Job Opportunity in UAE as a Transformation Manager

Al-Futtaim is currently seeking an experienced professional to join its Transformation Management Office (TMO). You will drive the day-to-day activities of transformation programs and projects in close coordination with the businesses and TMO team.

You will be responsible for: 

• Led program management and coordinate activities for transformation programs.
• Ensure quality of analysis, activities, and deliverables across transformation programs, including the development and validation of business cases and detailed transformation plans.
• Ensure correct implementation of transformation plan across various initiatives and streams.
• Track overall transformation program, project ROI, and resolve emerging issues – own all dashboard inputs.
• Prepare regular reporting and progress updates – keep Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) and Strategy & Planning Manager informed of quality of outcomes and emerging issues.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to proactively drive momentum of the transformation. 
• Maintains intimate familiarity with all initiative content and progress.
• 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/highlight issues that merit investigation.
• Ensure TMO tools and systems are followed and reported on a timely basis and projects/programs are progressing as planned.
• Prepares detailed analyses and presentation of outcomes. 

You must have:

Education:

• Master level or higher – preferably in business administration or finance fields. 

Minimum Experience and Knowledge:

• 5+ years of professional consulting experience, typically management consultant or financial advisory background across a variety of businesses.
• Full proficiency with Microsoft Office – Ability to create high-quality PowerPoint presentations and Excel analyses in a timely manner. 

Job-Specific/Technical Skills required to complete the tasks:

• 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 resolve pending issues.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong understanding of business and policy issues faced by organizations.
• High attention to detail without losing the big picture.

Competencies:

• Leadership:
• Working collaboratively in teams.
• Stakeholder management.
• Behavioral:
• Organizational skills.
• Initiative.
• Adaptability.
• Interpersonal skills.

About Al-Futtaim:

Al-Futtaim’s family business traces its origins back to the 1930s on the banks of the Dubai Creek, a trailblazer for innovative trading concepts designed to enrich lifestyles. Today, Al-Futtaim is present in 29 countries, represents over 200 companies spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, and it is now 42,000 people strong. Currently spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, Al-Futtaim’s diverse and far-reaching portfolio of brands and companies are ever-present in people’s lives, from the shores of Singapore to the sands of the UAE.

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