SA Wine, a newly formed wine and brandy industry body, is seeking an Executive: Development and Transformation. The successful candidate will drive impactful transformation throughout the wine and brandy industry value chain, advancing ownership and land reform, people and skills development, black-owned business development, and socio-economic development. Additionally, the ideal candidate will provide leadership to the industry around ethical trade issues, responsible corporate citizenship, and interventions to achieve the industry's transformation, B-BBEE, and community reinvestment goals. KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS: • Develop and implement strategic plans to ensure measurable inclusive growth; • Advocate for government policies that enable measurable, sustainable development; • Coordinate South Africa's response to new international standards to measure diversity, inclusion, and human rights in the wine value chain; • Identify and develop partnerships to meet the strategic objectives of a transforming wine value chain; • Coordinate industry resources and skills to develop black-owned farms and enterprises; • Coordinate resources, partnerships, and know-how to transform the skills development landscape in the wine value chain; • Identify, resource and monitor socio-economic development opportunities that best fit the wine value chain; • Coordinate industry-wide transformation to improve overall B-BBEE scorecard performance; • Raise funds for wine industry transformation from within and outside the industry; • Promote SA Wine in the media and communicate measures for inclusive growth and transformation in the industry. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: • Relevant Honors BCom/BSc/Bachelor of Arts degree; • 8-10 years' experience in a senior leadership role in a related business environment, with a Human Resource background; • Knowledge of the South African wine & brandy industry and related political sensitivities; • Ability to mediate and negotiate disputes diplomatically, especially in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment; • Proven experience operating in a complex matrix environment; • Proven fundraising and funding design experience; • Proven success in implementing impactful transformation strategies; • Expertise in Employment Equity, Labor Relations legislation, B-BBEE & ethical trade; • Understanding of platforms that influence social compliance, diversity, and inclusion globally. Please apply online at www.m3online.co.za before 09:00 on 5 May 2023. For general enquiries, contact our team at M3 Human Capital Management on 021 863 1444. Please note that only shortlisted candidates are contacted. If you don’t hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was unsuccessful.