Senior Specialist Business Planning

About the Role

Alfanar is seeking a Senior Specialist Business Planning to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 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 achieve 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.
• 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.
• Review project schedules, business plans, and related documentation to ensure alignment with organizational objectives 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.
• Prepare and consolidate business planning reports, dashboards, presentations, and performance updates for management and stakeholders.
• Analyze project and business performance data from multiple sources to identify trends, variances, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date planning records, reports, and supporting documentation.
• Track and evaluate key performance indicators (KPIs) and planning metrics to support performance monitoring and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide planning insights and analytical findings to support business reviews and decision-making processes.

Role Accountabilities

• Obtain updated soft and technical skills relevant 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.
• Provide periodic reports detailing deviations and execution of planned tasks.
• Solve related problems that arise and escalate complex operational issues.
• Ensure quality requirements to develop effective quality control and processes, including specifications for products or activities.
• Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automation opportunities.
• Comply with 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.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates should possess 5-10 years of relevant experience for this role. The position requires a strong ability to contribute to and execute business planning activities effectively.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role involves working within a professional environment focused on achieving organizational objectives through robust business planning.