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Joseph Maboko

@josephmaboko

Transformational IT leader bridging strategy and technical execution to scale customer value.

South Africa
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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can lead teams and technology to bridge ambitious business strategy with high-impact execution—scaling customer journeys, improving delivery health, and moving stakeholders from project work into sustainable BAU operations.

I am a transformational leader with over 18 years of experience navigating the complexities of Retail, Financial Services, FMCG, and Mining. My career is defined by a single mission: bridging the gap between ambitious business strategy and high-impact technical execution—where I bring people, process, and technology together to unblock constraints and deliver measurable outcomes.

At Woolworths, I lead the My Difference program launch, driving over 1.2M sign-ups to date, and oversee 9+ Minimum Viable Experiences—from personalized dashboards to referral engines—to deliver value early and often. I replaced a fragmented legacy system with a cloud-first (AWS/GCP) architecture across 26 integrated systems, lead and mentor 69 IT resources and 17 managers, and manage a R90M CAPEX (5-year) portfolio and a R36M annual resource budget, supported by rigorous forecasting and variance tracking.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Woolworths logoWO
Current

IT Business Manager | Marketing

Apr 2022 - Present (4 years 3 months)

Transforming the Customer Journey: Loyalty at Scale: Leading the launch of the "My Difference" program, achieving over 1.2M sign-ups to date. I’ve overseen the delivery of 9+ Minimum Viable Experiences (MVEs)—from personalized dashboards to referral engines—ensuring we deliver value to the customer early and often.

Unified Architecture: Replaced a fragmented legacy system with a cloud-first (AWS/

MAC Consulting logoMC

Principal Consultant

Oct 2021 - Mar 2022 (5 months)

Consulting as an Agile Scrum Master to the SASOL Digital Methods Team, on executing the SOF (SASOL of the Future) cost-saving project objectives. The Agile projects focused on high value and high-cost items in a sustainable way.

MultiChoice Group logoMG

Senior Specialist - Customer Optimization

Apr 2021 - Sep 2021 (5 months)

To support the definition, implementation, and tracking of key plans and strategic initiatives to transform key customer functions and achieve customer objectives, while ensuring alignment with the Multichoice Africa Group Strategy.

- Continuously identify improvements in Ways of Work (e.g. systems, processes, stakeholder relations, etc.), to improve the effectiveness and delivery of the function

The CRM Team logoTT

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Delivery Manager (Agile Scrum Master)

Jul 2019 - Mar 2021 (1 year 8 months)

Facilitated client meetings to gain agreement on project requirements, then ensured delivery within budget and the agreed time frame. Led a 14-month project for the SPAR National IT Support Office to replace their legacy CRM system with Microsoft Dynamics 365 which contains end-to-end case visibility and management across its 3500 stores.

- Facilitated Agile project delivery that included Sprint

TT

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Delivery Manager

The CRM Team

Jul 2019 - Mar 2021 (1 year 8 months)

Facilitated client agreement on project requirements and managed delivery within budget and agreed timeframes for a Microsoft Dynamics 365 implementation for SPAR’s National IT Support Office. Led Agile Scrum delivery (sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups), coached developers, ensured user training ahead of migration, and communicated progress to internal stakeh

IDF CAPITAL logoIC

Head of Operations

Dec 2018 - Jun 2019 (6 months)

Accountable for operationalising that the company strategy of reducing the investment payout turnaround time by ensuring that all processes were geared to deliver on the strategy and implementing relevant technology solutions.

• Conducted various value stream assessments to identify enablers and blockers to operationalising
the strategic objectives.
• Tracked the delivery of the strateg

Absa Group logoAG

Salesforce CRM Product Manager

Jun 2017 - Nov 2018 (1 year 5 months)

Accountable for selling Salesforce as the go-to CRM to be used across Corporate and Investment Banking and increasing user adoption once implemented.

• Coordinated successful implementation and user onboarding which resulted in a steady 27%
increase in the number of users on the Salesforce platform every month.
• Increased the conversion rate of new business leads to opportunities by 18

Absa Group logoAG

Business Process Improvement Manager RBB

Nov 2015 - May 2017 (1 year 6 months)

Responsible for promoting the internal consulting house as the go-to place for process improvements and long-term sustainability of continuous improvement within the organisation.

- Engaged with executive stakeholders to unpack their strategic objectives and understand the operational challenges that were preventing their respective KPI's from being achieved.
- Managed a team of 5 junior-level

Absa Group logoAG

Business Process Improvement Consultant

Jul 2013 - Oct 2015 (2 years 3 months)

Responsible for delivering the Lean Departments' goal of enabling the Retail Bank product houses to obtain their strategic objectives, by leveraging their consulting services.

- Trained 464 employees that achieved an average pass mark of 82% on the White Belt Lean Six Sigma methodology.
- Implemented process improvement projects that had an annualised savings worth R17 million.
- Improved the pr

Renoir Consulting logoRC

Business Management Consultant

Dec 2012 - Jun 2013 (6 months)

Engaged with various stakeholders across multiple industries and conducted value stream assessments to identify process improvements that would improve their bottom line. The output was a detailed report that would be presented to the client who would then decide on whether to proceed with implementation.

Client Engagements:
- BHP Billiton Coal mine and Exxaro Coal Mine in Middleburg, Mpumalanga

Procter & Gamble logoPG

Process Engineering Manager

Feb 2010 - Nov 2012 (2 years 9 months)

Travelled to established sister plants in Istanbul Turkey, Brazil, Poland, Japan, and Germany to learn process improvement methodologies, well-established business operating procedures, and production loss elimination methods. The goal was to transfer those skills to the production and maintenance technicians in the South African manufacturing plant.

- Created quick, easy to read reference guides

LL

Commissioning & Project Manager

LogiProc (Pty) Ltd.

Nov 2008 - Jan 2010 (1 year 2 months)

Oversaw construction and commissioning through plant handover while ensuring process designs followed engineering standards and client-specified codes. Co-designed and commissioned turnkey crushing plants for Goldfields (Secondary Crushing Plant), Anglo Platinum (Mogalakwena Mobile Crushing Plant), and Cooke 4 Ezulwini (RSV Backfill Plant).

LogiProc  (Pty) Ltd. logoLL

Process Engineer, Commissioning Engineer and Project Manager

Nov 2008 - Jan 2010 (1 year 2 months)

Part of the team that oversaw the construction and commissioning process right up to when the production plant would be handed over to the client. Ensured that all process designs we drafted according to the stipulated engineering standards & codes specified by each client linked with the commodity being processed.

Client Engagements:
- Co-designed the Goldfields Secondary Crushing Plant in Gha

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

TA

Think Agile

Certificate, Agile Scrum Fundamentals

2020 - 2020

IB

IQ Business

Certificate, Agile SAFE Methodology

2018 - 2018

GS

GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science)

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Servant leadership in business

2015 - 2016

GIBS Business School logoGS

GIBS Business School

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Servant leadership in business

2015 - 2016

Completed an MBA with a focus on servant leadership in business from 2015 to 2016.

BM

BMGI

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

2014 - 2014

AP

APMG

Prince2 Foundation Level, Project Management

2013 - 2014

UJ

University of Johannesburg

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

2004 - 2009

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