Senior Specialist - Change Management & Integration

Job description / Role

Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) is one of Oman`s largest companies and is one of the most rapidly growing businesses in the Middle East`s oil industry. Our refineries at Sohar and Muscat, as well as our aromatics and polypropylene production plants in the Sohar complex, provide fuels, chemicals and feedstock to Oman and to the world.

We are pleased to announce the position of Senior Specialist Change Management & Integration.

Exciting job opportunities have arisen in the newly-formed Change Management and Integration Department, in the Corporate Planning Function.

The additional posts are for Senior Change Management and Integration Specialists who will be based in Sohar, but will be expected to travel to Muscat as and when required. The post holders will support the organization and its various departments to effectively drive change and integration, work with teams to raise awareness, reduce resistance, improve commitment, and alleviate the stress that individuals can experience in a change environment. You must be an experienced professional in managing change and benefits realization for complex projects in large organizations.

Deliverables of the role include;
- Develop effective change and integration strategy.
- Implement the change & integration strategy through detailed implementation plan.
- Develop a stakeholder management plan to effective manage stakeholders and their interest to ensure change & integration activities are implanted effectively.
- Work with departments and individuals to identify and manage key change and integration benefits.
- Identify and deliver quick wins throughout effective change and integration initiatives.
- Work with various departments and teams to map existing and future improved initiatives.
- Work closely with the change management stream to ensure effective management of the integration activities.
- Use all available corporate information to identify areas of improvement and work with departments/function to develop and implement service improvement plans.
- Work closely with other areas/functions such as PMO, Strategic planning, performance management, internal audit, HR and OD development to support the implementation of projects and service improvement plans.
- Support projects and new initiatives to identify, manage and realize benefits.
- Devise and implement a program for developing internal change management capabilities.
- Identify integration points and implement cross cutting initiatives to improve the outcome of individual projects and initiatives.
- Help create a culture of continuous improvement and transformational change.
- Comply with all relevant safety, quality, security and environmental management procedure and controls.

Requirements

- Minimum qualification is university degree in Business / Engineering or equivalent.
- MBA or equivalent post graduated qualification is preferred.
- Minimum 8 years work experience managing Business change and/ or integration initiatives.
- Experience in benefits management.
- Experience in process redesign
- Excellent facilitation and presentation skills
- Exposure to oil & gas/ petrochemical industries shall be preferred.
- Excellent skills in MS applications / discipline related software
- Excellent Planning skills.
- Excellent Analytical skills and problem solving.
- Attention to details and strategy setting.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with and influence peers and other service units.
- Proven effectiveness in analysis execution, delivering results.
- Fluent in English

About the Company

Orpic is one of Oman’s largest and most rapidly growing businesses in the Middle East oil industry. Orpic’s refineries in Suhar and Muscat, as well as the aromatics and polypropylene production plants in Suhar, provide fuel, chemicals, plastics and other petroleum products, to Oman and the world.

Owned by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Oman Oil Company SAOC, Orpic’s impressive integration of refinery and plant operations coupled with its ambitious growth plans, has cemented its position as one of the industry’s most forward-thinking companies. The company currently recruits around 2,600 employees who work towards the common goal of an integrated Omani refining and petrochemicals business expected to increase to 3,000 by 2020.

Orpic is committed to operating safely and reliably, while paying due care to the environment and the communities within which it operates. The company strongly believes in serving Oman with pride.