Senior Business Planning Specialist in UAE

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Job Purpose

Contribute to the development, implementation and continuous improvement of Enterprise Business Planning Process. 

Assist in building the capability of Business Planning across the Enterprise.

 

Key Activities, Responsibility & Accountability

Enterprise Business Planning

• Support in the development of the Short-Medium-Long term Business planning improvement priorities and plans to support Nawah’s goal/vision of being a top performing nuclear company in alignment with the business need. 
• Support in gathering operational requirements and input from the plan for the 1 & 5 year Operational Plan 
• Support in gather all AFIs and develop Information packs, guidelines, at the start of the business planning cycle 
• Execute initiatives/ tasks to improve Enterprise business planning, this include but not limited to: 
• o Business planning frameworks, processes, mechanisms and/or tools, etc., as appropriate, to ensure 
• Enterprise efficiently and effectively develops, resources, communicates and assigns accountability for its 5 year business plan. 
• o Collaborate with CNO functions on-site and manage the Functional Plans on an ongoing basis, including implementation and management of appropriate change controls, to ensure the Functional Plan remains current and subject to appropriate governance. 
• o Collaborate with Finance to ensure that 5 year functional plans is tightly linked to the budgeting and financial forecasting process. 
• o Change controls and change management processes, mechanisms and/or tools, etc., as appropriate to ensure the Nawah’s Business Plan remains current and subject to appropriate governance. 
• Develop the requirements needed to support the operational plan and gather / collect their requirements to be able to deliver the and operational plan.
• Update material for Functional review and CXO challenge sessions.
• Review and challenge potential business cases from the Enterprise.
• Update material for Business Cases review in the NPRB sessions
• Engage with focal points to gather Out-of-the-cycle requests, including related scope creation, validation, challenge, review, endorsement, and approval. 
• Coordinate the required communication between the function and all support functions to assure alignment and streamlining to fulfil out of the cycle requirements.
• Act as system administrator for selected business intelligence solutions assocated with Business planning (including but not limited to SAP-BRF Module.
• Analyze, understand, and document user needs to ensure accurate fulfillment of user requests 
• Develop training modules for new system users to ensure proficiency of use
• Identify and assess key opportunity areas where data and analytics can enhance our business.
  
   

Capability Building

• Participate in the required Pre-Job Briefs, communications, presentations with the C-Level across Nawah and the Enterprise 
• Educate, train, and build capability of business planning within the enterprise functions by carrying awareness sessions to functions’ management / leadership, focal points, system’s training, and other means of interactions. 
• Build the Business Requirement with the functions and identify the related regulatory, risk, schedule impacts.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities (contd.)

People Management

• Contribute to the development of UAE employees in a manner which supports the objectives of the corporation and its Emiratization strategy.
• Contribute to knowledge dissemination/sharing in a way that assists with building internal capabilities of UAE  where applicable and maximize their effective performance.

Excellence and Quality Management

• Ensure commitment to a culture of continuous improvement by eliminating waste, following operations procedures practicing innovation, problem solving, and teamwork; complying with Quality Management System policies and procedures; providing and receiving constructive feedback; and striving to meet quality standards and stakeholder expectations.
• Ensure Commitment to the Nawah Fundamentals.

Professional Certifications
Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Engineering Management, Operations Management, or similar.
• 5 years of relevant experience

Experience

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