- Report on departmental performance by monitoring progress against targets, highlighting achievements and concerns, and preparing quarterly (or ad hoc) reports for submission.
- Manage operational performance through regular tracking, identifying deviations from targets, and implementing corrective actions monthly or as required.
- Ensure overall compliance for Enaex Africa, align with local and corporate regulations by staying informed, executing compliance measures, monitoring outcomes, and resolving any non-compliance issues monthly or as necessary. actions to align, monitor and manage compliance and address areas of non-compliance monthly and as required.
- Oversee business process development and implementation by leading process mapping, evaluating efficiency and relevance, ensuring compliance, detecting anomalies, and applying corrective actions as needed.
- Ensure compliance with departmental policies by tracking adherence, identifying issues, and enforcing corrective measures as required.
- Manage departmental systems and processes by assessing usage, identifying improvement opportunities, and implementing initiatives to enhance functionality and adoption.
- Monitor regulatory and compliance requirements by reviewing legislative changes and updating internal policies and procedures accordingly.
Data Reliability & Governance
- Ensure data is reliable, clean, structured, and future-proof to enable trusted decision-making and digital adoption across the business.
- Establish and enforce data standards that promote credibility, accessibility, and long-term usability.
- Strengthen governance frameworks to ensure data integrity across platforms.
Systems Compliance & Documentation
- Adhere to and enforce documentation standards and digital build procedures.
- Identify gaps in system, platform, and architectural documentation, ensuring completeness and audit readiness.
- Promote compliance with established digital governance frameworks and policies.
Solution Design, Rollout & Change Enablement
- Ensure digital initiatives are practical, operationally aligned, and value-driven.
- Engage with operations to translate business requirements into fit-for-purpose digital solutions.
- Implement and manage rollout of digital initiatives, including structured change management and proper handover.
- Develop and deliver digital platform training and training materials (non-operational focus).
Data Platforms & AI Enablement
- Design, build, and continuously evolve scalable and intelligent data platforms aligned with company growth ambitions.
- Enable advanced analytics, modelling, automation, and adoption of market-leading AI tools.
- Drive innovation by embedding AI capabilities into core business processes to enhance competitiveness.
International Integration & Cloud Governance
- Align local digital solutions with international best of breed systems and practices across global branches.
- Identify opportunities for integration and standardisation of digital platforms.
- Establish local ownership and governance over data hosted in global cloud environments.
Infrastructure Optimisation & Redundancy Elimination
- Evaluate and redesign digital infrastructure to minimise hardware dependency and reduce redundancy.
- Replace outdated hardware solutions with scalable software-driven alternatives where appropriate.
- Improve system resilience, scalability, and cost efficiency.
Mentorship & Digital Capability Development
- Mentor and guide junior developers and data analysts, fostering technical growth and innovation.
- Promote digital literacy across the organisation and advocate for AI driven transformation.
- Act as a digital thought leader, cultivating creativity and forward-thinking technology adoption.
- Manage SHE implementation by ensuring comprehensive training programs are delivered, completed by all relevant employees, and any training gaps or noncompliance are promptly addressed.
- Monitor SHE performance by defining clear standards and timelines for monitoring activities, ensuring timely execution, and resolving identified issues within set deadlines.
- Ensure ongoing SHE compliance through regular review of practices, identification of noncompliance, and timely corrective action.
- Manage stakeholder relationships by engaging internal and external stakeholders, offering input and feedback, and fostering collaboration as needed.
- Engage with industry stakeholders by identifying strategic issues, representing the organisation, contributing to industry initiatives, and addressing sector-related concerns as they arise.
- Manage service providers by defining and negotiating service level agreements, monitoring performance against agreed standards, and implementing corrective actions monthly or as required.
- Recruit employees in line with the EE targets by conducting interviews, evaluating candidate performance, and providing timely feedback as needed.
- Manage resourcing by assessing workload demands and securing appropriate staffing to support operational output.
- Oversee employee performance by setting clear expectations, monitoring delivery, giving regular feedback, addressing performance issues, and implementing corrective actions monthly or as required.
- Support employee development by identifying development needs in line with departmental training needs analysis, facilitating skills enhancement, mentoring team members, and tracking improvement on a monthly basis or as necessary.
- Bachelor’s degree in data engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
- Business related Post Graduate Diploma NQF level 7 or higher
- Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP) or Data Engineering credentials preferred
- 7+ years in Digital development and integration experience.
- 7+ years in a Data Engineering or related technical role.
Preference will be given to candidates from previously disadvantaged groups, including persons with disabilities, in line with our Employment Equity objectives.
