Company Description
-At De Beers Group our purpose is to Make Life Brilliant.
We believe that a sustainable business is purposeful, competitive, resilient, and agile – it’s a business that thrives through both economic and social cycles. By understanding the context and listening to stakeholders we stay ahead of evolving trends and provide the solutions to societal expectations. By solving the physical challenges of mining through relentless innovation, and constantly searching for more responsible ways to do business, we are changing the way our employees and stakeholders experience our business – creating enduring value for all stakeholders. Sustainability is at the heart of our decision-making – it is how we do business.
Job Description
-This role will support the business strategy of leveraging IT systems to directly drive business value. The role is a De Beers Group business expert with extensive knowledge of the Safety, Health, Sustainable Development and Policy landscapes, processes and systems. They are aligned with IM and business objectives and operating model.
Key Performance Areas:
- Work safely and be committed to being a safety leader.
- Act as the key specialist point of contact for service providers in problem solving and investigations related to IT service and technology incidents and requests across the S&SD IT solutions landscape.
- Work with the operations teams and support partners to identify, plan and execute service improvements.
- Optimise business performance by enhancing the alignment between business processes and IM systems.
- Work with the process owners in the business to drive the design of the overall business unit Global/Local solutions and creation of roadmaps to align this.
- Gains consensus on new process concepts and builds coalitions to move process improvement forward.
- Undertake complex process and systems analysis, design and proposal creation, which includes technical systems problem solving in relation to the current, as well as the future business environment with simplification, automation and digitalisation as key drivers.
- Provide coaching and advise on future use of technology and business process improvements in the S&SD community.
- Work closely with process owners and key users to understand business requirements and drive the building of quality IT solutions.
- Perform functional analysis, requirements definition and solution configuration and testing, in conjunction with delivery teams.
- Conduct prototypes, develop functional specifications, data mapping, function mapping, setting of configuration tables and setting of transaction/control tables in partnership with third party development teams.
- Assist in controls setup, user documentation, data interface design, data migration and reconciliation for business systems.
- Lead and supervise development of solutions across projects and enhancements in the global solution scope.
- Drive the adoption of best practice and enforce the use of standard systems and solutions for local solutions and applications.
- Keep up to date with technology trends and developments and initiate proof of concepts (POC's) where appropriate.
- Identifies risk root causes and quantify potential business impact. Implements solutions to reduce level of exposure.
- Ensure the knowledge underpinning application/service delivery is documented, managed and maintained.
- Leads the development of reports and dashboards to analyse data for decision-making.
- Adheres to and participates in governance forums and processes.
Qualifications
-The successful incumbent must meet the following criteria:
- An undergraduate qualification (Bachelor's degree or equivalent)
- Experience working in a multinational, multi-cultural environment.
- IT Service Delivery, vendor management, project management
- Business case formulation, design and delivery of global enterprise solutions
- Senior stakeholder engagement and management
- Functional exposure to complex portfolio management concepts
- Extensive exposure to S&SD systems preferably including Isometrix, QMED
Required Skills / Competencies
- A self-starter who takes the initiative and follows though.
- Ability to work across organisational and functional boundaries, with good influencing skills, excellent stakeholder and supplier management skills, bringing people together to achieve a common goal.
- Proven skills in setting goals, planning, prioritising and administering work.
- Strong thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Understands business strategies and can make the link to IM contribution.
- Understands the IM Architecture and how their own work contributes to its achievement.
Background Checks
Successful candidates will be required to complete background screening which may include a criminal check and validation of qualifications.
Additional Information
-Additional Information:
Who we are:
De Beers Group is a company with a sparkling future.
Our experts have searched the world for nature’s most precious gem. Our diamonds bring beauty to the world. But we think they can do so much more. We want our diamonds, and our business, to make life brilliant – for our people, our customers and the world around us.
Our Values:
Put Safety First – We consider all risks to people and the environment before proceeding with any activity. We address risks before beginning any activity, even if this means stopping a task. Zero Harm is always our goal.
Be Passionate – We are exhilarated by the product we sell, the challenges we face and the opportunities we create.
Pull Together – Being united in purpose and action, we will turn the diversity of our people, skills and experience into an unparalleled source of strength.
Build Trust– We will always listen first, then act with openness, honesty and integrity so that our relationships flourish
Show we Care – The people whose lives we touch, their communities, nations and the environment we share, all matter deeply to us. We will always think through the consequences of what we do so that our contribution to the world is real, lasting and makes us proud.
Shape the Future – We will find new ways. We will set demanding targets and take both tough decisions and considered risks to achieve them. We will insist on excellent execution and reward those who deliver.
