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About the Business Planning Specialist Role

alfanar is seeking a Business Planning Specialist to join its team in Riyadh. This full-time position is essential for supporting the organization's strategic initiatives and projects, requiring candidates to possess 2-5 years of relevant experience.

Role Overview

The Business Planning Specialist will support the planning, coordination, monitoring, and reporting of strategic initiatives and projects. This involves maintaining planning frameworks, tracking performance, facilitating stakeholder engagement, and providing timely insights to support effective decision-making and the achievement of organizational objectives.

Business Planning and Execution

• Support the development and enhancement of business planning methodologies, tools, templates, and processes, incorporating local business requirements.
• Maintain planning documentation, templates, and reporting tools to ensure consistency and adherence to organizational standards.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of planning frameworks and practices through analysis and stakeholder feedback.
• Support the review of project schedules, business plans, and related documentation to ensure alignment with organizational objectives and requirements.
• Assist in developing and maintaining project schedules, tracking key milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and timelines.
• Monitor progress against approved plans and identify potential risks, issues, or deviations, escalating concerns to management as required.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to support the timely resolution of planning and execution issues.
• Track and report on action items, ensuring follow-up and closure within agreed timelines.
• Facilitate effective communication and information flow among internal and external stakeholders to support successful project delivery.

Governance, Reporting, and Performance Monitoring

• Support governance activities by preparing reports, presentations, meeting materials, and status updates for management and stakeholders.
• Consolidate project and business performance data from multiple sources to provide accurate and timely reporting.
• Monitor compliance with established planning processes, governance requirements, and organizational standards.
• Maintain project and business planning records, ensuring documentation is accurate, complete, and up to date.
• Analyze performance metrics and trends to support decision-making and continuous improvement initiatives.

General Accountabilities and Professional Conduct

• Obtain and maintain updated soft and technical skills related to the job.
• Perform planned activities to meet operational and development targets as per delivery schedules.
• Utilize resources effectively to achieve objectives within efficient cost and time parameters.
• Provide periodic reports detailing deviations and execution of planned tasks.
• Solve operational problems and escalate any complex issues that arise.
• Ensure quality requirements are met, developing effective quality control and processes.
• Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, and procedures, seeking automation opportunities where possible.
• Comply with all related policies, procedures, and work instructions.
• Ensure compliance with relevant safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls within the defined area of work activity.

Experience and Work Location

Candidates for this role should possess 2-5 years of experience in business planning or a related field. This is a full-time position based in Riyadh.