Hybrid Project Manager - Process Improvement Leader

Placements24; Paarl; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Comprehensive medical and retirement

Continuous learning and professional**

Collaborative and supportive team

Job summary

Placements24 in Paarl seeks a proactive Project Manager to drive business process improvements across departments. You will map current workflows, identify bottlenecks, design future-state processes, and lead cross-functional teams in delivering measurable efficiency gains.

The role blends in-office collaboration with remote flexibility, requiring strong change management, analytical skills, and a track record of delivering ROI in process optimization projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field.
• 5+ years in project management with BPM focus.
• Experience with Lean or Six Sigma.
• Excellent facilitation and stakeholder management.
• Hybrid work with Paarl on-site requirement.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end management of business process improvement projects from initiation to implementation.
• Perform detailed process analysis and map as-is and to-be workflows.
• Identify gaps, inefficiencies and opportunities for automation or redesign.
• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to gather requirements and build consensus.
• Develop project plans with scope, objectives, timelines, resources and KPIs.
• Manage execution to ensure timely completion of tasks and milestones.
• Oversee training, communication and change management during implementations.
• Monitor impact of improvements and report ROI metrics.
• Collaborate with IT and operations to integrate changes with systems.
• Promote continuous improvement across the organization.

Skills

Project management

Process improvement

Lean Six Sigma

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / Operations Management / Industrial Engineering

Job description

Placements24 in Paarl seeks a proactive Project Manager to drive business process improvements across departments. You will map current workflows, identify bottlenecks, design future-state processes, and lead cross-functional teams in delivering measurable efficiency gains.

The role blends in-office collaboration with remote flexibility, requiring strong change management, analytical skills, and a track record of delivering ROI in process optimization projects.