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Job description / Role
IT Business Partner - Kuwait
The IT Business Partner works with business leadership to identify, define, shape and integrate demand for new projects and services. Specifically, the ITBP works closely with Project Analysts across 3 key areas; conceiving conceptual solutions and proposals for Business Sponsors, creating program charters to address major strategic initiatives, and supporting project charter creation to contribute toward a larger business value case and to resolve issues that escalate beyond the project team.
About the Division:
eGroup is a diverse IT division supporting corporate, warehouse and retail specific IT infrastructure and systems. We have software teams creating and developing in-house applications and product teams optimising and integrating major third party solutions. The rate of growth across divisions and geographies means our specialists are constantly evaluating how we provide robust, scalable and business-enabling infrastructure and systems in line with global benchmark standards. A career with eGroup offers the opportunity to work on different projects and challenges for an international market-leading retailer.
Requirements
This role requires significant interaction with leaders in the company and as such calls for a business savvy leader with 5 to 10 years of solutions and multiple domain experience, as well as 4 or more years in a role that offers exposure to senior management. You must be able to build strong working relationships with the business in order to stimulate demand for high value business opportunities. You will have strategic aptitude, IT knowledge and analytic skills, and the ability to effectively communicate and facilitate decisions.
This is an ideal position for an IT management professional looking to lead consulting services and process design in an international business. Your expertise will enable achievement of key operating objectives, improved operational excellence and lower cost operations, and will place you at the forefront of change management activities for one of the region's leading retail operators.
About the Company
As a leading international franchise operator, with nearly 90 of the world’s most recognised brands in its portfolio, Alshaya Group brings great shopping, dining, leisure and hospitality experiences to millions of customers across the Middle East & North Africa, Russia, Turkey, Europe and beyond.
Alshaya Group is a dynamic multinational business and family owned enterprise with a consistent record of growth and innovation. For 35 years, Alshaya has been a pioneering force in brand franchising, using its exceptional knowledge and experience to expand at pace.
Our portfolio of well-loved international brands includes Starbucks, H&M, Mothercare, Debenhams, American Eagle Outfitters, P.F. Chang’s, The Cheesecake Factory, The Body Shop, M.A.C, Victoria’s Secret, Boots, Pottery Barn, KidZania and, coming soon, Hampton by Hilton.
From one retail franchise store opened in Kuwait in 1983, Alshaya Group has consistently grown and diversified and today offers customers an unparalleled choice of brands across multiple sectors; Fashion & Footwear, Health & Beauty, Food, Optics, Pharmacy, Home Furnishings, Leisure & Entertainment, and Hotels. A diverse, skilled team of 53,000 people from 120 nationalities support more than 4,000 stores, cafes, restaurants and leisure destinations, a growing online business and a commitment to delivering great customer experiences.