Job Description

Johannesburg, with regional travel | Flexible working | Permanent

Our client is a leading pan-African workplace and facilities management group, delivering catering, cleaning and sanitation services to mining, construction and industrial sites across the continent. Its Africa division is growing, and it needs its first dedicated technology leader.

This is a newly created role reporting to the divisional CEO. You'll build the IT function from the ground up and still roll up your sleeves when it matters.

What you'll do

• Build the division's IT structures, processes, governance and team.
• Run and improve the Sage ERP environment and wider systems landscape.
• Visit operational sites across Africa to find where technology can save money and lift efficiency.
• Lead process and performance improvement projects across the region.
• Manage infrastructure, applications and vendors in markets with variable connectivity and supplier maturity.

What you'll bring

• 7+ years in IT, including proven IT management.
• An IT degree or diploma, plus ITIL.
• Experience running IT across multiple African countries, in a multi-site business.
• Sage ERP experience and a track record in ERP implementation and optimisation.
• Strong project management skills.

You might be coming from: a Group IT Manager role in mining services, construction, facilities management, logistics, agribusiness or another multi-site operation with an African footprint.

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