Senior Specialist Business Planning

About the Role

alfanar Group is seeking a Senior Specialist - Business Planning to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time role involves supporting the development and execution of business planning activities. The specialist will enhance planning methodologies, coordinate plans and schedules, monitor performance, and provide analytical insights to support effective decision-making and the achievement of organizational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to enhancing business planning methodologies, frameworks, tools, templates, and processes, ensuring alignment with organizational requirements and best practices.
• Evaluate planning practices and recommend improvements based on business needs, performance analysis, and stakeholder feedback.
• Maintain and refine planning documentation, templates, and reporting tools to promote consistency, accuracy, and compliance with organizational standards.
• Support the standardization of planning approaches across business units to improve planning effectiveness and reporting quality.
• Analyze planning outputs and identify opportunities to strengthen planning processes, methodologies, and governance practices.
• Perform planned activities to meet operational and development targets as per delivery schedules.
• Utilize resources effectively to achieve objectives within efficient cost and time.
• Provide periodic reports detailing deviations and the execution of planned tasks.
• Solve related problems and escalate complex operational issues as they arise.
• Ensure quality requirements are met to develop effective quality control and processes, including specifications for products, processes, or related activities.
• Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, and procedures, and seek automation opportunities.
• Comply with relevant policies, procedures, and work instructions.
• Ensure compliance with relevant safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls within the defined area of work activity.

Planning and Analysis Duties

• Review project schedules, business plans, and related documentation to ensure alignment with organizational objectives, priorities, and approved requirements.
• Prepare, maintain, and update integrated project schedules, tracking key milestones, deliverables, dependencies, critical paths, and timelines.
• Perform schedule and planning analysis to identify risks, potential delays, resource constraints, and deviations from approved plans.
• Assess planning scenarios and provide recommendations to support informed decision-making and effective execution.
• Coordinate planning activities with relevant stakeholders to facilitate issue resolution and maintain alignment across projects and initiatives.
• Monitor the status of action items, commitments, and deliverables, ensuring timely follow-up and closure.
• Support cross-functional communication and information sharing to enhance planning transparency and execution effectiveness.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5-10 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated ability to obtain updated soft and technical skills related to the job.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role requires adherence to safety, quality, and environmental management procedures.

Application Process

Candidates interested in this Senior Specialist - Business Planning role are invited to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.