Mr Price Group IT / Telecom Jobs in Durban
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Our Retail Portfolio Manager is responsible for executing IT strategies within associated domain architecture and delivery roadmaps. This entails the end-to-end Information & Operation Technology (I&OT) capability and management across an enterprise.
This includes the maintenance of products and the continuous development of solutions, people and customer relationships to drive market-differentiating innovation. The role should ensure scalability while supporting applications, solutions and systems, underpinning the key ability to trade.
your areas of responsibility
Driving Strategy:
- Translate IT Strategies into tactical solutions to address key business requirements, drive capability and produce delivery roadmaps.
- Understand the current and future trends and knowledge shared amongst the team.
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Project, Innovation and Enhancements Execution:
- Actively engage with all trading and non-trading divisions and interpret their individual business Technology requirements.
- Plan, implement & support the Tech project and enhancement execution to promote productivity and ensure market differentiation for the Group
Risk Management:
- Highlight risks to the business and ensure compliance to legislation and company policy at all times throughout service lifetime.
- Introduce sustainable processes and procedures that minimize risk and vulnerabilities within the environment.
- Address risks by auditing and security teams
Team Management:
- Ensure that the workload within the team is distributed fairly and in line with the team's priorities to deliver on departmental KPI's / targets but also challenging to drive intellectual growth
- Keep abreast of talent pool to contribute to the recruitment of top talent. Drive succession, training and development within the team to ensure resource capability and business continuity.
- Conduct on-on-one check in's with the team to drive and cultivate the driving
- Lead the team which includes: managing performance, driving the culture or the Group, development of the team and recognition
Vendor Management:
- Drive partnerships with existing vendors to ensure on time and in full delivery.
- Source innovative and cost effective solutions and vendors to push value to the Group.
- Operational responsibility to ensure that deployed services operate within the agreed SLA's and remain fit for purpose.
- Negotiate contracts with suppliers of services or software.
- Ensure vendors have sufficient stock and resources to deliver as per new store or Technology Roadmap
Product and Operations Management:
- Ensure maximum up time of all applications and services within the centralised retail domain architecture as per the agreed SLA agreement with business.
- Delivery of RCA's and analysis of reoccurring incidents to promote product stability.
- Build scalable solutions that ensure organic growth of the Group and optimal performance during load e.g. peak trade, Black Friday etc.
- Actively track and manage the budget to get maximum value.
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what are our minimum requirements to apply?
- 7-10 years in project team management or development team management
- Building/ developing products/solutions to deliver business value
- Experience in a Retail business environment
- Deep Understanding on Enterprise Retail Solutions (Example SAP or Oracle etc.)
- Application Integration knowledge is Advantageous
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