Title:  Project Management Officer (PMO)

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Location: Windhoek
Function: General Management
Sub Function: General Management - Management
Type of Contract: Fixed Term (18 months)

Grade: D2

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:  

NBL is on a journey to become the best-connected Brewer.

Digital Backbone (DBB) is one of the biggest business transformation programs in NBL’s history, connecting everyone, everywhere: changing how we work for the better, forever. We’re looking for awesome colleagues to join us in this mission.

The Project Management Officer (PMO) will support the DBB Transition Manager to administer and operate within different project management areas and manage people to deliver the scheduled and on-demand tasks on time, scope and budget based on the DBB Transition Toolkit.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• An Honour's degree in a relevant field (e.g. Business, Economics, etc); a Master's degree being advantageous
• Project Management Accreditation (ie Prince2)
• 5 – 8 years demonstrated experience in Project Management, exposure to cross-functional and complex environments 
• MS Office proficient (MS Office systems)
• Experience in business transformation, preferably concerning the introduction of technology will be advantageous

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Collaborate in the timeline creation, sprints and tracking of the implementation progress.
• Align on the standard project management methodology.
• Keep track of actions, plans, budget, quality standards, deliverables and dependencies based on standard DBB progress tracking.
• Collaborate with the Regional Team to assure timelines and deliverables are being achieved.
• Raise concerns and risks and if needed, set up a plan to mitigate.
• Assure the Plan, Do, Check, Act methodology is in place.
• Assure the ways of working of the Workstreams and status report.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES: 

• Process (end-to-end) oriented thinking
• Project management
• Risk management
• Combination of analytical and conceptual thinking
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Influencing and active listening abilities
• Stakeholder management and relationship building / collaboration
• Good organisational and planning skills
• Strong cultural awareness and versatility in styles
• Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others
• Flexible and adaptable
• Able to work in ambiguous situations
• Able to deal with complexity and time pressure

CLOSING DATE:  16 September 2024

Namibia Breweries Limited as an Equal Opportunity Employer is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values inclusion and diversity. Preference will be given to Namibian Citizens and designated persons as prescribed by the Namibian Affirmative Action (Employment) Act, Act 29 of 1998.