Group Infrastructure

**Overview**:
The Omnia spirit underpins its service ethic, brings innovation to the fore, creates value for its customers and ensures integrity in all that it does. The Omnia Group comprises a balanced and diversified range of complementary chemical services businesses with a broad geographic spread. The Group extracts operational synergies and efficiencies across its businesses. It has been in business since 1953 and is listed in the Chemicals sector of the Johannesburg Securities Exchange. This role is in the Group IT function and will provide strategic leadership and direction for IT Operations & Infrastructure. This includes management of human capital, finances and providing specialist Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills focused on a constantly changing systems environment in line with the IT Department mandate.

**Qualifications**:
Bachelors Degree National Diploma - IT**
Experience**:
Minimum of 8 years**
Duties**:
Strategic Direction: - Infrastructure Lifecyle Roadmaps - Trends in Information and Communication Technology - Process Automation and Innovation Operations: - Ensure stable IT operations (availability & performance) - Increased efficiency - End user support People Management: - Training and Development of staff - Performance Management - Staff Engagement Budgeting / Financial / Commercial: - Vendor Management - Recommend budget for projects and services Safety / Security: - Ensure safety of staff - Ensure security of our information assets Communication: - Communication to End-users and Stakeholders - Reporting Supplier Management: - Supplier Relationship Management Service Level Reporting**
Job Competencies**:

- Manage and be accountable for inter-related processes and the quality of delivery - Provide direction and own the design and implementation of diversified solutions to the business - Lead the strategic and operational plans to ensure all project are linked to overall business activities to enable the organization's strategic objectives - Strong ability to analyse information, workflow procedures and methods to identify opportunities for improvement Influence change across the business through the functional to enable the success of the Group IT and Omnia**
General**:
Knowledge & Skills: - ITIL - People Management - Tech
- Savvy - Contract Management - Financial Management