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 focuses on 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 facilitate effective decision-making and achieve organizational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the enhancement of 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.
• 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.
• Coordinate planning activities with relevant stakeholders to facilitate issue resolution and maintain alignment across projects and initiatives.
• 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.
• Track and evaluate key performance indicators (KPIs) and planning metrics to support performance monitoring and continuous improvement initiatives.

Role Accountabilities

• Maintain proficiency in relevant soft and technical skills.
• Perform planned activities to meet operational and development targets as per delivery schedules, utilizing resources effectively within cost and time.
• Provide periodic reports detailing deviations and execution of planned tasks.
• Solve related problems and escalate complex operational issues.
• Ensure quality requirements are met to develop effective quality control and processes.
• 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.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of relevant experience is required for this role.

Work Type and Location

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.