Strategic Business Specialist

• Contribute to the design and implementation of Strategy and Business Excellence policies and procedures covering all areas of activity
• Supervise day-to-day activities to ensure compliance with stipulated policies and procedures
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of systems and processes taking into account leading practices, changes in business environment, cost reduction and productivity improvement
• Establish working relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Collect feedback from internal and external stakeholders on issues being faced and other requirements
• Contribute to the preparation of progress reports directed to all relevant stakeholders to keep them informed of progress
• Actively gain exposure and insights to local market development, business opportunities and the existing regulatory landscape
• Attend related forums, seminars, etc. to enrich network and learn about the latest developments and opportunities
• Actively participate in on-the-job training, mentoring, and coaching of subordinates
• Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility and monitor the workflow
• Promote a high-performance working environment embracing GASTAT’s values
• Review GASTAT's vision, mission, and aspirations and provide recommendations to clarify main organizational objectives and determine best approach to achieve goals​
• Update GASTAT's mission, vision, and values, on a continuous basis, and communicate them with employees to ensure implementation across all practices and transactions
• Set GASTAT's strategic planning framework and methodology including tools, forms, guidelines and manage their implementation
• Conduct GASTAT's current state assessment, and identify the various external factors to detect existing challenges and gaps
• Coordinate with the Kingdom’s 2030 Vision programs to understand objectives and ensure that GASTAT strategic plan is aligned with the goals and orientations of the programs
• Manage strategic positioning activities that include identifying strategic issues / scope, reviewing research and benchmarking, and reviewing SWOT analysis, and provide required guidance when needed
• Develop methodologies to guide the design of GASTAT's strategic and annual business plans based on market analysis and research results
• Identify different course of actions for strategy formulation ​according to strategic analysis outcomes to orient the development of GASTAT's strategy and objectives
• Participate in the definition of overall strategic pillars in coordination with concerned stakeholders and lead the development of GASTAT's long-term strategy while ensuring alignment with strategic analysis input and applicable policies
• Manage the strategic initiatives development cycle which includes ideas incubation and conceptualization, business cases and assessments, initiative charter development, and funding strategy development ensuring alignment with strategic pillars
• Manage the cascading of strategic initiatives and objectives into GASTAT functions strategies and strategic objectives ensuring alignment with GASTAT's long-term strategy and strategic initiatives
• Provide support in the preparation of budget projections and expenditures analysis and provide recommendations to refine the budget allocation process and ensure all operations are within budget​
• Facilitate strategy implementation by providing support in initiatives change requests and escalation of issues to ensure the realization of GASTAT's strategic objectives
• Develop performance monitoring framework, tools, forms, and guidelines to ensure consistent implementation
• Manage the strategy monitoring phase which includes developing reporting systems, tracking KPIs, extracting performance reports, assessing progress and impact of strategic initiatives, and formulating final recommendations / corrective action plans to address inefficiencies
• Review periodical strategic reports including strategic progress, action plans, risks, and mitigation plans to identify areas for improvement and provide guidance and recommendations
• Conduct workshops with Board of Directors and relevant stakeholders in order to discuss strategy performance and results and identify improvement opportunities to be implemented in next strategic planning cycle

• 6+ years of experience in a Strategy field
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or equivalent is required

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