Saudi S&T Transformation Sr. Manager

Overview

This is a critical Transformation role responsible for enabling the delivery of the multi-year transformation agenda. This agenda is key to delivering long-term sustainable growth (NOPBT margin ambition) for the OU/market and building organization capability for the future.

The main pillars of the Transformation function are:

• Next Chapter Operating Model:
  Next Chapter organization, GCC, Processes, Simplification, WoW
• Cost Transformation: 2-3 year productivity pipeline
• Transformation Management Office: develop and maintain integrated business transformation agenda which aligns to the OU/market vision and strategic KPIs
• Lead several key scale x-functional transformation initiatives: as aligned with senior stakeholders
• Change Management

• Operating Model
  • Next Chapter Operating Model: Provide Program leadership to Next Chapter for OU/market. Working with OU Next Chapter PMO and CMO, and Region team, to land Next Chapter organization, processes and ways of working, per aligned OU roadmap
  • Drive program level visibility and progress, connect the key work streams.
• GCC:
  • Provide program leadership to the OU/market GCC agenda per aligned roadmap:
    Ensure smooth transition through leveraging global scale and consolidating similar works in HUBs to maximize effectiveness.
  • Collaborate with multiple partners in OU/market (Function Leads, People Lead, Comms Lead) and Region GCC team to ensure transition moves according to plan.
  • Drive program-level visibility and progress. Embed overall change management and communications. Manage interdependencies and key risks, escalating as required
• Cost Transformation
  • Provide Program management to the OU/market Cost Transformation agenda. Provide program leadership to the OU/market cost agenda, focused on building a medium and long-term productivity pipeline (next 2-5 years).
  • Drive program level visibility and progress, visibility of pipeline, connect and operationalize the key x-functional work streams, working with key stakeholders to size opportunities, mobilize team, build roadmaps/scorecards:
  • - DTV, Portfolio Harmonization, SC transformation, Procurement, GTM, A&M, Operating Model (Picasso/Next Chapter/GCC), Digital
  • Act as the Lead for Saudi DTV:
    Key tasks include Sprint Facilitation, Prioritization, & Planning, SWAT Team Identification & Onboarding, Value Realization and Brainstorming Ideas based on Benchmarking
  • Embed overall change management and communications.
  • TMO support to cost transformation governance processes (e.g. Productivity Council, agenda, pre-reads, and actions as appropriate for OU/market).
  • Manage interdependencies of work streams and key risks, escalating as required.
• Transformation Management Office
  • Own delivery of multi-year OU/market Transformation roadmap, including digital agenda, working in conjunction with key OU stakeholders, Region Transformation and Deployment teams.
  • Define overall project management plan leveraging standard frameworks for each program with the Project/Program lead, delivering detailed roadmaps and key milestones
  • Define best support for each initiative in conjunction with key stakeholders and identify cross-functional integration and tension points.
  • Provide leadership and governance to these projects, working closely with core project teams, Functions, and OUs as required.
  • Leverage project management methodology, guidance, and communication frameworks
  • Provide scorecard and performance metrics for each project, manage risk and course correcting as required, and deliver defined benefits.
  • Embed overall change management and communications.
  • Lead process by prioritizing all investment requests, tracking resources, enabling active risk management, and ensuring value realization.
  • Define a multi-year investment plan and work with project stakeholders to outline the scope, goals, deliverables, required resources, budget & timing.
  • Build tools and capability to support OU/market Transformation agenda:
    Partner with Sector TMO and CMO to build standard tools, project management, and working methods to ensure execution discipline across our transformation and strategic projects.
  • Collaborate with the Global Team to leverage global tools and capabilities and get insights from other sectors on adoption and roll-out practices.
• Lead key scale x-functional transformation initiatives (to be aligned with stakeholders)
  • Provide leadership and project management to several scale OU/market Transformation projects
• Change Management
  • Lead the change management community, plan training for new change leads and impacted managers, and drive effective organizational implementation.
  • Working with EMEA Change Lead to seamlessly integrate a clear change management plan.
  • Sharing learnings across projects and teams
  • Estimate 2-3 significant projects per year (often multiyear projects)

• Key Skills/Experience Required
  • University degree or MBA
  • 10+ years of business experience in leadership roles at Market/OU/Region/Global level in the FMCG sector, preferably with transformation, change…