Project Cost Optimization Director

Gift Real Estate PLC

Posted: Jun 30, 2025

Full time

Career Level: Executive(VP, Director)
Salary:
Location: Addis Ababa
Deadline: Jul 06, 2025
Expired

Facilitation of Cost-Saving Ideas:

  • Encourage and facilitate cost-saving ideas from the different teams across the five companies.
  • Create an environment of innovative thinking and champion open sharing of cost-saving/best practices ideas.

Cross-Functional Cooperation:

  • Work cooperatively with the other functions: procurement; engineering; operations; and finance to ensure cross-functional expectations align with the overall business objectives.
  • Act as the facilitator/liaison between departments or companies to ensure identification of cost-saving practices are coordinated with all affected stakeholders.

 Coordination of Initiatives:

  • Coordinate the timely execution of cost-saving initiatives from conception to implementation.
  • Coordinate preparation of  project schedules, and allocation of  resources while monitoring initiatives for efficiency of implementation.

 Monitoring and Check-in:

  • Develop metrics and benchmarks to know if/when cost-saving ideas are successfully deployed.
  • Check in regularly on initiatives for ongoing assessments. Address challenges, recommend solutions, and begin continuous improvement.

Reporting and Communication:

  • Present progress reports to senior management on status of cost saving initiatives, summarize successes, challenges, and recommendations.
  • Foster open communication within teams so they can communicate their insights and develop ongoing collaboration across businesses.

Professional Development:

  • Keep informed on development of new materials and methods for potential cost optimization across the industry.
  • Lead and facilitate training for growing employees' understanding of cost management practices, and lead the training sessions of cost management, and ultimately potential cost savings throughout the organization.
  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and MBA.
  • Minimum of 15 years relevant work in construction or manufacturing costing management, project management, and/or engineering.
  • Strong ability to be able to align cooperation across functions and teams.
  • Analytical mind, problem-solver who is willing to work through ideas and implement actionable solutions.
  • Able to prepare manuals  and other documents
  • Strong communication skills including the ability to engage and coordinate excitedly.

How To Apply

mailto:giftrealestatehr2020@gmail.com


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