Industrial Development Consultant: Cluster Strategy

BMA; Durban; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private sector drive

Flexible working

Performance-based growth

Collaborative culture

Job summary

BMA in Durban is recruiting a Senior Consultant for its Industrial Development team to shape Africa’s manufacturing future. You will drive cluster development and policy-aligned initiatives across automotive, chemicals, textiles, furniture and more.

Join a high-performance team delivering measurable economic impact through public-private collaboration, with hybrid work from home, office, and client sites.

Qualifications

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint capability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement industrial cluster programmes that strengthen sector competitiveness and value chain collaboration.
• Diagnose complex industrial and economic challenges using rigorous analysis.
• Conduct applied research to inform industrial policy, cluster strategies and investment decisions.
• Facilitate workshops and strategic engagements that align diverse stakeholders around shared priorities.
• Build trusted relationships across industry, government, academia and development institutions.
• Translate complex analysis into clear, practical and compelling recommendations.
• Manage multi-stakeholder projects that deliver measurable economic and developmental impact.
• Develop tools, programmes and interventions that strengthen localisation, innovation, sustainability and competitiveness.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Communication skills

Education

Master’s degree in Economics/Engineering/Commerce

Job description

BMA in Durban is recruiting a Senior Consultant for its Industrial Development team to shape Africa’s manufacturing future. You will drive cluster development and policy-aligned initiatives across automotive, chemicals, textiles, furniture and more.

Join a high-performance team delivering measurable economic impact through public-private collaboration, with hybrid work from home, office, and client sites.