Senior Business Planning Specialist

About This Role

Contribute to the development, implementation and continuous improvement of Enterprise Business Planning Process. Assist in building the capability of Business Planning across the Enterprise.

Enterprise Business Planning

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Support in the development of the Short-Medium-Long term Business planning improvement priorities and plans to support ENEC Operations goal/vision of being a top performing nuclear company in alignment with the business need.

• Support in gathering operational requirements and input from the generation plan for the 1 & 5 year Operational Plan

• Support in gather all AFIs and develop Information packs, guidelines, at the start of the business planning cycle

• Execute initiatives/ tasks to improve Enterprise business planning, this include but not limited to:

o Business planning frameworks, processes, mechanisms and/or tools, etc., as appropriate, to ensure Enterprise efficiently and effectively develops, resources, communicates and assigns accountability for its 5 year business plan.

o Collaborate with CNO functions on-site and manage the Functional Plans on an ongoing basis, including implementation and management of appropriate change controls, to ensure the Functional Plan remains current and subject to appropriate governance.

o Collaborate with Finance to ensure that 5 year functional plans is tightly linked to the budgeting and financial forecasting process.

o Change controls and change management processes, mechanisms and/or tools, etc., as appropriate to ensure the ENEC Operations Business Plan remains current and subject to appropriate governance.

• Develop the requirements needed to support the operational plan and gather / collect their requirements to be able to deliver the generation and operational plan.

• Update material for Functional review and CXO challenge sessions.

• Review and challenge potential business cases from the Enterprise.

• Update material for Business Cases review in the NPRB sessions

• Engage with focal points to gather Out-of-the-cycle requests, including related scope creation, validation, challenge, review, endorsement, and approval.

• Coordinate the required communication between the function and all support functions to assure alignment and streamlining to fulfil out of the cycle requirements.

• Act as system administrator for selected business intelligence solutions assocated with Business planning (including but not limited to SAP-BRF Module.

• Analyze, understand, and document user needs to ensure accurate fulfillment of user requests

• Develop training modules for new system users to ensure proficiency of use

• Identify and assess key opportunity areas where data and analytics can enhance our business.

Capability Building

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Participate in the required Pre-Job Briefs, communications, presentations with the C-Level across ENEC Operations and the Enterprise

• Educate, train, and build capability of business planning within the enterprise functions by carrying awareness sessions to functions’ management / leadership, focal points, system’s training, and other means of interactions.

• Build the Business Requirement with the functions and identify the related regulatory, risk, schedule impacts. Health and Safety, Security, and Business Continuity

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• All individuals take personal responsibility for safety; follow company HSE policies, procedures and instructions; avoid complacency and continuously challenge existing conditions and activities in order to identify discrepancies that might result in error or in appropriate action; report any situation that could present a hazard; not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided at the workplace in the interest of health, safety, welfare or protection or management of the environment.

• Follow all relevant Security policies, processes, procedures, and instructions to ensure security compliance in all aspects of work, by applying them on self, others, and corporate assets.

• Follow all relevant Business Continuity and Resilience requirements for compliance with, and adherence to, policies, procedures and instructions related to the effective planning for, and response to, incidents and/or business disruptions to continue critical business processes and activities with minimal adverse impact. People Management

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Contribute to the development of UAE National employees in a manner which supports the objectives of the corporation and its Emiratization strategy.

• Contribute to knowledge dissemination/sharing in a way that assists with building internal capabilities of UAE Nationals where applicable and maximize their effective performance. Excellence and Quality Management

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Ensure commitment to a culture of continuous improvement by eliminating waste, following operations procedures, practicing innovation, problem solving, and teamwork; complying with Quality Management System policies and procedures; providing and receiving constructive feedback; and striving to meet quality standards and stakeholder expectations.

• Ensure Commitment to the ENEC Operations Fundamentals.

Certification -

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

• 6 Sigma Black Belt

Education and Experience -

• M.B.A., M.S.M or other relevant advanced degree

• Greater than 8 years general/line management, planning & performance management, and/or business information tools and systems

• Experience in the commercial nuclear power sector

Prior working experience in the Gulf, preferably the UAE.