SMO Manager | alfanar Electric

Role Overview

SMO Manager at alfanar Electric. The role leads the Strategy Management Office in developing, implementing, and monitoring the organization's strategic plan to ensure alignment between strategic objectives and operational execution.

Role Purpose

Lead the Strategy Management Office in developing, implementing, and monitoring the organization's strategic plan. Ensure alignment between strategic objectives and operational execution, support performance management, and enable informed decision-making across departments. Ensure that business plans align with alfanar Electric strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Alignment

• Coordinate with executive leadership to develop and periodically update the organization's strategic plan.
• Lead strategic planning workshops and alignment sessions across departments.
• Ensure departmental plans and initiatives are fully aligned with overarching corporate objectives.
• Transform corporate goals into business plans.
• Plan, follow up and execute annual and development plans.

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

• Design and implement corporate performance management frameworks, including KPIs and the Balanced Scorecard.
• Monitor and analyze the execution of strategic objectives, providing insights through regular performance reporting.
• Lead performance review sessions and propose corrective actions to address gaps.
• Prepare executive-level reports and dashboards to communicate strategic progress and performance.
• Manage documentation and version control for all strategic planning materials and updates.
• Monitor plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take corrective action accordingly.
• Provide periodic work progress reports.

Project & Initiative Oversight

• Contribute to the management of the strategic project portfolio, ensuring alignment with corporate priorities.
• Work closely with the PMO (if applicable) to monitor project timelines and deliverables.
• Assist in prioritizing initiatives based on strategic value, feasibility, and organizational impact.

Governance & Frameworks

• Establish and maintain SMO governance frameworks, policies, and reporting standards.
• Develop, coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, and procedures and seek automation opportunities.
• Develop the organizational structure according to current requirements, taking into consideration future and development plans.
• Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deployment.
• Ensure availability of delegation of authority matrix with sufficient delegations as per company policy.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Serve as a strategic liaison between senior leadership and various business units.
• Support internal communication and dissemination of strategic goals and initiatives.
• Promote engagement and foster alignment among stakeholders to drive strategy execution.

Continuous Improvement & Development

• Continuously benchmark and assess best practices in strategy management to enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Promote a culture of strategic thinking, performance accountability, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
• Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.
• Be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to the role and business.
• Promote automated systems and use them fully to spread culture.

Financial Management

• Monitor and control budgets and expenses to achieve optimum cost efficiency.

People Management

• Recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management.
• Recognize low performers and guide them to improve or release them.
• Treat subordinates equally without discrimination.
• Base assessment criteria of subordinates on performance that leads to planned results.

Health, Safety & Environment

• Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment as per standard regulations.

Operational Excellence

• Take full responsibility for operation as per the job description and required deliverables, taking into consideration general company guidelines.
• Anticipate problems and make necessary proactive steps to prevent them.
• Take necessary and proper timely decisions.
• Deliver required results in timely manner with required quality and cost.
• Make a tangible difference to area of operation and exceed business expectations.
• Uphold quality as alfanar's prime competitive advantage.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or any relevant field.
• 6 to 10 years of work experience.

Skills & Competencies

• Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS).
• Business Planning.
• Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC).
• Business Planning and Simulation (BPS).
• Strategic Planning.