Role PurposeSupport the overall strategic planning process and annual business planning framework and ensure that a common strategic vision is established. Support the implementation of strategic and operation plans across the department to ensure adopting of leading practice in annual and strategic planning and compliance.Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Planning Operations

• Support in the strategic planning process across the department including the development and implementation of the strategic planning and annual business planning framework, templates and processes in order to ensure adopting of leading practice in annual and strategic planning and compliance.
• Gather and obtain from a variety of sources, such as interviews with sector heads/executives, review of publicly available documents on the competition/market, primary research (competitive intelligence program).
• Review the issues identified on strategic planning and annual business planning framework, templates and processes in order to continuously identify improvements to ensure smooth and effective strategy formulation.
• Aid in conducting the strategic analysis and practices such as Internal environment analysis, External environment analysis and Competitor analysis that support the Strategy Formulation.
• Participate in meetings and promote communications among the organizations sector heads/leaders and personnel to develop a common understanding regarding the competitive environment and what the organizations response to that environment (its strategy) should be.
• Review documents and communication, describing the organizations strategy and its implementation to develop a strategy plan, including includes a diagnosis of the competitive situation, guiding policy for achieving the organizations goals, and specific action plans.
• Facilitate variety of methods of measuring and monitoring progress towards the objectives and measures established, such as a balanced scorecard or strategy map.
• Support the Strategy Lead in managing the provision of adequate support to sectors/divisions in building internal planning capabilities through conducting and facilitating awareness sessions and training workshops, so that employees understand and adopt the strategic planning process and contribute effectively to the cascading of corporate strategies into sector and divisional strategies.
• Coordinate with the Finance Department to translate plan into annual operation budget to describe the expected financial performance of an organization for the upcoming year.

Qualifications

• Bachelors / Masters degree (Master Preferred) in Marketing, Business Administration, Public Policy, Economics or any other decree within relevant industry.

Experience

• At least 6+ years of experience in Business Administration, Public Policy, Economics role or another experience within similar role or industry.

Skills

• Full professional English proficiency both in speaking and writing
• Arabic bilingual desirable but not mandatory

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