Job Region: KwaZulu-Natal

Position Purpose :

At Brambles, the FinOps Lead serves as the critical link between Finance and Technology, ensuring seamless integration and collaboration. This role demands a business-focused, technology-savvy, and outcome-driven individual with a relentless commitment to continuous improvement. The FinOps Lead is a recognized authority in Cloud FinOps, blending technical expertise in cloud engineering with a profound understanding of cost optimization and financial budget management. This individual will oversee and optimize the financial aspects of all cloud-based services and infrastructure within the organization ensuring a shared comprehension of the financial impacts of cloud infrastructure and guiding strategic business decisions.

Major/Key Accountabilities

Delivery of optimisation targets across all cloud accounts
Effective leadership of FinsOps service on behalf of brambles
Manage end to end FinsOps process
Management of cloud provider financial relationships Challenges/ Problem Solving
Understanding of Agile methodologies
Understanding of CI/CD pipelines
Appreciation of Cloud Diagramming and visualisation
Experience in cloud engineering
Advanced knowledge in cost allocation strategies
Strong experience in cost optimisation in cloud technology
Strong experience in (financial) data analysis
Experience in developing technical documentation
Understanding of cloud vendor charging models

Authority/ Decision Making

Is fully accountable for meeting allocated technical and/or project/supervisory objectives including the recovery of failing services.
Has influence over the allocation and management of resources appropriate to recover services and/or given assignments and in the delegation of service and project responsibilities.
Make decisions which impact the resiliency and cost efficiency of cloud services.
Provides Product and Platform teams with workload analysis to guide selection of the right cloud service model to optimise cost/benefit performance from available Brambles cloud options.

Experience

Significant previous experience in within a similar sized or larger and globally distributed cloud technology group as a FinOps professional
5-10 years’ experience leading, managing or supervising technical staff and projects.
Proven success in improving the customer experience.
Experience working within a matrix structure.

Skills and Knowledge

Deep understanding and mastery a broad range of visualisation techniques used to facilitate shared understanding of highly complex architecture and workflows. Recognised expert who has strategic oversight of the skill and has grown and guided others through mentoring and training to grow their expertise in using software solutions to provide interactive user-friendly visualizations. Contributes to the advancement of visualisation techniques within their field
Cloud Engineering: Deep understanding of cloud technologies, platforms, and services to generate organization-wide value. Influence technology selection and enhance or engineer new solutions. Recognized FinOps expert who mentors and trains others.
Cost Allocation: Mastery in budgeting and forecasting for cloud projects. Articulate cost-related decisions to senior stakeholders. Identify data trends and manage complex budgets. Mentor others in cost allocation practices.
Collaborating with various teams such as IT, finance, operations, and procurement to align cloud strategies with business goals, ensure financial compliance, and improve cross-functional coordination. Providing guidance and support to stakeholders on cloud cost management.
Cost Optimization: Assess and advise on cloud usage and expenditure to drive cost efficiencies. Experienced in cost optimization for complex environments. Influence senior stakeholders in decision-making.
Conducting in-depth financial analysis, identifying cost-saving opportunities, and recommending strategies to optimize cloud spending.
Developing and implementing cost management strategies to control and reduce cloud expenses. This may involve monitoring usage, negotiating contracts with cloud service providers, identifying inefficient resource allocation, and recommending cost-effective alternatives.
Data Analysis: Analyse data to drive decision-making. Generate insights to solve complex problems. By Preparing regular financial reports and providing insights to management on cloud spending patterns, trends, and potential risks. Creating dashboards and metrics to track and monitor cost efficiency, usage, and performance of cloud services. Mentor others in data analysis techniques.
Documentation: Maintain and ensure the relevance of complex documentation impacting DevOps flow.
Keeping up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in cloud computing and financial management. Sharing knowledge and insights with the team to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
Stakeholder Relationships: Build trust-based relationships with cross-functional stakeholders. Present updates to C-suite stakeholders, detailing technical capabilities, challenges, solutions, and progress. Establish cloud-related budgets and creating financial forecasts to support strategic decision-making. Ensuring adherence to budgetary guidelines and identifying any variances or risks.
Strategic Influence: Influence tactical and long-term strategic decisions. Foster customer-focused delivery through understanding customer context. Adapt communication style based on audience. Role model and champion of change management.
Establishing governance policies and procedures to ensure compliance with financial and regulatory requirements. Collaborating with internal and external auditors to address any audit-related queries or concerns. Qualifications

Essential Qualifications : FinOps Certified Practitioner

Desirable Qualifications

FinOps Certified Professional and/or Engineer
ITIL Practitioner
Cloud Practitioner
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or related field, Masters preferred Or equivalent combination

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ENVIRONMENT:

A leading Cloud Solutions Specialist is seeking a Regional Sales Executive who will be responsible to lead and manage the regional Sales department in KZN, driving successful business growth through strategic sales acquisition, customer retention, and achievement of regional targets.
The successful candidate will leverage proven expertise in business development, management, and leadership within the relevant industry to build and extend the Company’s presence in KZN, working closely with the Chief Revenue Officer and the national leadership team.

DUTIES:

Sales Acquisition and Growth

Maintain a deep understanding of the regional market, the Group’s products and services, and market positioning to gain strategic insight into competitive and opportunity landscapes.
Nurture and grow the company’s business in the region.
Successfully meet personal and regional sales targets.
Develop and drive the implementation of tactical sales plans with the team, bringing experience to opening new doors and closing sales.
Successfully execute against approved individual and regional plans.

Customer Retention and Relationship Management

Develop and maintain key, sustainable relationships with current customers, potential new customers, and regional partners to support both business acquisition and retention.
Participate in setting, implementing, and achieving regional objectives, including customer service and retention.
Act as an escalation point to support the successful resolution of important regional issues related to sales and customer retention.
Manage the transfer and allocation of accounts between acquisition and account management.

Leadership and Operational Oversight

Provide direct management and leadership for the regional Sales Team and play a general leadership role in the region.
Motivate the regional team to engage in continuous professional development, ensuring the acquisition of relevant skills necessary for sales success.
Provide consistent coaching, mentorship, and support to the sales team to hone their skills, improve performance, and achieve individual and regional success targets.
Serve as the primary regional escalation point for both sales and operational matters.
Ensure seamless working relationships with centralised head office functions and as a member of the national leadership team further the broader company objectives.
Oversee regional sales reporting to ensure it is timely, accurate, and provides the required insights.
Review and facilitate the approval of commission reports prior to payment.
Manage team recruitment, orientation, resource allocation, performance levels (including disciplinary and remedial management), administration (contracts, leave, expense claims), and career management (performance reviews, training, and development plans).

REQUIREMENTS:

Matric – Essential
Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience – Essential
Excellent computer literacy (Mail, Word, Excel and other relevant) – Essential
10 + years working experience with proven success in SA tech industry – Essential
Proven track record in sales and sales management – Essential
Drivers Licence (and own transport) – Essential
6 + years of hands on relevant management experience – Essential

ATTRIBUTES:

Leadership and Management: The capability to provide direct management, strategic leadership, and oversight for team.
Business Acumen: A comprehensive understanding of key business functions including Business Development, Sales, Commercial, Operations, and Customer Service.
Technical Industry Expertise: Deep working knowledge of the ICT industry, with a specific focus on UCaaS and CCaaS.
Drive and Initiative: Demonstrates a self-motivated, energetic, optimistic, and confident approach to independently pursue goals and drive results.
Interpersonal Communication: The ability to build exceptional rapport, develop key sustainable relationships with customers and partners, and ensure effective cross-functional collaboration.
Communication Skills: The ability to articulate information and ideas clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Presentation Skills: Proficiency in formally presenting information and proposals to internal and external audiences.
Negotiation: The capability to successfully discuss and agree upon terms to close sales and resolve business matters.
Reporting: Competence in generating timely and accurate regional sales reports to provide insights for performance assessment and decision-making.
Integrity: Consistently upholding impeccable honesty and strong moral principles in all professional dealings.
Teamwork and Collaboration: A willingness to work effectively and collaboratively as a member of the sales team, regional and national leadership team.

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We are seeking a skilled and hands-on Industrial Electrician to join a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate will have strong fault-finding abilities, experience working on industrial machinery, and the ability to maintain high operational and safety standards.

Requirements:

Trade tested Electrician
Minimum 5 years’ experience in an industrial environment
Strong experience with electrical fault finding on machinery
Knowledge of conventional electrical systems (contactors and relays – non-PLC)
Experience working with 3-phase systems
Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings
Basic mechanical understanding
Ability to work independently and solve problems effectively
 

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