Al Futtaim Jobs - Senior Manager - Strategy & Transformation | Automobile | UAE (Dubai, AE)

Job Requisition ID: 102021 

No two days are the same at Al-Futtaim, no matter what role you have. Our work is driven by the desire to make a difference and to have a meaningful impact with the goal of enriching everyday lives. Take our engaging and supportive work environment and couple it with a company culture that recognises and rewards quality performance, and what do you get? The chance to push the limits every single day.

 

As a humble family business that started on the banks of the Dubai Creek in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim has expanded to a presence in 31 countries, a portfolio of over 200 companies, and 42,000 employees. You’ll find us in industries ranging from automotive and retail, to finance and real estate, and connecting people with international names like Lexus, Ikea, and Adidas. Our team is proudly multicultural and multinational because that kind of diverse representation gives us the global mindset to grow and impact the people, markets, and trends around us.

 

Come join us to live well, work better, and be the best.

About The Role

• The purpose of the job is to shape the Financial Services Strategy of Al Futtaim. This includes automotive finance and insurance products, new ways to sell, leasing and rental initiatives and future mobility projects.
• The role will compose of high impact assignments, such as developing strategies and business cases, performing quantitative analysis to discover revenue opportunities, delivering transformation projects for Al Futtaim Financial Services as a project owner, manager or subject matter expert, contributing to Al Futtaim Automotive (AFA) level transformation and incubation projects, and assessing and/or implementing technology or process enhancements.
• The role will also manage several business critical governance initiatives, such as system governance, incentive policy governance and other types of business governance (products, regulations, and processes).
• This is a very diverse and challenging high-exposure role and potential to make an impact on the future of Al Futtaim Finance and the wider Al Futtaim Automotive Group.

 

About You

Education: Bachelor’s degree (pos graduate education preferred).

 

Minimum Experience and Knowledge:  

• Prior experience in strategy development as well as project management preferably in a financial services environment
• Minimum of 5 relevant years automotive finance / insurance / leasing or rental experience 

 

Job-Specific/Technical Skills required to complete the tasks:

• Comfortable with number crunching, intermediate excel modelling and quantitative analyses
• Good understanding of and interest in process improvements and technologies
• Self-starter, accountable and results-oriented; takes initiative is able to commit to and meet establishes deadlines and objectives, is able to work independently as a team player.
• Fast learner, agile, keen and capable of handling new and changing assignments (often greenfield work), strong organizational skills are a must
• Analytical and curious; Ability to understand and interpret business contexts and complex/new scenarios/topics
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills; able to present to and interact with management level and larger audiences, resolve/anticipate conflict, and attention to detail
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Work, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project and Visio)

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