Project Manager - Park Town
Overview
The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining a high-quality standard of deliverables in line with site specific SLA’s, manage client relations, perform site visits, support, and develop the site management. Overall responsibility is to ensure sites are managed according to budgeted costings and growth targets and to ensure all standards are adhered to in line with best practices.
Requirements
- Relevant tertiary qualification (Project Management, Operations, Business, or similar)
- 5–8 years’ proven Project Management experience, preferably within catering, hospitality, or services contracts
- Experience managing multi-site or large-scale operational projects
- Strong client-facing and stakeholder management experience
- Valid driver’s licence and willingness to travel between sites
- Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or similar) advantageous
- Business Management principles, including proven financial skills
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets.
- Coordinate project activities and resources to ensure successful execution.
- Monitor project progress and implement corrective actions where required.
- Manage stakeholder relationships and provide regular project status updates.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, quality standards, and health and safety requirements.
- Lead project meetings and facilitate communication between stakeholders.
- Manage project documentation and reporting requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement and identify opportunities for operational efficiencies.
- Ensure project objectives are achieved within agreed timeframes and budgets.
- Lead catering mobilisations, site transitions, and new contract implementations.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams (Operations, HR, Finance, Procurement, Safety, IT).
- Engage directly with client representatives to manage expectations and deliverables.
- Ensure kitchens, equipment, staffing, and systems are operationally ready at go-live.
- Provide effective leadership to catering managers and their team of catering staff.
- Ensure the company image is projected through excellent client relationships, quality of service, product and productivity.
- Develop medium and long-term strategies to grow the business in conjunction with the operations manager as well as the district manager.
- Comply with the divisions budgetary requirements within the financial guidelines.
- Understand and maintain all financial aspects of the business – budgeting, forecasting.
- Understand and implement company standards, policies and procedures in line with legislation.
- Work and operate in a stressful environment and perform well under pressure.
- Ensure quality control is in accordance with the company standards.
- Oversee cash management (control of debtors, stock checks and cash checks etc).
- Maintain and improve on operational standards as agreed.
- Meet all quality / star grading standards within the areas of responsibility, as per Tsebo Grading checklist and KRAs within the Performance Management Scheme.
- Manage suppliers, contractors, and service providers on-site and off-site.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and cost efficiencies within the contract.
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