JOB SUMMARY STATEMENT: The Divisional Managing Director is focused on ensuring delivery of the overall Business strategy of the Business Unit. The role is responsible for the planning, directing, co-ordination and delivery of operational activities with the assistance of senior management and staff. The role ensures the implementation of safety and quality systems, production efficiency, and cost effective management of resources and effective teams to meet all stakeholder requirements. The Divisional Managing Director is a transformational change leader who will develop strategic plans to advance the company's mission and objectives and to promote revenue, profitability and growth.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS (DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES):
• Analyse data, probe for further information and generating workable cross organisational solutions to business challenges
• Create a learning organisation through initiating effective learning and development systems and processes
• Develop strategies and take account of a wide range of issues that impact the organisation
• Sets high standards for quality and quantity, drives customer satisfaction and safety objectives for all stakeholders
• Identify diverse business opportunities and demonstrating financial awareness
• Lead people to execute the vision and strategy of the organisation by providing clear direction, establishing standards of behaviour
and motivating and empowering individuals.
• Make effective decisions even under difficult circumstances, taking responsibility and showing initiative
• Represent operations at a Senior Management committee level
• Champion transformation and change, driving and supporting appropriate initiatives
• Communicate at all levels within the organisation to discuss issues, coordinate activities, and resolve problems.
• Promote revenue, profitability, and growth within the organisation.
• Expand clientele base and source project opportunities.
• Develop and enhance existing relationships to maximum effect based on ethical corporate values
• Negotiate new work in line with strategic goals
• Determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or policy change.
• Appoint department heads and/or managers, assign and/or delegate responsibilities to them.
• Setting and managing of financial budgets for area of responsibility
• Drive transformation in our business through culture change and achieving B-BBEE targets.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
• Relevant Degree / Diploma qualification for the position
(BSC Construction Management or equivalent)
• A relevant post graduate business qualification will be an advantage
(Executive management programmes, Construction Management Programmes, MBA, MBL etc)
EXPERIENCE:
• Minimum ten to fifteen years related work experience (other jobs that prepared you for this job).
• Management of a large construction business and/or division of a large corporate organisation with a turnover value of
approximately R1.5 Billion
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
• Creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas
• Willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction
• Ability to work in team
• Be open to change (positive or negative)
• Ability to understand and use financial, marketplace, consumer and economic information.
• Business aptitude, including risk assessment etc.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in commercial and contractual matters
• Ability to measure and record projects during the project life cycle.
• Commercially astute and in depth knowledge and application of commercial law and dispute resolution within the construction industry
• Strong management background, including cost controls, cash management, valuations, financial control procedures within the construction industry
• Extensive knowledge and application of the tender process
• Computer literacy: relevant commercial construction contractual computer programmes eg. CCS
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES:
• Build and maintain effective relationships and networks
• Drive business results with excellence
• Effectively establishing and leading teams, departments
• Accepting and tackling demanding goals, demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude
• Gaining agreement on all levels
• Making effective decisions and leverage opportunities to drive achievement of objectives
• Deal effectively with stress and adverse conditions
• Upholding ethics and values, and integrity and equal opportunities
• Incorporating new approaches in key change initiatives
• Aligning strategy and operational plans to group vision for success