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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

MEA Executive Business Partner at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R Undisclosed
  • Permanent Senior position
  • Cape Town
  • Posted 03 Aug 2026 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Expires in 30 days
  • Job 2643365 - Ref 878000022634097
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About the position

Role Purpose

We are seeking a mature, highly capable Executive Business Partner to provide integrated support across the CEO office. This role goes beyond traditional administrative support and is designed to operate as a trusted partner, enabling executive effectiveness through a combination of personal assistance, strategic coordination, and analytical/reporting support.
The successful candidate will operate across three senior stakeholders (CEO, Senior Executive, Head of Digital & Go-To-Market, and Chief of Staff), ensuring alignment, execution discipline, and high-quality outputs across all aspects of the executive office.


Key Responsibilities

Executive & Personal Assistance 

  • Proactively manage complex, multi-stakeholder executive diaries, ensuring optimal prioritisation of time aligned to business priorities
  • Coordinate internal and external meetings, including preparation of agendas, materials, and logistics
  • Manage executive inboxes where required, including drafting responses, prioritising correspondence, and ensuring timely follow-ups
  • Coordinate local and international travel end-to-end (itineraries, visas, logistics, contingencies)
  • Act as a key point of contact between executives and internal/external stakeholders, maintaining professionalism and discretion
  • Execute ad hoc executive requests efficiently, ensuring high responsiveness and attention to detail
  • Support coordination across the CEO office to ensure alignment between the Executives and broader leadership team
Strategic Execution & Governance Support
  • Track and drive follow-through on key strategic initiatives across the executive office
  • Maintain and manage RAG (Red-Amber-Green) status reporting on strategic priorities and key programmes
  • Prepare and consolidate management reports, dashboards, and executive summaries for leadership forums (e.g., Exco, Board, SteerCos)
  • Capture, track, and follow up on meeting actions to ensure accountability and execution discipline
  • Support the Executives in driving operating cadence (weekly/monthly reviews, business updates, etc.)
  • Assist in aligning inputs across functions to ensure consistency in reporting and messaging
Executive Content & Reporting Support 
  • Develop high-quality PowerPoint presentations, executive reports, and briefing packs
  • Draft and format professional Word documents, emails, and communications
  • Extract, analyse, and consolidate data from internal systems (including SAP or equivalent)
  • Build and maintain management dashboards and reporting packs using Excel, Power BI, or equivalent tools
  • Leverage AI tools (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT) to improve efficiency, automate tasks, and enhance output quality
  • Ensure all outputs are executive-ready, accurate, and aligned to organisational standards



RequirementsKey Requirements

Experience & Capability
  • 8–12+ years’ experience supporting C-suite or senior executives in a complex, fast-paced environment
  • Proven experience operating as an Executive Assistant, Business Partner, or Chief of Staff support role
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple senior stakeholders simultaneously
  • Strong experience in executive reporting, presentations, and business documentation
  • Exposure to strategy execution tracking and governance processes

Technical Skills
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams)
  • Strong working knowledge of SAP or similar ERP systems for data extraction and reporting
  • Experience using AI productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT) in a business context
  • Familiarity with data analysis and reporting tools (Excel advanced functions, Power BI advantageous)

Core Competencies
  • Executive presence and professionalism with high levels of discretion and confidentiality
  • Strong judgement and prioritisation capability
  • Exceptional organisation and attention to detail
  • Ability to operate with autonomy and accountability
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
  • Ability to translate ambiguity into structured outputs and actions

Success Profile
  • The ideal candidate is not a traditional administrator, but a highly capable operator who:
  • Anticipates needs before they arise
  • Drives execution, not just coordination
  • Brings structure to complexity
  • Enhances the effectiveness of the executive office
  • Leverages technology and AI to improve output quality continuously and efficiency


Desired Skills:

  • Stakeholder Management
  • MS365
  • ERP Systems
  • Ai Productivity tools
  • Supporting C-suite
  • Executive Assistance

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

About The Employer:


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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

About the agency

Dedicated to the recruitment of IT professionals Sabenza iT is a South African registered business focusing on Finance, Engineering, SAP and general iT recruitment. We have over 18 years' experience in recruiting in South Africa, Australia, Europe, South America and Asia and have worked with a number of large companies offering the best service. We at Sabenza iT understands the changing market and we mold our services around each of our client's needs to offer a personal service. Sabenza iT has forged strong relationships with both Clients and Consultants by ensuring both parties get the most out of every placement. Our Head Office is based in South Africa and we have a satellite office in the UK so that we can keep in contact with expats who may consider returning to South Africa and so that we can offer our services globally for Consultants looking to go to South Africa and Consultants who are looking for opportunities abroad. We at Sabenza recognize the difference it makes to maintain good client relationships and we are keeping our client base niche and manageable in order to give the best service possible. We have gained a good reputation in the market place and have built a very large network and database of consultants that we draw from for each role. We are able to send applications within 24 hours of receiving a role profile or spec. We use one of the best Database software tools available to keep our database up to date and very fast to search. Sabenza iT does not only use job-sites, we headhunt and we use our network to find our clients the right Candidates. We have a strong Facebook presence and we have over 12,000 LinkedIn connections. For further information, please visit our website www.sabenzait.co.za or call me at any time on Tel: 0330040131.

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