About the Role
We are currently looking for Strategy and Planning Manager to join our Group Transformation team who will be responsible in the following areas:
- Facilitating the co-development of strategy and transformation plans for select divisions within the Group
- Acting as the interface between the transformation office and select divisional presidents & Group directors
- Challenging perceived wisdoms and entrenched ways of doing things to orchestrate major change towards new revenue streams/business models
- Tracking quality, ROI and benefits realization on behalf of the CTO
- Developing perspective on critical issues and required counter measures during delivery of key change programs
- Developing employee engagement plans & embed the skills & tools required to deliver objectives
Overall
- Helps CTO manage the Transformation agenda including structure, methods and issue management
- Works with peers within the Transformation Management Office to continuously iterate the Group’s approaches and tools for transformation
- Coordinates the use of external strategic advisors to help maximize ROI for the Group
- Shapes strategy, transformation agenda, and new opportunities across the Group with CTO, Business Presidents, and leadership teams
- Manages team, guides activities, and reviews all outputs
- Drives transformation efforts on daily basis with senior business leaders and teams
- Maintains intimate familiarity with all initiative content and progress
- Resolves issues with the team and escalates to CTO as necessary
- Prepares ad hoc requests, analyses, and reports for CTO and senior leaders
Group wide Assessment & Planning
- Identifies transformation needs and opportunities across the organization
- Leads collection and organization of relevant data for initiative planning and analysis
- Develops transformation business cases by analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations
- Helps define financial and non-financial impact of projects in partnership with Finance and leaders
Group wide Validation & Implementation
- Supports transformation leads/managers in collecting information and documenting progress of initiatives (reports, analysis, emerging issue logs)
- Develops TMO tools and systems and leads adoption
- Tracks financial and non-financial impact of initiatives and overall projects
- Prepares detailed analyses and presentation of outcomes
Automotive Strategy & Planning
- Formulates the global auto strategy in collaboration with the President and Director of Strategy & Transformation
- Tracks and reports on the execution of the strategy and its implementation across the division in collaboration with senior leaders
- Helps conduct business planning and set the President’s strategic agenda including aligning senior executives in the division and at Group level
- Develops long term view on strategic initiatives with sponsors / senior executives with quantified impact, effort and detailed requirements to deliver
- Works with senior leaders in the division and at Group level to identify new business opportunities and develop approach to realization
- Develops updates on the strategy execution as part of the quarterly business review meetings (BRMs)
- Supports businesses in shaping strategy, business plans and transformation agendas
- Understands market realities, assess business performance and internal capabilities
- Facilitates the co-development of detailed timelines including milestones, dependencies, team organization and budget
- Leads analyses and options evaluations and presents recommendations
- Drives workshops and meetings with initiative teams and supports in aligning senior executives
Auto Transformation
- Facilitates the co-development of detailed timelines including milestones, dependencies, team organization and budgets for delivery
- Assists the President and Director of Strategy & Transformation with embedding appropriate methods and resolve emerging issues
- Interfaces between the President, divisional leadership, and TMO team
- Ensures correct implementation of transformation and optimization plans across various programs.
- Delivers ad hoc projects on behalf of the Auto President
- Facilitates the co-development of the overall divisional transformation plan
Auto PMO
- Tracks and monitors the execution and delivery of strategic projects
- Collates biweekly progress report for all strategic projects
- Develops monthly report and presentation on strategy execution for President to share with Group’s Vice Chairman
Execution
- Provides implementation support to select divisions and functions with clear accountability for certain deliverables
- Directly manages select programs for growth, turnaround and exits
- Meets / collaborates with transformation/program/project sponsors & managers to help clarify scope and coordinates across teams to ensure alignment and progress
- Guides team members on key elements of relevant initiatives including objectives
- Manages and coaches resources on delivery methods with a focus on agility
- Helps prioritize initiatives
- Anticipates, captures and addresses issues during delivery
- Keeps CTO and other executives updated on progress, next steps, issues and decisions required
- Prepares Executive Committee meeting reports
Job Details
| Posted Date: | 2021-05-27 |
| Job Location: | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Job Role: | Management |
| Company Industry: | Accounting |
Preferred Candidate
| Career Level: | Management |
