Expert - Corporate Strategy & Planning

• Develop, implement, and manage a practical and effective corporate performance management methodology that measures and produces reports on organizational performance on monthly and quarterly intervals 

• Oversee the corporate strategy development and performance management process by supporting the business owners in defining key plans and initiatives that translate the strategy to operations to be tracked at the corporate level.

 • Contribute in formulating Client’s Strategic Plans by organizing business environment assessment process; scenario planning and thorough research on the challenges faced by the aviation industry in both medium and long term. Contribute towards the development of strategic recommendations ensuring the translation and fulfilment of client’s vision and mission. 

• Organize workshops to facilitate strategic discussions, assess or carry out organizational DNA, baseline study, stakeholder study, benchmark study and review of the pertinent UAE legislation.

 • Carry out impact assessment studies and formulate strategic recommendations in response to changes in the global and national aviation sector. Initiate special studies, market and competitive research pertaining to the future of the CLIENT’S and the UAE aviation sector. 

• Along with the business owners, define key performance indicators (corporate and departmental KPIs) and establish targets in consultation with Executive Directors for CLIENT’S Operational Plan. Monitor performance to ensure achievement of results against agreed objectives and targets. Monitor, track, assess, and report on CLIENT’S corporate performance with regard to the agreed and established strategic and operational targets and produce reports for senior management. 

• Develop initiatives based on the Federal Government shared KPIs to ensure accomplishment of these key performance indicators. 
• Coordinate with the business owners to develop remedial actions for the shortfalls in the Operational Plan targets. Follow up on the implementation of remedial actions and report to the senior management 

• Develop a proper tracking and reporting system against corporate performance objectives focusing on analysing the impact of deviations from plans and objectives to provide senior management with timely visibility of performance progress and the Risk Assessment reports. 

• Lead the process of introducing the Balanced Scorecard based strategic planning process, provide guidance on process and methodology and develop cross CLIENT’S capabilities.

 • Develop and look after a system for the timely extraction and collection of data for the departmental KPIs through tools, templates and systems to ensure goals, objectives are set as agreed and results are monitored timely. 

• Ensure establishing the definition of key performance indicators (corporate and departmental KPIs) and targets for CLIENT’S services so that performance can be monitored and that achieved results are aligned with agreed objectives.

 • Provide consultation and advice to the business owners in the development of their yearly operational plans in order to ensure that the strategic plan is cascaded into clear and well defined business plans and initiatives/projects. 

• 10+ years of experience in developing corporate strategy and planning for the organization.