Programme & Operations Manager

Company Description

SKEG Product Development is one of Africa’s leading product development companies, where innovation, engineering and practical problem-solving come together to transform ideas into tangible, manufacturable products.

Role Description

SKEG is looking for an experienced Programme & Operations Manager to take ownership of delivery across our portfolio of engineering, product-development and industrialisation projects.

This is not a project administration role. We are looking for someone who gets close to the work, understands how engineering projects actually move from concept through development and into manufacture, and has the ability to bring structure, urgency and accountability to a complex project environment.

You will work across engineering, project delivery, supply chain and manufacturing, identifying the constraints that matter and helping teams turn plans into results.

Responsibilities

• Drive delivery across multiple concurrent product-development and manufacturing projects.
• Translate commitments into clear, executable project plans and schedules.
• Coordinate priorities, resources and dependencies across the project portfolio.
• Identify bottlenecks and actively work with teams to remove them.
• Create clear visibility of progress, risks, priorities and required decisions.
• Strengthen the interfaces between engineering, procurement and manufacturing.
• Step into projects that are stalled or at risk and help bring them back under control.
• Personally lead selected strategic or high-priority projects when required.
• Improve the systems, disciplines and operating cadences that underpin reliable delivery.
• Over time, take on broader operational responsibility as the role grows.

Qualifications and Experience

• An engineering qualification or strong technical/engineering background.
• 5+ years’ experience leading the delivery of complex programmes, projects and/or operations in an engineering, product-development or manufacturing environment.
• A track record of personally delivering complex projects, not simply reporting on them.
• Strong planning and scheduling capability, ideally using Microsoft Project, ProChain or equivalent tools.
• Exposure to Theory of Constraints, Critical Chain Project Management or similar constraint-based approaches would be advantageous.
• Experience managing competing priorities and shared resources across multiple projects.
• An understanding of the transition from engineering design and development into industrialisation, and manufacture.

The Person

We are looking for someone who naturally asks: “What is stopping this from moving?”

Someone who is prepared to get into the detail when necessary, challenge assumptions, make priorities visible and work with the team to find practical solutions. You should be equally comfortable reviewing a project schedule, engaging with engineers and suppliers, and spending time on the shop floor to understand what is actually constraining delivery.

This role will suit someone who takes ownership and measures success by what gets delivered.

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