Transformation Manager

Job Requisition ID: 148467 

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”rab 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 Will You 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

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