Assistant Portfolio Analyst

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POSITION INFO:

Applications are invited from suitably qualified & experienced candidates to fill the Assistant Portfolio Analyst position in the Corporate Strategy Division based in Kariega / Uitenhage

Brief Role Description

The Assistant Portfolio Analyst is responsible for tracking and analyzing market trends, industry requirements, customer and future-oriented requirements of the product range, drafting and maintaining competitor cycle plans and providing support for cross-divisional projects inputs to assist decision-making of relevant products for the region in a timely manner.

Possible Tasks within this Role

Identify and understand product white spots by analyzing market potential to provide product recommendations for region Africa.

• Analyzing global market and product trends and compiling assessable reports.
• Support the portfolio analyst by creating and maintaining competitor cycle-plans through desktop research and analysis to support the company’s cycle plan development.
• Review and track open tasks and deadlines from cross divisional meetings.
• Prepare premise documents for product strategy cross-divisional evaluations.
• Support in preparing project documents for company decision forums (i.e VAP, milestones and board presentations).
• Compiling cross divisional feedback on impacts of decisions from the cross- divisional meetings, to support mitigating risks.
• Running of cross-functional, working level teams to obtain divisional inputs when required.
• Supporting the portfolio analyst in convening project team meetings.
• Drafting of meeting agendas and minutes and distributing to the broader team.
• Supporting the portfolio analyst with the required deliverables to achieve the company’s strategic goals.

Qualification requirements

• 3-year tertiary qualification (Marketing, Finance or Engineering discipline)

Experience

• 2 years project management experience

Requirements

• Desktop and practical research experience
• Experience in preparing documents for decisions
• Experience in working with cross divisional teams
• An understanding of cars and their manufacturing processes is beneficial
• Knowledge and an understanding of the automotive industry
• Practical on the job project management experience
• The ability to analyse complex problems and making proposals for their resolution
• Fluency in English
• The ability to prepare professional, comprehensive presentations for decision making at Board level
• Advanced Microsoft office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to plan and organize
• Good interpersonal skills (negotiation and communication)
• Teamwork
• Marketing experience beneficial