industry forums (internal and external) to influence the goals, objectives, activities, and initiatives of such forums and participating parties to ensure that the IDC's ultimate industry development goals are achieved.
  • Learn from industry stakeholders/parties participating in industry.
  • Create a conducive environment for the development/growth of industries and/or their subsectors.
  • Clearly articulate and communicate the industry/sector-specific strategies within the IDC and the larger external stakeholder group, eg through publication of articles, speeches at conferences, social media presence.
  • Ensure service excellence.

Learning, Leadership People Growth:

  • Contribute towards the development of competencies and knowledge of industries within the organisation.
  • Coaching and mentoring of peers.
  • Keep up to date with latest industry developments (conferences, sector forums, literature reviews, and internal IDC engagement).
  • Participate and lead knowledge sharing in the team and cross-functional.

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