Chief of Staff Africa Clients & Industries Leader- Senior Manager
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Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Chief of Staff Africa Clients & Industries Leader
Location: Johannesburg South Africa
Role Overview
The Chief of Staff supports the Africa Clients & Industries Leader by providing high-quality insight structure and execution support across priority accounts industry and sector agendas business development alliances and market initiatives. The role acts as a trusted advisor and integrator enabling focus informed decision-making and effective follow-through on the firms most important commercial priorities across Africa.
Key Responsibilities
Commercial & Client Insight
- Support oversight of priority accounts through performance analysis pipeline insights and preparation of leadership materials.
- Analyse client demand trends and buying patterns to inform solution focus and gotomarket discussions.
- Support preparation for senior client engagements and strategic account conversations.
Industry & Sector Enablement
- Consolidate and track performance priorities and initiatives across industry and sector verticals.
- Collaborate with Industry Community Managers to ensure that strategic growth levers are embedded within the industry verticals.
- Identify growth themes whitespace opportunities and relevant market trends.
Business Development & Strategic Pursuits
- Enable the Clients & Industries Leader to support priority business development and proposal efforts with a focus on quality coherence and strategic alignment.
- Collaborate with Clients & Industries Operations Business Development and BMC teams to ensure alignment in the execution of strategic priorities.
Technology Alliances
- Support oversight of key technology alliances.
- Assist with alliance planning performance tracking and internal coordination.
- Prepare materials and insights to support seniorlevel alliance engagement.
Strategy Execution & Communication
- Translate leadership priorities into clear plans milestones and reporting.
- Produce concise executiveready analysis dashboards and presentations.
- Support leadership communications with strong structure and visual storytelling.
Candidate Profile
- Strong analytical capability with the ability to distil complex information into clear insights.
- Excellent written and verbal communicator with confidence engaging at senior levels.
- Professional presence sound judgment and strong relationshipbuilding skills.
- Highly organised adaptable and comfortable operating close to senior leadership.
- Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint skills (nonnegotiable); strong commercial and data acumen.
Qualifications & Experience
- While a commercial or quantitative undergraduate degree is preferred it is not mandatory.
- A postgraduate degree such as an MBA would be advantageous. Professional qualifications such as CA(SA) or CIMA would also be advantageous.
- Minimum of 6 years experience at manager level in areas such as but not limited to strategy or tech consulting sales and key account management and commercial operations.
Why this role
This is a high-exposure role working closely with senior leadership on the firms most important clients sectors and growth priorities across Africa offering significant breadth influence and development.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Compliance Management
- Customer Retention
- Quality Assurance
- Customer Service
- Extensive Knowledge
- Account Management
- Front Office
- Telephone Calls
- Needs Analysis
- Cold calls
- Business Relationships
- Customer Complaints
- Sales Goals
- Sales Process
- New Clients
About Company
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