Executive: Operations & Execution

We are searching for an experienced Executive: Operations & Execution at our Grayston Drive Sandton facility.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities Job Purpose: We at Cigicell we are looking for an Operations Executive to strengthen its ability to turn strategy and plans into results on the ground. The role exists to take strategic and operational priorities and convert them into clear action plans, mobilise the teams needed to deliver them, and drive execution through to completion.

Identify people and resource gaps, build or mobilise the right team and scale execution capacity as priorities and business needs evolve. This is a senior executive appointment reporting to the COO. The successful candidate will be judged on their ability to get things done: making sound decisions quickly, removing obstacles, and holding teams accountable for delivery across the business. The role is not only project management but requires a hands-on individual to be close to the detail and leverage teams where necessary.

Key Responsibilities Execution and delivery leadership

• Translate strategic and operational priorities into concrete, sequenced action plans with clear owners and timelines.
• Drive delivery of these plans end to end, tracking progress, resolving blockers and adjusting course as circumstances change.
• Take ownership of cross-functional initiatives that cut across divisions or departments, where no single existing team has full accountability for delivery.
• Bring structure and discipline to how the business plans, tracks and reports on execution, without adding unnecessary process.

Team mobilisation and decision-making

• Mobilise teams quickly around a plan, and keep them focused and accountable through to delivery.
• Make timely, practical decisions in ambiguous or fast-moving situations, rather than waiting for perfect information.
• Work closely with divisional and functional leads to align people and resources behind agreed priorities.

Operational delivery across the business

• Support and drive delivery across the business's operating divisions, stepping in wherever execution needs to be strengthened.
• Partner with the COO on operational planning, resource allocation and performance against delivery milestones.
• Contribute to broader operational and strategic planning as a senior member of the leadership team.

Competencies

• Strong bias for action — comfortable moving from theory and plans into practical, on-the-ground execution.
• Decisive, with sound judgement under pressure and incomplete information.
• Hands-on leadership style, able to mobilise and drive teams directly rather than only through formal authority.
• High personal accountability and follow-through.
• Strong problem-solving ability, able to identify practical solutions to operational obstacles as they arise.
• Clear, direct communicator, able to align people quickly around a plan.

Education & Experience

• A minimum of 8–12 years' operational leadership experience, including experience in senior management or executive-level roles.
• A demonstrated, verifiable track record of taking plans and strategy and driving them to real-world execution and results, ideally in a complex or fast-moving operating environment.
• Experience mobilising and leading teams, including teams outside a direct reporting line, to deliver against a plan.
• Comfortable making decisions and taking ownership in ambiguous situations, without needing every variable resolved first.
• Public sector experience is advantageous but not required.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in business, engineering, operations or a related field.

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EE) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.