Senior Specialist - Business Planning

Role Overview

Senior Specialist - Business Planning at alfanar. This role supports the development and execution of business planning activities, enhancing planning methodologies, coordinating plans and schedules, monitoring performance, and providing analytical insights to support effective decision-making and achievement of organizational objectives.

Role Purpose

To enhance planning methodologies, coordinate plans and schedules across the organization, monitor performance against approved objectives, and deliver analytical insights that enable informed decision-making and drive achievement of organizational goals.

Key Responsibilities

Business Planning Methodology & Tools

• Contribute to the enhancement of business planning methodologies, frameworks, tools, templates, and processes to ensure 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.

Business Planning Execution & Coordination

• 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.

Reporting & Performance Monitoring

• 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.

Delivery & Performance

• 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 deviation and execution of planned tasks.

Problem-Solving & Escalation

• Solve operational problems related to planning activities and escalate complex issues appropriately.

Quality Assurance

• Ensure quality requirements and develop effective quality control processes, including specifications for products, processes, and related activities.

Business Process Improvements

• Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, and procedures and identify automation opportunities.

Compliance & Health, Safety, and Environment

• Comply with related policies, procedures, and work instructions.
• Ensure compliance with relevant safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls within your defined area of work activity to guarantee safety, legislative compliance, and delivery of high-quality products and services.

Professional Development

• Obtain updated soft and technical skills related to the role.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or any relevant field.
• 4 to 6 years of work experience.

Skills & Competencies

• Business Acumen
• Competitive Analysis
• Strategic Planning
• Trend Analysis