Description

Transformation Manager - (SAP experience) | Group Transformation | Dubai

Location: AE

Company: Al Futtaim Private Company LLC

Job Requisition ID: 153474

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A\xe2\x80\x9drab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world\'s most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group\'s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Overview of the Role:

The Transformation Management Office (TMO) is responsible for overseeing transformation activities across the group and executing improvement opportunities in close cooperation with the businesses. Initiative Planning & Reporting Manager drives the day-to-day activities of transformation programs and projects in close coordination with the businesses and TMO team. The main purpose of the role is to fulfil the following objectives:

What You Will Do

Overall

Drives transformation efforts on daily basis in divisions/departments throughout the Transformation program

Maintains intimate familiarity with all initiative content and progress

Develops transformation approach including timeline with milestones, dependencies, team organization and budget

Coordinates stakeholder engagements, prepares agendas for meetings, and records key decisions and actions

Helps transformation momentum by ensuring accurate and timely distribution of communications and reports to stakeholders

Understands standard management methods, helps prioritize initiatives, and anticipates issues

Prepares ad hoc requests, analyses, and reports

Assessment & Planning

Identifies transformation needs and opportunities across the organization

Leads collection and organization of relevant data for initiative planning and analysis

Supports development of transformation business cases by analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations

Helps define financial and non-financial impact of initiatives and projects

Validation & Implementation

Supports detailed transformation planning and validation of business case - arranges stakeholder training, as needed

Track and support implementation progress, and identifies / highlights issues that merit investigation

Support transformation leads/managers in collecting information and documenting progress of initiatives (reports, analysis, emerging issue logs)

Ensure TMO tools and systems are followed and reported on a timely basis and projects/programs are progressing as planned

Track financial and non-financial impact of initiatives and overall projects

Prepares detailed analyses and presentation of outcomes

Required skills to be successful:

Strong analytical thinking, problem solving, resourcefulness and time management capabilities

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish contact and trust with multiple stakeholders across various divisions

Ability to anticipate conflict and resolving pending issues

Strong oral and written communication - excellent ability to crystalize messages for executives

Strong understanding of business and policy issues faced by organizations

High attention to detail without losing the big picture

Ability to operate well under ambiguity and to drive people towards an endpoint without conflict

What equips you for the role:

5+ years of professional consulting experience, typically management consultant or financial advisory background across variety of businesses

Master level or higher - preferably in business administration or finance fields

Deep understanding of transformation and initiative management

Full proficiency with Microsoft Office - Ability to create high quality PowerPoint presentations and Excel analysis in timely manner

***PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION IS OPEN FOR UAE NATIONALS ONLY

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