Project Manager for LifeXchange | Onsite CT

Who we are and what we are about

Since people will spend ±80 000 hours of their lives at work, we want to make sure that it is the best 80 000 hours of their lives! At LifeXchange Solutions, we specialise in transforming company cultures from big international corporations to small start-ups. We help businesses solve problems by getting everyone —from frontline workers to senior leadership— together involved in creating solutions that work for everyone.

We work across a range of industries like retail, agriculture, manufacturing, medical, and even trending disruptive businesses, so there’s always something exciting going on. With multiple clients on the go at once, there’s never a dull moment. Sometimes we wish and pray for dull momements! People often compare us to chillies—too spicy for some, exciting to others, but always bringing that extra flavour.
What’s the opportunity?

LifeXchange Solutions successfully completed a project with Pepsico, taking one of their plants from being the worst performing plant in South Africa to winning the plant of the year award! Now Pepsico wants more and want a proof of concept with 14 additional plants , hoping to role out to all 41 plants in South Africa! If this proves being successfull, there are 200 other countries with 300 000 employees in Pepsico world wide!! That said, quality of life to us is way more important than building empires, so we want to use the 14 sites POC project to build an internal specialist team for Pepsico that can help them change from the inside out. As as a small team we are have already reached capacity with 8 active projects running and need someone to make sure that everything is happening when it is suppose to be happening!

What we need from a Project Manager

Role Purpose: Keeping our projects on track so that the final destination is a celebration!

This will include accountabilities like:

• project planning & tracking
• scheduling meetings, travel, training sessions, venues etc.
• monitoring attendance and project metrics
• project reporting
• administration tasks for project set up (site access & connectivity)
• sending and following up invoices
• stakeholder engagement and coordination across multiple projects

Who we are looking for?

We know this person probably doesn’t exist, but the ideal candidate would be:

STRENGTHS

• an eye for detail
• structured and methodical
• assertive
• confident speaking on the phone, email or Zoom with C-Suite executives
• adaptable with problem solving abilities to keep projects on track towards the outcomes

SKILLS

• project planning and tracking software (ideally using Microsoft Planner or Trello)
• leadership – resolving tensions to move projects forward with stakeholders
• excellent & positive communication (phone, email, Zoom, whatsapp)
• vulnerable collaborator – able to ask for help

EXPERIENCE

We need the candidate to be able to start setting up the projects for roll-out as soon as possible with little assistance, so we need a person with several years’ experience in project management.How you can apply

NB. We don’t want to see all the BS you put on your CV!! Rather, write us a letter with your motivation for why you think you’d be a great candidate for us for this role. We’d specifically love to hear details about what projects you’ve managed in the past (where? with who? how big?). Email us at tammy@lifexchange.co.za

Just like everything we do, our recruitment process is a little out of the box. The goal is for us to get to know you and you to get to know us (behind the BS we put in our recruitment ads!) so we can figure out if this is a good match to go forward.